originalityhawk
Active Member
First, losing our leading scorer to graduation instead of transfer. Gatens will certainly be missed as a great leader and key contributor to the improvement we've seen this year, but he's leaving with a Senior Night which is something that we haven't had much to celebrate in the past 5 years.
Secondly, we will be returning a nice nucleus of players in; McCabe, Basabe, Marble, Oglesby, and White with the new recruits sprinkled in. It's going to be nice to bring these recruits along at their own pace instead of relying on them for 30-35 minutes a game like Gatens had to do as soon as he came in. I know Woodbury and Gessell will play a lot, but we have people in the program currently that will be more than capable of spelling them and coaching them along in the program.
If McCaffery can continue to bring these players along with the addition of an impressive class we won't be worried about the NCAA tournament in 2-3 years.
Secondly, we will be returning a nice nucleus of players in; McCabe, Basabe, Marble, Oglesby, and White with the new recruits sprinkled in. It's going to be nice to bring these recruits along at their own pace instead of relying on them for 30-35 minutes a game like Gatens had to do as soon as he came in. I know Woodbury and Gessell will play a lot, but we have people in the program currently that will be more than capable of spelling them and coaching them along in the program.
If McCaffery can continue to bring these players along with the addition of an impressive class we won't be worried about the NCAA tournament in 2-3 years.