So if Duffy and Arikawe showed they are serviceable division one players and Smart was a great get, plus tikhonenko, Gibson, and J Simmons sitting out, who did he miss on at this point? Miller?
Z Simmons played well and should improve with experience. Lawson and especially Woolridge are very good players (though the FT shooting of the latter is immensely perplexing) but I think we may be retroactively overestimating what was left in the closet for Mccasland based on what he did this year with them.
Did this season end well? No way? But he did take a beaten down 8-win team that didn't even make the tournament last year and made NT basketball fun again. Expectations rise next year. I think coach knows that as well.