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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 2225467, member: 1423"]
And that's exactly the point -- they earn a win or two --- when/if they light it up from outside. But when the 3's don't drop, they've got nothing else. BC (although they have a 7 footer) has been in that position, because their inside guy isn't really a scorer. Same with ND last year .. shooters and a 6'7 guy inside. Not a recipe' for long-term success, unless you have amazingly talented guards that can get to the rim and create/distribute in the lane.  That hasn't been us since Malachai left (and even then, we struggled for most of the season before making an awesome tourney run).

It's not like the staff hasn't been trying. We had a deep front court last year until a bunch of injuries happened. MM went down. Then Coleman's knees went, and our 7'2 guy lost sight in one eye. That's THREE front line casualties in one year -- really unfortunate for the team and those players.

We might finally have a healthy front line this year. I'm not projecting major low-block scoring. But we'll get SOME points in the paint and we'll have a better chance of rebounding misses than we've had in several years. The main problems are inexperience, lack of strength/beef and PIP. We have some depth at forward (MM, Dolezaj, Brissett and TT when he's not playing C), we have decent length and we have some athleticism. So let's see how JB puts this puzzle together. Obviously, I prefer (if it works) Sidibe/Chukwu at C, TT at PF and the best of the other three at SF. With Thorpe/Battle up top, that would give us 4 scorers and a big rolling to the rim. We'll see.
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