Chattanooga Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:55:37 PDT

A repeat trip to the NCAA Tournament will be no easy task for Chattanooga this season. The Mocs lost nearly every bit of production from last year's staff, leaving coach John Shulman starting virtually from scratch.

Most notably among the losses is guard Stephen McDowell, who finished second in the conference in scoring at 18.1 points per game.

Gone, too, from the starting lineup are Kevin Goffney, Nicchaeus Doaks (who was third in the Southern Conference in rebounding at 8.6 per game), Khalil Hartwell and Keyron Sheard.

The numbers associated with the loss of those players is staggering. Shulman will have to replace 88.1 percent of the scoring, 77.9 percent of the rebounds, 83.6 percent of the assists and 88.7 percent of the steals Chattanooga proeduced last...