I get that Catbone is the piss in our cheerios, but the BasketVOLs will be pulling off something unexpected if they finish in the top 3 SEC regular season.
Kentucky, Auburn, LSU (how is Wade not gone?) and now even Florida are all sitting with better rosters. Doesn't mean Barnes can't beat 'em or that he won't...but we lost a lot and Bowden/Turner can't do it all.
Fulkerson and Pons have stepped up some but neither have elevated to the level you need to replace Grant/Admiral...and probably won't. So going to need other players to produce outside those 4 returning guys. JJJ has shown some flashes, and he's a fantastic rebounder/defender already just need him to get to that 8-12 ppg range to help out on offense more.