Tonight the college basketball season kicks off with two games on ESPNU. St. John's, a very young, but talented team takes on William & Mary at 4 PM Pacific. St. John's has a chance to be one of the better teams in college basketball this season. They start the season with 7 players on their 11 man roster being freshman. Talented freshman, but inexperienced freshman. St. John's plays a run and gun type of game. Depending on their learning curve, they could be a very good team.
At 6 PM Pacific, Arizona takes on Valparaiso. Arizona lost a huge piece when Derrick Williams departed. But they have talented point guard Josiah Turner coming on board. Arizona like St. Johns is talented, but young. They struggled big time in one of their exhibition games against a weak opponent a couple of weeks ago. Luckily they play in the somewhat weak Pac 12, so if they can get their act together they should be able to make a splash. (note: Arizona already has the best recruiting class in the nation for 2012 lined up. So this season could just be the beginning of their march to the top.)
At 6 PM Pacific, Arizona takes on Valparaiso. Arizona lost a huge piece when Derrick Williams departed. But they have talented point guard Josiah Turner coming on board. Arizona like St. Johns is talented, but young. They struggled big time in one of their exhibition games against a weak opponent a couple of weeks ago. Luckily they play in the somewhat weak Pac 12, so if they can get their act together they should be able to make a splash. (note: Arizona already has the best recruiting class in the nation for 2012 lined up. So this season could just be the beginning of their march to the top.)
