They lose 80% of their scoring, 75% of their rebounding, 65% of their assists. Six of their top eight players are gone. Not counting Taylor, their returning players averaged 5 minutes/game last year.
With those starters, and with three first year players off the bench, they will struggle big time. Withey sucks. He runs like he's on stilts. Releford a question mark. Johnson is a head case. Robinson is talented but unproven as the centerpiece.
I like our chances against them as much next year as any year I can remember.
Kansas loses good players every year and they still win the big 12. Just look at what they did the year after they won the championship. They lost a lot more that year and still made it to the sweet 16.
The loss of the Morris Twins hurt the most. Selby, Reed, Morningstar and Little are all replaceable.
Taylor showed a lot of improvement at the end of the year and so did Elijah Johnson. Withey is not going to dominate but he is a decent 7 footer.
Robinson is going to be a beast. He averaged about 8 points and 7 rebounds a game in 14 minutes of play.
I agree that if they don't get any more players we will play well against them but if they get a couple of the recruits set to announce tomorrow combined with the three recruits they already have then they will win the Big 12 next year. How can you pick against them when they have won it so many times in row? Until someone knocks them off they are the favorite.
Texas would have won the league if Hamilton, Thompson and Joseph would have stayed. With all those players leaving Texas it really helps ISU. Now with a coaching change at A&M and Missouri, next year is stacking up very favorable for ISU.
