(05-16-2017 12:43 PM)Seahawkhoops Wrote:  More wins next year, Men's or Woman's BB?

Men's. The Women's team doesn't have a lot of wiggle room to change the roster for '17-18. They have 13 players on the current roster, and I haven't heard of any defections or possible defections. So the new coaching staff will need to win mostly with Harris' players in that first season.

That sounds good at first. After all, coaches should WANT some continuity so they can ease into the job and really get going with recruiting the next year. Until you remember that these players went 10-20 last year, scored 53 points per game and had an RPI of 217. Maybe Barefoot can get a lot more of out of them than Harris did, and immediately at that, but I'm setting the bar fairly low in that first season.

Even if Cacok leaves, meanwhile, the Men's team at least will have a decent core of Talley, Taylor, Fornes, Richmond and Elmore/Bryan to work with, plus the new additions of Estime, Sallah, etc.

Both coaches will need a couple years to get going, for sure, but the Men's team should be the better product next year, by a decent margin at that.