Anyone have an idea of the graduation losses for each ARC team for next year?
Peter Ragen (league MVP) was the only senior on the Dubuque squad. Of course, you never know who might not return next year.
Ragen was a fifth year senior so his departure was pretty much of a foregone conclusion.
It will probably be awhile before the plans of all the (regular) fourth year seniors on the various teams, who are eligible to return due to the Covid year waiver, are known. Lots of variables—cost of an additional year of school, number of credit hours needed, or whether or not a school has graduate programs are some—can effect a decision.
Dubuque is lucky because Ragen was the only either fourth or fifth year senior on the team. Every other player is still eligible to return next year, even without having to use the Covid year waiver/extension.
Early indications are that everyone is back next year. Great season for Sparty--was a couple of possessions from beating Case Western, a team who now finds itself in the sweet 16. UD should obviously be the ARC favorite in 22-23..
So, with some uncertainty, what I have heard about the following significant ARC players who are done: BV- Demers (played 5 years) and Thompson. Loras- Navigato and McGowan both fifth year seniors. Coe- Kruse and possibly Robertson, Thrapp, Niemeier and Auen.
Wartburg no info but Olson, John, Roquet all fourth year seniors this year, would have Covid year. NWU young team, Gilder only 4th year senior. Central loses its best player in Mauck, fifth year senior.
