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Message: [QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5437201, member: 722"] Three out of four Final Four teams followed the 7-8 player rotation. Duke was the exception, playing ten players ten minutes a game. I think their average margin of victory in a bad conference had everything to do with that, since their best player, Flagg, played almost exactly 30 mins/game. When your average margin of victory is first in the country by 4 points over second place (20.5 compared to second place Gonzaga 16.5), you are going to have lots of minutes inflation for your bench players. At any rate, it seems finding your JB style 2 centers, 3 Forwards and 3 guards might be the way to go. Everybody else plays only in practice, blowouts and emergencies. Let’s figure out our 8, for fun. Definitely in the 8 man rotation: Kyle, Freeman, Starling, George Self explanatory, these guys are the core of the team, with Freeman, George and Starling in competition to lead the team in minutes. Kyle is far and away our most athletic and experienced center. Probably in 8 man rotation: Kingz, Betsey I had Kingz in the first group, but then thought Red might give the taller, true forward Betsey a lot of chances to win the small forward spot instead of playing three guards to start. Competing for roles in top 8 Souare, White, Anthony, Fennell Souare almost has to win a spot, unless Freeman becomes our second center, and White our third forward. It might come down to who fits better between Anthony and Fennell when George needs a rest. Does anybody have the punt guard skills to give George a minute or two of rest a couple times per half? George played 36 minutes for Georgia Tech last season, do we want him playing that much again? My guess: Kyle, Souare Freeman, White, Kingz Starling, George, Fennell Betsey and Anthony are 9 and 10 in the 8 player rotation. Kingz proven shooting ability beats out Betsey’s height because Betsey still plays like a guard at 6’8, so Red goes with the proven shooter in Kingz. Fennell being a point guard (at least kind of) gets him the extra minutes ahead of Anthony. I think Red gives all the players a lot of chances to earn minutes in the first months of the season. Hopefully we win enough where we don’t get buried while he’s figuring it out. The other scholarship players play sparingly or not at all after the cupcake portion of the schedule. Unless we, like Duke last season, lead the league in average margin of victory. [/QUOTE]

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