I'm so torn on what we should do with Carter.
Is he one of our top 5 players? Yes.
Do I usually think you start your top 5 regardless of position? Usually, yes.
Does starting him cause guys to play out of position (minimizing their skill sets) and likely causing SERIOUS mismatches on one side of the court or the other? Also - very much yes.
How do you start BVP, Carter AND DWIII? Who exactly of those 3 is guarding a SF/wing - which in the MAC is usually a 3rd guard?
I just don't see it. Other teams will pick on that every time down and we'll end up in foul trouble or playing ole defense and giving up easy buckets.
So who sits?
In my humble opinion, BVP is our best PF (and likely best overall player) and DWIII is our best C.
Kinda leaves Jason as the odd man out, 6th man type doesn't it?
As long as he's okay with it, maybe that's a cool advantage we can have with instant offense and an All-MAC caliber guy coming off the bench?
I’m still trying to figure out what happened to Jason at Xavier, other than he must have been told not to shoot the ball or the other players just weren’t going to pass him the ball period. Either way, when he got it, he wasn’t very good shooting it. I still have to think that he was injured with bad legs or whatever. This has been discussed elsewhere, but what makes people think that he’s going to be his old self and an all MAC player? Is it just lower quality competition that will make the difference, much better team chemistry, or what?
FYI - 38% shooting, 18% 3 point , 55% free throw
Last Edited: 9/6/2021 12:57:02 PM by colobobcat66