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A thorough job (mostly) by a poster at Bear Nation (MSU), looking at next year's returning point guards, wings, and posts. He ranks them in order.
Posts: http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18283
Wings: http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18257
Point Guard: http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18250
Regarding the posts, it nothing surprising. We don't 100% know what UNI has in the fold. With Koch and O'Rear that's a good start, but it will be a wait and see approach with Rank, Buss, Pehl, and Lange. They also don't account for Kerwin sliding into the '4' spot, as will probably happen this year.
Regarding the wings, I think it's a fair paragraph. I'm optimistic due to Sonnen and James playing great down the stretch. Moran will snap out of his shooting funk, and it sounds like he was injured for a good portion of the year. With this summer taking some time off (as per reported previously I believe---not playing in PTL) to heal up, I look for Johnny to bounce back with great leadership, toughness, and finally finding that touch that he had the first 20 games of his freshman year. Kerwin has always had the ability to score, but has deferred to others (mostly upperclassmen). That will change as the staff will make sure Kerwin knows they need him to be more selfish in order to win. Rank won't play on the win as stated. He's more of a '4', even though he can step out and his threes.
Regarding the point guards, UNI has interchangeably rotated their guards to the point (Moran, Ali, Sonnen, Kwadzo, Haak) in the past, but for the most part this year, Jake stuck with Kwadzo and Sonnen. Moran played some at the point, but minimal. I look for Kwadzo and Sonnen to continue to play the majority of the minutes at the point, and that's a solid twosome. Knowing that James can create, while Moran and Kerwin can keep TO's low, there will be less pressure to acclimate Morrison to big minutes at PG. With that said, I'd take Kwadzo and Sonnen at PG any day of the week over any of the other PG combos.
Posts: http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18283
Wings: http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18257
Point Guard: http://www.msubearnation.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=18250
Regarding the posts, it nothing surprising. We don't 100% know what UNI has in the fold. With Koch and O'Rear that's a good start, but it will be a wait and see approach with Rank, Buss, Pehl, and Lange. They also don't account for Kerwin sliding into the '4' spot, as will probably happen this year.
Regarding the wings, I think it's a fair paragraph. I'm optimistic due to Sonnen and James playing great down the stretch. Moran will snap out of his shooting funk, and it sounds like he was injured for a good portion of the year. With this summer taking some time off (as per reported previously I believe---not playing in PTL) to heal up, I look for Johnny to bounce back with great leadership, toughness, and finally finding that touch that he had the first 20 games of his freshman year. Kerwin has always had the ability to score, but has deferred to others (mostly upperclassmen). That will change as the staff will make sure Kerwin knows they need him to be more selfish in order to win. Rank won't play on the win as stated. He's more of a '4', even though he can step out and his threes.
Regarding the point guards, UNI has interchangeably rotated their guards to the point (Moran, Ali, Sonnen, Kwadzo, Haak) in the past, but for the most part this year, Jake stuck with Kwadzo and Sonnen. Moran played some at the point, but minimal. I look for Kwadzo and Sonnen to continue to play the majority of the minutes at the point, and that's a solid twosome. Knowing that James can create, while Moran and Kerwin can keep TO's low, there will be less pressure to acclimate Morrison to big minutes at PG. With that said, I'd take Kwadzo and Sonnen at PG any day of the week over any of the other PG combos.