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Post by Commissioner on Jun 4, 2019 22:43:20 GMT -5
With the players now on the roster, our depth chart looks something like what's below. Coach will have a lot of flexibility with this roster, using Maxwell, LeGrand, Moore and Hamrick at the 2 and 3 spots.
PG: Davis, LeGrand, Pink, Riley (WO), Gorman (WO) 2G: Maxwell, Rose, Parilla (WO) SF: Moore, Hamrick F: Isiani, Brandon PF: Miller, Curry, Nguidjol
As it stands now, with a couple open scholarships and rumors of a true center coming on, I think Davis, Isiani, and Miller (if eligible, Curry if not) are starters, and some combo of Maxwell, Hamrick, and Moore at the 2/3 spots.
As it seems every year, a lot of question marks. Can Nguidjol step up and be an inside player, or will he fade to end of the bench? Can Isiani stay healthy? Will he be the #2 scoring threat (at least from deep--the McFolley role?)? Or will it fall to Maxwell? Hamrick and Moore both looked real good at times last year. I'm a big Hamrick fan. But will either (or both) show real consistency? Can either (or both) step it up a notch to become a quality HL player who can't be denied 25 minutes a game? If we don't sign the 6-11/7-0 guy(s), can undersized Miller and Curry hold their own inside? Will Miller be the top inside scoring threat? Is Pink an immediate contributor? Is LeGrand? What is Chris Brandon's future? He's bouncy and athletic, but Coach really seemed to lose confidence in him late last year.
It should be a lively season. I'm tired of losing. This team has the potential to turn us around, I think. But I couldn't confidently say another 13-20 season is out of the question. The last 1 or 2 scholarships will, of course, tell us a bit more, although they may not add any clarity.
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Post by titantarheel on Jun 5, 2019 9:20:01 GMT -5
The optimistic argument for next season goes like this...
- We had a really solid freshman class with really all 5 guys showing an ability to contribute. Players can make great strides from Freshman to Sophomore years and we could see, besides Antoine of course, 2 or 3 of the other 4 rising-freshmen take nice steps forward.
- The others players we are bringing in are experienced on the college scene, in some way shape or form. This helps with the transition and the ability to contribute immediately - and not be blinded by the big lights of D1 college ball (being blinded by glaretop at the Orena is inescapable).
- The coaching staff has had a full off season to game plan and figure out ways to get AD open and to maximize his usage. As we saw, in the past season opponents really keyed in on smothering AD and we didn't have a terrific reply to that game plan wise. If we can solve this to some extent and counter the 'AD Rules' employed on him, then he could light up the score board even further
The downside risks for next season seem to lie with lack of inside heft and talent. Blackshear battled admirably last year to be sure, but he was undersized in height and weight. His minutes being gobbled up by an incoming player or one of the rising freshman could make our inside presence better than last year, partly due to the bar being not that high to clear.
A repeat of 13-20 seems to look like the floor for the team, 18-15 is the probably the ceiling, with a 95% chance that we fall somewhere in between. Probably my take right now. The final record also is tough to gauge since Coach loads up on so many tough nonconf games which sorta of unnaturally pushes down our overall record (for better or for worse) and meaning we need to gather wins during the HL season.
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Post by rbj on Jul 4, 2019 21:16:12 GMT -5
The University of Michigan held their first practice/summer workout for the 2019-2020 season yesterday and the entire team was present. Any ideal if we had a practice/summer work out yesterday?
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Post by Commissioner on Jul 5, 2019 6:27:06 GMT -5
So it now looks something like this?
PG: Davis, Pink, LeGrand, Riley (WO), Gorman (WO) SG: Maxwell, Calipari, Rose, Parilla (WO) SF: Moore, Hofman PF: Isiani, Brandon C: Curry, Nguidjol
Redshirt: Miller Open: 1
I wouldn’t see any rigid roles in the 3-4-5 spots for the 6 bigs; I would anticipate a fair use of a 3-guard lineup; and Davis will occasionally get a small rest on the court by shifting to the #2 slot. That’s still a team that’s a bit small without a good low post option, but probably passable if Curry plays well and One of the Sophs develops a bit. Or Miller ets a waiver. A lot of shooting power with Davis, Isiani, and Calipari.
And we wait on the mystery big man.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jul 5, 2019 8:48:24 GMT -5
The University of Michigan held their first practice/summer workout for the 2019-2020 season yesterday and the entire team was present. Any ideal if we had a practice/summer work out yesterday? I didn't see anything about a workout yesterday. Over the past couple of years the program has been decent on social media with things like posting pics from those kind of workouts so my guess is we haven't held anything yet. High Point, EMU, Georgia State, Tulane and Pepperdine are a few schools I follow on social media who have all posted pics and videos from their summer workouts. I expect the Titans to do the same. Looking forward to it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2019 10:08:31 GMT -5
So it now looks something like this? PG: Davis, Pink, LeGrand, Riley (WO), Gorman (WO) SG: Maxwell, Calipari, Rose, Parilla (WO) SF: Moore, Hofman PF: Isiani, Brandon C: Curry, Nguidjol Redshirt: Miller Open: 1 I wouldn’t see any rigid roles in the 3-4-5 spots for the 6 bigs; I would anticipate a fair use of a 3-guard lineup; and Davis will occasionally get a small rest on the court by shifting to the #2 slot. That’s still a team that’s a bit small without a good low post option, but probably passable if Curry plays well and One of the Sophs develops a bit. Or Miller ets a waiver. A lot of shooting power with Davis, Isiani, and Calipari. And we wait on the mystery big man. I was thinking just the opposite - that Calipari (if he starts or when he gets playing time) would be the point guard and move Davis over to SG. It would give Davis a "rest" from the duties of running the offense and allow the Coaches to run a variety of screens to free AD in different areas of the court. Also, we should trademark the phrase "mystery big man", who BTW is sure to start this season with "the ability to dominate the paint and shoot the 3" and who "Should change the landscape in the Horizon".
