With a schedule like that marshmallow OOC, the expected win total should be pretty high.

Noel Brown was ready to play from the start of next year.
Raw a bit,but athletic, and most A10 centers,to the extent they exist anymore, aren't usually r polished out of the box.
Noel did not play enough at all last year.

Looking at our schedule, anything below .500 would be a profound disappointment. The talent is upgraded enough where I'd be disappointed if we were worse than 7-11 in conference and nine wins in the non-conference doesn't feel like a stretch considering how soft the home games are.

Here's the only reason that I can think of...we should be more difficult to defend.  Last year, keying on the two JB's (Bishop and Battle) more or less solved the riddle.  Ricky provided a third option but he only played in a handful of games.  Matt was more of an opportunistic scorer rather than one who you set up plays for.  

This year, you'll have James, Joe, Brendan, Brayon, and Amir (hopefully) who can be counted upon to score.  Daniel could be an option (we have to figure that his role just expanded a bit with Ira's injury) and if we can set up Noel to score from in and around the paint, that would be a huge bonus.  The key will be to play as a team by sharing the ball and making good decisions.