Its hard to overlook teams, when they are 4 and 5 in the poll. I agree that they can contend.
I think a lot of people are waiting to see how the young Lions will respond to the loss of the senior leader. The will miss his defense and rebounding for sure. However, they should be a better offensive team with Tyler Maynard getting more shots. With 4 "scorers" the Lions just have to play nice with one another and they'll be fine.
As for Evan's leg. He has been "back" for a while and will not miss a beat from the injury.