I can only imagine how good this Dayton team would've been had Dyshawn Pierre not get kicked out of school before last year, heading into his Jr year. Averaged 13pt, 8reb as a soph on the Elite 8 team. He would've been a senior on this year.
Then add C Steve McElvene who sadly died last May and would've been a Soph on this years team who set the UD Freshman record for blocks in a season.
This Dayton team had so much potential to be a serious top 10 type team to have 2 very unfortunate situations set them back. Archie still got them in the tournament which is absolutely incredible.
Dayton would've had a rim protector with 1 year under his belt. Then 4 amazing G/F with Cooke, Pollard, Smith, and Pierre would've been special to watch.
Cooke averaging 16, 5, 3
Pollard average 14, 5, 1.5
Smith averages 13, 3, 4.5
Who knows what Pierre would've been doing at this point.