Team preview: Wofford
Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2005-06 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.
(Information in this team report is as of October 1.)
Plagued by injuries the last two years, Wofford can put what is potentially its best lineup in coach Mike Young's four seasons on the floor this season -- provided everyone stays healthy.
It looked like last season would be a special year. The Terriers made it to 7-2 overall, beating Auburn and losing close ones to Tennessee and Miami, and they had Georgia on the ropes before the Christmas break, leading in the final minute of the game.
But then Georgia pulled out the win in overtime, top post player Howard Wilkerson (13.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg) went down with a season-ending knee injury in January, and the Terriers lost seven-of-eight games, including six straight in the Southern Conference.
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