There’s no chance we grab another big, is there?

[OrangeinDC]

There aren’t four “guards”.

We’ll have a lead in Judah. Wings that can create in JJ and Chance. JJ and Chance will get the opportunity to be the lead at times.

Re rebounding, Chance is 6’6” almost 200 pounds. Maliq and Benny are both 6’8” around 215 or so.

Benny can jump out of the gym.

We’re not going to be rebounding out of the zone.

If Red decides to play Brown at the five for a bit, think about how switchable that is. Think about how well we can hedge and recover, blitzing when we want to scare the giddy up out of the other team.

We’ll be cutting guys off before they ever get a chance to get to the rim.

Hell Yeah!!

 

[miamicuse]

Queueing A SHINING MOMENT!

 

[sufandu]

Don't short change Craig. He added a lot more than scoring.

I think that's the point. Our centers may not offer the offense Edwards did but that can do other things that contribute. We need guys to undsrstand their role, play hard, and do their job well. If we can generate offense from pace and defense, we won't worry about what we get from the centers.

 

[tptcuse]

The OP asked about a title - is there a chance ????

There is always a chance, but a lot of things would have to go really well.

1. We would need a legitimate co-star, maybe, 2, for Judah. We have three guys w that potential IMHO - JJ, Westry, and Benny.

2. We need all guards who get major minutes to be able to hit 35%+ from trey range.

3. We need MacLeod to give us some O from the 5 spot - it could be putbacks, fast break dunks, etc.. but we probably need at least 8 PPG from him if he gets 20+ minutes, which I expect.

4. We need somebody to make a jump and earn a consistent 20+ MPG opposite Benny. Plenty of candidates for this one between Chris, Maliq, Justin, and Q. Cant have Red searching every game for the hot hand as Jimmy had to do last season.

5. I believe in Red and that he will be a very good to a great coach, but does that happen this season out of the gate ??

Now a title doesnt just have to mean a NC, in the old BE days, I would think a successful season would result in a BE Title, a BE Tourney title, and/or a FF run. And one of those happened quite often in any given season. In view of what we have seen so far, an ACC title or tournament title would be huge for the program right now.

Lastly, to win any kind of a tourney title the team has to get hot at just the right time and have some luck with matchups in the draws.

So my take, I put NC odds at 1 to 2%, and I put odds for either an ACC season or tourney title odds at 20% combined. Certainly beats the virtual 0% odds going into any of the last 5 seasons or so.

In regards to #1 above, I see Benny as that guy under Red. He has all the physical skills and the shooting ability. He just needs to get out of his own head.