If we cant get 40 mins of quality production out of our 1-3 spot, somethings wrong with the staff. Not saying they are a top 25 backcourt (yet), but I think its reasonable at this point to say they are one of the deepest in the B1G and have obvious star power. Frazier, Ayo, DMW, Feliz, AJ, Griffin, and some Jones thrown in there (still think he'll be forced to play a lot against the other teams 4). Can't remember the last time we were that deep.
The worst part about this is Kipper is going to be forced to use all his minutes at the 4. I think it'll hurt him in general as a player, but him alone should give us an average 4 spot.
I always get too hyped from practice reports, but I try to be realistic. No matter who starts or plays at the 5, I can't foresee that position being any better than a couple teams in the B1G, and that's probably being too generous. Hope I'm wrong, but bigs struggle enough as it is there first couple years, let alone when they are relied upon as the sole big men we have (I expect little from Adonis, hopefully he can produce more than Thorne after his injury, but I'm expecting similar results).
I'll give some credit to Antigua for Black's success, but most of the signs were there prior to this year (3pt shot excluded). If he can give us better than expected results from Kane/Giorgi/Adonis/Kipper/Jones, then I will start to believe in him as a true coaches coach, but right now, if you're going to include Black, you have to also include Finke. Ebo is a wash to me, he showed flashes, but got beat regularly. I also wont knock him for Matic.