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[QUOTE="CuseMan4, post: 4432000, member: 5564"]
Only game 1 and 2 exhibitions. So of course it’s early. But I think we can have a solid rotation here. I think we are going to have a solid big 3 of Edwards, Girard and Mintz. The team will go as those 3 go. Positive from last night. They played really well together. Girard and Mintz played well together in the backcourt and they were both looking for Jesse. Didn’t seem like much was forced and things just flowed well. Can’t say I’ve seen that in awhile from a Syracuse offense so props to them.

Now for the rest of the team. We played 12 guys with 10 guys really in the rotation. I think that obviously tightens up the more the season goes on. I think we will have a solid bench though. I am fine with Bell and Benny starting but I don’t think they will get the start minutes by mid season. I think we will have a solid 3 guys off the bench in Brown, Torrence and Taylor. Hima plays when Jesse is in foul trouble. Carey and Copeland are a year or two out. We know what we have in Jon Bol. Boeheim’s best teams have good players coming off the bench even if they are clearly better than the starter. It’s just like another punch of players coming off the bench. Think Waiter, Grant or Scoop and Joseph. We have that this year. Brown and Taylor are clearly better than Benny. Ideally by mid season I see these guys as the rotation.

Starters
Mintz
Girard
Bell
Benny 
Jesse

Bench
Taylor 
Brown
Torrence

Crunch time lineup 
Mintz 
Girard 
Torrence 
Brown 
Jesse
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