Worry not my friends... In Gregg Marshall We Trust!
Reaves was a great shooter but his athleticism and sturdiness was questionable. He's had multiple shoulder surgeries over the years, and while his shooting will certainly be missed, we have a lot of thoroughbreds coming in that can replace his minutes. As it stands, we have the 2nd best recruiting class in the AAC and we are far from done.
I actually think in some ways we will be better next year after we get the newbies up to speed. You are going to see a faster more athletic team than last year and we will be bigger. The weak perimeter defense we showed last season ate on Gregg Marshall like stage 4 ass cancer. A typical struggling/young Marshall team may throw up a ton of bricks, but it will NEVER be soft on defense. I would expect a lot of our games next season to be ugly offensively but VERY physical with lock-down D. At least that's the expectation of a Gregg Marshall team under similar circumstances based on 20+ years of evidence. A team that play's hard defense can never be counted out until the final buzzer sounds.
I will give you a CB guarantee that we will not finish worse than 6th and have a legit shot to finish 4th or better.
From my mouth to God's ears...
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