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[QUOTE="PhatOrange, post: 4956947, member: 229"]
Depth is fine but the talent is subpar.

Call me crazy but I like Carey.  He's a redshirt freshman and at the same stage is far and away better than Billy Celuck was.  Celuck wasn't very good, but was a starter as a junior on a team that won 25 games and finished the season top 20.  Carey, as he develops, is capable to give you what you need at the center spot to win games.  I love his energy, he's coordinated, he's not a stiff, he hustles, he plays tough, he boxes out.  Just needs S&C, continue to learn how to play at this level and the game will slow down for him.

Bell should probably come off the bench as the shooter.

Cuff should spell bad Mintz.

Q and Starling seem to work best together.

Benny/Taylor ...ride good Benny.  He was doing well last night and got inexplicably pulled during the run.  (I know his defense, but no one plays good defense...it was a track meet and thats fine if you're making shots and we were.  He was active, had steals, grabbed boards and made some shots.)

There was a sequence as we cut the lead, that Mintz did not take a shot in 4 or 5 consecutive possessions.  This was good Mintz.  The shots were Brown 2x, Copeland and maybe Starling/Bennie.  It was fast and free flowing, everyone active and involved.  The team is better offensively when the ball isn't dying in Mintz' hands.
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