KJ Buffen, Carlos Curry, Tye Fagan. KJ ended up having the best career, Tye and Carlos bother averaged 7ppg in their junior years. Antwan Johnson and Tyrik Dixon were both gone the year CNM arrived. That group is tough if they stay in a system together with Johnson leading the way.
Don’t forget the one guy that stayed through everything (Donovan Sims). Who knows who would have come in the next recruiting class… or transferred in with that group. Don’t forget David got guys like Jacorey Williams, Nick King, and many others.
Instead, and no offense to CNM on this, he had a horrible class replace them. Nobody from that class stayed all 4 years. Best player out of the group for MT was Jayce Johnson… but he was more of a football player. Role guy who was a good athlete.
Where would we be? Who knows… Davis kept most of his staff intact even at Ole Miss which would have meant consistency and toughness. So I would imagine we stay right near the top of the conference and making NCAA tourney every 2-3 years. All just a guess though. Guys don’t have loyalty anymore. If we kept Eli and T Leonard from last year, this is a completely different season… probably an NCAA tourney team. Take them with Cam and Coleman Jones, you have some real problems scoring the ball against us. Shooting of Eli with King would have helped on offense.
College basketball the margins are so thin with the transfer portal. You just never know.