So, just stepping back to look at next year's team, what do we see? The first looming question mark is Darrell Walker. Can he coach? Is he willing to coach (as in crack the whip)? I saw little sign of that last season, but it was his first in D1, and people do learn, so we shall see.
The front line of this team ought to be its strength. More size than this program has ever had. And we know that even though they are not as well-rounded as they need to be, Maric and Bankston do a few things superlatively well. Throw in Johnson, Besovic and Monyyong, and we look to be in very good shape. There is no reason that our big guys should not be among the better crews in the conference. Now, whether or not Walker will use them for anything other than setting screens remains to be seen.
On the perimeter we are to some degree starting over. Everything else on the team took second fiddle to the Rayjon Tucker Lose Twenty-one Games Show last season, so it is hard to say how well we will be a basketball team once again. We know what Nowell can do. Pippins and Lottie are veterans. The leadership is there. But none of those so far has been the sort of knock-down shooter that you have to have in the 3-point era. Maybe one of the new guys will fill that bill. Stulic comes billed as a shooter.
And will we play defense? And will we rebound?
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