Oh well, yet another losing season. That makes it only 2 winning seasons in the past 19 years. But, in the spirit of a true Explorer fan, there is always next season (yes, we say that every year).
LaSalle loses Ruben Guillandeaux, Jerrell Williams and Steve Weingarten. That won't be devastating to say the least. Ruben and Jerrell were turnover machines. Steve was a nice role player and a great cinderella story.
Next season, LaSalle will have an exciting young back court. Tyreek Duren should enmerge as one of the A-10's best point guards, and Sam Mills will add quickness and outside shooting.
Cole Stefan showed some promise this year. Who knows, maybe he'll be the next Tim Legler ? We can only hope.
The big question mark will be Aaric Murray. He's so talented and I don't think we've seen his true greatness yet. He will need to dedicate himself to the game this offseason with a strict weight lifting regiment and an attitude adjustment. He'll be one of the team's leaders and he'll need to show that by playing hard all game. If he dedicates himself more, he should be the A-10 player of the year. That may sound far fetched, but I truly believe it.
Earl Pettis and Devon White should be starters and play major roles.
Highly touted recruit, Jerrell Wright (from Dobbins Tech)is a real brusier. He's 6'8", 245 pounds and should play right away, maybe even be a starter.
We'll have two 7 footers next year with Matt Lopez and recruit Steve Zack. Let's hope they can contribute.
Finally, I'll assume John Giannini will be back. I'm hoping he adds an assistant (like a Doug Overton type) who can not only coach basketball, but also show these kids how to be winners. We need to get LaSalle basketball back on the map. The program is irrelevant now and we need to make some noise next year.
Here's hoping (and wishing) for a winning season in 2011-12.
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