Re: Rotations

[Brian Johnson]

With the lack of post depth, I just don't see how it's
going to work.  Correct, in C-USA, that's not a
factor, but I don't forsee tournament success, unless
your Kirkland comment pretains to his post play.

Hope I'm wrong, of course.
--- Michael Ryan <address@hidden> wrote:

> You beat me to checking the whole conference for the
> matchups at
> center. If Iti is the only true tall guy, we should
> be in good shape.
>
> My forecast is for a stronger than expected year for
> Kirkland and
> Banks and a less than expected year for Souley. 
> Also Hicks will get 3
> more reb's per game than a man his size should get.
>
> Cant wait for Monday night !
>
> -- 
> Mike Ryan
>
>
> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:22:26 -0500, dfairchild
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Two more observations about our depth - I've been
> very conservative of my
> > estimations of Banks, Bright, and Souleyman.  So I
> am prepared to be
> > pleasantly suprised if any or all three step up.
> >
> > Last year we had 2 big questions about unknown
> players - Nick Williams
> > converting to point, would Whaley be able to make
> the transition to Div 1?
> > This year, our only big question is whether Chadd
> and Jihad will be able to
> > hand the point.
> >
> > For me all the other questions are pretty minor -
> how improved will Hicks,
> > Kirkland, White and Williams be?
> >
> > I'm not too worried about our size until March - I
> was looking at a summary
> > of the conference - the only true center with
> significant talent is Iti from
> > Charlotte.
> >
> > I think others have made the point that in our
> front court we have present
> > many matchup problems.  We may be able to minimize
> the concerns about the
> > post by playing up tempo - we have the
> player/athletes to do it.
> > It should be another great, fun, exciting season
> for the Bearcats!
> > Go Cats.
> > Darryl
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brian Johnson [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 4:04 PM
> > To: address@hidden; Bryan Sherman
> > Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Rotations
> >
> > There was also the Laettner shot vs. UConn where
> he
> > inbounded the ball, no one was gaurding him, and
> all
> > the guy did was toss the ball back to him, as he
> had,
> > and buried, the open shot.
> > --- Bryan Sherman <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > Wasn't one of the key criticisms of KY after the
> > > Laetner miracle shot
> > > that they *didn't* guard the guy inbounding the
> > > ball?
> > >
> > > I am not a coach, nor have I played one on TV,
> but I
> > > think having a
> > > tall guy challenging you inbounding the ball
> makes
> > > it difficult to get
> > > the ball to the spot you want. If you don't put
> a
> > > man on the guy
> > > inbounding, he has better vision of the court
> and
> > > you don;t have
> > > someone cutting his angles. Just a thought.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 14:20:21 -0500, Michael W
> Pickens
> > > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > > If you can't get the ball across mid-court or
> > > inbounds your height advantage
> > > > isn't going to help you.  This leads me to
> another
> > > question.  Why do teams
> > > > guard the inbounder.   Why not guard 5 on 4?
> >
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