Why We May Not Be Worse Next Year

[Sir Charles]

Kedrick Ford was playing last night in my local City Rec league with Brian Buchanon(fat/Henry T's son) and Eric Warfield.  Just an FYI...He was definitely D1 material

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Ford was a pretty good player.  Had a lot of injuries though.  Teamates respected him as he was a captain or a co-captain his senior year.  Had some decent guards during his time here.

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I like your starting lineup for next year but I am unsure about Anderson at the 3. Usually a team has a a fairly athletic and explosive player there. Anderson is very average from a speed and quickness standpoint when paired agains wing players. He has more of an advantage when he matches up against the speed of most powerforwards. Basically Anderson has the height of small forward or wing player, the speed of a slower wing or most powerforwards and the shot of shooting guard. He is a mismatch on offense at the 4 but IMO a liability against taller rangy post players.

I would like to see this as a starting lineup asuming all players are healthy.

PG-Miller-He has the quickness and with one year under his belt hopefully added confidence. His size is the only knock but you can't question his heart.

SG-Harley-The way he has played the last 4 or 5 games for us has been huge. He got an campus late but has done nothing but elevate his game against taller and better competition. He has really carried us the last few games from a scoring standpoint.

SF/Wing-Sallie-I know this may not be his "natural" position but if we are going to put our best players in the starting lineup this may be the best way to do it. He should bolster our scoring. I am hoping he could be a 15 points per game player for us next year on average and helping with assists.

Edwards-I know he was one of our more higher rated recruits. He has very good size and stregnth and if he is talented offensively he could give us some points in Maric's absence.

Ballaham-He has made the most of his minutes and has shot at near 70% from the field this year. He is a solid player and should be able to give us 6-10 points and 5-8 rebounds with a larger role and more minutes

My top players off the bench would include Henry, Strowbridge, Anderson, Ade and Ping. If the international big that we recruited doesn't show up we will need quality minutes off the bench from Ping and Chapman. We will be undersized for sure in the paint but with Sallie we add size to our backcourt.

I see the team only being slightly better unless Ballaham and Edwards are game changers come next year. The future is bright and while the talent level is towards the bottom of the big 12 the team plays at a much higher level. We are very good defensively but average offensively. As long as Doc can recruit talented scorers especially both guards and post players we will be very good. With the influx of conference players likely going pro I like our chances in conference play next year.