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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5352297, member: 722"]
I would argue their misses were entirely in portal recruiting.

But it was a major failure.  They just didn't get the guys they wanted. Lampkin was a very good pickup, but he needed to be the second best player in the class.  Getting one of the three best point guards in the class was much more important to the team's success than getting Lampkin.

If money was an issue, throwing all of Lampkin's money at (for instance) Richmond would have made more sense. Getting a live body low major center who could catch alley oops and block shots, along with Richmond, and this team is way better.

But maybe they knew McLeod wasn't going to play, and they thought Westry was the guy.

Without knowing what the staff thought they knew last spring, we can't retrace their roster building decision making.

We will see how much the analytics team makes a difference this upcoming year. We will also see if our NIL money has improved to a more competitive position.

In spite of everything, a healthy roster with McLeod, Westry and Freeman and an effective Bell would look entirely different going down the stretch. Carlos, Davis and Taylor were not supposed to be starters or even critical rotation pieces. But when you have enough injuries, your depth becomes your starters.

Edit: even Dakota Leffew has a 4.7 BPM off the bench for Georgia. Carlos, as mostly a starter, has a -1.7 BPM. Huge fail in recruiting, one way or the other.
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