THE GOOD NEWS
There will be plenty of experience back, with only one senior departing the campus. The playing time the young players received this year will help their learning curve as the Paladins will be young again in 2008-09. The team's offense is bound to improve as the players get more familiar with each other and confident in their ability as a team.

THE BAD NEWS
There's no guarantee the offense will improve much since it will be the same cast of characters back. The team has to find one or two players that can consistently be counted on to lead the team in scoring and take the clutch shots down the stretch.

KEY RETURNEES
Freshmen Justin Dehm, Noah States and Connor Nolte will be back with a year's worth of experience under their belts. Next year's senior class of Alex Opacic and Stanley Jones will give the team some solid experience in the paint as well as leadership off the court.

ROSTER REPORT

--F George Brozos finished fourth in the league in free-throw percentage, hitting 80.6 percent of his attempts from the charity stripe.

--G Justin Dehm led the Paladins -- and ranked 11th in the Southern Conference -- with 2.07 3-pointers per game.

--G Tony Anderson looks like he could develop into one of the better point guards in the league. As a sophomore, Anderson ranked 11th in the Southern Conference in assists per game with 2.70.

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