When he took over the program three years ago, Matt Scholl was in a similar situation.

The Konkrete Kids had made a run to the state tournament, and they had graduated four starters or more than 90 percent of their offense.

Now, three years later, Scholl is back to where he started.

The Kids lost four starters from a 14-10 team a year ago, losing their first and second leading scorers as well as their point guard and defensive specialist. He estimated that those losses accounted for 72 percent of the team’s offense.

Junior 6-2 guard Noah Walakovits, who averaged 8.6 points and had a team-high 27 three pointers, is back in the fold along with fellow junior 6-2 forward Brady Simock, who logged a significant amount of minutes last season.

Scholl will look to fill out his rotation from a young team that primarily saw JV time last season.

Junior 5-9 guard Leo Regec, freshman 6-1 forward Korbin Sollars, sophomore 5-10 guard Ethan Raphun, freshman 5-10 guard Jake Raysely, junior 6-3 center Jimmy Everett, and junior 6-0 forward Logan Walter will all be in the mix. Ronnie Jones, a 5-10 guard, is the lone senior

“We will be looking to Noah and Brady to elevate their offensive production,” stated Scholl. “Leo Regec, Korbin Sollars, Ethan Raphun, and Jake Raysley will play significant minutes, and we need to adjust to the varsity level basketball quickly.

“Ronnie Jones is our only senior and he has helped set the expectations with consistent attendance and effort throughout the summer. With such a young team, we will rely heavily on our matchup zone defense early in the season.”

Scholl also will look to keep a tight ship.

“The coaching staff is emphasizing ‘attention to detail’ this season,” stressed Scholl. “Our group is young and they need to learn the importance of the little things like cutting hard, setting good screens, and boxing out every play.

“Our success this season is dependent upon how quickly the players recognize the importance of the fundamentals and embrace every minute on the court, whether at practice or during a game, as an opportunity to learn and improve.

“Throughout our entire program, we have been stressing the fundamentals,” added Scholl. “Many of our players that enter middle school lack the basic fundamentals necessary to play competitive basketball. We need to do better at all levels in teaching how to set good screens, box out, play help defense, and move without the ball effectively. The players in our program that do those things and also learn our offensive and defensive sets the fastest will be the most successful.”