(01-01-2020 05:02 PM)FINALFOUR1970SWEETSIXTEEN1992 Wrote:  New Mexico State will easily win the WAC this year. We will sweep everyone to finish 16-0 and finish the regular season at 25-6.

Let me try to lay out a case here.

In your favor: Yes, you just got back last year's starters plus Gilyard. Gilyard did have a great night against Mississippi State. While your starters were out, other players stepped up, and still managed to have a way better OOC than the rest of us. It stands to reason that you should be even better with three key players back.

On the other hand:
1. It's great to have lots of depth but you only have 5 players on the floor at a time, and three of them will be the same as last year.
2. You don't have Chuha and Zamora anymore. Your replacements are good, but are they as good as them?
3. It's true that you were 15-1 last year, but it was not as much of a blowout as it appears, especially on the road: UVU by 5 pts, UTRGV by 2 pts, CSUB by 1 pt, GCU by 3 pts. NMSU does seem to have a knack for successfully closing out tough games, but we only need to get a little bit better to flip those.