Final Roster Spot

[LongTimeSpiderFan]

LoL. I did? Or, did you make mine? 😀 Providence was 16-32 from 2, and 12-22 from 3. 12-22 from 3 equals 18-22 from 2. We were 20-31 from 2 and 1-22 from 3. But, fine, if you want to say the 2 point game was the difference, go right ahead. If we just would have had another big out there, right? Lol.

The two point game WAS the difference...or as was this case the threat of getting dominated inside forced horrible double teams leaving the 3 point shot wide open. Thank God they were not so good from two as they were getting double teamed all first half... which was essentially the game. So ya, CM knew he couldn't stop them inside so game over.

 

[gcarter52]

There are a TON of teams that could pull an ATHLETIC 6'5" ish guy off the bench who would give us nightmares inside! It doesn't take a 6'8" / 6'9" power forward type guy to give us problems inside because we don't have the athleticism to effectively control an athlete of that size. The A10 has a number of these athletes and they're getting more with Loyola Chicago coming in.
Heres my starting lineup:
Quinn
Bryce Golden
Burton
DJi at point
and whoever can shoot the damn ball!
That'd have been perhaps a better front court than we had last year which we need because of our relative inexperience in the backcourt.
We need to find another Bryce Golden type player.
Ps. Loyola is going to absolutely own us for years to come because of their interior strength until we improve our interior defense.

I totally disagree, we will surprise!

 

[gcarter52]

I totally disagree, we will surprise!

When I recover from my surgery, I will explain.

 

[LongTimeSpiderFan]

Your starting Spider lineup has Bryce Golden in it? Gotcha.

We need to find another Bryce Golden type player... (cuz we really don't have him brownstone)... Better?

 

[LongTimeSpiderFan]

When I recover from my surgery, I will explain.

Recover fast as I'm looking for optimism at this point! Good luck.
(And I hope I'm wrong)

 

[SpiderK]

He won’t look for a rebounder. Thinks he has his 20 rebounds covered with Grace, new big guy, and Burton. Most likely end up with a 6’4” 150lb guy that can’t shoot or defend.

 

[spider23]

Looks like the votes for another shooter are winning out. Hopefully we can sign Roche. I am coming around to this line of thinking. I do think we will have enough inside - especially with the combo of Burton / Bigelow / Noyes as stretch 4 types to fill in as needed when Grace is at 5 or out. While Bigelow has shown some ability to knock them down at D1 level, Roche has some really good production. If we could land him, we would have the possibility of having a very nice 3 pt shooting team. I am optimistic that Grace can improve - as noted it looks good, and Crabtree can return to form.

 

[spiderman]

yeah, could easily turn out to be a better shooting team than we just had, which we thought would be a better shooting team than it was.