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Big East basketball: Way-too-early power rankings

By Brett Nierengarten

MILWAUKEE, WI - JANUARY 24: Villanova's Brunson (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WI - JANUARY 24: Villanova's Brunson (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 05: Georgetown University president John J. DeGioia introduces NBA Hall of Famer and former Georgetown Hoyas player Patrick Ewing as the Georgetown Hoyas’ new head basketball coach John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center on April 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 05: Georgetown University president John J. DeGioia introduces NBA Hall of Famer and former Georgetown Hoyas player Patrick Ewing as the Georgetown Hoyas’ new head basketball coach John Thompson Jr. Athletic Center on April 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

Georgetown

When your team goes 14-18, fires their longtime coach, and hires someone who has never had a head coaching job before, you’re probably going to regress — even if that coach is Patrick Ewing, a hero at your school.

Good news for Ewing, he inherits the Hoyas’ top three scorers from a season ago. The bad news? Georgetown was the No. 7 scoring team in the conference.

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DePaul

DePaul has been a perennial bottom-dweller in the Big East. There’s no nice way of saying it. In the last two years, the Blue Demons have won five conference games. That tells you just about everything you need to know.

Eli Cain is good, though. If he averages 25 points, maybe they’ll win four conference games this year.

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