New Lineup?

[UNIhoops]

With all the talk on possible changes what do we all think...

Predictions (Opinions) on what players we would all start and play next week?

1. Spencer (Most trusted 3 point shooter, I think he should start and because of Juwans height combined with Spencer's height-I wouldn't start them both.
2. Ashton (Showed up vs Wyoming with rebounding and points)
3. Brown (Played 30 min last game with no turnovers.) (Let's develop another weapon before the Valley tourney and for the future).
4. Morgan (Best Player, has guarded posts in the past)
5. Koch (Jake has always liked to start big posts going all the way back to Pehl)

Klint, Wyatt end up still playing starter minutes. Klint with the second most compared to Morgan.

Continue to get Dahl, Ted, and Hunter a few minutes.

Juwan gets in right away for Ashton and increases his minutes. Right now I don't think him and Koch play well together. Koch's needs to be deep in the paint which blocks Juwan from driving. Juwan's guy also seems to help on Koch's guy because they don't respect him on his shooting. Taking Koch out and putting 4 others with Klint at the 5 should help Juwan, because everyone else can knock down 3's.

[achrist70]

Re: New Lineup?

The only player that I think is assured of starting is Jeremy, after that I think it is a toss up, when Bennett and Klint are on their game they would be also, but they haven't been. I don't think Jake will continue Klint's punishment beyond Saturday, really where we have been lacking is in the back court. If Wyatt is healthy I would start him because I trust him understanding what will happen in the game more than any other player. The fifth starter to me is a toss up between Ashton and Haldeman. I would bring Juwan off the bench for a few games to see if having him watch for the first 3 minutes of the game might bring him insight into the game, he seems to be a smart player, and maybe this would bring him along. I think Brown needs more time, and I think Dahl needs more time.

[UNIChippewa]

Re: New Lineup?

I was going to post something in the Wyoming game thread since I saw that game live in person, but this thread works as well.

Not much to add about the game yesterday itself that others haven't already written, but I do think it's the kind of game you can put as asterik next to in the loss column, since we were out Koch and Lohaus. Wyoming was lava hot from the 3-point line, and it wasn't always just poor defense on our part, although it certainly wasn't great. It's going to be awfully difficult to beat a team when they make 16 three-pointers.

Anyway, I saw some good things from McCloud yesterday, and I think it's only going to get better with more minutes. Ashton played really well yesterday too, so I think you can keep him at the off-guard position. Definitely have to start Jeremy, and even though Klint didn't play all that well in the 1st half before he rode the pine in the 2nd, I think he's too explosive to keep out of the starting lineup, and hopefully after his benching yesterday he's pretty motivated to step it up.

I like the intangibles that Ted brings to the team, but he's so limited (and IMO lacks confidence offensively) that if Bennett is still sick that I would start Dahl instead. Just like McCloud, he's only going to get better with time.

I really liked Brown's game from what I saw yesterday. I would love to see him get more time and into the regular rotation going forward. His dunk at the end yesterday wasn't anything more than eye candy by that point in the game, but man was it pretty.

[domedays]

Re: New Lineup?

Is Klint too left hand dominant? Seems like I saw George Mason over-playing the left and he was unable or unwilling to drive right.

[UNIdad]

Re: New Lineup?

Is Klint too left hand dominant? Seems like I saw George Mason over-playing the left and he was unable or unwilling to drive right.

Yea, Klint may be too-left-handed, but for some reason, lots of defenders still don't cover him accordingly. I love how he uses his left-handedness for his advantage. However, I think it is more of his will to win and his heart of a champion that just takes over sometimes. That's what I really love to watch.