[franstheman]

What do you guys think? We'll be deeper and more talented and diverse in our personnel than we've been in a while. I think we'll have the personnel on the bench to match up with small, quick teams or big and powerful ones.

Here's my rotation:


1. Gesell/Clemmons

2. Marble/Oglesby/Ingram

3. White/May/Ingram

4. Basabe/McCabe/Meyer

5. Woodbury/Olaseni/Meyer


I think we go 10 deep or maybe even 11 deep in our regular rotation next year. Should be a high flying, pressing team. Will be fun!

[hawkfan33]

Originally Posted by franstheman

What do you guys think? We'll be deeper and more talented and diverse in our personnel than we've been in a while. I think we'll have the personnel on the bench to match up with small, quick teams or big and powerful ones.

Here's my rotation:


1. Gesell/Clemmons

My suggestion is to play at least five guys at all times.

[franstheman]

Wrong. Gesell can dunk.

[franstheman]

But i knew as soon as i hit "post" accidentally someone would give me crap before i could edit it! haha

[imported_Tmoney12]

Looks like Fran is challenging the Herbster for most threads started that have already been started award for 2012.

[franstheman]

haha i appreciate your nomination, money. But no i haven't been on the boards for a while so i appoligize if i bring up topics that were on here recently. the hawkeye hoops fever has just recently started to come back to me boys.

[BlackAndGold3]

Gesell/Clemmons
Oglesby/Ingram
Marble/White/May
Basabe/McCabe
Woodbury/Olaseni/Meyer

I think marble has size to play 3 and you have to go with your best athletes and i think that would be the best athletes i look for whoever the starting 5 is to battle with anyone in the B1G!

[franstheman]

Yeah and I'm sure that who starts doesn't matter much with how much fran goes to his bench. The top nine or ten usually get about the same minutes.

[imported_Tmoney12]

Originally Posted by franstheman

haha i appreciate your nomination, money. But no i haven't been on the boards for a while so i appoligize if i bring up topics that were on here recently. the hawkeye hoops fever has just recently started to come back to me boys.

Fever is spreading rapidly. Welcome back.

[drew003]

I hijacked another threat to say this, so I might as well say it here too: White is not a wing player (at least for any substantial minutes). We are far more versatile playing three true perimeter players alongside White. We get faster, more athletic, better ballhandling, and better shooting. We are fare more skilled and harder to guard. White is good run-jump athlete for a post player, he has nice perimeter skills for a post, and has nice ball-handling for a post. As a wing, White is never going to be a perimeter drive-drive threat, absent a wide-open seam to the bucket. White doesn't change directions with his dribble very well, and if there is anything Eric May has taught us, its that 18 year old kids don't suddenly learn to dribble the ball the dramatically better by age 21. His shooting is just average as well.

Defensively, he is big enough to guard most "power forwards" in the Big 10, quick enough to hedge on ball screens, heck maybe even switch straight up in the right match-ups. But as a wing, he lacks lateral quickness. He won't be able to pressure the ball, because his man will blow by him. A good ballhandler would get White so off balance in isolation situations, they could easily get separation for a jumper for get White to foul them. Can you imagine White guarding Marble? It would get ugly.

White just needs to work on defensive rebounding position, maybe develop a go-to post move, and keep refining his shooting skills. He would have a very well-rounded offensive game. Defensively he is big enough to guard most "power forwards" in the Big 10, quick enough to hedge on ball screens, heck maybe even switch straight up in the right match-ups.

My rant is over. I really just don't like White playing many minutes on the wing.

[mbchawk]

You wouldn't like Larry Bird on the wing then either....right?

[TheeHawkeye]

I love how people assume that woodbury and gessel are gonna start when we haven't even seen them in a college game.

[rodg12]

Originally Posted by mbchawk

You wouldn't like Larry Bird on the wing then either....right?

For reals? :facepalm:

Just stop it with the Larry Legend comps.

[hawkfan33]

Originally Posted by TheeHawkeye

I love how people assume that woodbury and gessel are gonna start when we haven't even seen them in a college game.

Well that's the kind of thing that happens when you start bringing in top 100 recruits.

[TheeHawkeye]

Originally Posted by hawkfan33

Well that's the kind of thing that happens when you start bringing in top 100 recruits.

They're also playing high school basketball. I'm just saying we can't assume that. I'm really concerned about woodbury and his strength.