The best parallel to last year without a doubt
Posted on: August 22, 2019 at 16:55:26 CT
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is 2007-08. Mike Anderson took over a decimated roster the year before and did much better in year one than was reasonably expected similar to Cuonzo. However, the whole team revolved around Hannah, and when he was lost for the season it crumbled (similar to Jontay). And you had Demarre out there limping around on one leg half the season similar to Mark Smith.
So a coach that was undertaking a massive rebuild took a step back in year two. The key is that then we made a massive leap forward in year three despite low national expectations, the largest year over year improvement in wins in MU history.
In my opinion, that 2007-08 team was better without Hannah than we were last year without Jontay. And in my opinion Hannah was a better college player than Jontay was. But there are a lot of similarities.