Let's discuss next year's basketball team

There's a baseball game on buddy

I mean, we only really had one this year as well with jalen

I think Eubanks is coming off the bench next year mainly because I expect us to pick up a transfer

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I think Eubanks is coming off the bench next year

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mark me down right now for Eubanks starting over Hogg

Caruso does many things well, but he also went through long stretches of being turnover prone and doesn't break a defense down as well as you'd like from a PG. Caldwell is already a better offensive player as a senior in HS than Caruso ever was, very similar type of player to Sloan.

The reality is that the player we'll miss the most is House because for all his faults, he hid A LOT of Kennedy's offensive ineptitude. He was the only player with the combination of size and athleticism to consistently get off his own shot and takeover games.

Next year Gilder will have the weight of the world on his shoulders on the offensive end. He'll be asked to bail us out a lot with his shooting and driving, and he'll take over House's role in Kennedy's "dribble for 10 seconds and throw up a three" end of half plays.

He'll score a lot

Efficiency numbers completely disagree with your entire argument as Caruso actually had both a higher Off Efficiency and Offensive +/- box than House this year.

Good offensive basketball is about a lot more than just shots. Though that does help explain why you think so highly of House.

But ftr, ACFresh also had a better PER, a better True Shooting %, and Effective Shooting %. He's a far better offensive player than you give him credit for, he just doesn't have an incredibly high usage rate.

I'm going to assume a middle of the pack finish and an NIT berth at best in 2016-2017.

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Efficiency numbers completely disagree with your entire argument as Caruso actually had both a higher Off Efficiency and Offensive +/- box than House this year.

Good offensive basketball is about a lot more than just shots. Though that does help explain why you think so highly of House.

But ftr, ACFresh also had a better PER, a better True Shooting %, and Effective Shooting %. He's a far better offensive player than you give him credit for, he just doesn't have an incredibly high usage rate.

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This misses the point entirely. The point isn't that House is a great offensive player, it's that he was very often the only reason we didn't get shot clock violations or throw up turnaround 25 footers. Nobody else could regularly create a decent shot for themselves in an offense that routinely works itself meaninglessly into the final five seconds of the shot clock.

People have forgotten our offense before he got here, like when we led the SEC in Ot clock violations in 2013.

And nothing you posted refutes the fact that Caruso lacks the playmaking athleticism you typically see elite teams get from their PG. Hes a very good defender and can run a fast break well but in the half court he was of limited use. His shooting % being so good is a testimony, like Collins, to the fact that he generally only took wide open shots. If he was asked to be the outlet for our schematic ineptitude like House he'd shoot about 20%.

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Hogg is fairly empty when he's not scoring. He's got a pretty shot but he only hit 33% from the arc this year. In fact after starting out 10 for 18 in his first 3 games, he only shot a brutal 29.9% the rest of the year.

He also was below 50% on 2-point shots and only hit 65% from the stripe. Those aren't good numbers for a scorer.

If Hogg doesn't significantly improve, he's not good enough in other areas of the game to be holding down a starting spot.

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I don't disagree with any of this, I said if he isn't good enough to start by next year we are in trouble.