Three Questions Facing 2023 MBB
WILL THIS TEAM BE ANY BETTER THAN LAST YEAR?
Despite the media picking South Carolina to finish last in the SEC for the upcoming season, the 2023 team should be definitively better than the 2022 squad. As head coach Lamont Paris pointed out, all of last year’s preseason SEC standings picks were wrong.
This season’s roster is veteran laden, skilled, and deeper than Paris’ first squad. There may not be anyone on the roster with the upside that GG Jackson possessed, but this team will have scorers all over the floor.
WILL THE GAMECOCKS BE PLAYING IN THE POSTSEASON?
Making the NCAA tournament is a tough ask, but the NIT will likely be in reach. This team should be able to shoot the ball extremely well, especially from three, and scoring will not be an issue. The areas that will either doom or propel the 2023 squad is in rebounding and defense. If both of those areas are solid, Carolina will outperform expectations.
WHO IS ON THIS YEAR’S ROSTER?
The departures include Chico Carter (DePaul), Tre-Vaugn Minott (Portland State), Ja’Von Benson (Hampton), Daniel Hankins-Sanford (UMASS), Hayden Brown (graduation), and GG Jackson (pro).
Returners include Ebrima Dibba, Jacobi Wright, Meechie Johnson, Zachary Davis, Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, and Josh Gray. Only Wright, Davis, and Gray remain from the previous staff.
* No prospect profiles exist for Ebrima Dibba and Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk.
New to the team are BJ Mack (Wofford), Stephen Clark (Citadel), Myles Stute (Vanderbilt), Ta’Lon Cooper (Minnesota), Morris Ugusuk (freshman), Arden Conyers (freshman), and Collin Murray-Boyles (freshman).
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