by Rollbird5 » April 10th, 2014, 2:41 pm
Time to put my thoughts in:
There is no way this team should finish outside of the top 4 in conference.
As of now we have good size, athleticism, and some experience mixed with youth. We can play pretty good defense and rarely lose at home. Reggie is an x factor for us, if his offensive game continues to improve this offseason outside of wsu's big men mockevius and tuttle nobody should be able to control him.
Our biggest weaknesses are outside shooting and playing on the road. Until we show that we can win on the road nobody should be thinking we can make the ncaa tournament, let alone the NIT. Our team is too streaky with our outside shooting. With Zeisloft and lofton gone there goes our two best shooters IMO. The next 3 recruits that we sign will determine how we go from top 4 to contending. If we do not get a knock down shooter, someone to keep the defense honest, teams can just zone up on us and will give us fits.
I love the potential of this team but how good we can be rides on our 3 new guys (mcintosh, hawkins, purcell) and our next recruits we sign. We will be a solid mvc team with the potential to be a top 2 team.