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Post by upbasketballfan on Jul 5, 2019 10:14:59 GMT -5
From what I can see at his point.
G Davis G LeGrand G Maxwell F Isiani F Hofman
First off Calipari and Curry but it all depends on the skills of the missing big. I hope everyone has been working hard together this summer and making trips down to the Saint.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jul 5, 2019 11:41:53 GMT -5
My starting lineup, using the time tested SWAG approach (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess):
G Davis G Maxwell F Brandon F Curry C Boe
I tend to lean towards experience, so I'm going with four guys who played in the system last year and the JUCO guy who spent a season as part of a D1 program. If Hamrick had not transferred, I would have him in Maxwell's place.
Edit: I made a mistake with Maxwell's background as he is a grad transfer, not a JUCO transfer.
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Post by calihanmole on Jul 5, 2019 11:47:46 GMT -5
PG - Calipari SG - Davis SG - Isiani F - Hofman C - Mystery 7’1” Big Man that will change the landscape of the HL.
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Post by Rogobob77 on Jul 5, 2019 12:42:37 GMT -5
My starting lineup, using the time tested SWAG approach (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess): G Davis G Maxwell F Brandon F Curry C Boe I tend to lean towards experience, so I'm going with four guys who played in the system last year and the JUCO guy who spent a season as part of a D1 program. If Hamrick had not transferred, I would have him in Maxwell's place. Agree with your point on Maxwell being the most experienced of the incoming recruits, but I believe he is a grad transfer (prior college career all at D-1 Abilene Christian), not a JUCO guy.
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Post by Commissioner on Jul 5, 2019 12:46:21 GMT -5
We look to be a tough offensive team. There’s not much post up game, but Maxwell is very efficient taking it to the hoop. Isiani is probably a better shooter from behind the arc than Josh was, and having him around for the season should help AD. Calipari never shot well in his very limited playing time at UK, but the sample size is probably too small and scattered to mean anything. I’ve seen multiple sources describe him as a lights-out shooter. The Davis kid will hit a few. Curry can score and Moore was developing as a decent threat late last year. Don’t know what we’ve got in Belgian Sam, and the jucos, but there’s lots of perimeter firepower there to which they may add. If we can develop a consistent inside threat somehow, that’s potentially a potent lineup.
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Post by motorcitysam on Jul 5, 2019 12:56:51 GMT -5
My starting lineup, using the time tested SWAG approach (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess): G Davis G Maxwell F Brandon F Curry C Boe I tend to lean towards experience, so I'm going with four guys who played in the system last year and the JUCO guy who spent a season as part of a D1 program. If Hamrick had not transferred, I would have him in Maxwell's place. Agree with your point on Maxwell being the most experienced of the incoming recruits, but I believe he is a grad transfer (prior college career all at D-1 Abilene Christian), not a JUCO guy. Thank you, I did make a mistake about that. I think I got him mixed up with LeGrand. Maxwell is the guy I would go with in that spot.
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Post by Commissioner on Jul 5, 2019 13:07:16 GMT -5
My starting lineup, using the time tested SWAG approach (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess): G Davis G Maxwell F Brandon F Curry C Boe I tend to lean towards experience, so I'm going with four guys who played in the system last year and the JUCO guy who spent a season as part of a D1 program. If Hamrick had not transferred, I would have him in Maxwell's place. Edit: I made a mistake with Maxwell's background as he is a grad transfer, not a JUCO transfer. For whatever reason, Brandon had lost favor in the latter part of last season. Boe has to improve a lot to merit a starting spot. I think Willie and Marquis are more likely to enter formal start of practice with some modest presumption of being starters (I say that figuring AD is probably the only lock down starter at this point.)
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Post by nctitan on Jul 5, 2019 17:20:42 GMT -5
I'm a bit puzzled when Calipari is penciled in as a starter in a crowded position. He was not highly recruited in high school (only UMass, I think), and he obviously didn't make any waves as UK. Now, I totally understand that he won't be competing against UK-level players at Detroit, but then again he wouldn't have been at UK with a different last name. Was he on scholarship there?
I'm not saying he won't contribute and I'm not suggesting that he is unskilled (we already have a lights-out shooter), I'm just curious why some are expecting so much with so little evidence.
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Post by rbj on Jul 5, 2019 17:55:23 GMT -5
My starting lineup, using the time tested SWAG approach (Scientific Wild A$$ Guess): G Davis G Maxwell F Brandon F Curry C Boe I tend to lean towards experience, so I'm going with four guys who played in the system last year and the JUCO guy who spent a season as part of a D1 program. If Hamrick had not transferred, I would have him in Maxwell's place. Edit: I made a mistake with Maxwell's background as he is a grad transfer, not a JUCO transfer. I think this is our most probable starting lineup. I really wish we had someone in the post with a little more size and strengh than Boe,Curry and Brandon. Maybe we have surprise player coming.
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