This ended up as the worst season since the days of Jesse Agel (the Rich Kotite of Brown basketball coaches).
I’ll say what everybody already knows: their shooting stinked and so did the circumstances. They ended up losing two of the only guys who could really shoot. Still had a hole to fill from losing an all-time scorer. And their scoring guard just stopped making shots. The one stat they were elite in - assist to FG rate - reflected the fact that nobody except Lewis could hit a shot unless it was spoon fed to them. It was the denominator that was the problem. That’s how bad the shooting got - they could only score if it was right in front of them, and sometimes not even then.
Defensively they were good. Steals and blocks. They fouled too much. The rest was solid.
My bright spots for the season? Lewis emerging as the top big in the league, only two seasons removed from riding the bench. JJ showing that he can really play, despite falling off in the 2nd half of the Ivy season. And seeing enough from Langham to believe he’ll be an impact player, but not so much that I worry about him hitting the portal.
It was good to see Paragon have some games where he rolled. I hadn’t seen that coming. I also think Charlie O’Sullivan has some high upside that maybe can be unlocked If he can mature some more physically and athletically.
The rest? AU played like he had the burden of carrying the Kino load, which got worse as his shooting declined. MWJ struggled most of the season, and was solid in anything that didn’t have to do with offense. Dabo played very well early in the season but lost something in the Ivy season. And Rochester just was.
It was a bad season.
So where to go from here?