Arizona Basketball: Projected starting lineup and depth chart for 2023-24 season

Power Forward

Starter – Keshad Johnson  (28 mpg)

Keshad Johnson brings his experience from last year’s San Diego Aztecs squad to the Wildcats rotation this season. He put up 7.7 ppg and 5.0 rpg across 39 games, all starts, for San Diego State. He’s a staple on the defensive end of the floor and an efficient scorer in the paint. He ranked eighth in defensive rating (96.7) in the MWC this past season and fourth in 2021-22 (90.2).

In his best outing in 2022-23, he put up 16 points and eight rebounds on 7-of-10 shooting from the field in a victory over San Jose State back on Jan. 28. While Johnson isn’t a double-double machine, he’s shown he’s capable of finding his own role for the Wildcats. He’s got some bulk to his 6-foot-7 frame at 225 pounds. Look for him to utilize to his advantage at the starting power-forward spot.

Bench – Henri Veesaar (12 mpg)

Henri Veesaar enters Year 2 with the Wildcats with 206 minutes of experience under his belt from his debut season. He produced 2.4 ppg and 1.5 rpg across 7.1 minutes per contest for Arizona in 2022-23. He remains one of their biggest question marks heading into a new year. He’s a native of Estonia that’s shown he can operate quite well at the stretch-forward spot on the overseas track. He’ll just need to translate his game to the college basketball landscape.