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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 2529004, member: 27"] I hate how thin the roster has been in recent years. I think a college basketball 13 player roster should ideally be broken out as follows: C 2 C/PF 1 PF 2 SF 2 SG/SF 1 SG 2 PG 2 SG/PG 1 While we only have 12 scholarships for 2018-19, Buddy will technically be a walk on, so for all intents and purposes, the probation period is finally over, and we could outfit a roster with 13 scholarship players. Using this as a guideline, here is how we stand today. You could quibble on position assignments but this shows why another big is needed, especially given how banged up both of our bigs got this year: C Chukwu, TBD1 C/PF Sidibe PF Brissett, Moyer SF Dolezaj, Bazley SG/SF SG Hughes, Boeheim PG Howard, Carey PG/SG Washington So it would be great to add a center to fill out the roster and honestly, we have a scholarship open for a swingman and probably should add one as well. We need to get to where we were a few years ago, when we red-shirted players a lot and turnover wasn't that high. The Virginia model is similar to where we used to be and need to be again. Projecting to 2019, I think we are looking at C Sidibe, TBD1 (Hope Chukwu gets another year and wants it, but can't plan for it) C/PF TBD2 PF Moyer, TBD3 SF Dolezaj, TBD4 SG/SF TBD5 SG Hughes, Boeheim PG Goodine, TBD6 PG/SG Washington If we wanted, we could actually add a 14th scholarship level player, if we kept Buddy as a walk on. That would be 100% opposed to what JB has been in recent years, and it would probably require taking a player willing to redshirt, but I think it would be prudent. Regardless, the need for that extra big really becomes apparent in 2019. It would be great to have someone who has been in the system for a year to fill that role. They are going to be in the rotation and needed. Bottom line, there is likely going to be really heavy turnover after 2018-19, and we need to plan for it now. That 2019 class is going to be a big one. [/QUOTE]

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