predicting the starting lineup: post-madness

[brandx]

Really doubt Jamil plays the 4 this year. With Duane out I really think Buzz takes advantage of the size and puts Steve at the 4, Jamil at the 3 and Juan at the 2.

With all of the lineup changes that Buzz uses during a game, Jamil will play some 4.

But it won't be as a regular rotation and will be pretty limited.

[Eldon]

Did any of y'all catch Davante's media day interview?  He ranked Dawson above Duane.

I know these interviews and the scrimmage might not mean much, but come actual game time I'm excited about any combination we put out there!

Bump.  Reminder.

[THRILLHO]

I think you'll see DG take a *lot* more free-throw length shots, from the elbow, maybe from the corners, especially in Big East play. He will probably be our opponent's #1 defensive priority, and they will try to make life difficult for his play at the basket. If he can step out to the elbow and drain it regularly (as he did in one of the Syracuse games last year I believe), then he will be harder to stop. But even that mid-range shot, which I think everyone is pretty comfortable with him taking, was relatively rare last year. Let's see him do that regularly before we start asking him to take 3's in normal game situations.

As long as we're revisiting a months-old thread let me just point out how wrong my prediction was. Turns out that they basically couldn't stop him on the low block so there was no need to go further out. If you would've told me that at the beginning of the season I probably would've been expecting a much better record!

[NersEllenson]

Interesting to go back and re-read the predictions.  The one clear shocker for everyone was that Jake Thomas not only started, but he also got the 2nd most minutes on the team.  Everyone pegged Mayo or JJJ for his spot...and the reports from the Madness scrimmage all indicated Todd looked really good...and of course he dropped 20 points in first tightly contested game against Southern...in 22 minutes of action.

Will never understand why Todd wasn't given 30+ per game from at least the beginning of conference play and against all of the tough non-conference opponents.

Then again, there were a lot of head scratching things about this season.

[willie warrior]

Interesting to go back and re-read the predictions.  The one clear shocker for everyone was that Jake Thomas not only started, but he also got the 2nd most minutes on the team.  Everyone pegged Mayo or JJJ for his spot...and the reports from the Madness scrimmage all indicated Todd looked really good...and of course he dropped 20 points in first tightly contested game against Southern...in 22 minutes of action.

Will never understand why Todd wasn't given 30+ per game from at least the beginning of conference play and against all of the tough non-conference opponents.

Then again, there were a lot of head scratching things about this season.

What is there not to understand about it Ners? Same reason for slurping Derrick. In Buzz we trust!