Brey's plan for this year fell apart in the offseason

by CK08, Saturday, February 04, 2012, 20:00 (5240 days ago) @ Bill

The plan was to have three fifth year seniors. One left "early" to play in Iceland. One suffered a season ending injury. The third, and weakest player of the three, was hurt and didn't practice until literally the day before the first game of the season.

The plan was also to have two impact freshmen. One of them got poked in the eye during a pickup game and might never play hoops again. The other obviously looks like a rising star, but when he was first pressed into service in November it was clear the game was a blur to him (at least against better opponents).

Brey had a plan for this year, roster-wise. Three of the players he had counted on to be major contributors are not playing at all.

Now, he could have done a better job giving himself more room for error. The empty senior class and weak junior class are his fault. But he had a pretty good roster set up as of last spring. Then a full quarter of it disappeared. What he's done with this undermanned team has been absolutely amazing.