Year-to-Year Improvement

[JaminShock]

As it regards how we will replace Hannah next year, I thought it'd be worth mentioning how much improvement we've gotten from our returning players thus far:

Murry

ppg- 11 to 12.9
rpg- 3.8 to 5.2
apg- 2.5 to 3.3
FG%- 37.1 to 43.2

Hatch

ppg- 3.6 to 9.4
rpg- 1.8 to 3.7
FG%- 35.1 to 47.6
3pt%- 26.2 to 44.8

Kyles

ppg- 2.6 to 5.9
rpg- 1.3 to 2.6
apg- 0.6 to 2.2

Durley

ppg- 8.9 to 11.3
3pt%- 7.7 to 42.4
FT%- 67.7 to 83.3

Stutz

ppg- 4.2 to 7.3
rpg- 2.6 to 4.6
FT%- 68.6 to 74.4

That's 5 major contributors who have made big improvements from last year to this year. HCGM has shown an ability to get guys to reach their potential, and assuming those 5 continue to improve, along with DW and KM maturing, and GB and AE returning (and no doubt improving as well) I think next year's team will eclipse this year's team despite losing CH.

[Awesome Sauce Malone]

Losing Clevin is going to hurt no matter what the stats say.

But yes I dont see a reason why we cant improve and be even better next year. There has been a vast improvement from last year to this year.

[shocker22]

If we do not sign a very solid JUCO PG and Williams and Manigault don't make huge improvements I think we will see alot of TM at point next year.

Starters could look something like

TM
DK
GH
AE
JT

[Smooth007]

HCGM has said several times that one of the most important components of this years team is returning PG experience. I question if a Juco PG will be able to step in right away and run the system effectively from the start regardeless of talent.

[MTXE]

Hopefully by next year there will be enough improvement out of the entire team that a play-making point guard like Clevin won't be so essential. As it stands right now, the team usually stagnates when Clevin is not on the floor. Clevin's decision-making and scoring ability helps to cover up gaps and mental lapses that many times become noticeable when he is on the bench.

I don't think there is time for a 2010 recruit to learn the system effectively enough to be a starting point guard unless he is extremely intelligent and also a tremendous scorer. Being a real threat to score will help to cover up his own learning curve when he doesn't always 'see' the plays developing. To expect to sign a point guard that has the personality to take a veteran team over within weeks, the intelligence to learn a fairly complicated offensive and defensive system quickly, as well as be a potent scoring threat when plays break down, is a lot to ask for.

Coach signed two 'point-guards' in KJ and Williams. One of these guys has to pan out. I may be wrong but it appears that Williams is the smarter of the two. He just needs to age a bit.

[JaminShock]

Hopefully by next year there will be enough improvement out of the entire team that a play-making point guard like Clevin won't be so essential. As it stands right now, the team usually stagnates when Clevin is not on the floor. Clevin's decision-making and scoring ability helps to cover up gaps and mental lapses that many times become noticeable when he is on the bench.

I don't think there is time for a 2010 recruit to learn the system effectively enough to be a starting point guard unless he is extremely intelligent and also a tremendous scorer. Being a real threat to score will help to cover up his own learning curve when he doesn't always 'see' the plays developing. To expect to sign a point guard that has the personality to take a veteran team over within weeks, the intelligence to learn a fairly complicated offensive and defensive system quickly, as well as be a potent scoring threat when plays break down, is a lot to ask for.

Coach signed two 'point-guards' in KJ and Williams. One of these guys has to pan out. I may be wrong but it appears that Williams is the smarter of the two. He just needs to age a bit.

This is what I'm hoping for as well. We went to the Sweet 16 with a sophomore PG who had stretches of inconsistency.