Old Titan Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 Bart Torvik already has a toe in the water for the coming season; he has ORU in a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the Summit League, and a .500 record overall (apparently based on the non-con schedule to date?) Bart Torvik 2025 T-Rank Projections - Summit League 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlue82 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 4 hours ago, Old Titan said: Bart Torvik already has a toe in the water for the coming season; he has ORU in a 4-way tie for 2nd place in the Summit League, and a .500 record overall (apparently based on the non-con schedule to date?) Bart Torvik 2025 T-Rank Projections - Summit League Torvik also has Kareem Thompson averaging 14.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg for the 24-25 Golden Eagles. That would be interesting... 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Maybe this is Bart Simpson??? TheEagleman has seen this road heavy OOC schedule and while I admire the effort it's gonna be a long tough fall with an inexperienced roster....but GO BLUE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted July 10 Author Share Posted July 10 14 hours ago, TrueBlue82 said: Torvik also has Kareem Thompson averaging 14.8 ppg and 5.3 rpg for the 24-25 Golden Eagles. That would be interesting... Which might explain why he shows ORU among the league leaders in Talent and Returning Minutes. Any analytics geek who thinks they can predict right now how teams in the Summit League Division 1 basketball are going to fare this coming season might be equally served using a combination of tea leaves, a Quija board, and a Magic Eight Ball. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Garbage in, garbage out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 It is interesting that they have SDSU winning the conference again. They lost all 5 starters and have 8 freshmen on their roster. If Eric Henderson can pull that off then he may be the next John Wooden Jr. of coaching. Anyone can beat anyone in the Summit League next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cornelius Posted July 15 Share Posted July 15 SDSU does a great job of developing their recruits. I wouldn’t pick against them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keenan Henderson Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 Not too surprising that the Dakota schools are listed as 4 of the top 5 teams. The league seems to usually go through them. Mills had to figure how to beat the Dakota schools and so will Springmann, if ORU is to make a run this next year. Eagles 3-7 versus Dakota teams last year. I would take ORU as 4 in the Summit League and call it win for Coach in his 2nd season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted July 25 Author Share Posted July 25 St. Thomas will finish in at LEAST the top three. You heard it here first... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Connor Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I agree. St. Thomas understands the importance of teamwork better than most Summit League Teams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 KC gets no love, they bring back a 1st team all Summit League guy, Jamar Brown. Plus other starters and are picked 8th? They finished 2nd last year and play very tough defense as well as anyone in the Summit. I still pick them to win the league next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 Mid-Major MADNESS picks; not to be confused with the Mid-Major CENTRAL picks posted previously. (same kinda guys; different mom's basements ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 The Summit League should have a lot of parity this year: anyone can beat anyone. Why? Because every team is basically in the same boat: relying mostly on new faces (transfers, jucos, or freshmen) to have breakout seasons. It comes down to which teams new guys will develop the fastest and whoever does that will be top 3 in the league. ORU's best hope is that McBride has an all star year and the other players continue to improve as the season progresses. It still feels like a rebuild after losing 3 of their top 4 players from a 12-19 season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 16 minutes ago, Keenan Henderson said: The Summit League should have a lot of parity this year: anyone can beat anyone. Why? Because every team is basically in the same boat: relying mostly on new faces (transfers, jucos, or freshmen) to have breakout seasons. It comes down to which teams new guys will develop the fastest and whoever does that will be top 3 in the league. The question is this: how much does good ol' coaching figure into this equation - more or less than in the pre-gypsy era? Asking for a friend... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Yes it is true OT, good coaching will develop the new guys on each team. So, which Coach can get the most of their new talent? Time will tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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