They need a wing defender and a rim protector from somewhere.
The 7 man rotation can’t include Dakich or Doyle. They get run out of the gym when either of them are on the floor.
There has to be another way. Start Kam and take MAAR out of the starting lineup if you have to. Those minutes when Dakich are in are critical.
You can’t help off Duncan. You can help off the other guys.
With how they were attacking and what they were attacking Duncan was the right call.
I guess it might be your first year watching the Big Ten. The number 8 team only has 6 conference loses. Thats pretty good if you as me.
In a tight game of possessions, I sure would like a coach that can draw up a basic inbounds play.
Other than that, a well fought game. Love MAAR attacking.
Robinson snatched some rebounds but looks rough defensively. Nice to see Chatman’s shot drop - thought he could use some more PT with that kind of shooting.
Well Matt I agree with you again on another wing. It’s exactly why going after 2 5s is crazy
Ah season ended today I forgot. The B1G is not even close to the depth it has had in recent years.
Quit looking at win loss records to make your point. That’s very deceiving. Eye test works the best on this.
B1G is down this year. Still a good conference and will be arguably the best shortly. But when you lose the star power this conference has had on a lot of teams the conference is bound to take a step back
Not just any wing, a wing that can defend. Ibi will be a nice player, but he is more of the same. Deversify the wing recruiting. They are recruiting clones of each other outside of Kyle Young, and kicking the tires on Cain and Elliot.
I guess you do not understand. Win loss records are not deceiving because that is what matters most. If you did not know the teams with the best records are who finish the highest. A team will place higher because of their record not how they look. Glad I had to teach something so simple.
Once again. When your top teams are beating up on a bunch of crappy teams in the bottom of our league you compile wins.
With what you just said the SEC must be a heck of conference for depth this year
You understand that in conference wins are a zero-sum game right? There are the same number of conference wins to be split between teams every year…So rating the strength of a conference by conference wins is um…really dumb.
I think you have to shelf auto-bench in the first half going forward this year.
When Walton needs rest, you slide MAAR to the 1, Duncan to the 2 Irvin to 3 Chatman/Dawkins to the 4 (not sure on those two who you go with).
Walton only needs 2-3 minutes of rest a half and you shuffle based off of that.
This is assuming no foul trouble. Dakich and Doyle cannot see the floor going forward.
Ohio State being exhibit A. They have 10 conference wins with only Michigan being it’s only top 50 win for sure, maybe even top 100? Not sure where Penn St. is sitting now.
Ok so to say that the conference is close is not fair to say? The number one team is only 3 games ahead of the number 8 as it stands. That is pretty close. That is what depth is.
Come on Reegs don’t interfere. I was being taught something so simple.
It doesnt make the league strong depth wise as your second statement claims.
Duncan and Dawkins can’t be on the floor together much less the same roster. Duncan has stunted Dawkin’s development IMO. They serve the same role. Both are ideal as snipers off the bench.
Duncan the better shooter Matt. Everything else is equal. It’s exactly why he plays IMO.
Then Chatman is the guy to come off the bench if we go to a 7 man rotation. Dawkins is the odd man out unless we get in serious foul trouble.
All that means is that the #1 team has won three more conference games than the #8 team. You can’t extrapolate anything else from that because the conference schedules are now really unbalanced due to 14 teams, and the bottom of the league is historically bad, giving easy wins to every team above them.
It’s certainly true that a conference championship is not as definitive a statement as it once was.