2025-26 Roster

[swilsonsp4]

Based on the scouting, Tillery is a true floor general, he may have a leg up on getting playing time at PG. Only Kerr and DayDay are true PGs, and neither are excellent passers. I think Tillery takes 12-15 minutes at PG with Kerr or DayDay sliding over to SG when Jizzle takes a break. I'd really like two excellent ball handlers and passers on the floor together with the wing/Bigs coming in. I know that really doesn't fit Wes' offensive scheme, but man the possibilities are high.

Kriisa isn't an excellent passer? He led the P12 in assists in 2021-22 with 155 and had even more the next season (180). After his 2023-24 suspension, which limited him to 23 games, he had 109 more. His D1 career A:TO is 2:1.

[sedz]

Based on the scouting, Tillery is a true floor general, he may have a leg up on getting playing time at PG. Only Kerr and DayDay are true PGs, and neither are excellent passers. I think Tillery takes 12-15 minutes at PG with Kerr or DayDay sliding over to SG when Jizzle takes a break. I'd really like two excellent ball handlers and passers on the floor together with the wing/Bigs coming in. I know that really doesn't fit Wes' offensive scheme, but man the possibilities are high.

If that's the case then somebody else is being pushed out of playing time. Either Harris or if he slides down to SF then Celestine. Just not enough minutes to go around for 11 players.

[daveh]

If that's the case then somebody else is being pushed out of playing time. Either Harris or if he slides down to SF then Celestine. Just not enough minutes to go around for 11 players.

its called competiton - guys pushing each other - no mumbo jumbo stats on this, but let the best man get the most minutes

[zykarious]

If that's the case then somebody else is being pushed out of playing time. Either Harris or if he slides down to SF then Celestine. Just not enough minutes to go around for 11 players.

Some guys are getting pushed out of minutes no matter what, it's a good problem to have as long as you can manage the locker room - which Wes seems to do well. Plus not every transfer is a hit (even coming from another big 12 team) and some freshmen (even ones rated as high as Abaev) don't always earn minutes, especially in year one. So we can wait to see what guys go before we worry about quality players getting pushed out. It's safe to assume 2/3 guys won't perform to the level of current fan expectations.

There are three guys I'm confident will average 25 plus minutes per game, Day Day, Baba and Thiam. Competition could go a lot of different ways between everyone else.

Bana/Thiam at the 4/5 leave 30 minutes to split between 4 guys (Celestine, Haynes, McKinley and Dzellat), that means one, two or maybe even three of them don't get the minutes they are hoping for. Celestine isn't really a 3, he will struggle defensively, maybe that can be overcome with the right lineup. Haynes may just be a backup 5 and could be pushed out of that role by Baba or McKinley. There's little reason to believe he can play good enough defense to be a 4. McKinley may struggle and not earn any real minutes. Dzellat probably stays on the bench.

Harris is much more of a 3 than Celestine, which opens more minutes up at guard. But there's other ways minutes could open up for Tillery. It's possible Kriisa's minutes will be limited because of his defense and Tillery. Or maybe we good enough on defense that a defense first guy like Harris is more a luxury than a need.