THE GOOD NEWS
The Colonials have a lot to look forward to next season. They return each of their top 10 scorers (not including Maureece Rice), plus look forward to the return of PG Travis King, who should be fully healthy by the time the season opener rolls around.

"He should be 100 percent next season," coach Karl Hobbs said of King. "He's had a long layoff, with no basketball involved except working out and getting healthy. By next September, he should be 100 percent."

With a proven ball distributor, and a frontcourt in Rob Diggs, Damian Hollis and Wynton Witherspoon that can cause havoc for opposing defenders, the Colonials should find themselves competing again in the A-10 sooner than some may think.

THE BAD NEWS
The Colonials need to develop an outside scoring game in order to take some pressure off their talented frontcourt. With Rice gone, Hobbs will look to Noel Wilmore, Cheyenne Moore and Miles Beatty to fall into scoring roles. GW made only 32.8 percent from beyond the arc this past season (12th in A-10). That number must improve.

KEY RETURNEES
GW returns every key player except for Rice. Forwards Diggs (13.9 ppg, 7.7 rpg), Witherspoon (11.0 ppg, 4.2 rpg) and Hollis (9.1 ppg, 6.3 rpg) headline the group, but PG King may be the most important Colonial returning to the lineup.

ROSTER REPORT

--Wilmore quietly took over as GW's most reliable outside shooter, making 42 of 100 shots from behind the arc this season (42 percent, ninth in A-10).

--Diggs disappeared at times during December and January, but the junior forward was spectacular during the month of February and March. Diggs averaged 16.0 points and 7.2 rebounds in the final 10 games of the season.

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