Starting Lineup 26-27

[mrswiss21]

What does everyone think about the starting lineup? I think we have a legit 10 man rotation but we will see. I made guesses on Minutes per game averages too.

Leading Scorer- Trevon

Most Improved- Dietrich

My guess-

Xander A-F (25-30 MPG)
Noah W- F (20-25 MPG)
Timo V- G/F (25-30MPG)
Trevon P- SG (25-30 MPG)
Dietrich R- PG (20-25 MPG)

Subs

Grill (15-20 MPG)
Thornbrue (15-20 MPG)
Max G (10-15 mpg)
Josh I (10-15 mpg)
Gustavo G (10-15 MPG)

 

[Da Coach]

Hard to even guess at this early point. I like your choices, but I'll wait until we get closer to get a better idea of how all the new guys are capable of contributing.

 

[bradleyfan124]

Hard to even guess at this early point. I like your choices, but I'll wait until we get closer to get a better idea of how all the new guys are capable of contributing.

I think alot of the players are interchangeable between positions. The player that really intrigues me is Xander Alarie. He put up good numbers against good competition before he got hurt. I think he might be a pleasant surprise

 

[Da Coach]

I think alot of the players are interchangeable between positions. The player that really intrigues me is Xander Alarie. He put up good numbers against good competition before he got hurt. I think he might be a pleasant surprise

Xander did not have a very high three point percentage in his freshman season at Northeastern (26.3%), but I hear that he has been shooting the three well in practices. Recruiting reports on him from his junior and senior HS seasons at St. Andrew's Episcopal School reported that he was able "shoot the three reliably" as well as create his own shots and rebound well.
I am especially looking forward to him strengthening Bradley's rebounding, an area the Braves were not good at last year (BU finished 9th in the MVC). Xander averaged 7.4 rebounds per game in his partial season last year at Northeastern, a stat that would have easily lead Bradley in each of the last 3 seasons. Bradley lost 9 of their top 10 rebounders from last year's team, and Timoty van der Knaap is the only returning player who averaged more than 1 rpg.
It appears rebounding was a point of emphasis in recruiting guys like Xander, Noah Williams, Ben Thornbrue, Josh Ibukunoluwa and a good rebounding wing like Kyle Grill, to add to TVK and Gustavo Guimaraes.

2025-26 rebounding