Examining the 2023-24 West Virginia hoops roster

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The West Virginia basketball roster has taken shape for next season following a wave of departures and additions. So WVSports.com takes a look at what the roster will look like and which players fit in where heading into next season.

Departing Players from 2021-22: Guard Erik Stevenson (graduation), forward Emmitt Matthews (graduation), point guard Kedrian Johnson (graduation), forward Tre Mitchell (Kentucky), center Mohamed Wague (Alabama), point guard Joe Toussaint (Texas Tech), forward James Okonkwo (North Carolina), center Jimmy Bell (Mississippi State), point guard Josiah Davis (Tennessee Tech) and forward Jamel King (Kennesaw State)

Incoming Players for 2022-23: Point guard Kerr Kriisa (Arizona), center Jesse Edwards (Syracuse), guard RaeQuan Battle (Montana State), forward Akok Akok (Georgetown), forward Quinn Slazinski (St. John’s), guard Jeremiah Bembry (Florida State), guard Noah Farrakhan (Eastern Michigan) and forward Ofri Naveh (Israel).

–West Virginia returns only five players from last season and they combined to average just 9.4 points per game which is only 12-percent of the total production. Of course, only four of those players actually saw the floor in Seth Wilson, Kobe Johnson, Josiah Harris and Patrick Suemnick because Jose Perez was not declared eligible.

–Given the turmoil with the off-season issues that led to former head coach Bob Huggins resigning it’s impressive what the final roster looks like as the coaching staff was asked to rebuild it not once but twice.

–The biggest loss from a scoring perspective comes in the form of guard Erik Stevenson who averaged 15.4 points per game last season. That is hard to replace but the program was active in the transfer portal attempting to accomplish just that.

–The other three double figure scorers on the roster also have departed with forward Emmitt Matthews (10.2) and point guard Kedrian Johnson (11.7) graduating and Tre Mitchell (11.7) electing to transfer to Kentucky for his final season.

–The good…

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Author : WV Sports

Publish date : 2023-09-26 13:01:39

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