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<blockquote data-quote="ElGran" data-source="post: 1665291" data-attributes="member: 748193"><p>I like the depth that we appear to have. Interesting to note that our two best teams in the last 40 years have not had much depth. The '89 and '05 teams, the starters played about as much as they could. The '89 team had two good guys off the bench in Liberty and Larry Smith. After that it was a huge drop off to P.J. Bowman and Earvin Small. And I'm not sure we ever played more than those nine guys (think A Kaufman redshirted that year). </p><p></p><p>And I think the 2005 team used even less depth. I believe all starters averaged over 25 min/game. There was a huge drop-off in min/game and points, rebounds, etc after the starting 5. We only played Ingram, McBride, N. Smith, and W. Carter when we had to give the starters a quick breather. Or when the refs took Augustine out of the game in the Final.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElGran, post: 1665291, member: 748193"] I like the depth that we appear to have. Interesting to note that our two best teams in the last 40 years have not had much depth. The '89 and '05 teams, the starters played about as much as they could. The '89 team had two good guys off the bench in Liberty and Larry Smith. After that it was a huge drop off to P.J. Bowman and Earvin Small. And I'm not sure we ever played more than those nine guys (think A Kaufman redshirted that year). And I think the 2005 team used even less depth. I believe all starters averaged over 25 min/game. There was a huge drop-off in min/game and points, rebounds, etc after the starting 5. We only played Ingram, McBride, N. Smith, and W. Carter when we had to give the starters a quick breather. Or when the refs took Augustine out of the game in the Final. [/QUOTE]
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