Ehhh thats the part that scares me that people think that. We most certainly will not. Not next year. We will be on our way there but not quite. We will still be sorely lacking in the post. it takes time. though I do agree nothing is outside of the realm of possibility. I just try to stay out of the clouds because that is why people get so bent out of shape setting unrealistic expectations. As long as CRB is our coach nothing is impossible some things are just implausible for now. Even if Turner was fully healthy and Plasvic got cleared preseason we would have been at best a bubble NCAA team. We as a team are sorely lacking in size, shooting and ability to consistently penetrate/beat guys off the dribble. Turner only addresses one of those (penetration) and the other partially (shooting). Plasvic would have helped with size but he can't be on the court the whole game. Next years roster makes me excited. We will have a lot of seniors for the first time in a long time and most will play big roles. Fulky, Pons, Bailey, and JJ. All of them will be solid players next year and if the new guys coming in are as good as advertised and push them for minutes we are in good shape. JJJ ain't gonna be a 1 and done unless something miraculous happens soon.
ON, Plasvic and Vescovi will be big contributors next year and them getting a chance to grow now will pay. The more I look at the roster and the way guys are playing now the more I get excited about next season but we also have to worry about how well UK and UF are recruiting. they will be no Joke but SEC champs next year is a good chance. We have a coach that can develop that's why I'm not worried at all about this team's future. anyway im off work catch u guys later
I think you misunderstood me. I’m not saying we will have UNC, MSU, Nova type talent across the board. I just mean that the guys we have coming in next year are the kinds of players that those schools recruit. And you add that to a similarly talented sophomore James, a similarly talented sophomore Vescovi, a senior Pons, a senior Fulk, an eligible Plavsic, an eligible Bailey, and you have a really good blend of elite talent, experience, and role players who aren’t being asked to carry the load like they are, now. How many teams across the country can say they have the kind of talent we have on paper, next year? It’s a short list.
Sure, we will have our deficiencies in the post, but as you said, we don’t play in a vacuum. Just as other teams will improve, so will other teams have deficiencies, as well. Few, if any, teams out there will be perfectly built, and in college basketball, good coaches can scheme around minor deficiencies.
As for being in the clouds, well, you don’t seem to be too familiar with my post history. I never get too high, and rarely get too low on our team because the truth almost always lies in between. I am also quick to call down those who post in a manic fashion, as well. I have defended Scotty Hopson and to a lesser extent, Robert Hubbs many times from our fans’ harsh and unfair criticisms borne solely in the ridiculous expectations they had for both players because of the 5
️s next to their names. My personal prediction for this year’s team was 18-13, which can be found in the preseason predictions thread, when many of our fans were predicting 22, 23, 24+ wins.
