You really think so? IMHO they have been already recruited over and would not be seeing any PT except at garbage time had they stayed. Drumgoole will immediately be better than Davis and Coulibaly immediately better than Ellison, IMO.
Davis would have had X, Trey, and the JUCO ahead of him. So at best
he'd maybe be the 4th guard in rotation. However Drumgoole can shoot
and Davis has very little offensive game. So more than likely he'd have
four players ahead of him and that makes him fifth in the backcourt.
Ellison would have Toney, and Champagnie definitely ahead of him,
along with Drumgoole possibly. All of this with probably even more
recruits coming in ahead of them.
I like Davis and Ellison and would have been happy if they stayed.
Unfortunately they both would be out of the rotation.
Again....they're players and players want to play. They both are now
better off basketball wise. I wish them well.