The Seahawks knew that they were going to be a shell of the team that had dominated the CAA over the past few seasons, but they could not have predicted how awful they were going to be on offense. UNCW averaged just 61.5 ppg and shot a mere 40.8 percent from the floor. Luckily, the Seahawks were once again the top defensive team in the nation, a distinction they have owned for nearly a decade. Three starters return from last year's squad, which did not have a single player scoring an average of more than 8.8 ppg. The backcourt tandem of Ed Spencer (8.7 ppg) and John Goldsberry (8.5 ppg) returns and even though they are the squad's two leading scorers from a year ago, neither player shot more than 39.1 percent from the floor. Goldsberry is probably the squad's best defensive player (50 steals) and has proven to be an extremely unselfish player (3.7 apg). Coach Brad Brownell is fortunate to have these two guards back this season, but his frontcourt is unimpressive and because of it the Seahawks will probably fall under .500 in conference play.