re: MBB Portal Targets List

It's WAY too early to start making any predictions about next season because there is so much unknown. Most teams don't have their full rosters yet and no one has a schedule set.

As of now, Alabama will likely be the favorite to win the SEC. Tennessee will get the benefit of the doubt behind them. Likely the same for Auburn. Kentucky and Arkansas are wildcards as both will have almost completely new teams with new HCs. You have to think Cal will at least have Arkansas competitive. Kentucky is just a huge unknown.

Mississippi St has been solid in two years under Jans. You have to think that continues. Florida took a step forward last season. Does it continue? Missouri went from unexpectedly good to unexpectedly horrible. Same for South Carolina, but in reverse. Missouri has a highly rated recruiting class coming in. South Carolina is losing a lot of key pieces. I wouldn't be shocked to see them flip-flop again.

How are Texas and Oklahoma going to adapt?

A&M seems to have hit a plateau.

I'm shocked Beard is still at Ole Miss. Year 2 has historically been when he makes a big jump. But is that possible at Ole Miss?

Right now LSU has the 15th ranked overall (recruits and transfers) class in the country. Those rankings can often be skewed by teams who have to sign a lot of players vs. the ones that only have to sign a few. But on that note, if you look at the average rating of LSU's incoming players they are ranked 12th in the nation (on 247) in company that LSU hasn't been with in a while (Baylor, UConn, Duke, UNC, Kansas, Alabama, Houston, Arizona). That's in addition to LSU keeping retaining all of their highest rated underclassmen.

For purposes of analysis if you ignore the last two seasons and simply look at the ratings of who returns plus who is coming in ON PAPER this looks like it could be a really good team considering LSU (again, on paper) is swimming in the waters with some of the best programs in the nation.