Sophomore Jump

[Cuseball]

As we think about next year, let's not forget that some of the most important developments will be the expected improvements for 2nd year players MCW, Rak and even Cooney (with one year of practice). Each get a hard season of practices under their belt, a year of understanding what is demanded of them, some big game moments and 7 months from now until October to work on their games. Maybe we don't see the jump Melo and Dion made this year but both will surely make major improvements.

Rak will have time to work on positioning at the center and PF spot based on where the coaches envision him. MCW will become an even better distributor and defender at the top of the zone.

Coleman will be huge, Noel would be incredible and Grant will be valuable down the line. However, Rak, MCW and Cooney are incredibly talented and might be the biggest factors in determining how successful we are next year.

Cuse!

 

[HouseOfCuse]

Probably the biggest thing we will need is for Cooney to be good.

Essentially you have MCW replacing Scoop which I think most will say is not going to be a big drop or we could possibly be better there.

We lose Joseph but have a rotation of Fair, Southerland and Christmas to man the forwards. Plus Grant if needed. I don't see this as a big drop off

At center we lose Melo but have Keita, Christmas and Coleman to rotate in there. Keita played really well against Ohio st. which is promising. Christmas also played well at center in a few games. Coleman should provide good offense in the post. Not too much of a drop off

Our biggest loss and tuffest to replace will be Waiters as the first guard off the bench. That will be Cooney. I think this is the biggest drop off. I can't see Cooney bringing an attacking mentality that Dion had. Don't think he can provide the same defense. Only thing he will do better is shoot. Hopefully I'm proven wrong.