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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1821002, member: 40"]
At the beginning of June, when Mali elected to remain in the draft, the coaching staff was faced with a situation where they only had 7--SEVEN--scholarship players returning!  And of those 7, we were imbalanced by being frontcourt heavy, and only had two guards heading into next year.  That meant limited depth and not much margin for error--especially in the backcourt, and not having the ability even practice 5 on 5 with scholarship players.

We thought we were in a good position to add a grad transfer who was a shooter, but who could also fill in at the point, who would have bolstered depth--but the staff lost him to Cal, and things looked dire.

Fast forward 6 weeks:
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[*]We added Gillon, who is a better player than Mullins
[*]We added Taurean Thompson, after a topsy-turvy recruitment process
[*]Reportedly, we've added Andrew White
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Net result:
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[*]Backcourt depth has been significantly bolstered
[*]We added extensive experience, with two fifth year grad transfers
[*]We filled a major roster gap at SF
[*]We've added more size / versatility to an already talent rich frontcourt
[*]We've added lots of proven / double digit scoring pop to an unproven roster
[*]We added a LOT of shooting in Gillon / White
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Hat's off to JB and the coaching staff for making things happen this summer!  The roster composition looks a LOT different than it did at the beginning of June.  Not saying that it is going to happen for sure--anything can happen in march madness, as we saw last  year--but this has the makings of a top 10 team that could be  a true title contender if a few things fall into place.
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