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ned said:
Height helps. If the "height" can play. If it can't then you aren't exactly helped. I think people assume that just because a tall guy plays over a smaller guy that you would be automatically better. Or even a better rebounding team.

Ok, so Bradley is a little better rebounding team. But at what expense? You can't just assume that going "bigger" makes things better. Its a cost/benefit analysis thing.

AZ BU Fan---I wouldn't have a problem with that lineup. Would we struggle with bigger teams? Yes. But they sure as heck would struggle guarding us. That goes both ways.
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So then with that smaller line-up, we'd find ourselves in a very close game in the majority of games, winning about half of them. Hmmmm...sounds familiar.
If defense is said by Coach Les to be the emphasis this season, we NEED to go bigger and get production out of WE, TB, JP, AT, AD. That's 5 options - if we revert to 4 guards at one time, we've failed to develop these big men with potential.
 
Just for laughs, would love to see this line up at some time during an exhibition game and preseason games vs lessor opponents...

SM Point Guard
AW Shooting Guard
TB Small Forward
WE Power Forward
AT Center (or JP if he ultimately will play center at BU)

If this squad can't cut it, I will swear off going bigger forever....or at least until BU gets it right! :lol:
 
We better learn to play with 3 bigs because USC and Duke and others are going to pound the boards against us if we don't.
By learn I mean we'll need to come up with different offensive sets that feature our bigger players, a whole new playbook different from the last two seasons.

AZ, I like that lineup, that could work during the regular season :)
 
If A.T. is our starting center then we are in big trouble, he has hardly played in 2 years because of poor fundamentals and the lack of toughness, now you are starting him , where all of a sudden did he earn this spot? Prosser would be a better fit and so would A.Davis and I have not even seen him play.
 
I'm excited to see what AD looks like too. I'm not ready to give up on AT, if he has put on more weight and the new assistant that was an assistant at Army can show him how to get position and stick his butt out and block out,who knows - we'll have to see what he looks like this year :)
 
BU RICK said:
I'm excited to see what AD looks like too. I'm not ready to give up on AT, if he has put on more weight and the new assistant that was an assistant at Army can show him how to get position and stick his butt out and block out,who knows - we'll have to see what he looks like this year :)
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I have not given up on him, I just don"t see how anyone can expect him to be our starting center since he has not been much of a contributor his first 2 seasons, I hope coach Platt can light a fuse under him and turn him into the player everyone thought he was or could be because it would really help our team.
 
shaunguth said:
Is SM wearing some sort of boot in that video? Hope it's nothing serious!
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Question is when was that taken-didn't notice date. Was told that physicals were done last week and all players passed w/ flying colors. Was told also that the new big guy was looking down at WE-no if he can just play.
 
real fan said:
If A.T. is our starting center then we are in big trouble, he has hardly played in 2 years because of poor fundamentals and the lack of toughness, now you are starting him , where all of a sudden did he earn this spot? Prosser would be a better fit and so would A.Davis and I have not even seen him play.
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BU RICK said:
I'm excited to see what AD looks like too. I'm not ready to give up on AT, if he has put on more weight and the new assistant that was an assistant at Army can show him how to get position and stick his butt out and block out,who knows - we'll have to see what he looks like this year :)
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real fan said:
I have not given up on him, I just don"t see how anyone can expect him to be our starting center since he has not been much of a contributor his first 2 seasons, I hope coach Platt can light a fuse under him and turn him into the player everyone thought he was or could be because it would really help our team.
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I am not particulary hung up on who the big man is at the center spot in my trial run "big" BU line up - whomever is best at the post, AT, JP, or AD, doesn't matter to me. I gave AT the default position since he has been here 3 years and has game experience.

Regarding AT's future performance, he is no longer competing with local 'ledgend' SS for PT which may help his confidence/intensity. His performance may be better in a traditional "Big" line up, vs a smaller line up where AT would have been relied on to do a lot himself (offensively/defensively) vs multiple big men on the opponents team.

With multiple bigs to contend with, space should free up for either TB, WE, or AT/JT/AD on the floor at the same time, making them all more dangerous. Who ya going to double down low?

If you use guards to double inside, SM and AT should become more effective bombing away from the perimeter...

I think its easier to contend with perimeter shooting teams in college who have no penetration or inside threat. Add more danger in the paint and it makes guarding paint AND perimeter difficult. Multiple big men inside can offset our perimeter players who try to overguard and too often get beat off the dribble allowing easy penetration and easy paint baskets/offensive rebounds.

Just saying...
 
AZ BU Fan said:
If you use guards to double inside, SM and AT should become more effective bombing away from the perimeter...
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Man, I guess AT is working on all aspects of his game this off-season! :D
Taking his game to a new level - bombing away from the perimeter!
I know - I'm sure you meant AW...unless AD has great outside touch we don't know about!???
 
LittleBrave said:
Man, I guess AT is working on all aspects of his game this off-season! :D
Taking his game to a new level - bombing away from the perimeter!
I know - I'm sure you meant AW...unless AD has great outside touch we don't know about!???
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maybe he was a 6'0 guard early in high school and then shot up a foot? then he hasn't had any PT there because we are guard heavy.....:o
 
AZ BU Fan said:
I am not particulary hung up on who the big man is at the center spot in my trial run "big" BU line up - whomever is best at the post, AT, JP, or AD, doesn't matter to me. I gave AT the default position since he has been here 3 years and has game experience.

Regarding AT's future performance, he is no longer competing with local 'ledgend' SS for PT which may help his confidence/intensity. His performance may be better in a traditional "Big" line up, vs a smaller line up where AT would have been relied on to do a lot himself (offensively/defensively) vs multiple big men on the opponents team.

With multiple bigs to contend with, space should free up for either TB, WE, or AT/JT/AD on the floor at the same time, making them all more dangerous. Who ya going to double down low?

If you use guards to double inside, SM and AT should become more effective bombing away from the perimeter...

I think its easier to contend with perimeter shooting teams in college who have no penetration or inside threat. Add more danger in the paint and it makes guarding paint AND perimeter difficult. Multiple big men inside can offset our perimeter players who try to overguard and too often get beat off the dribble allowing easy penetration and easy paint baskets/offensive rebounds.

Just saying...
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S.Singh was one of the main reasons why we beat Creighton in the tour. because he was able to contain K.Lawson jr. down low when W.Egolf could not because Sam kept his big body on him in the paint.
 
I would be happy if AT could just be good at center! :cool:

My dumb fingers typed AT, instead of AW, bombing away from outside....:oops:

No knock on SS. My point was the difficulty of AT playing ahead of SS (backing up WE) after all SS did to return, and, JL's closeness to SS (one of his first recruits)..
 
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