Quote Originally Posted by Ifyouonlyknew View Post
We will have a shot at the tourney next year but this team won't reach it's potential until Howland's 3rd year. That has been his MO at every stop. Struggle the 1st year, get better the 2nd year, & the 3rd year the program takes off. We are bringing in a lot of talent next year but it's very good talent not elite talent. No one knows how those guys will react until we see them on the court. We hope they're ready but we can't guarantee they will be.
Basketball recruiting rankings are awful. We have elite talent coming in. Peters offensively and Ado defensively are elite. Keegler is elite. Malik and Q are elite. Then you have guys like Holman that don't need to be rushed. The best news of all??? None of these guys need to be seasoned professionals when they come in because of our depth and because we run the floor. You know why Cal runs the floor? It lets his young talent take off instead of forcing them to show maturity in a half court set every time down the floor. Howland will do the same.

If its my team, it would be some combo of the following for the first 5:
PG: Malik/Peters/IJ
SG: Q/Malik/Peters
SF: Kegler
PF/C: Ado
C/PF: Herard/Holman

I'll take an elite defensive player in the post with Ado over a hi-lo combo for offense, especially considering our scoring threats elsewhere on the floor and his ability to initiate the break.