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Message: [QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5592382, member: 722"] In the four games since Syracuse lost Freeman, we have gone with a very JB looking rotation. Starters have played bigger minutes, with George 33.5, Kyle 31.3, Starling 31.5 and Kingz 34.3 (he played very little against Iowa State, was he injured?) averaging over 30 per game. Betsey 23.5, White 21.3 despite "starting," and Anthony 20.8 have filled out the rotation with Souare as the .5 in the 7.5 player rotation at 8 minutes per game. Nobody else has really played except in the blowout against Iowa State when Kingz played only 15 minutes. I think this is our team going forward, with only spot minutes going to anybody else in an game that doesn't have a big lead or deficit. I think it is a good team, with a nice rotation of size in Kyle, White, Betsey and Souare. It has nice dribble penetration with Starling, George and Kingz. It might have decent shooting, with Kingz and Betsey showing serious flashes of ability, and White, Starling and George at least adequate to keep 'em honest. Rebounding will probably be a problem, as we got rebounded, in some cases badly in Vegas and Tennessee. I think we are again having a JB lite strategy of challenging the shot and worrying about the rebound later. Our defense is very good, with us rating top30 after Tennessee in scoring defense and several other important defensive categories, without having a super slow pace to limit scoring. I did a pretty detailed analysis in the defense thread that popped up after Rich Barnes complimented our defense. If this is the squad going forward, without any future 3 games against top opponents in 3 days type stretches, I think we can win a bunch of games. If Freeman returns, I hope he comes back to a strong competition for minutes, as guys have proven their worth, and nobody is relegated to the bench as a result of the arguably best best returning. I hope he takes a few minutes from everybody and we get much deeper, not hurting the depth. Say, three to three and a half minutes from 7 guys instead of somebody being pushed to a deep reserve role. I see big upside and/or present value in every player in our current rotation. [/QUOTE]

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