2023 Returnees

I think Sean puts his stamp on the roster next year. I think players that get limited minutes like KyKy, Edwards, Tucker and Miles will be gone. Nunge, Free, Colby, and Hunter will return if they want to. Will probably see a couple stay and a couple go. I know the draft boards have Colby creeping in the first round - but I'm skeptical. At a minimum, he's making alot of money in Europe. Probably all of those 4 will.

Cam Kraft will get his shot next year, as will the new recruits. They will absolutely need his shooting. Claude will be have an expanded role undoubtedly in the starting line-up. The transfer portal will fill the gaps.

"Rebuilding year" should not be in the vocabulary anymore. Same expectations of making the tournament and periodic runs should exist for everyone. I can guarantee you Sean expects this and will to get us a roster to get us there.

A deep tournament run this year will further open up the transfer interest. The obvious need in my eyes will be more shooters - losing Kunk and Souley is huge from an outside threat perspective.

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Originally Posted by drudy23

I think Sean puts his stamp on the roster next year. I think players that get limited minutes like KyKy, Edwards, Tucker and Miles will be gone. Nunge, Free, Colby, and Hunter will return if they want to. Will probably see a couple stay and a couple go. I know the draft boards have Colby creeping in the first round - but I'm skeptical. At a minimum, he's making alot of money in Europe. Probably all of those 4 will.

Cam Kraft will get his shot next year, as will the new recruits. They will absolutely need his shooting. Claude will be have an expanded role undoubtedly in the starting line-up. The transfer portal will fill the gaps.

"Rebuilding year" should not be in the vocabulary anymore. Same expectations of making the tournament and periodic runs should exist for everyone. I can guarantee you Sean expects this and will to get us a roster to get us there.

A deep tournament run this year will further open up the transfer interest. The obvious need in my eyes will be more shooters - losing Kunk and Colby is huge from an outside threat perspective.

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I 100% agree with the bold. Turning it around quickly and a nice tournament run would help Sean sell the program immensely!

There’s nothing wrong with saying rebuilding, when that’s exactly what it is. The reason that it is rebuilding and not reloading is because of where the roster is. There just aren’t quality underclassmen on the roster right now that are probably coming back, other than Claude and possibly Kraft. The others….Miles, Tandy, Tucker, and maybe Edwards…are misses. (I still have some hope that Edwards can develop, and think that he will be back.) They will have to rebuild using the transfer portal and the freshman class. But even if they bring in 4 new all-American transfers they still have to be built into a cohesive TEAM. Give Miller another year or so to get the recruiting pipeline up and rolling and they can go back to reloading again, but there have been a few years of missed classes (other than 2 players) and it will take a little time for them to overcome that. Let’s remember that 4 of their current top 6 players are transfers!

I think Nunge, Jones, and Freemantle are all gone assuming some NIL situation doesn't come up. Depending on how the season ends for Hunter I think that could go either way. Claude I would have to assume will come back, and I hope that's true for Kraft as well and he isn't mad about playing time. Not sure what to think of Tandy, Edwards, Tucker, and Miles. Those guys may as well transfer since they basically have gotten no playing time.

If someone holds a gun to my head, like some on this board would love to, I think that Elijah and Dieonte will leave with a 50/50 or more chance that Cam does to. He’s getting zero time now in a situation where we REALLY could use some depth and Sean obviously recruited over him with Ducharme, who seems to be the exact same player. Plus he will be “Sean’s guy”.
I know Dionte wants to stay close to home but I could see him easily reuniting with The Former Guy in Oxford or going to NKY. Size is always in demand so I doubt he would have a problem finding a home.
Edwards is at least getting a look, but only in necessity. At this point, I think KyKy stays. I’m still bullish on Jerome and Colby staying. Zach? Hard to tell.

I hope Ducharme is going to be ready. He would be IMO a replacement for Colby. I mean the regular Colby, not the NIT Ray Allen clone Jones.
He is a good defenders and a shooter.

Edwards might blossom with Miller, I would like to see him work with Jerome, Des and Reid.

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"Rebuilding year" should not be in the vocabulary anymore. Same expectations of making the tournament and periodic runs should exist for everyone. I can guarantee you Sean expects this and will to get us a roster to get us there.

A deep tournament run this year will further open up the transfer interest. The obvious need in my eyes will be more shooters - losing Kunk and Colby is huge from an outside threat perspective.

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The expectation is always making the tournament. Rebuilding year as in not expecting much once you do. That’s a semi rebuilding year in my eyes.

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I know the draft boards have Colby creeping in the first round - but I'm skeptical. At a minimum, he's making alot of money in Europe. Probably all of those 4 will.

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A lot can obviously happen rest of season, tournament, combines, etc. but I looked at 5 mock drafts just now all done this month, and 4 out of the 5 have Colby as a 1st round pick. Highest was #22, lowest (and only 2nd rd) was 38. The average number of all 5 was 27.8. So definitely borderline 1st at this point but probably hard to resist if that close. Never know though. Would love to see him come back.

Unless there is an issue we are unaware of, I see no reason that Craft would leave.

All freshmen who don't play much are upset, but he knows he's up against guys with much more experience and time in the system. He knows it takes time to crack the lineup, much less become a starter.

And his fellow frosh happens to be accelerating both physically and on the court in a way Craft isn't.

That doesn't mean Miller can't help Craft develop into a good four year player.

He's learned the system and style. That's valuable even if next year's freshmen are really talented. With the two main guards leaving after this year he's due to compete.

Other players brag about him hitting shots really well in practice, so I'm guessing it's an adjustment to the size and speed. That can take a while, but he'll get stronger and learn how to handle the ball and defend better. Seems premature to think he's out the door.

Can Claude follow in Jones' steps and be a better shooter, better rebounder, and better overall guard than Colby by Claude's junior year?
They both look in control comfortable with the ball.