You can't do that to your point guard. The depth should help the Eagles, but that doesn't take away the fact the team is still extremely young. Funches and Gilbert are the only seniors on the roster and nine of the 14 Eagles are sophomores or freshmen. However, the young cast showed at the end of the 1998-99 season just how capable they are of playing college basketball, averaging 96 points the last two weeks of the year. That is just a fact.
Shooting is a problem right now since the kids are trying to get their legs.
The more we play, I hope to get better. But these kids can go off at any time. This is a fun time for me. The Eagles return four starters, two of which, Deginald Erskin and Dexter Tennell, were named to the Big West all-freshman team. . . . Erskin finished the season with 75 points in this last two games, including a 40-point night against Nevada.