Right, buts that is as a senior in the AAC, not a freshman in the B1G. But, of the guys who actually got on the court Fred's first year, Cross is definitely the one I thought had the most potential and would've liked to see him stick around.
I think their mentality would've been far different down 15. Instead its we played about as bad a half as can be played and were only down 7, lets show them what we can do.
I think 7 spots are pretty well set for being in the rotation
Griesell
Bandumel
Wilcher
Gary
Breidenbach
Walker
Keita
That leaves 4 guys battling for basically the back up wing minutes, probaly see all 4 for stretches in the 1st few games before a pecking order established
Lloyd
Dawson
Keisei
Lawrence
And that leaves walk ons & Oleg as guys who probably aren't seeing meaningful minutes unless their are multiple injuries.
I might be reading too much into it, but I think it was intentional that Keitas 18 ft jumpers were mentioned in recent articles. They are hoping he can stretch that range to the arc so they can run thier normal offense with him & walker on the court.
That way you can defend against an old school 2 big lineup and still play your offense.
I think Breidenbach would still be primary 4, but if you could get away with 5-10 minutes with DW & BK, you can basically go 3 man rotation at the 4-5.