(04-27-2021 10:51 AM)emu79 Wrote:  

(04-27-2021 10:16 AM)RamyEMU Wrote:  Woah, KPJ! That is some serious historical research/reference. Thanks for sharing!

Your point is well taken, but I think the task ahead of Heath is considerably more significant then what Murphy had. This is particularly in terms of depth of backcourt and quality of frontcourt that was leftover from their predecessors. (Note, had Groce, Montero, Morgan, Love, and Lowder not transferred, this might have been a different case). Plus Murphy’s most prominent early recruit was Dashonte Riley, who he hardly had to actually recruit since he just came over with him from Syracuse. Anyway, comparing the below, I don’t think it is as likely to see a first year success from Heath. We’ll see...

Murphy
Backcourt
5-10 Darrell Lampley
6-3 Derrick Thompson
6-3 Antonio Green
6-3 JR Sims
6-3 Quinten Dailey
Added: 6-3 Austin Harper
Frontcourt
6-11 Jamel Harris
6-10 Matt Balkema
6-10 Kamil Janton
Added: 7-0 Deshontae Riley

Heath
Backcourt
6-2 McBride
6-3 Spottsville
Added: ????
Frontcourt
6-10 Binelli
6-8 Ballard
7-0 Okongo
Added: ????

Lampley in my opinion is a,better point then what I have,seen the,past two years.

There are those who believe that Lampley was the best PG of the Murphy era. You can definitely make a strong case for that.

Edit: Ha! I missed Ramy’s post before I shared this.