This is also misleading. Chris Beard was announced April 1... AFTER Beard was announced, we lost all of the following at the end of April / early May:
Donovan Williams (National #66), who went on to average 12.7 pts, 3.3 reb for UNLV (and is currently on the Atlanta Hawks)
Kemaka Hepa (National #55), who had played in 50+ games and would go on to average 11 & 6 over two years at Hawaii
Gerald Liddell (National #44), who went on to average 12 pts, 7.6 reb for Alabama State & Detroit
Royce Hamm, left and averaged 8.6 pts, 9.3 reb for UNLV
Matt Coleman still had a year of eligibility left and could have come back. He ended up undrafted. Greg Brown cost himself a lot of money by going pro and went from a potential lottery pick to being drafted 43rd overall.
Beard didn't inherit just four dudes, he had eight... and then forced out four of them and replaced them with better players. At least get the narrative right. Do better. lol.