Dansen wrote:
Lol, I hope you’re kidding. That lineup is comical, Braden is the only one that can dribble a ball. We already have a turnover issue with this team
Whatever. We've got turnover issues as much as we have size/rebounding/physicality issues. We're not going to have success in this conference next year with 6'7'' Tom Welch playing the 5 position and 6'6'' Phil Alston playing the 4 spot. We're going to have to get bigger - but if we don't want start working on it now for the last 4 or 5 games, so be it, I guess.
Norris is our PG next year. He's got the experience and leadership and that position is locked up - but he's a small guard at 6'0.
Alston is too talented not to start next year but, at 6'6'', he's going to have to become more of a guard, particularly if he has pro ball aspirations. Keeping him down in the 4 spot is just going to continue to make him more foul-prone and less effective.
Rubin is 6'8'' for next year when he comes in, and I would presume he's going to be in the 4 spot.
We're going to need a center and another 6'4''+ guard next year to compete. I personally would like to see us get started on preparing for the future now, rather than spinning our wheels. We're not getting the opposition in foul trouble early to equalize the game... maybe a bigger lineup does that.
What's the worst that's going to happen? Worst case - we lose the next 3 games by 12-15 points? We've been watching that all season anyway...