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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 1059880, member: 57"]
No, I think the strategy of the staff has been to get two productive years from our better players, and that MCW, Ennis, and Grant have all thrown flies into the ointment.

We are not a true one & done type of school, simply because Kentucky can populate it's rosters with legit Top Ten Players & we have to "settle" for the Top 50 types.

I like the incoming class because I don't see any one & done types there, though Richardson may well be borderline. The question is whether or not we will get more than one productive years out of most of those kids.

Looking at the class in more detail:

Richardson - no question he will be a rotation guy as a frosh, but with Cooney still around (if Trevor can improve) he may well be a two year guy in the program before he gets a chance to star.

Diagne - I see most of his minutes at the five spot & in NBA terms he is under-sized for that position, so he may well be a three or four year player.

Lydon - needs bodywork, probably will take him two to three seasons to really blossom

Howard - the wildcard - so hard to factor in his age and injury. Really hard to gauge, but if I had to guess I see his upside as an Adrian Autry lite  - probably a three year kid - maybe a four year since we have to remember that Autry wasn't successful at the next level & if we are able to bring in Battle and/or Murray he might get relegated to a rotation player as a junior and if we get two years from Kaleb then he may never even start for us.
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