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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeDW, post: 2220555, member: 2458"] I thought 2001 would be that, and they went 25-9. They had Shumpert returning as a 10 ppg game...I didn't see him turning into 20 ppg. Damone Brown was like a 10 pts. 5 rebounds game guy for 2 straight years...he made the leap into a 16 and 8 and consistent big time player. Allen Griffin had been a backup PG for 2 years and a shaky starting SG for one. He made the leap. Those 3 guys all made enormous jumps in their games. So much so that the fact we started Billy Celluck or a freshman Jeremy McNeil at center didn't hurt us all that much. That team had more continuity as it basically had a bunch of reserves stepping into bigger roles, and didn't have all the new guys. But talent wise on paper, things weren't looking real promising. Deshaun Williams was probably the biggest recruit, but he wasn't a 5 star type. [/QUOTE]