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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 3648398, member: 837"]
This is opinion stated as fact. I'm not saying your opinion is wrong, merely that it is opinion. The common ground is that reps and, in college basketball in this instance, game reps are utterly essential in a player's development and greatly improves their chances of improvement. We can both agree on that, I would think.

The issue I have is how many posters draw a direct line between minutes in Nov/Dec (in a typical season) and level of play in Feb/March. For some players, this works. But the idea that stealing a four minutes a game for one of these guys automatically makes them better players by Feb/March just doesn't ring true to me.

There was zero reason to take Quincy off the floor last night. So I'd disagree that no player should ever play 40. I agree that a few real minutes in real games helps -- don't disagree at all. But I'm absolutely not taking a chance of losing a game for whatever the benefits of those minutes might be.

i really think the key in getting minutes is more the Woody range where, if you're good enough, you get a legit run each game and then you potentially are ready when we need you for 20 some game. The couple 2-3 minute stretches don't hurt but I"m not sure how much they help. I also feel you need to be able to play at a certain level to earn minutes. What drives me nuts is people pointing to Goodine last year when at no point did he ever display he was ready to be a real contributor last season (even though I believe he was and remains a solid prospect going forward).
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