I was having a conversation with a friend today about Montana State basketball … imagine that! One of the things that struck me was how many major questions arose about players and positions next year. With the graduation of only one senior this year, center Divaldo Mbunga, and a team that seemed to really pull it together come the tournament, it is kind of amazing. The following are some of the questions we came up with. Some of these questions the coaches are going to need to answer for themselves, to determine there strategies for the spring recruiting period that start April 15th. Other will have to wait until the fall, but all will have an impact on the coach’s spring recruiting, even if they decide to stand pat.

My major questions

  • Is Cody Anderson ready to play major minutes?
  • Will a starting front court of Johnson, Howard, and Rush be physical enough to rebound successfully next year? (At this point my projected line up)
  • Is Cameroon Henderson an option next year at the power forward?
  • Will Henderson even be back? (If this was circa 1999 with Durham as HC my bet would be he would be not)
  • Will Michel Swita's knee be healthy? (He has been having persistent problems with it)
  • Will Swita even sign wit MSU or go back to France?
  • If Swita does sign and is healthy and almost two years away from organized ball will he be able to contribute next year? (Fact he only started playing basketball about 6 years ago)
  • Will James Hennessy recover from knee surgery in time to play next year?
Not so much a question as it is a curiosity
  • Will Jeff Budinich play or redshirt (Huse seem to indicate that he may play)
  • Can redshirt junior guard Larry Swan steal any playing time with Austin Brown and Piepoli backing up the starters?
This is by no means a complete list, there are other questions that they are most likely pondering, but the interesting thing about the list is that once the spring signing period is over you should be able to reverse engineer most of the answers. Am I missing any questions, what are your opinions or questions you have about next year.