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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 299566, member: 837"] I never said "Triche will lose minutes to Cooney." I only made the point that if I had to bet on one of two scenarios -- triche having a breakout year and working his way into the draft vs. Triche getting an increase in minutes but being closer to 28 than 32 or 33 b/c either Cooney develops and emerges as a legit option and/or Southerland has a consistent year and plays a bit out of position at the 2, I would go with the latter. My guess is that Triche will actually eclipse the 30 mpg mark and be a solid starter but not play his way into the draft. That is obviously in the middle of those two scenarios. As for triche finishing above the rim vs. GMac and Rautins, that's true but I wouldn't call him a great finisher or even particularly good at getting into the lane with any sort of control. Other points I disagree on: -- Cooney was redshirted simply b/c he was the fifth guard -- not because he didn't have talent. I not going to argue that Cooney will eclipse Triche per se, but I think it's crazy to think he doesn't have a good chance to play his way into legit minutes with a year under his belt and obviously decent talent. -- Since when have sophomores been considered 'young' in college basketball? MCW logged nearly 270 minutes last year and even true frosh have played huge minutes under boeheim all the time. Will he hold up to the rigors of the BE? I really don't see why not. -- Triche is not "Scoop with a better looking shot." Scoop took a lot of junk here but he had a solid handle, generally made good decisions with the ball, actually shot 3% better from three than Triche and excelled in the open floor. That is not triche. I agree that Triche is a nice player but, my opinion anway, is that we've seen what he is. A nice player with nice athleticism but not necessarily a guy who's a lock to see 35 mpg and score 15ish a game. I just don't see that. [/QUOTE]

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