In terms of getting to the Dance, it is looking pretty grim. The season is not over in my mind though.
If we can get 4 more regular season wins, I think we go to the NIT. We could have our full roster back and might do some damage. This is the best rebounding and defensive team that I recall under Brey. We can have some good offense when we add a healthy MF, Harvey and Bonzie to that mix. I'll take an NIT championship where we are playing a big chunk of the ACC season with only 7 scholarship players.
Our core players for next years team are getting a great expedited leaning experience, especially on the importance of rebounding and defense. Gibbs, Rex, ( co-captains), Harvey and Mooney are the core I believe. Rex will be Rex but the other 3 I expect will see significant growth in their games. Add to that Durham and we have our starting 5. Hubbs, Burns, Carmody, Djogo are the likely backups. I hope we redshirt Goodwin and Doherty because I want eligibility spacing and I think a 5th year would be better than a 1st with them.
I don't think it is a lost season.