If Dwight is out for the season then Granger should be in the rotation. So, I assume Dwight will be back fairly soon, although he does not appear to be close to returning. There is no logical reason Granger is riding the pine. I am concerned that our short rotation is not sustainable during MAC play. Forget about the red shirt, put Granger in!

Granger is on the bench because he isn't a quality Division 1 college basketball player. It's as simple as that. I'm sure he's a nice kid, a good teammate, and works hard during practice. And, I hope he never reads this. But it's true. He's a liability when he's on the court.

I don't think Boals had any intention of playing Granger his freshman year, but with Miguel being a disaster....he had no choice but to play him. Obviously, Granger wasn't ready his freshman year and if there was a great leap from year 1 to year 2...then Boals would play him...especially with Wilson out. Can't force a square peg into a round hole if the piece doesn't fit. Sometimes that can make it worse.

I wouldn't say our rotation is particularly short. We have 8 guys with 12+ minutes a game and I'd say an 8 man rotation is pretty normal. With Lunden out, that may be 7 at times although Towns & Ezuma have seemed to pick up those minutes.