and Man Kennesaw st made me a bunch last year, they had some great runs where they covered , at fla st getting 11 ..i am not sure who they got coming back but last year this team lost their opener to Xavier by 5 72-67 and covered, then they played at Florida and lost by 10 and covered, and they lost at a good VCU team by 3 and covered, beat App st , have to see how many are returning i think their coach left of course after a big year , yes he left, they picked a guy named petteway from alabama;s coaching staff
It was a successful debut for the Antonie Pettway era at Kennesaw State, as under their first-year head coach, the Owls showed they are ready to play at last year's championship level as they raced out to a 20-4 lead less than six minutes into the opener on the way to a 47-point win over Oakland on Tuesday night.
♦ For the first time in school history, the Owls enter the season with a target on their backs, coming off the first-ever winning season in the school's Division I history. KSU finished off 2022-23 with a 26-9 overall mark, shattering the previous record for most wins in a season by 12 (14). The Owls also won the first-ever Atlantic Sun Conference regular season and tournament titles in school history, while reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time at the Division I level as well.
♦ Pettway took over as the Owls coach in April of this year, and is in his first year as a head coach after spending the past 15 years on the Alabama coaching staff. He quickly got the Owls ready for a title defense after bringing in a four-member freshmen class that ranked in the top 65 in the nation and easily was the top in the ASUN. Highlighting the class was four-star recruit
RJ Johnson.
♦ In addition, Pettway brought in four Division I transfers in
Rongie Gordon (UAB),
Jamel King (West Virginia),
Delaney Heard (Alabama) and
Jusaun Holt (Georgia).
♦ KSU is looking for its first win over a Power 5 team in 13 years, and its second-ever when it takes on the Seminoles on Friday night. Though the Owls are 1-10 all-time against the ACC, they posted a school record 10 road victories a season ago, and held leads late in the second half at both Indiana and VCU. The Owls' last Power 5 win was 80-63 at home over Georgia Tech on Nov. 15, 2010.
they are picked to be 4th this year after winning the conf tourney last year and going to the NCAA tourney