Dammit you got me by a few seconds!

Radford dropped 5 pounds. Buzz mentioned he looks more athletic thanks to a new diet.

Henry looks slimmer, but shows he put on 2 lbs. Might just be better weight

There are going to be a few people unhappy with some of the returners.

So much depth… we're pressing and switching on everyone all game long… #GetBetter

bobinator said:

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if we're able to carry 18 scholarship players or whatever then it seems weird to be upset that someone is still here.

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I assume one or two of those are not on scholarship, but what is the explanation behind so many guys on the roster? Transfers relying on the extra covid year don't count against the 13 man cap?

Originally I thought they only didn't count against their original school but it has to be something like that.

Roster Release Date.

taylorswift13 said:

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So much depth… we're pressing and switching on everyone all game long… #GetBetter

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40 minutes of Hell.

DukeMu said:

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taylorswift13 said:

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So much depth… we're pressing and switching on everyone all game long… #GetBetter

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40 minutes of Hell.

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MOTHER IN LAW DEFENSE

Looking at the pics we have to be a contender for Best Hair Team in the country.

This year we're going to have sister-in-law defense. That's when you're swapping guys in and out so much that nobody can remember them. Like when your wife's sister brings various boyfriends around and you can't remember who they are.

geez, so much optimism!! Must be pre-season!

Put that on a t-shirt Buzz

PG and perimeter shooting are concerns

I think saying that Q was playing point is a bit inaccurate. I think it's probably more accurate to say that we stopped playing with a point guard.

For a football comparison, we went from playing something like a spread where the quarterback is orchestrating the offense and has all of these options to more of like a power I where he's only making one or two decisions at most.

That's maybe semantics, but I think it's an important distinction when you're talking about this season.

I think Radford can do what Q was doing, he's probably even better at it than Q was, but to be a really good offense we need Wade Taylor (or maybe Manny O) to be a lot better than he was in the back half of the season. We need guys who can set the table and create mismatches not just for themselves, but can see the mismatches for other people also and think one or two passes away.

I think we will play the same way this year. You will see a lot of guys bringing the ball up and a lot of guys initiating the offense in the half court. They are going to really study the other teams and find the weak spots and adjust the spots on the court to most exploit them.

Yeah, I think that's a safe bet. But I think that's the difference between this team being good versus being a team that maybe competes for a conference championship or something.

Luckily in college basketball you get a thousand timeouts and 84 media timeouts so your coach can do a lot of the adjusting, but not having that guy on the floor that can do it is potentially an issue. I don't know that we'll have the on-floor creativity or ability to adjust when things aren't going well against good teams.

DeangeloVickers said:

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Expert Analysis said:

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PG and perimeter shooting are concerns

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We were better last year when Q started playing point

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That's sort of my concern. Q is gone.
PG or primary ball handler, whoever is taking it up needs to be better than we were for most of last season. Wade is the only returner who was PG most of the time. He was great at times and not so great at others. Much like his shooting.
I think both Manny and Boots have some good one on one skills but they would need to get others involved. I think our bigs will be improved this season so if we can utilize them it should help open up the perimeter and dribble drive.

This roster is going to have a ton of versatility as far as what we can throw at opponents, especially defensively. It should be a lot of fun to watch.
Hopefully no one is set on playing a certain number of minutes, because that's a lot of guys for a limited amount of minutes.

Topher17 said:

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Hopefully no one is set on playing a certain number of minutes, because that's a lot of guys for a limited amount of minutes.

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If you are winning it will be fine. If you are not winning, then it becomes a problem.

bobinator said:

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I think saying that Q was playing point is a bit inaccurate. I think it's probably more accurate to say that we stopped playing with a point guard.

For a football comparison, we went from playing something like a spread where the quarterback is orchestrating the offense and has all of these options to more of like a power I where he's only making one or two decisions at most.

That's maybe semantics, but I think it's an important distinction when you're talking about this season.

I think Radford can do what Q was doing, he's probably even better at it than Q was,

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but to be a really good offense we need Wade Taylor (or maybe Manny O) to be a lot better than he was in the back half of the season.

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We need guys who can set the table and create mismatches not just for themselves, but can see the mismatches for other people also and think one or two passes away.

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Need to include KK in that group. He's got a real chance to get as many or more minutes than Wade or Gordon and is as suited for PG as either.

But we will have other ways to make it work in the half court. MO has shown the ability to find people when he gets the ball inside the arc. We also will have a legit low post scorer in Marble.