Kolek planning to go pro
I see the potential - Need some significant developmental steps to compete next year.
I assume Kam and OMax take a jump next year but I feel like a lot rides on if Wrightsil is legit or not or if Joplin takes a big jump.
This is fantastic news for Justin and MU. The more talent MU sends to The Association the betterI am bullish on the prospects for this years team . Everyone poised for solid growth .Will be interesting to see what the coaching staff does with the empty spot.
This is the most eye-roll inducing statement.
Its really not.Woulda been great to have Justin again. But its also great to get kids to the NBA.Shaka has been here 1 year and hes had one guy such a huge jump he became a clear cut NBA prospect and he kept every other kid(outside of Greg who I dont count for this) out of the transfer portal.Continuity and getting guys to the league is how a program like MU builds.
The MLB was like 40 rounds. NBA should keep it as is.
A core of Morsell, Kolek, Lewis and Kuath led me to believe we would far surpass the majority of expectations laid out by posters here - We did. This coming season there are far more question marks. A lot of guys who played second, third fiddle with talent that are all very capable of taking big strides, but the jury is still out how they will handle increased work loads. I hope to be wrong, but I’m more pessimistic this season than going into last. Without knowing who comes in to replace lewis’ roster spot, I’d guess our ceiling for next year is 17-19 wins.
I see a lot of roll players on this team and not a lot of studs.
He was All Big East first team last season. That doesn't qualify as great?
Going into last season, all we knew about Morsell, Kolek and Kuath was that they had "played second, third fiddle" in their previous programs. Morsell was a non-scorer. Kuath wasn't even that. Kolek was an A-10 kid who was being tasked with playing a new position at a higher-level school. O-Max wasn't even third fiddle at Clemson. Even Lewis ... he didn't average double-figures as an MU frosh. And who knew what kind of college players Kam and Stevie would be? Last year's team was filled with question marks.Don't get me wrong -- there are plenty of question marks going into next season now, too. Many of those are based on how much better guys like O-Max, Mitchell, Kolek, Kam, Joplin and Oso can be, as well as the newcomers. I'll hold off on my expectations until I see who replaces Lewis on the roster, but I'd be pretty disappointed with a step backward.Meanwhile ...I wish nothing but great fortune to Justin Lewis. He worked hard, played well and was the main reason last year's team surpassed most observers' expectations. I hope he gets drafted and has a great pro career.While him leaving will not be great for MU this season, it was expected by most (including Shaka no doubt), and overall it's good for a program to show it can be a launching pad to NBA careers.
I would take the Rick SLU program right now.
Congrats and good luck Mr. Lewis. Will nice to have another Marquette grad in the Association.Add me to the group that's still optimistic about next season. If Lewis had returned, I'd be thinking a top 15 team, now I'm thinking we will be slightly better than last season, somewhere in the 6-8 seed range, hopefully without getting falcon punched in the first round.
We need an impact transfer big. Huge loss.
Yep. The talk that this team without Justin is better than last is absolute fantasyland. Lose by far our best two players and 3 of top 4 scorers, and bring in no top 100 recruits and no impact transfers. Woof. Long term upside is there, but I don't see next season being a tournament team.
a good college player. A great college player would be a Johnny Davis, imo.
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
I watched each of them play numerous times for their previous programs (Kuath and Morsell many more times than Kolek). I was very confident with them coming into the program with their experience/skill set and making immediate impacts. I don't have that feeling yet with any of the guys returning this season. Morsell always had scoring skills. Maryland chose not to utilize them hence why he transferred. Kuath was stuck behind Manek and didn't get as much run as his talent merits. Kolek was A10 freshman player of the year. All three proved themselves on the college level as more than capable players but not great fits within their respective programs. A change of scenery did all three of them wonders. I was very confident with my predictions last season and most of my predictions were quite accurate.