barsad said:

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There are a lot of possibilities now with 14 roster spots filled, one to go. How about
Sularski - PG
Wilkins - SG
Indrusaitis
Ali
Dort/Mitrovic

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barsad said:

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There are a lot of possibilities now with 14 roster spots filled, one to go. How about
Sularski - PG
Wilkins - SG
Indrusaitis
Ali
Dort/Mitrovic

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BeachedBear said:

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I can't imagine NOT starting Daubaris (might be the best player on the team?). He's the 4.

Mitrovic is a 17 yr old skinny Freshman. I don't see him pushing DORT out of the starting lineup.

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barsad said:

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BeachedBear said:

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I can't imagine NOT starting Daubaris (might be the best player on the team?). He's the 4.

Mitrovic is a 17 yr old skinny Freshman. I don't see him pushing DORT out of the starting lineup.

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I can. In fact, we all should try to imagine it because with Dort taking all the minutes at center I see no tournament in our near future. Do the homework and watch the highlights, Mitrovic is 19 in a couple months, not 17, and he's going to be 3X better than Dort (I don't know if that happens in his first year, but we have to hope).
Good to know about Daubaris being a must-start (Mitrovic and him are the same age, by the way), but I can't say that 11 PPG in U18 Euro-ball really proves it, he'll have to show it against real competition here.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/342144-dominykas-daubaris

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barsad said:

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BeachedBear said:

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I can't imagine NOT starting Daubaris (might be the best player on the team?). He's the 4.

Mitrovic is a 17 yr old skinny Freshman. I don't see him pushing DORT out of the starting lineup.

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I can. In fact, we all should try to imagine it because with Dort taking all the minutes at center I see no tournament in our near future. Do the homework and watch the highlights, Mitrovic is 19 in a couple months, not 17, and he's going to be 3X better than Dort (I don't know if that happens in his first year, but we have to hope).
Good to know about Daubaris being a must-start (Mitrovic and him are the same age, by the way), but I can't say that 11 PPG in U18 Euro-ball really proves it, he'll have to show it against real competition here.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/342144-dominykas-daubaris

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Harky4 said:

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Being a retired octogenarian, I have the ability to attend multiple pre-season practices. Last season it was interesting to see how Mark and his staff changed their rotations between the blue and gold squads in order to see which players best complemented each other, with the objective of putting the best team on the court at tipoff which is not necessarily our best 5 players. Mark does have a bias for maturity-experience but allows young players to earn a starting spot, much like Jerimiah Wilkinson did 2 years ago. In other words, it is premature today to even forecast who the 5 starters will be, even if all our players are healthy and in gameday shape which has not been the case in recent years.

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Przehuj91 said:

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I think Sularski is going to be the dark horse. I've seen him live. He's huge, skilled, and going to surprise people I think.

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barsad said:

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BeachedBear said:

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I can't imagine NOT starting Daubaris (might be the best player on the team?). He's the 4.

Mitrovic is a 17 yr old skinny Freshman. I don't see him pushing DORT out of the starting lineup.

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I can. In fact, we all should try to imagine it because with Dort taking all the minutes at center I see no tournament in our near future. Do the homework and watch the highlights, Mitrovic is 19 in a couple months, not 17, and he's going to be 3X better than Dort (I don't know if that happens in his first year, but we have to hope).
Good to know about Daubaris being a must-start (Mitrovic and him are the same age, by the way), but I can't say that 11 PPG in U18 Euro-ball really proves it, he'll have to show it against real competition here.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/342144-dominykas-daubaris

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Basketball Bear said:

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barsad said:

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BeachedBear said:

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I can't imagine NOT starting Daubaris (might be the best player on the team?). He's the 4.

Mitrovic is a 17 yr old skinny Freshman. I don't see him pushing DORT out of the starting lineup.

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I can. In fact, we all should try to imagine it because with Dort taking all the minutes at center I see no tournament in our near future. Do the homework and watch the highlights, Mitrovic is 19 in a couple months, not 17, and he's going to be 3X better than Dort (I don't know if that happens in his first year, but we have to hope).
Good to know about Daubaris being a must-start (Mitrovic and him are the same age, by the way), but I can't say that 11 PPG in U18 Euro-ball really proves it, he'll have to show it against real competition here.
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/342144-dominykas-daubaris

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He has shown it, do the homework and read the MODS posts on him. Madsen did a TOSH and flew to Europe to sign him. I think that says a lot. Dort was very good last year before his injury, not elite but very good. I am comfortable with him locking down the center position. If someone can challenge him then it just makes us that much better.

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barsad said:

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Harky4 said:

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Being a retired octogenarian, I have the ability to attend multiple pre-season practices. Last season it was interesting to see how Mark and his staff changed their rotations between the blue and gold squads in order to see which players best complemented each other, with the objective of putting the best team on the court at tipoff which is not necessarily our best 5 players. Mark does have a bias for maturity-experience but allows young players to earn a starting spot, much like Jerimiah Wilkinson did 2 years ago. In other words, it is premature today to even forecast who the 5 starters will be, even if all our players are healthy and in gameday shape which has not been the case in recent years.

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I recall the JW situation differently. Madsen stuck with Blacksher over JW for the entire 1st half of the season before JW got a chance to shine. Madsen stuck with the veteran too long and as a result we only had Jeremiah for a few months and then he was gone for good. The same could happen with Dort-Mitrovic, we'll see. I agree that injuries will play a big part again for this team, but I like our depth this year better than last year.

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MilleniaBear said:

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I just looked at the Nov/Dec boxscores for the 24/25 season and Blacksher played solidly. He dropped off significantly (at least offensively) when we reached conference play - as will happen when your non conference
opponents are weaker than your conference opponents. The real turning point was the Pitt game where Blacksher put up a goose egg and JW got 24 in relief.

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MilleniaBear said:

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I just looked at the Nov/Dec boxscores for the 24/25 season and Blacksher played solidly. He dropped off significantly (at least offensively) when we reached conference play - as will happen when your non conference
opponents are weaker than your conference opponents. The real turning point was the Pitt game where Blacksher put up a goose egg and JW got 24 in relief.

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barsad said:

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MilleniaBear said:

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I just looked at the Nov/Dec boxscores for the 24/25 season and Blacksher played solidly. He dropped off significantly (at least offensively) when we reached conference play - as will happen when your non conference
opponents are weaker than your conference opponents. The real turning point was the Pitt game where Blacksher put up a goose egg and JW got 24 in relief.

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Madsen is a good coach, but not infallible, we should be honest when he makes mistakes. Blacksher was a bust and we would have had a better record in 24-25 if JW had been unleashed. Look at the game logs, JW didn't even get past 30 min in a game until Jan 22, that means he only was a true "starter" for 14 out of 32 games. Just want to make sure Madsen doesn't make that mistake again.

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BC Calfan said:

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I've never been a fan of smaller guards. Too much of a defensive liability. But, it just so happens we have one of the best small guards to ever play college basketball. : )

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stu said:

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BC Calfan said:

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I've never been a fan of smaller guards. Too much of a defensive liability. But, it just so happens we have one of the best small guards to ever play college basketball. : )

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Both Jerome Randle and Rusty Critchfield?

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