CO is far more important than Sampson. Keep him and things will be fine if Lavin can pickup some transfers.
We have zero frontcourt scoring nor rebounding next year. We don't have any legit division 1 frontcourt starters on the team. How are we going to be competitive? Who's gonna score? Who's gonna rebound? Teams will zone us to death, and we didn't score nor rebound well in the frontcourt even with Sampson and Sanchez.
Now we have the worst of all worlds. We are a poor shooting team that lost/is losing our entire frontcourt. Teams will zone us to death.
Settle down MCN...settle down!
Who is going to rebound? Who rebounded for us this year? Nobody. Sampson was great on the offensive glass when he wanted it, but he and Sanchez never boxed anyone out...ever. In terms of just rebounding and post defense, the DelaRosa brothers are like a + impact over Sampson and Sanchez. Jones, at worst, is a complete replacement of GG.
Also, who ever scored for us down low? Sampson got everything from his 15 footer or in transition. I think there were 10-12 made baskets all year from Sanchez/Sampson down low in the half court.
The zone would have hurt us with Sampson or without. The kid cost us at least 5 possessions a game, so whoever takes his place will start out +8-10 right from the get go. Box a few guys out set some screens and that could swell. The best thing that can happen for next year is Jordan to come back with a better jumper...he's not bad and most freshman make a big jump from the outside year one to year two. Hooper will be exponentially better next season after his year of experience at the Big East level. I think he will be able to give us a much better 15 mpg against zones.