I'm going to dig into each group in additional detail, but the attached image is what (by my math/count) UW's roster looks like for 2024 and what it looks like for 2025 with the current roster, the recruiting class as it currently stands today (no Ploog), and no assumptions with respect to the portal (either in or out).
What stands out very quickly when you look at this is as follows:
- UW is not playing with a full deck this year being under the 85 man scholarship limit
- As the roster currently stands next year it's going to be incredibly young (over 2/3 of the roster being freshmen and sophomores) and it highlights the gaps in recruiting from the Lake/DeBoer era (only 28 combined upper class players)
- Within the positional groups there are still some very clear and obvious gaps going into next year that will have to be addressed in the portal
I'm not presenting this, or going through this analysis, as a means of making excusing Fisch. Instead, the point of this is to highlight where the roster is at today, what it is going to look like heading into the offseason, and what realistically is on the table heading into the offseason.