Who are the Braves starting 5?

[Big Mike]

With-out seeing the team play yet..............who do the fine posters think will be the starting 5?

DR
WF
JJ
DA
ZA

I see this year as being heavy on the guard spot with a lot of help from JC..MS...SJ and AW...........and having not seen the last 3 play I really do not know what to expect from them yet?

[Da Coach]

Are you counting the first exhibition game or the first official game?

Ruffin
Franklin
Tauai
Crouch
Andrews

[BradleyBrave]

Dan Ruffin
Will Franklin
JJ Taui
Matt Salley
Zach Andrews

[Big Mike]

Just to start out the season...........I worry about depth this year and hope to be surprised by some of the new players!

[BradleyBrave]

Just to start out the season...........I worry about depth this year and hope to be surprised by some of the new players!

Depth and tired legs could be a problem. However, we're a veteran team. Veteran teams are more likely to be able to withstand the rigors than a team of freshmen who may hit the wall (as we did in '04-'05). If we can find a rotation that's 7-8 deep, tired legs won't be a problem like they were a few years ago.

[MacabreMob]

Big Mike -

There was a thread earlier this year regarding starting 5, 6th man and leading scorer.

I said:

"1 Ruff
2/3 Franklin
2/3 JJ
4 Salley
5 Zach

6 Crouch

Hi Scorer - Franklin"

Here's the thread, only to see how some mind's have changed (since this started before RB went up in smoke):

http://www.bradleyfans.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=3250&highlight=starting

[bu fan 9]

I would say the starting would be

Ruff
Will
JJ
Salley
Andrews

First off the bench would be Danny Adams and the next would be Crouch or Jassey depends on witch one can play better defense.But you never know how good Andrew Warren will be he could be coming off the bench a lot to.

[Big Mike]

Early on I thought XC and RB would be Big -Time players for the team this year.........both of them gone for the season really hurts !

[BradleyBrave]

Early on I thought XC and RB would be Big -Time players for the team this year.........both of them gone for the season really hurts !

We're 0 for 2 as far as kids from Richfield, Minnesota goes. Not good.

[Big Mike]

BB...............it's not funny..but it made me laugh!

[BradleyBrave]

BB...............it's not funny..but it made me laugh!

It's a major blow to a program when you lose one guy you were going to depend on. Losing two in one summer is almost impossible to recover from.

[OrangeandBlack74]

Dan Ruffin
Will Franklin
JJ Tauai
Matt Salley
Zach Andrews

Agreed. I believe this will be the starting 5 to start the season.

[randy]

BB...............it's not funny..but it made me laugh!

It's a major blow to a program when you lose one guy you were going to depend on. Losing two in one summer is almost impossible to recover from.

If you count POB, we actually lost 3 underclassmen before the season started.

[BradleyBrave]

BB...............it's not funny..but it made me laugh!

It's a major blow to a program when you lose one guy you were going to depend on. Losing two in one summer is almost impossible to recover from.

If you count POB, we actually lost 3 underclassmen before the season started.

I'm not considering POB. His departure was expected, so I treat that more like someone graduating. I'm talking unexpected losses to things like grades, drugs, discipline, etc. You don't plan for those issues and usually have little or no time to replace these kids. The Richfield boys have basically left BU down 2 players heading into the season. BU is now at a point where it has ZERO margin for error regarding personnel thanks to them.

[Big Mike]

Has anyone heard what the time frame is on SS? Will he be able to practice right away or will he have to wait for the Valley schedule healing wise?