I'll just leave this here

[hhcmatt]

39 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said:

Perhaps Juwan will supplant Josiah in the lineup; but I will be a bit surprised if

it happens.  Josiah is our glue player, as is Sam.  Their effort on the floor creates opportunity for teammates.  Seeing it up close while in Sioux Falls was somewhat inspiring.  He literally tipped passes and misses to teammates who were awarded steals and rebounds.  His motor runs non-stop.

 

If Juwan does supplant Josiah, I will understand it; but I do believe the rotation will not change the minutes played or the overall statistics.

 

Another thing to add to this is that it works to have Gary come off the bench as a scoring punch since we're already starting our 3 main shot takers in Mast, Brice, and Keisei.

[49r]

Seems like foul trouble will be less of an issue this year than it has been in recent years, purely because of the numbers Fred has at his disposal.

[AuroranHusker]

47 minutes ago, 49r said:

Seems like foul trouble will be less of an issue this year than it has been in recent years, purely because of the numbers Fred has at his disposal.

 

Same sentiment for scoring potential, NU isn't reliant on just a couple of dudes to be able to score. It could come from basically any one on the "9-man rotation" available to Hoiberg & Co. And that's without seeing Ramel Lloyd or Blaise Keita, and not much of a sample size from Eli Rice lately.

[REDZONEDAN]

2 hours ago, Norm Peterson said:

 

One of the reasons I have optimism for this season is that there were past years where I would have stopped at 4 names and struggled to come up with a 5th.

 

This season, I could blow way past 5 and realize, oh, wait, that's too many names.

 

I mean, quick example, I don't think too many people would put Sam Hoiberg on this list of the 5 guys who have to finish the game from the six minutes mark. But he legit made game-winning plays last year and seems to have continued that positive trajectory this year. I look at Josiah Allick and think, yeah, definitely have Josiah out there. But then what about Juwan Gary? Well, him too. OK, who you leaving out? Mast? No.

 

That's tough. I would honestly have a tough time whittling the list to just the five guys to finish the game, no substitutes.

 

What I can give you is a short bench, though.

 

I think I can give you a final 8 guys. Final 7 if you held a gun to my head.

 

Final 5? That's tough. How many fouls does each of them have?

I actually thought about putting Sam in there also based on his game winning plays that he made down the stretch against Maryland, Wisky and one other team that I can’t remember.

[Art Vandalay]

5 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

Perhaps Juwan will supplant Josiah in the lineup; but I will be a bit surprised if

it happens.  Josiah is our glue player, as is Sam.  Their effort on the floor creates opportunity for teammates.  Seeing it up close while in Sioux Falls was somewhat inspiring.  He literally tipped passes and misses to teammates who were awarded steals and rebounds.  His motor runs non-stop.

 

If Juwan does supplant Josiah, I will understand it; but I do believe the rotation will not change the minutes played or the overall statistics.

Fred basically said he like Gary coming off the bench today so I think we will continue to see that. I agree on the offense as well, him and CJ will need to provide scoring on that second unit.

[Crush78]

40 minutes ago, Art Vandalay said:

Fred basically said he like Gary coming off the bench today so I think we will continue to see that. I agree on the offense as well, him and CJ will need to provide scoring on that second unit.

Don't think it makes a ton of difference who starts. Looks like the plan is splitting the 80 front court minutes pretty evenly between Mast Gary Allick. 

[aphilso1]

I paid closer attention to the rotation this game, and found something very interesting.  For the first 18ish minutes, there was a true starter/backup rotation at the 1, 2, and 3. 

 

JL and Boogie shared the 1.  When one came out, the other went in and took his role/assignment.

Keisei and Sam shared the 2.  Ditto.

BW and Wilcher shared the 3. Double ditto.

The Gary Mastlick Trio collectively manned the 4&5.

 

Also interesting that Fred managed the first half like a hockey coach running line changes.  Went with a wholesale second string for extended periods, rather than staggering the backups so as to always have 3+ starters on the floor.  Maybe he was doing this in earlier games too, but this was the first time I noticed. 

 

I don't have any conclusions to draw from this.  Just found the first half rotation really interesting.