You are going to have to explain this. Outside of an unexpected FBI investigation we had an amazing roster on paper

We had elite depth of 11 man rotation that could match up against any team

We could field big long pretty athletic lineups that could shoot like Heron at SG 6'5 220, Purifoy at SF 6'9 and Okeke 6'7 PF and Wiley at C

Or we could go small ball ultra athletic shooting lineups w Brown, Heron, Murray and McElmore/Spencer

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Posted by beatbammer

Member since Sep 2010

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Posted on 3/4/18 at 4:49 pm to GenesChin

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ou are going to have to explain this. Outside of an unexpected FBI investigation we had an amazing roster on paper

OK, I guess my comment before comes down to this... I think a well-built roster should actually have more than 1 player who is competent to compete and pound in the post and, by losing that one player, become vulnerable (particularly when the other team is on offense) to teams that do have a competent big or bigs.

We lost Wiley and we had zilch to fill that role. Now you don't have to have multiple 5-star bigs, but it would seem like you do NOT want, as a roster, to be "one of the smallest teams in the NCAA".

When you know you're going to go up against multiple quality teams that have quality big post players and you're "one of the smallest teams in the NCAA", I'm sorry, I don't think that the best of roster preparation. Hell, I'm pulling for Bama vs. A&M on Thursday because I know we can beat Bama but I have serious doubts going up against A&M's bigs again.

You guys act like I'm cussing Bruce's children and condemning them to hell with this opinion of mine.