Oh, I in NO way think we are cruising past Texas Tech ... even at home, we will be playing a top 10 team while we are a top 20 team. I was merely saying that in the event that we did beat them, I would be interested to see if ticket sales saw a bump.
Who is our fourth best player? I hope a fourth 9-10 point per game guy emerges (think Quincy G) so that there isn't a big fall off after the big 3 (Tomi, Ky, Stoj).
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David Mirkovic, easy
Maybe we wait on putting Andrej in the top 3. He might be there on paper, but I don't like the injury for how he'll perform this season.
Seems pretty concerning that he has been out this long. Hopefully they are being overly cautious, but I doubt it.
Andrej is fine, they have just been careful with him.
I'll never understand the Loyer love. Hes an efficient role player surrounded by great players his whole career. There are lots of game changing players at their schools sitting behind him at 59.
Dumb question- for how long do they have to be careful with him? I don’t recall what his injury was, but is it expected to be one of those things that just nags at him and affects his performance till he is 100%? Or are they being careful so he comes back at 100%?
Don't see any way Andrej isn't a top 3 scorer. barring major surprise.
Taking caution to be sure he is 100% plus! No need to risk anything in games that don't matter. Injury was a knee sprain. Nagging injury… could be if you don’t allow proper time to be on the full mend! Getting full reps in practice is a start… a few games of limited minutes…. with increase each game. That is pretty typical! He is ready when he is ready! Looks to be soon!
Probably not too far from the truth for us, although my orange tinted glasses make me feel like Tomi in particular will be more valuable than that. Hard to assess Mirkovic, Petrovic, and Wagler till they see more time on the hardwood but all signs are pointing to a higher floor at the least for this team. Also, there are five players on a court and 7-8 will play meaningful time - I’d stack our starting 5 and our rotation as a whole against most of these teams. Excited to see what happens this year regardless.
The unchecked box is defense. That is one enormous TBD. Top 5 offense, perhaps.
Perception is reality and until we actually defend well on a regular basis, we will be perceived as the meh defending team that we’ve seen on the TV for the last few years. Essentially…..
This looks really good, thank you for putting this together. If you keep it updated throughout the season then it’s definitely getting bookmarked for me
