Clevin Hannah did a pretty good job his first year He averaged 11.2 PPG and 4.3 APG while shooting 40.5% 3FG. His 2nd year numbers were only a little better (12.0, 4.7 and 42.5). The biggest area of improvement for Clevin was his defense.
Coming in it was known Clevin was mainly a shooting PG who handled the ball and passed fairly well. He didn't have the speed or strength to be a penetrator. From watching a couple juco tournament games last year and from pick-up game reports, it seems Ragland is a good penetrator, passer and finisher. Doesn't shoot a lot but is accurate when he does. He's a little bigger, stronger and quicker than Hannah. That doesn't necessarily translate to being better, however. Ragland has the advantage of playing with a team that will have an extra year of experience and much greater depth. WSU only lost Hannah (and Kenny Manigault who played sparingly last year), but added Ragland, juco's Ben Smith (SF) and Ehimen Orupke (C) and redshirt frosh Jerome Hamilton (PF) and Tyler Richardson (SG/SF).
From a team stand-point, I expect to see Ragland and Williams split minutes roughly 60/40 (percent). Should get the usual production from Murry and hopefully more from Kyles at SG. Better depth and scoring at SF (Hatch, Smith, Richardson). Similar depth at PF (Durley, Blair, Ellis, Hamilton) and much greater depth and flexibility at C (Stutz, Durley, Orukpe, Hamilton).
The following year should be interesting, losing most of our forwards to graduation (Hatch, Durley, Blair, Ellis).
