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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2214204, member: 27"] Did Battle play anywhere but SG his frosh season? I don't think so. With all the forwards on the team and the lack of guards, it doesn't make a lot of sense for him to be asked to play SF. And if we add another player who can play PG, we will have 3 scholarship players on the roster that can play there, which is more than the 2 we had last season. So yes, it is pretty obvious he isn't going to play PG either barring a couple of injuries or a crazy game with a lot of foul outs. There are three scholarship players at center. I expect TT to be the worst of the three on defense by a large margin (and the best on offense, also by a large margin). My expectation is that Chukwu is going to be groomed for a role as a pressing specialist. When we press, he will be back at the hoop, the last line of defense. I think that was going to be his role this past season until he got hurt. He might play a little when the top 2 centers get in foul trouble as well. My expectation is that Sidibe (no BS) will get a lot of playing time. I expect he will be by far our best center defensively, and probably the best rebounder of the bunch too. I don't expect a lot offensively but I think he will get some points off of offensive rebounds, hustle plays in transition and maybe make a basket or two in the half court too. I am thinking Chukwu gets 7 mpg. Sidibe gets 20 mpg (among other things, he will have foul trouble issues). JB is going to have to play him a lot because our defense is not going to be great to begin with and he is so much better than the other options we have here. TT gets the other 13 minutes at center. I think TT is going to play around 25 mpg (foul trouble will continue to be a problem though not as bad as it was his frosh year). That leaves him with 12 minutes at PF. Some of that time will be spent playing with Sidibe. When that happens, TT will surely play PF, not Sidibe. So I agree with you on Battle and disagree about Taurean. [/QUOTE]

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