Murphy is going to be a huge loss. However, our shooting and guard play has been what has made this team look bad often times. Let's see it Pitino is able to go out and get a banger and a couple of shooters. If he does, don't be surprised if this team is better next year than this. I expect Coffey to come back and be even better and perhaps improve his shooting and ball handling. I am guessing that Carr will be a good upgrade for the guard play. Guard play is huge in college buckets.
Despite our poor shooting team, one of the worst shooting teams I have seen here, we are in the tournament. That means that the coach and players did other things right and certainly much of that was on the defensive end where we improved as the year went along.
bga, you could be right. However, as of now, it is simple fact that we are returning 3 regular players for next year and it is anyone's guess what next year holds. Carr, Willis and Washington could be lighting it up and I hope they do. As of right now, none of the 3 are playing and tough to judge them without seeing them. We are also losing 2 of the 3 bigs that played yesterday. Simply put, there are a lot of unknowns. Let's hope Curry gets and stays healthy, IW and Pitino sort through whatever needs sorting, the new guys we know about are great and Pitino fills out the class to add some much needed depth.