AH1971

Why? What does Harris do that Dorn can't? Is Harris going to be a 38% volume 3 point shooter this year? I think that is absolute best case scenario for Harris this year. He's not an elite athlete or a lock down defender. His best case scenario is what Dorn did last season while likely making twice the amount. What happens when Samet rolls an ankle in the middle of January and is out 3 weeks with a high ankle sprain? You going to play Sherrell 40 minutes a night with Sisley playing next to him for 32 minutes for 6-7 straight games? How's that going to work? What happens when Sherrell picks up 2 fouls before the first media timeout? Yeah good luck.

I really want to know what we spent on Mustaf and Harris. Something tells me collectively it's between $2.5-$3mil. That's too much if that's the case. Dorn and a solid back up big that can play 15-18mpg would have been a much better bang for your buck.

Well yes, maybe spots 9-10. The emphasis on top 100 doesn't mean a whole lot these days when you can upgrade your roster every offseason with 22-24 year old proven players. Karvala and Manhertz may have high ceilings, but physically, I wouldn't expect much from them this season. And why would you? If all three freshman are key components of your rotation, you're likely in trouble. Doubly if someone like Sherrell or Burton get hurt.

Career averages for our 6th and 7th players next year Harris 8.4 mpg 2.8 ppg Sisley 13.2 mpg 4.4 ppg That's not good. Not to mention there isn't a primary ballhandler or a serviceable big man on the bench. Agree that the overall talent level has gotten better, but you could easily make the case this roster is constructed worse this year than last year.

You have two primary ballhandlers on the team, Burton and Monden. One is injury prone and the other statistically was one of the worst 50 players in all of college basketball last year. Lindsay playing 38 minutes at PG next year in the event of injury next year. If one of Samet or Sherrell go down next year, your front court is Sisley and Sokolov. That's horrendous.

Not having any depth whatsoever is a major concern, especially when your point guard missed significant time each of the last two season due to injury.

The difference is that UConn had Malachi Smith coming off the bench. Smith was a 3 year starter at Dayton. We literally don't have a backup PG. That's the problem.

If the core stay healthy, should be much better this year. But we're also an injury away from being worse than last year.

Karvala,Manhertz, Skolov, Monden, and likely whoever gets the last spot. Ideally Moody is your 9th or 10th man next year, he’s going to be 7th or 8th. 6th and 7th players are Sisley and Harris who really haven’t shown anything. It’s an even bigger drop off after that. We lack ball handlers and any kind of reliable front court depth.

11th or 13th is redundant, that means all 3 freshman are in the top 10 and that’s no bueno. We needed a 7th and 8th man, feels like we have 5-6 players who would normally be in that 11-13 rotation range.

Very interested to know what we paid Harris vs what Dorn was asking.

I think our starting 5 is top 25 good. However, basketball rotations go 8-10 men deep. Sherrell and Burton are all-conference caliber players. Lindsay is a very good starter and I believe Samet to be more than competent. Ceiling depends on Mustaf and Harris, one of those two need to breakout. I'm extremely worried about depth, especially if the plan is to play Sherrell at the 4. I'm not at all convinced Sisley is ready to be a 20-25 mpg contributor. Health is going to be a major concern with this team as well. With the way the roster is constructed...it appears we're banking on a bunch of guys going ~30mpg, I don't like it, especially with Samet and Sherrell.

I think Allen Graves is a strong lean for them if he doesn't stay in the draft. He's a local kid.

Think he's a done deal to Florida if/when that happens.

And kept them fresh. Mara and Johnson each played less than 25 mpg. Running Samet and Sherrell out there for 30+ mpg a night is going to be a disaster. You almost have to do it because the drop off is going to be significant.