1977Hawkeye
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I was a little bored this morning so took a look at this year's roster and made my best guess on who I think will get the minutes this year, and some speculation on who the starting 5 may be.
I assumed 200 minutes available per game (40 minute game * 5 players on the court), and here's what I came up with, with the "average" minutes played per game in parentheses. I didn't list walk-ons or Uthoff, who is not eligible this year:
(35) Devyn Marble G
(30) Mike Gesell PG
(25) Zach McCabe F
(25) Aaron White F
(20) Melsahn Basabe F
(15) Eric May SG
(15) Josh Oglesby G
(10) Gabe Olaseni C
(10) Adam Woodbury C
(5) Anthony Clemmons PG
(5) Patrick Ingram G
(5) Kyle Meyer F
This is all subject to fluctuation of course based on who is playing well, injuries, etc. Guess I expect Gesell to get the lion's share of minutes at the point, with Clemmons & Ingram coming in to give him a breather, and Marble obviously can play some point as needed.
May saw his minutes shrink late last year, but based on experience and being healthy, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point to get 15+.
Seem like there are alot of guys in the front court who could earn minutes this year, so I figured somewhere in the 20's for our regular bigs.
I'm not convinced that my "top 5" in minutes played are necessarily your starting five, though. That would be 3 forwards. Do you start May/Oglesby and bring maybe Basabe/McCabe off the bench and go a bit smaller? Or do you go big at some point in the season and put Woody in the starting 5 at some point in the season, or go with White/McCabe/Basabe?
Will Clemmons & Gesell split time more evenly than I listed above?
One thing that seems certain is that we have more depth and options this year, so alot of guys could get minutes. I'm curious as to how you guys think it will shake out.
I assumed 200 minutes available per game (40 minute game * 5 players on the court), and here's what I came up with, with the "average" minutes played per game in parentheses. I didn't list walk-ons or Uthoff, who is not eligible this year:
(35) Devyn Marble G
(30) Mike Gesell PG
(25) Zach McCabe F
(25) Aaron White F
(20) Melsahn Basabe F
(15) Eric May SG
(15) Josh Oglesby G
(10) Gabe Olaseni C
(10) Adam Woodbury C
(5) Anthony Clemmons PG
(5) Patrick Ingram G
(5) Kyle Meyer F
This is all subject to fluctuation of course based on who is playing well, injuries, etc. Guess I expect Gesell to get the lion's share of minutes at the point, with Clemmons & Ingram coming in to give him a breather, and Marble obviously can play some point as needed.
May saw his minutes shrink late last year, but based on experience and being healthy, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point to get 15+.
Seem like there are alot of guys in the front court who could earn minutes this year, so I figured somewhere in the 20's for our regular bigs.
I'm not convinced that my "top 5" in minutes played are necessarily your starting five, though. That would be 3 forwards. Do you start May/Oglesby and bring maybe Basabe/McCabe off the bench and go a bit smaller? Or do you go big at some point in the season and put Woody in the starting 5 at some point in the season, or go with White/McCabe/Basabe?
Will Clemmons & Gesell split time more evenly than I listed above?
One thing that seems certain is that we have more depth and options this year, so alot of guys could get minutes. I'm curious as to how you guys think it will shake out.
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