Crawfoso1973 said:
Not surprised, I didn't think we would be able to afford tounde if he decided to return for another year of college basketball. Our first priorities are a point guard to pair with Williams and an elite defensive minded big.
Yep. This is where it was always headed with Tounde, and I never really expected him back although him may surprise me. Schools with money like Kentucky, Duke, St. John's, Tech and others can afford to pay him more than us and still have money left over to buy other players who cover some of Tounde's areas where he is not as good. If we want to have a complete team, we simply can't afford to overpay for 1 player and be back where we've been for several years with 6 or 7 active players.
People can look back through this thread. It's not Scott Drew or Baylor. This is just what college basketball is now. Look at Kansas -- only 1 returning player (for now) to one of the bluest of bluebloods.