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[QUOTE="newmexicuse, post: 1981098, member: 57"]
This was my first look at our team this season. I can't wait to see if  there was an upside other than the play of DC2. The problems I saw go far beyond who is starting. It starts with the D. We all know the Zone has to give of up something. This Zone gave up everything. It was so bad that I wanted Hayes to make that FT at the end to get his triple double - he deserved it. Right now what I saw was a team that lacked toughness, quickness, and smarts. Jimmy has his work cut out for him.

There is no answer with the pieces as there are, any answer will only come if  several of the players each improve their level of play. I think the starting point for improvement has to be Roberson. He needs to eat glass with toughness, show senior leadership,and get his 8 to 10 garbage points. Battle is a frosh, he will need to mature and get us some scoring off of drives to the hoop. Lydon should be our best player, but he didn't show much grit last night. White needs to find a way to score when his three pointers aren't falling. I could go on and on, but my point here is that until each player reaches within and steps it up that who starts is irrelevant.
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