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[QUOTE="007, post: 2234665, member: 393"]
Believe me, I am the first to admit it's all amateurish, preseason  guesswork, especially with all the unknowns this coming year. Even as a former coach, I can tell you that what you think you have coming in and what you end up with when they take the court as a team can be way, way off no matter how many 100s of times you watch them scrimmage. We lived that last year.

Battle and TT are high level ACC scorers. Good place to start as they will demand help side support which will help space the floor, but not completely. Any good D at this level can account for 2 scorers and still limit off ball action. The [B]huge[/B] leap of faith in my analysis above is that Brissett will play the 3 and be a dynamic scorer. If Thorpe (or Frank??) can be effective running half court sets and shoot off the dribble, you have the potential for good offensive without the presence of knock down shooters.

The one obvious missing piece is the lack of an interior scoring threat or post presence. Because of that, the D will be able to cheat on all off screens, double on ball screens, collapse to the paint, and face guard Battle (that's what happened to White last year and TC the previous 2 years).

If you are correct about too many 4 types, and there is no post scoring, it will be a historically bad year by SU standards.
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