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We should be a tournament team next year.
Seems reasonable to me to expect so. Media analysts types like Luke Winn of SI are putting us in their off-season Top-25 rankings.
http://www.si.com/college-basketball/power-rankings-duke-kansas-villanova-oregon-kentuckyWe lost 4 seniors which is a big challenge to overcome, but the overall talent level is also still high. 3 years ago we were forced to play a 6'6" walk-on Jarod Jahns nearly 15 minutes per game as one of our front court players. Jahns! 15 mpg! A big reason for that was our front court roster was littered with guys like Andrew Young and Keith Davis (who got kicked off the team). The difference in overall front line talent that we have now vs. Kennedy's first three years is pretty significant.
That is why, barring injuries, my guess is that we will slip some because of the loss of the seniors (and 'slipping' is not much of a stretch prediction given that last year was only like one of the best 2 seasons in A&M history), but still seems pretty reasonable to feel like we should be an NCAA tourney team.