https://www.three-man-weave.com/3mw/colo...eview-2021 predicts:
1. Hofstra
2. Charleston
3. You
4. Towson
5. Delaware
6. Drexel
7. Elon
8. UNCW
9. JMU
10. W&M
That has the five former America East teams in the top six. Hofstra senior guard Jalen Ray was picked Player of the Year. Their predicted First Team only had guards, and you had Walker on it and Doherty on the Third Team. JMU senior Matt Lewis, Drexel junior Camren Wynter, and Elon sophomore Hunter McIntosh were the rest of the First Team.
Hofstra's point guard is expected to be JUCO Shawndarius Cowart, who averaged 13.1 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.5 assists, and 2.3 steals. If Cowart can average 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.5 steals, and be average in other statistics (shooting percentages, turnovers, and fouls), Hofstra could have four of the top 20 CAA players with returning starters Jalen Ray, Isaac Kante, and Tareq Coburn. Joe Mihalich is on a medical leave of absence for an unspecified problem, and Mike Farrelly is the interim head coach.
It predicts that transfers Payton Willis from Minnesota and Lorenzo Edwards from St. Joseph's will help them overcome the loss of likely NBA draft pick Grant Riller and starters Jaylen McManus and Sam Miller. The transfers are from great conferences, albeit St. Joseph's tied Fordham for last in the A10 at 2-16 last season. Their only returning player who averaged over 2.6 rebounds last season is Osinachi Smart, who averaged 4.7. Riller, McManus, and Miller combined for 54.9 percent of their points, 51.7 percent of their rebounds excluding team rebounds, and 51.9 percent of their assists. Willis averaged 8.6 points and 3.5 rebounds last season, and Edwards averaged 6.9 points and 5.0 rebounds. Leading returning scorer Brevin Galloway, Smar, Willis, and Edwards are all redshirt seniors, with returning junior Zep Jasper as their other starter. Charleston's defense has gotten worse for four consecutive seasons. They were 20th in 2015-2016 and 229th last season. It doesn't say if it uses points per game allowed or something else to measure defense. They averaged +0.26 points per possession with Riller on the court (1.07 scored and 0.81 allowed) and -0.12 with Riller on the bench (0.98 scored and 1.10 allowed).
Your predicted starters are Walker, Walters, Strong, Doherty, and E. It says Doherty needs a waiver to play immediately, otherwise he will be eligible after the Fall semester. Unless Walker improves or a newcomer is elite, you won't have anyone as good as you're used to with Roland, Pusica, Williams, and Eatherton. Your worst CAA record since 2011 is 7-9, and the CAA doesn't have many returning stars, so having good but not great players could be enough for third.
Towson lost Brian Fobbs, Allen Betrand, Nakye Sanders, and Dennis Tunstall. Fobbs, Betrand, and Sanders combined for 54.6 percent of their points; and Fobbs, Sanders, and Tunstall combined for 48.4 percent of their rebounds. Three of them graduated, and Betrand transferred. They have a whopping seven newcomers, and it's eight if you include Solomon Uyaelunmo, who played the first two games last season before having a season-ending injury. Zane Martin, who was third in the CAA with 19.9 points in 2017-2018, transferred back to play for Towson nonconsecutively. He played for New Mexico in between. Also coming from a great conference out west is Victor Uyaelunmo from USC. Curtis Holland III from High Point, Demetrius Mims from Long Beach State, and Cameron Allen from Cal State Bakersfield arrive from mid-majors. I wonder if they spent a lot of time scouting California for possible transfers.
Delaware had Nate Darling go pro with a year of eligibility left, Justyn Mutts transferred, and Collin Goss graduated. They return Kevin Anderson, Ryan Allen, and Dylan Painter. They American Athletic (AAC) transfer Logan Curtis from ECU, two mid-major transfers, and two freshmen. Anderson, Allen, and Anthony Ochefu from Stony Brook are seniors.
Drexel didn't honor seniors Zach Walton and Sam Green last season because they applied for another season of eligibility. They both got it, but Green graduate transferred away. Camren Wynter, Walton, and James Butler are among the best groups of three returning teammates. Wynter has 342 assists in two seasons, and another 342 would make him finish second in CAA history behind Navy's Doug Wojcik, who got to pass to David Robinson. Old Dominion's Brion Dunlap is second with 680, and VCU's Eric Maynor is third with 674 and the top player from the 2000s or 2010s.
Elon kept everybody except for leading scorer Marcus Sheffield II. Their six newcomers (one of whom had surgery and is expected to miss the season) include Jerald Gillens-Butler, who averaged 1.1 points and 1.3 rebounds for Butler two seasons ago and had a redshirt transfer season last season. Ikenna Ndugba averaged 6.7 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, and 1.3 steals for Bryant in the bad Northeast Conference. He's a redshirt senior.
UNCW's only loss was graduate transfer Martin Linssen, who only played one season for them. They added two freshmen, Ian Steere who averaged 0.7 points for St. John's, and Jay Estime' who averaged 8.4 points in 5 games due to injury. Joe Pridgen, who averaged 17.4 points and 6.8 rebounds as a freshman for Holy Cross, is taking a transfer redshirt season.
JMU's only senior last season did so little that he isn't a Key Loss. Antanee Pinkard scored 24 points and had 25 rebounds in 174 minutes. Second leading scorer Darius Banks, third leading scorer Deshon Parker, and fourth leading scorer Dwight Wilson transferred. They return Matt Lewis and three players who averaged 5.0 to 6.6 points last season. They added five transfers and three freshmen. They are expected to start Lewis, returning Zach Jacobs, and transfers Jalen Hodge from Lousiana-Monroe, Rashawn Fredericks from Cincinnati, and Joel Mensah from San Diego State. Fredericks and Mensah didn't contribute much. Hodge (7.7 points), Vado Morse (10.8 points for Mount St. Mary's), and TJ Taylor (7.0 for Wyoming) contributed to other teams last season. Taylor needs a waiver to play immediately.
W&M's four graduates included their first (Nathan Knight), second (Andy Van Vliet), and fourth (Bryce Barnes) leading scorers last season. Luke Loewe, who averaged 10.7, is their leading returning scorer. Thornton Scott averaged 7.3 and 4.4 assists, but he didn't play in 75 percent of the games which players needs to qualify. Quinn Blair (4.8 points), Mekhel Harvey (1.2 points), Yuri Covington (freshmen) are expected to start. They added five freshmen, but no transfers.
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