We would have a top HS recruit w a year of exp and redshirt year under his belt replacing him w Simon.
WE ARE ST JOHN'S, where a team that has won 22 games combined the last 2 years and just lost a game by 75 points losing 1 of its two best players can be spun as a good thing
They are better with him. Losing him would be progress lost.
Agreed. Losing Lovett would probably makes us an NIT team next year and the growth would be minimalized from this season unless Simon is that good and we find a grad transfer.
Who'd we have to lose to make the NCAA tournament?
On the other board your boy Monte was totally cool with no Lovett but went mysteriously radio silent at the thought of Mussini transferring. I think he is making an Italian mix tape for him.
I hope Mussini stays. As I have said before, he was not used correctly as a frosh. Being the PG and playing as many minutes as he did hurt his game. This year his FG and 3PT percentages were both up (3PT went from 30% to 43%). While his points/game dropped, he was more efficient in points per minute. His t/o's dropped significantly. Next season if used in a similar manner, I would expect him to average 10-12 PPG off the bench which ain't shabby. His defense also improved as the season went on.
Ellison also showed improvement across his stat line (except for FT %), including going from a negative assist to t/o ratio to a positive ratio in the current year. He obviously has worked on his game and if he continues he will be a good 4 year player who could be a 1,000 PT SCORER at the end of his career which is not bad for someone getting 20 to 25 minutes/game. He has the size which can't be taught.