Looking at 2015-2016

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

UNI rarely plays 11 consistently. 9 man is really all that's needed. Wes, Bo, Jeremy, Paul, Bennett, Lohaus, Aarias, Klint, and Ted should be enough. At this point, if Knar can show us anything that would be great. If your minutes distribution looked basically like this, I don't think anyone would complain:
Wes (25)
Bo (25)
Jeremy (25)
Paul (25)
Bennett (25)
Lohaus (25)
Aarias (15)
Klint (20)
Ted (15)
Knar and Olson would get some additional minutes, allowing Jake to RS all 3 scholarship and 1 w/o freshman.

In all honesty, of the freshmen, Dahl would be most likely to not RS...he's well put together. However, I'm not sure he's differentiated himself enough from Ted to really warrant not RS-ing...based on PTL and other observations. As practice starts I could be proven wrong.

The margin of error with this team is slim though. They can't sustain serious injuries that will keep guys out too long. The opening 3 games are what worry me the most though. If Carlson gets the usual 3 game suspension, that will put this team in a tough spot. Wes, Bo, Jeremy, Paul, and Lohaus may all very well play close to 30 min each, and Aarias/Ted/Bennett getting the other 50-60 minutes. Hopefully, the guys can gel quickly. Shorter rotations earlier tend to play better due to getting in a rhythm, but can fade down the stretch. 9 man rotations are about the right number.

[unipanther2154]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Yeah I don't see the need to play a true freshmen with the players we have coming back. A 9 man rotation seems like it should be fine. I'm very interested if anyone gets a suspension for the off season dui's. Selfishly I hope any discipline was just dealt with in the off season. Klint not being able to play would hurt us pretty bad without his big athletic frame.

[Trapped in California]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

The student handbook (unless changed) says a DUI = 10% of the regular season, or 3 games for BB.

[Panther100]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

UNI rarely plays 11 consistently. 9 man is really all that's needed. Wes, Bo, Jeremy, Paul, Bennett, Lohaus, Aarias, Klint, and Ted should be enough. At this point, if Knar can show us anything that would be great. If your minutes distribution looked basically like this, I don't think anyone would complain:
Wes (25)
Bo (25)
Jeremy (25)
Paul (25)
Bennett (25)
Lohaus (25)
Aarias (15)
Klint (20)
Ted (15)
Knar and Olson would get some additional minutes, allowing Jake to RS all 3 scholarship and 1 w/o freshman.

In all honesty, of the freshmen, Dahl would be most likely to not RS...he's well put together. However, I'm not sure he's differentiated himself enough from Ted to really warrant not RS-ing...based on PTL and other observations. As practice starts I could be proven wrong.

The margin of error with this team is slim though. They can't sustain serious injuries that will keep guys out too long. The opening 3 games are what worry me the most though. If Carlson gets the usual 3 game suspension, that will put this team in a tough spot. Wes, Bo, Jeremy, Paul, and Lohaus may all very well play close to 30 min each, and Aarias/Ted/Bennett getting the other 50-60 minutes. Hopefully, the guys can gel quickly. Shorter rotations earlier tend to play better due to getting in a rhythm, but can fade down the stretch. 9 man rotations are about the right number.

We need at least 11. WSU starters G Van Vleet, G Frankamp, G Baker, G Wessel, C Grady. WSU bench G Allen, G Shamet, G Simon, F Kelly, F Morris, F Nurger, and F Wamukota. None of the 12 are freshman. North Carolina and Oklahoma are even better.

[Kyle]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Will Ben count exhibition games as part of the 10%?

I remember a poster or two suggesting this would be the case.

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Jake hasn't counted exhibitions in the past. Aarias' infraction occurred while not being a UNI student athlete. His is more gray.

WSU is deep. They will run away with the MVC. I don't want to waste 1-2 freshmen years with little PT for the sake of trying to keep up with Wichita this year. I'd rather see sustained success and continuing what has gotten the program to where it is for the future.

[Panther100]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Jake hasn't counted exhibitions in the past. Aarias' infraction occurred while not being a UNI student athlete. His is more gray.

