Trying to make some sense of what we are seeing, I wanted to go back and look at recruiting from 2016:
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Now, I will admit I have done zero research with how this compares to other teams, but I think it is pretty striking to see that currently we only have 2/13 players remaining from 2016 - 2018. Within 2019 we can all agree that Kofi is a star but BVV is still very much raw and developing and Hamlin/Kouma no longer with the team. Then in 2020 you have a few solid pieces in Belo, Hawkins, and Grandison, but you also have Lieb who doesn't see the floor and Hutcherson who is just now seeing the floor but is unproven. The loss of Adam Miller seems particularly glaring over these last few games.
Obviously the season is young and there are many games left to be played, but I think that 2018 class is really coming back to hurt us. I understand there are several reasons why these players are no longer on the team, but to be 0/7 with that class right now I don't think is doing us any favors. Add that to the fact that it doesn't seem that any of the 2021 freshman are ready for major minutes (Goode probably furthest along) and the 2021 transfers have been fairly quiet thus far, we could be in for a very rough season....