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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3532502, member: 2117"] I agree. Last season they not only lost their starting 5 but they also went a long stretch without their top 4 other contributors from 2019 due to injury/transfer. For a long time their only returnees were Danielle Cosgrove (who scored 37 points in 2019) and a walk on (Cole). The only parallel I can think of was Tennessee in 2009 after they graduated 5 senior starters and then lost 2 projected starters to injury, leaving a young and inexperienced team that struggled for Tennessee standards. The next year though they went 32-3 and were back as a #1 seed. Notre Dame's struggles were more extreme than Tennessee's and their talent pool isn't as deep as Tennessee's was, but I do think they'll be a LOT better next year if everyone is healthy. The team improved once February hit even though they still obviously weren't very good. Each of Peoples/Brunelle/Gilbert have star power, their incoming freshmen may become strong glue players, Prohaska is a glue player and Vaughn gives them experience in the post. This may be optimistic but I could see them as a top 10-15 team if things come together for Ivey and co. Last year was truly a hurricane of bad events for them. [/QUOTE]