This year sucks, let's talk about next year.

One of the many things this team currently lacks is a true point guard. Maybe Verdell is the answer, maybe not. Is Jordan Hulls good enough to step in as a freshman? Who knows? I follow recruiting enough to know who our recruits are, but not enough to have much opinion regarding who can help right now. By the rankings, Creek and Watford are the safest bets. Given the way this roster is built, I would expect something like Jones/Dumes/Creek/Watford/Pritchard. Depending on how ready they are, perhaps Hulls instead of Dumes or Jones, or Elston in place of one of the guards. It will be interesting, again.

Yep. At some point in the last 6 hours I remembered that I had forgotten Rivers. There’s no doubt that he would be starting on this year’s team, but given his numbers from Georgetown, I’m not sure what to expect of him. For his career, he’s shooting 35 percent from the field, 27 percent from 3, just under 50 percent from the line, and is dead even on assist/turnover ratio. Crean must have seen something that convinced him that he should use the ride on Rivers instead of another player in the freshman class. I would like to think that it was something on the court, but it may be that he’s a warm body who will help balance the classes a bit. Still, he will be one of our most experienced returning players, and he seems to be something of a team leader (this is based only on watching him interact with the team) despite not being in uniform this season.

With guys like Verdell Jones, Nick Williams, Matt Roth, Malik Story and Tom Pritchard coming off of promising freshmen seasons and our stellar recruits coming in, next year’s team will have considerable depth. I think that was a big problem with this years team. Did anyone get nervous anytime Danny Moore was even on the court? I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen him pass it off of someones foot.

The problem with Moore is the lack of an upside. Jones and Williams and Pritchard gave it away quite a bit, but also brought something to the table in terms of scoring. Moore was our per-possession turnover leader but also wasn’t a threat to shoot, even when wide open. That’s a problem, but I can’t be too critical of him. Like most members of this team, Crean had no choice but to ask too much of him.

Jones and Williams and Pritchard gave it away quite a bit, but also brought something to the table in terms of scoring.

Ah, very good point. Perhaps this was the reason I could put up with their miscues while while really being frustrated by the others.

if we start more than two freshman next year…atleast at the beginning. Crean will want people who know the system and have experience. I imagine it will be Verdell, Dumes, Creek, Watford, and Pritchard starting.