Scoring 2023-24

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Here's what our experienced guys scored last season - translated into numbers for the coming year, along with penciled-in numbers for the freshmen in the projected and adjusted columns.

I arbitrarily capped 2023-24 MPG at 28 minutes for our 5 starters and held Withers to his last year number - leaving 35 minutes for the other 5 guys.

Obviously the idea that these players will score at the same rate as they did last year is suspect, but you have to start somewhere.

The PT numbers are also suspect. Will Hubert abandon the iron man approach? And, of course, most of us want to see more PT for some players - but whose minutes do they take?

Player	2023 MPG	2023 PPG	Proj 2024 MPG	Adj 2024 PPG
RJ Davis	34.9	16.1	28	12.1
Armando Bacot	30.3	15.9	28	14.7
Seth Trimble	9.8	1.8	9	1.7
Jalen Washington	5.7	2.2	8	3.1
Cormac Ryan	33.9	12.3	28	10.2
Harrison Ingram	27.9	10.5	28	10.5
Jae'Lyn Withers	25.0	8.9	25	8.9
Paxson Wojcik	34.6	14.9	10	4.3
James Okonkwo	11.0	2.5	6	1.4
Elliot Cadeau	--	--	28	10.0
Zayden High	--	--	2	1.0
Totals	202.0	85.1 (84.3)	200	77.9

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Two points to this exercise.

First, I was curious how much scoring we have, based on how our guys scored last year. Will we have enough scoring to be a strong winning team?

Under Roy, a team average of 77.9 rarely (never?) made for a happy season. But with a better balance of shooters and an abundance of ball handlers, that number could get a lot higher. Fingers crossed.

Second, I wanted to see what changes people would want to make in the projected PT allocations.

I know there's lots to quibble about with these numbers. People from different teams, different conferences, playing different roles, etc. Not to mention growth and development (both players and coaches).

So . . . quibble away.

 

[TPFKAPFS]

I expect Ryan, Ingram, Withers, and Okonkwo to see a significant jump in their numbers! I think their increases take us in the mid 80s and this is when we get into the high cotton! I really expect Hubs to embrace his depth and play all 10 so I can easily see 28 (or even a bit less) being the ceiling!