WSU is deep. They will run away with the MVC. I don't want to waste 1-2 freshmen years with little PT for the sake of trying to keep up with Wichita this year. I'd rather see sustained success and continuing what has gotten the program to where it is for the future.

I estimate we need the automatic bid this year. We need to defeat WSU in St. Louis. I would project 8 losses as the maximum for an at large bid. I see us 22-9 heading to St. Louis. I think it's a must to match up with WSU. I do feel our coaches match up well.

[Kyle]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

The only way this team matches up with WSU is if the NCAA magically grants Tuttle a 5th year, a couple Kentucky All-American defectors walk-on, Baker tears his ACL, and Washpun hits a 5 inch growth spurt.

[Trapped in California]

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What if Washpun goes all in with the Kid (or is it Play) hair?

[desertcat]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

i'd prefer dahl redshirts. i can't see a freshman big man with basically no hype coming in and making the difference for this team if koch and ted are healthy, especially against wsu. as much as we talk about depth, does uni ever go more then 10 deep? and to think dahl would be the key to winning the mvc tourney seems silly to me right now, but i really haven't seen him play in person. now if bo and jesperson get red hot for the weekend we could make real noise in st louis.

[UNIdad]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

"Tuttle was one of the greatest players at UNI." Yes!

"but I think the press attributed too much of UNI’s success to him." No!

[BCPanther]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Haldeman and Conrey are no doubt redshirts.

They'd prefer to redshirt Dahl so he can adjust to the speed of the game.

McDonnell may pull a Wyatt Lohaus and just be too good not to play. Have heard raves about his individual workouts. He can play on the perimeter a bit more this year as he puts weight on.

[Moose39]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

Haldeman and Conrey are no doubt redshirts.

They'd prefer to redshirt Dahl so he can adjust to the speed of the game.

McDonnell may pull a Wyatt Lohaus and just be too good not to play. Have heard raves about his individual workouts. He can play on the perimeter a bit more this year as he puts weight on.

This is what I've heard from my sources. I've heard Dahl is still a bit slow and is still adjusting to the speed of things. He, Haldeman, and Conrey should be the ones we expect to redshirt.

[wufan]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

We need at least 11. WSU starters G Van Vleet, G Frankamp, G Baker, G Wessel, C Grady. WSU bench G Allen, G Shamet, G Simon, F Kelly, F Morris, F Nurger, and F Wamukota. None of the 12 are freshman. North Carolina and Oklahoma are even better.

I don't think your WSU starters are correct, but they could be. Allen has to sit this year and won't be in the rotation. Simon will not be in the rotation. Shamet will, but he is a freshman. Zach Brown is the other sure rotational player left out and he could start. The Shockers have 5 seniors and 5 sophomores that will all play regularly. One or two freshman will likely also be in the mix.

All that said, a nine man rotation should do plenty well for the Panthers. The guards are plenty good enough to make a run at a conference championship. Jacobson needs to find something in the front court that isn't readily apparent. Jesperson is a good player, but not a rebounder. The other bigs risk being out of position or out muscled being so inexperienced. UNI is going to have to send everybody at the defensive glass, and shoot high percentages on their own end.

[Panther100]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

I don't think your WSU starters are correct, but they could be. Allen has to sit this year and won't be in the rotation. Simon will not be in the rotation. Shamet will, but he is a freshman. Zach Brown is the other sure rotational player left out and he could start. The Shockers have 5 seniors and 5 sophomores that will all play regularly. One or two freshman will likely also be in the mix.

All that said, a nine man rotation should do plenty well for the Panthers. The guards are plenty good enough to make a run at a conference championship. Jacobson needs to find something in the front court that isn't readily apparent. Jesperson is a good player, but not a rebounder. The other bigs risk being out of position or out muscled being so inexperienced. UNI is going to have to send everybody at the defensive glass, and shoot high percentages on their own end.

The point is we must raise the trophy in St.Louis. We have two players with legal issues and inexperienced bigs. This is why we need at least 10-11 rotation. I'm ok with Conrey red shirting.