Corie was 6'11 but I get your point. It's not very often you see someone stretched across all 3 seats of an airplane with his feet hanging off in the aisle.
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13 years as a head coach with only 2 NCAA tournament appearances and zero wins. Take a good look at what Wes accomplished at UNCG. How he landed this gig is pretty unreal. Most times when a smaller school /lower league coach gets a big time job, they have led that smaller /lower league team to some deep tournament success. While it’s not the only measure of success, it should be a key criteria
for hire.Last edited by Bearcat93; 02-22-2024, 07:22 PM.
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Originally posted by sedz View PostI don't think we need traditional bigs. Even at the NBA level most big centers are one dimensional. They're either scorers like Jokic/Embiid or rim protecters like Gobert/Davis. It's hard to be versatile at that size, unless you're a wiry unicorn like Wembanyama/Holmgren. And so some teams go without a big entirely.
Most of our great Bearcat teams didn't have a true center. We had frontcourts with Corie Blount & Erik Martin, Kenyon Martin & Pete Mickeal, Jason Maxiell & Eric Hicks, Justin Jackson & Tius Rubles, Kyle Washington & Gary Clark. None of those guys were over 6'9", and they could all move laterally. That lets you play a more positionless style so you can switch screens, press, and play help defense. Having big guards makes all that even easier. Of course we have also had our fair share of big, slow centers like Fortson and Yancy, but they aren't necessary to have a great team.
We've got McKinley and Betsey coming in, and I'm hoping that lets us play more positionless. Imagine the length we could have if Skillings is at the 2 instead of the 4. And hopefully more scoring options too.
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Originally posted by Oldtimer_UC_fan View Post
Don't forget about Rayvon.Fire Scott Satterfield
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Originally posted by Oldtimer_UC_fan View Post
Don't forget about Rayvon.
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Originally posted by sedz View PostExactly. This lineup won't be ready next year, but looking ahead we could have four 6'6 to 6'8 forwards out there: Jizzle, Skillings, Rayvon, Betsey, McKinley. Obviously we should have a big body available when we need it, but that could be a dangerous group.Last edited by leo from jersey; 02-22-2024, 09:05 PM.
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Originally posted by longtimefan View Post
I haven’t. We’ll have three top 100 recruits joining the roster, Rayvon and the two Tyler’s. As far as I know only two guys, Newman and Oguama, will not be back next year. That’s another reason we must finish strong, get those 2 guys to the tournament.
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Originally posted by Bearcat93 View Post13 years as a head coach with only 2 NCAA tournament appearances and zero wins. Take a good look at what Wes accomplished at UNCG. How he landed this gig is pretty unreal. Most times when a smaller school /lower league coach gets a big time job, they have led that smaller /lower league team to some deep tournament success. While it’s not the only measure of success, it should be a key criteria
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Originally posted by sedz View PostExactly. This lineup won't be ready next year, but looking ahead we could have four 6'6 to 6'8 forwards out there: Jizzle, Skillings, Rayvon, Betsey, McKinley. Obviously we should have a big body available when we need it, but that could be a dangerous group.
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Originally posted by leeraymond View Post
This is an interesting lineup. However, this lineup may have problems rebounding against more physical teams (especially against Houston) or teams with big inside playing front lines. However, this group would perhaps be a very good scoring group. I see you favor small ball lineups. Also, this group is very very young.
I think of small ball as four guards, like our 2012 team with Jaquon Parker at the 4. Even though we had a true big in Yancy at the 5, it was still a small ball lineup. This lineup only has one guard with four forwards. I don't necessarily favor anything. I think we should put our best group out there regardless of what type of lineup it is. In a couple years we don't have any true bigs committed right now, and I'm just pointing out that we don't have to go out and find one. There are other ways to construct a roster.
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Originally posted by sedz View PostOverall it's a pretty big lineup. It replaces size at the 5 with size on the wing. And it's athletic at every position so should be decent at rebounding.
I think of small ball as four guards, like our 2012 team with Jaquon Parker at the 4. Even though we had a true big in Yancy at the 5, it was still a small ball lineup. This lineup only has one guard with four forwards. I don't necessarily favor anything. I think we should put our best group out there regardless of what type of lineup it is. In a couple years we don't have any true bigs committed right now, and I'm just pointing out that we don't have to go out and find one. There are other ways to construct a roster.
You know, I have always thought that if a bunch of freshman (no matter how good) can come into a serious D-1 program and move the veterans out, that program probably did not have a lot going for itself. There is no way a bunch of freshman should be able to come into a D-1 program and take positions. The only time I know of something like that happening is at the U of Michigan with the Fab Five. As good as they were, they were not able to win a national championship. They lost the championship game twice to two different teams (Duke and North Carolina). But hey, at least they were able to play in that game; twice.Last edited by leeraymond; 02-23-2024, 08:22 PM.
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Skillings is playing PF for us right now at 6'6" 215 (205 in high school). If you don't like the idea of Betsey at PF, just keep Skillings there. The idea is to be positionless. Sure, bigger players can push Skillings around but he compensates for that in other ways. Betsey might not be heavy enough to play like a traditional power forward, but if we have four athletic guys in the 6'6" to 6'8", 190 to 220 pound range, we can compete on the glass.
Dana Altman had several great teams like that at Oregon. The Nevada team that beat us was built like that.
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Originally posted by leo from jersey View Post
how do we adjust in the game to win. The effort on defense wasn't there and I saw nothing to change that from the bench.
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