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[QUOTE="SRHoo, post: 1932680, member: 4282"]
Don't disagree with anything my UVa brethren said here.  I think Cuse is underrated, and certainly should be in the discussion with Duke, UNC, UVa & Louisville at the top of the league.  I think we're a little overrated right now because it'll take the OOC schedule to gel and work the rotation out.  By Feb-Mar I do expect us to be about where we're ranked right now though.

Have spent some time watching the team practice, and attended the intrasquad scrimmage we had this past Sunday, and the guy jhmoss alluded to stepping up is Isaiah Wilkins.  If I had never seen this team play before, I would have said after the scrimmage that he's the best player on the team.  He scored inside and out, handled the ball like a wing, defended, rebounded, and hit some pinpoint passes.  Bottom line, he's a different player.

Nichols replacing Gill is at worst a wash, at best an upgrade.  He's not necessarily as physical as Gill, but is polished, and a better defender.

Replacing Brogdon will be "by committee".  We need Hall, Thompson & Shayok to bump their scoring by 3-4 ppg, and get 6-7 per game from Guy (freshman).  You don't just replace the ACC POY with no dropoff, but we've got some solid re-enforcements in place.

No doubt the ACC will be a war this year, but Bennett has won with less talent.  I've been following UVa hoops for 35 years, and from the #1 guy to the #13 guy, this is the deepest talent pool we've had.  Everyone can play...challenge will be figuring out the 9-10 who actually do.
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