Next year
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So is it for sure now that Vanderbeken will be coming back next year or what's the deal with him right now?
Last year we won 4 conference games, returned our best player, added the pre-season pick for newcomer of the year and will probably win 3 conference games.
If Brackins and Gilstrap both leave we will not have any returning players who averaged over 10 ppg. Factor in that we will probably lose 2-3 other underclassmen since we have done so every other year that McDermott has been here. I'm sure none of our incominig players will come close to being named newcomer of the year.
Net result - most B12 teams have more talent than we do this year, most of them return more talent than us, most of them will be bringing in more talent than us.
I guess that leaves us in last place.
If Brackins and Gilstrap both leave we will not have any returning players who averaged over 10 ppg. Factor in that we will probably lose 2-3 other underclassmen since we have done so every other year that McDermott has been here. I'm sure none of our incominig players will come close to being named newcomer of the year.
Net result - most B12 teams have more talent than we do this year, most of them return more talent than us, most of them will be bringing in more talent than us.
I guess that leaves us in last place.
All true and inarguable. We've become Nebraska and CU BB = cannon fodder for the rest of the Big 12.
I don't see CB coming back......he will probably be at least a 2nd round choice, and even if he does not get drafted there is still Europe or the NBDL if he could sign as a free agent. Plus, he is getting not getting any younger. I really don't see what another year under GMac would do for him.
Gilstrap...who knows? I have doubts the NCAA would grant him another year. He did say that if they did, he would return, but he has a family to think about too, so he may have just been saying that so as not to start any kind of controversy.
I still see the possibility of more player defections. I could see up to 4 leaving....Colvin, Dendy, Buckley and Hamilton.
There does not appear to be any outstanding recruits coming in, plus GMac is going the JC route again......which is always iffy at best.
I would say an even worse record than this year. Might win about the same number in conference, thanks to Nebraska and Colorado still being in the leauge, but I think there will be a worse record in the non-conference. I don't see next year's team jelling very quickly at all. I will predict an overall record of 12-19 in regular season.
Gilstrap...who knows? I have doubts the NCAA would grant him another year. He did say that if they did, he would return, but he has a family to think about too, so he may have just been saying that so as not to start any kind of controversy.
I still see the possibility of more player defections. I could see up to 4 leaving....Colvin, Dendy, Buckley and Hamilton.
There does not appear to be any outstanding recruits coming in, plus GMac is going the JC route again......which is always iffy at best.
I would say an even worse record than this year. Might win about the same number in conference, thanks to Nebraska and Colorado still being in the leauge, but I think there will be a worse record in the non-conference. I don't see next year's team jelling very quickly at all. I will predict an overall record of 12-19 in regular season.
I thought it was known that some players could handle coming off the bench, while others need the title of starter to be happy.
I can see maybe Buckley and Colvin leaving but why would Dendy and Hamilton leave? Dendy would have to sit a year and then would only have 1 more year to play at the other school, and Hamilton could be one of our best players next year if Gilstrap and Brackins leave.