Adams has garnered plenty of preseason accolades, including being one of 20 players nominated for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. He was named the A-10 Preseason Player of the Year by NBC Sports and Blue Ribbon Yearbook while noted as one of the top nine point guards in the country by CBS Sports reporter Matt Norlander.

Adams tested the NBA waters this summer, placing his name into consideration for the draft. Since he did not retain an agent, he kept his NCAA eligibility and in May withdrew his name to return to St. Bonaventure for his senior season.

But Adams and Mobley aren't the only players of note. The team returns four starters from last year's team that went 20-12 but will need to find contributors in the low post.

"The question for us is can we get some stuff from our young guys inside," Schmidt said. "Amadi Ikpeze and Josh Ayeni played a number of minutes last year. Those are the two guys that in my opinion if they can play well and take that next step in their development, we could have a chance to be pretty good.

"Idris Taqqee is a senior and he doesn't get a lot of notoriety but he is one of those guys that a coach always appreciates," Schmidt said. "He's around the ball. He's a glue guy. He's unselfish. I think he's going to be a guy that hopefully can help us have some success."