Drew’s postgame comments were very telling. When asked about what he learned from the team, he said, “What your roster needs to look like for you to have success.” Later when asked about how he will continue to maintain the success of the program, he immediately talked about how active they are in the transfer portal and how they have to, “crush that.” Seems like he doesn’t have a lot of confidence in where the roster is today which is understandable. Will be very interesting to see what the portal brings, especially with only two scholarship slots next year. Have to wonder if he redshirts freshman to open up more spots for transfers next year.
Also with the updated transfer rules I would never be surprised to see someone transfer. After the way that his season went towards the end I would not be surprised if Hutson transferred opening up a roster spot
There is not much of a roster left. We are losing 7 seniors. Since 40% of DI basketball players transfer (old statistic - its probably more), I would expect us to lose one or two players from this roster.
I don't find his comments surprising. When you only have one starter returning, you are going into a new league and you do not have a player who can consistently score, recruiting is your top priority. He has the job - he wants to win - he is not satisfied.
It’s a good question. The ones returning who played meaningful minutes this year are Braden, Marquise, Tom, and Hutson. Of that group it would really surprise me if Braden, Marquise or Tom left, think they are set as getting major minutes next year. Hutson I could see moving on as his role diminished greatly as the year went on, if he left that would leave us with 3 spots for transfers/possibly Klintman? Neal Quin would be a huge upgrade if we could swing him; am feeling pessimistic about landing Klintman but never know. If we land him that leaves one roster spot open correct? Anderson is a total wild card as is Ben Schweiger who redshirted, have no idea what they will bring to the table. The redshirting some of the freshman coming in would make sense as well to let them adjust and free up some playing time. Will be an exciting off season.
I'm super curious to see what Damezi and Ben bring to the table. Damezi is a very unusual case. Next year will be his 5th year in college. In his two years at Loyola, he probably played a total of 10-15 minutes. Maybe he peaked in high school, but I'm very curious to see how he'll perform.