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Dang there are 2 hard to reconcile dynamics going on there. First is I too expect that Smith is going to get some run given his athleticism and potential to push things. How much depends on how he looks early on. On the other side that would mean Pastner is running a 9/10 man rotation which...

You are right but sometimes bigs just take time to get their body to do what they know they need to do. I keep going back to Huff for UVA who was buried for I think 3 years before he worked out and UNC used to have a parade of bigs they buried for 2-3 years before they were ready. No idea...

Just musing on my part - but with long athletic wings (Usher and say Coleman) and DeVoe at the top (6'5") I would look at trapping hard out of the 1-3-1 look. The upside is it would focus the defense on the perimeter and hopefully allow us to get out and run. The downside being if the trap...

I agree about the 5 spot in comparison to prior years. Howard is more a banger/rebounder who has had foul trouble and Saba still hasn't found his defensive legs. But what we do have is an athletic bunch of wings plus an above average (not Jose level) PG on D. So the question is how do you...

My point is for this year. Not last year.

If Pastner doesn't expand the playing time beyond 7 players IMHO he is making a major mistake with this roster. Hope he doesn't.

I am the first to say if you can't guard you can't play. And I agree that like most coaches Pastner wants to start with defense and add offense on top. But you have to have balance and the problem he has is he is losing 35 points from Moses and Jose - and the guys poised to take over for them...

Your questions pretty much mirrored mine after the game except for number 6 (which I don't believe is true). Ya'll run blitzed one or both LBs pretty much every first down or short yardage situation and we acted like we didn't know that was coming. Watching how hard your LBs were coming...

Conceptually I agree with Ivy that next year is highly dependent on likely Coleman to live up to his billing as an outside shooter/scorer. If it is Kelly then great but same concept that we will need the 3 spot to become as scoring position to spread the D which we did not do very well last...

Well - guess we knew it was coming. I was one who thought they should just pay Joseph to go away and avoid lawsuits but now I understand why they didn't.

Well he signed with a team in Belgium so he should be able to find some really good beer :)

Third team AP All American https://loyolaramblers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/cameron-krutwig/1503 Trying to forget the game but I do recall our D was predicated on helping against him which caused a lot of other breakdowns. We were out of system adjusting. And as Slug said, we didn't...

Krutwig

NCAA tourney was against an all American center. Small ball should be easier this year if Deebo brings the shooting we all hope to see

That is a really good overview. I think the one thing I would push back on is Sturdivant - he did a lot more late in the year and especially during the ACC tourney than just a rotation player. But the overall point that this team has a lot of parts but has to replace 2 key/"irreplaceable"...

Iman seems to be doing well for himself post NBA. Good for him. Guess I will have to watch that reality thing of his sometime. :)

ND? what?

Hope he is on a program where he is rotating minutes with someone else. He gets heavy min next game and then light again. I hope

I reserve the right to revise and extend my remarks :oops: Thought the US would get going but ..... ouch

Watched the game - Okogie played well but isn't a core guy for them. Agada is tough and will be on someone's roster next year. The interesting part of watching the game was it was a combination of 2021 5 out offense and 1980's blood required for a foul officiating - with the different goal...