Oso planning to go pro
I think the chances of Bailey redshirting are greater than Cain. (That is without knowing either of them personally.)
Who's on the court in the last 5 minutes?JCHowardElliotSamMorrow (if he can shoot free throws) or Heldt
I'll stick with my opinion on Gold. He'll be in foul trouble within the first eight minutes.
1: JC (25), Howard (10), Greg (5)2: Howard (20), Anim (10), Greg (10)3: Sam (25), Cain (10), Anim (5)4: Morrow (20), Joey (15), Sam (5)5: Heldt (20), Theo (15), Morrow (5)Extra time for Ike and BaileyHeldt and Anim and Wojo's guys so they will get their minutes (not really a bad thing).
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
It depends on what you need.Defending a lead:JCElliottAnimS HauserHeldtTrailing from behindJCHowardS HauserJ HauserMorrowBack and forth battleJCHowardS HauserMorrowHeldt unless John is in Tarzan mode
A picture of Bailey was posted when he attended the MU @ Gtown game last month. He looked EXTREMELY skinny.
This feels the closest to me. TAMU's is also close, though I just can't see Cain taking a seat given his impact in his limited run - as someone else said, his season was radically different than the others that have used the RS. Another thing that is worth playing with in non-con: our version of the death lineup in limited run. It didn't work with Rowsey and Markus together, and probably require a less than lethal 3pt shooter on the floor (Greg or JC). I'd love limited run of: MarkusJCThing 1 Thing 2 Morrow
I would be absolutely thrilled if we get to the point where a top 45 recruit comes to MU and sees 10 minutes a game. Especially one who got that ranking based not on "measurables" but on skillset and IQ.I'll go on record and say it's infinitely more likely that Joey is a 1 and done than it is he sees 10 or less minutes. But if I had to put money on it I say he's here for 3 seasons and starts for all 3 of those. Or at least gets starter minutes. I would be absolutely shocked if any of Theo, Jamal, Greg, or Sacar see more minutes than him. Think a more team oriented Henry Ellenson.Also Sacar was a better version of both Cain and Elliott last year. If those two want to pass Sacar in minutes they'll need to improve more than Sacar does this offseason.I think Cain has the potential to be very, very good. I'm not sure Elliott is ever more than a high energy, defensive minded grinder. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But in my opinion he's a less skilled Sacar. Sacar is very undervalued here. He was great at what he was asked to do last season, and next year it'll be even more evident when the rest of the team is better at what they're asked to do around him.
Well Sam is our best player and Joey already used his red shirt so I would say a Hauser red shirt is a non starter
I'd plop him in front of TV and play a clip of Mikal Bridges getting his named called as a lottery pick and say "I want to use this redshirt year to make this happen for you"I'm not going to go into all of my thinking on this topic because I think I might do a quick PT post on it. But I think there are a lot of reasons why it would make sense. I am a big fan of the redshirt and think it is criminally underused in college basketball. Glad Wojo found a way to use it each of the last two years. With 12 high major caliber players eligible to play next season (assuming Eke is healthy), I think it would be a waste not to use it.
I was mostly thinking in case of injury. If Sam can't go until December or January, should we hold him out? Same goes for Joey (though if 17-18 counts as Joey's redshirt year he'd have to get a medical hardship waiver I assume).
...I'd probably be more inclined to see if they could talk Elliott into a red shirt, as he, like Cain, needs a lot of work in the weight room - I'd say even more than Jamal.