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Rumors are Austin Montgomery is Leaving

Rumors are that Austin Montgomery is leaving the program after two seasons of low playing time and low productivity. He represents the coup de grace of the two "lost classes" of Falcon basketball recruits, and underlines the problems facing the program. It is perhaps not coincidential that these were the first two classes after the West Virginia debacle...as I said, perhaps not coincidential.

Here are the classes:

02-03
Stephen Wright--Productive player, still in program.
Ron Lewis--Two productive seasons, no junior year.
Raheem Moss--26 games, two starts, 66 career points, left program.

03-04
Chris Hobson, 28 games, 51 points, left program.
Austin Montgomery 56 games, 189 points, rumored to be leaving after two seasons.
Reggie Harwell--Nada.
Matt Lefeld--45 games, 52 points. Still in program.
Isaac Rosefelt--24 minutes, two points. Left Program.

If Austin leaves, this means we spent two recruiting classes--8 players--and only netted two who played beyond their sophomore season. The hole we are seeing in next year's roster is the lack of seniors and juniors on the team, and that's because Ron and Raheem would have been seniors had they stayed and ready to carry the load.

For the long-term health of our program, the success of each member of this year's class is vital, or we're in for a long funk.