Wow saw that Johnson had an ACL in October. So 2 players out with ACLs plus Turner. That's some rough injuries.
Assuming Johnson & Turner are back for another year, Irish will return 8 schol + 2 walkons next year. Plus add 4 frosh. Though it will be the unusual 5 senior + 1 jr + 1 soph + 5 frosh (4 new+1RS) for their scholarships.
Yup. That would return MM to her desired 12 scholarship players and we'll see if the two walk-on's continue. If so, guard Kaitlin Cole would be a junior and forward Maureen Butler a senior.
2018-19 Breakout (knock on wood) would be:
Low Posts (2): Turner, Vaughn
High Posts (2): Shepard, Cosgrove (Incoming Freshman[IF])
Forwards (2): Patterson, Butler
Guards: Ogunbowale, Young, Mabrey, Johnson, Cole and incoming freshman Jordan Nixon (point), Katlyn Gilbert (combo guard) and Abby Prohaska (more of a wing).
If MM wants to stay at 12, that would require a large (5) recruiting class for 2019 or two slightly smaller ones for 2018 and 2019 (given that Young is the only junior).