(03-14-2020 02:10 PM)Joprior23 Wrote: (03-14-2020 01:57 PM)pesik Wrote: you forget yetna, who could come in as the preseason POY...
still alot to decide..memphis, wichita, cincy will are still looking to pick up multiple players .will jank be fired, how many transfer...
houston probably the favorite..2/9 jumbled up depending on offseason moves...temple/ecu looking like 10/11...tulane probably last
We only have 11 teams next year. I have ECU 9th, Tulane 10th, and Temple dead last.
Temple's situation next season is somewhat difficult to predict, because half of the roster (6 players) will be new next season, and the team's roster of active players is expected to increase to 13 (from a maximum of 11 last season).
The team's main loss will be Quinton Rose. The other three departing players (Moore II, D. Moore, & Hamilton) played nearly 1/4 of the team's minutes and were relatively unproductive and/or inconsistent during the past season. The incoming players who replace the latter three may be more productive than they were.
The 6 incoming players:
A skilled RS Sophomore transfer PG (Tai Strickland) from Wisconsin will join the team, as will a medical RS CG (Damian Dunn) who showed considerable promise in inter-team scrimmages prior to a pre-season injury. Both had the benefit of practicing with the team last season.
Two HS recruits will join the team: Quincy Ademokoya (SF/Wing) and Jahlil White (SG/Wing). Both are capable scorers and rebounders who can help to fill the scoring gap left by Rose's departure. Ademokoya is a skilled 3 point shooter with inside and outside scoring ability.
In addition, Coach McKie has two other roster spots to fill with late HS recruits, JUCOs or - perhaps most likely - experienced D1 players from the transfer portal. McKie has had his greatest recruiting success, to date, attracting skilled transfers to play at Temple.
The team will definitely miss Rose's overall play, his senior experience/leadership, and his scoring. However, the team's shooting % may be likely to increase next season, due to the fact that Rose was not a high FG% shooter.
The team's play-making may also improve next season, due to the fact that the team's starting PG only averaged a meager 3.3 assists per 40 minutes last season (in 32 mpg). In contrast, incoming PG Strickland averaged 5.6 assists per 40 minutes at Wisconsin. Given that each assist results in 2-3 points being scored, his additional 2.3 assists per 40 minutes, alone, could help to increase Temple's scoring by 3-5 ppg next season.
However, the two transfers that Coach McKie hopes to sign this spring may have the greatest potential to become impact players who might be able to make Temple more competitive next season.
One other factor that might help next season is that it seems unlikely that as many Temple players will miss a number of games due to injuries next season.
Taken together with having a 13-man (rather than available 11-man) roster, Coach McKie is likely to have a significantly deeper bench to work with next season.
All of these factors added up may not make Temple an upper-tier team next season, but the Owls might be able to contend for 5th or 6th place and a possible NIT bid if all goes well.