After 1st Ex. Gm give me your starters and order of import 1-12
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I would start Butler, Oweh, Robinson, Carr, Williams.
Same I've been saying since our roster was completed.
In order of importance (good question), I would go:
Butler, Williams, Oweh, Carr, Robinson, Brea, Kriisa, Garrison, Almonor, Chandler, Perry, Noah
But many of these are close, as I don't see a huge difference from 1-9, and could see any/all 12 contribute.
Barring injuries, I expect the minutes to go from 28 to 10 for the top 10 guys, and Perry and Noah to carve out 2-5 each.
Same I've been saying since our roster was completed.
In order of importance (good question), I would go:
Butler, Williams, Oweh, Carr, Robinson, Brea, Kriisa, Garrison, Almonor, Chandler, Perry, Noah
But many of these are close, as I don't see a huge difference from 1-9, and could see any/all 12 contribute.
Barring injuries, I expect the minutes to go from 28 to 10 for the top 10 guys, and Perry and Noah to carve out 2-5 each.
UK is loaded with 3 pt makers. This is a dream team of sorts as they were all pretty much cherry picked from across America based primarily on 3 pt shooting prowess which fits perfectly into Pope’s system.
We saw the benefits last night in an historic preseason performance.
It will be extremely hard to run this team off the 3 point line because we have so many 3 point makers. Its not just 3 or 4 but 11 or 12!
Plus we have bigs that can finish around the basket if need be and guys like Oweh and Butler that will drive you to the basket if you over play them.
This team literally has no weaknesses.
None
I think ultimately this team could go down in college basketball history as the greatest 3 point shooting team ever.
We saw the benefits last night in an historic preseason performance.
It will be extremely hard to run this team off the 3 point line because we have so many 3 point makers. Its not just 3 or 4 but 11 or 12!
Plus we have bigs that can finish around the basket if need be and guys like Oweh and Butler that will drive you to the basket if you over play them.
This team literally has no weaknesses.
None
I think ultimately this team could go down in college basketball history as the greatest 3 point shooting team ever.
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The starters last night, that’s the starters I would stick with until they give me a reason not to start them.
Order of importance? That’s tricky.
I’ll go:
Robinson
Butler
Williams
Carr
Oweh
Brea
Kriisa (once healthy)
Garrison
Almonor
Chandler
Perry
Noah
I don’t think the Freshmen will be counted on for much heavy lifting once we get in the SEC. Unless one of them really breaks out. Chandler is the best candidate for that, I think.
A lot of people have been kind of down on Kriisa, because of his streakiness, but I am excited to have him as our 7th to 8th man. We are talking a guy who has started most of his career at two different P5 schools and he’s going to come off our bench. I’m excited to have some veteran firepower coming off the bench.
Order of importance? That’s tricky.
I’ll go:
Robinson
Butler
Williams
Carr
Oweh
Brea
Kriisa (once healthy)
Garrison
Almonor
Chandler
Perry
Noah
I don’t think the Freshmen will be counted on for much heavy lifting once we get in the SEC. Unless one of them really breaks out. Chandler is the best candidate for that, I think.
A lot of people have been kind of down on Kriisa, because of his streakiness, but I am excited to have him as our 7th to 8th man. We are talking a guy who has started most of his career at two different P5 schools and he’s going to come off our bench. I’m excited to have some veteran firepower coming off the bench.
Like the others, I'm going with the same starting 5. Maybe Brea cracks the starting rotation at some point ahead of Oweh but Oweh was fantastic last night. But, the KW coach and others in the media have said they thought that Brea was going to be one of the starters last night.
I agree with this.
UK has never had 11th and 12th rotation men as good as perry and Noah.
I like to do these things before I read what everyone else says.
Starters:
PG - Lamont Butler
SG - Otega Oweh
SF - Jaxson Robinson
PF - Andrew Carr
C - Amari Williams
Order of Importance:
1. Butler - True PG, Demon on D, Head of Snake
2. Robinson - Vet scorer in Pope’s system
3. Williams - Needed Rim Protector
4. Carr - Versatile scorer
5. Oweh - Defense & Energy
6. Chandler - super 6th man
7. Brea - Shooter but we have a lot of them
8. Garrison - Needed if AW has foul trouble
9. Kriisa - Fiery leader & Shooter
10. Almonor - He’ll have games like last night
11. Travis Perry - Crazy Depth
12. Trent Noah - Crazy Depth
Starters:
PG - Lamont Butler
SG - Otega Oweh
SF - Jaxson Robinson
PF - Andrew Carr
C - Amari Williams
Order of Importance:
1. Butler - True PG, Demon on D, Head of Snake
2. Robinson - Vet scorer in Pope’s system
3. Williams - Needed Rim Protector
4. Carr - Versatile scorer
5. Oweh - Defense & Energy
6. Chandler - super 6th man
7. Brea - Shooter but we have a lot of them
8. Garrison - Needed if AW has foul trouble
9. Kriisa - Fiery leader & Shooter
10. Almonor - He’ll have games like last night
11. Travis Perry - Crazy Depth
12. Trent Noah - Crazy Depth
Importance in parentheses.
POSITION | STARTERS | ROTATION | RESER |
G | Butler (1) | Kriisa (8) | Perry (12) |
G | Oweh (4) | Chandler (10) | |
G/F | Robinson (5) | Brea (6) | Noah (11) |
F | Carr (2) | Almonor (9) | |
C | Williams (3) | Garrison (7) |
I would start the five that gives us are best chance on defense they all seem to have offensive skills
It's hard to judge because of the talent difference vs what we will see in the regular season but our 6th man hero is gonna be Garrison. His shots didn't fall but he played great.
I think this is closest....I'd have Oweh a bit higher as he has the look of our best downhill rim attacker and top 3 defensive stopper.....
Have to realize...teams are going to push out on UK as Wesleyan simply had no ablitiy to and even on close outs....not D1 athletes. But as teams do, having a rim attacker like Oweh with a spaced floor.....will be hard to deal with hopefully.
Order of importance should be based on how much worse would we be if the player had a season ending injury. For that reason I'd go:
1. Butler
2. Williams
3. Carr
4. Robinson
5. Oweh
6. Brea
7. Kriisa
8. Garrison
9. Chandler
10. Almanor
11. Perry
12. Noah
Starters will be the same as they were last night- Butler, Oweh, Robinson, Carr, Williams
1. Butler
2. Williams
3. Carr
4. Robinson
5. Oweh
6. Brea
7. Kriisa
8. Garrison
9. Chandler
10. Almanor
11. Perry
12. Noah
Starters will be the same as they were last night- Butler, Oweh, Robinson, Carr, Williams
