Brice averaged 9.7 his sophomore year and maybe 3.7 his freshman year, 13.8 this year. So not exactly that big a jump if for the transfers to make up for a lot of the lost production. If we get more offensive rebounds, which I’ve been informed on here is the answer to a lot of our offensive struggles, then it’s conceivable that we come out ahead.
Who on here truly knows until they lace them up and roll the balls out in the fall.
(Though I am sure the Troll cabal will have their differing views on the matter.)
Sounds like we signed an inside 6’10" player and an outside 6’10" player.
Just get me a 2G/SG that is athletic and can play on both ends of the court and I will start resuming the Summer practice of putting on my green tinted glasses with the leaks of great play and practices coming from the managers who are in the know …only to be crushed in January/ February.
You could put 5 guys over 6-10 on the floor and they still won’t get the offensive boards. This defense that we play is predicated on getting back to prevent fast breaks. No one even tries for the offensive boards.
Not sure what a good percentage of offensive rpg should be. See that we averaged just under 6.5 per game this past season on a total of 29.6 rpg. Our opponents averaged almost 7.5 ORBs on a total of 29.8 rpg. So basically +1 advantage there, which is definitely critical in a close game.
No need to get back on defense when it’s the last possession of the game…and look what happens.
If they had crashed the boards more often…THIS could have happen more often.
You can’t sell out completely all the time…but that goes for getting back on D too.
There can also be strategy and flexibility on when to do one or the other throughout a game as well. Crash more vs certain lineups…get back more vs certain lineups…crash 3 and 2 get back…crash 2 and 3 get back.
The guy from WSU may be as good or better in our system than Khalifa. Ali was a bad rebounder and a liability on D for his position. Theres an arguement to make that we’ve upgraded this position this offseason. With the development of Graves and Berry + Rolf coming in, I could see BW’s production being replaced.
All that said, this feels like at best we could match last season’s production which was not considered a “successful” season by most fans. I am optimistic for next season 3x more than I was a few days ago, but we are still a critical piece away from seeing the justification we need of why Hill keeps giving Sanchez more time.
