2023-24 Rotations and Lineups

[Hoosthechamp]

Dunn looks like he has gained a few pounds. .Dominator!

[DavetheWave]

@AdventiveQuasar

There’s a very quick glimpse of Gertrude walking behind ARob early in the video.

Was that ARob or DesRob?

[AdventiveQuasar]

If we are talking about :02 in the video, it’s ARob, since it’s #21 on the Catapult tracking thing they wear, and Gertrude behind him in #12.

[HiltonHeadHoo]

Taine is a gamer. He will be a positive bench presence but I don’t expect him to claim a meaningful role.

[DavetheWave]

nice - got that baby face

[HiltonHeadHoo]

I think Bond’s year will look like Dunn’s year last year. He will have flashes to go with lapses and lulls. But he will give everyone a reason to feel good about his future.

[ElliottHoo]

Would love for this to be true. Would be nice for Harris to do well, but pulling for Des.

[dave92]

@ElliottHoo

Badly undermentioned has been how mid the team’s hair game has been in recent years.

Don’t disparage my boy Jayden with the heat miser look. I loved that do

[Foresthoo]

Discuss. Overvaluing Bond and under on Groves? One of Gertrude or Harris is playing more than 6mpg.

https://twitter.com/DNeckel19/status/1671187968453931009

[Hoos9412]

Depends how well Dunn shoots imo. If Dunn shoots well (say 35% and confident) he can play the floor spacer and Groves doesn’t see as many minutes. Bond could play with Dunn in that case. If Dunn still isn’t a reliable shooter you need more Groves and probably don’t pair Dunn and Bond much

[AnonymooseHoo]

don’t understand this

[HooDat]

Taine with zero minutes? Im not seeing it. I actually think we could see him start at the 3 to begin the season

[DavetheWave]

@Foresthoo

https://twitter.com/DNeckel19/status/1671187968453931009

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[4547Lambeth]

Can’t see us going 10 deep with Harris and Gertrude getting 6 mins each. More likely 1 of the 2 gets all 12 there.

A big getting 32 would be a big departure from rotations prior to 2020.

[AnonymooseHoo]

No way Dante only plays 6 mins a game LOL

[DavetheWave]

My hope is that we actually have some blowouts in our favor this year … it’s been a long time since we had plenty of those in a season. That would help bring the minutes down for the top 3 guys and give others a chance to get rhythm and confidence for when it matters.

[4547Lambeth]

To clarify, a center getting 32 would be unprecedented. The only posts (and I use that term somewhat loosely) who’ve averaged more than 30 are Scott, Mamadi, Hunter, Key, Hauser and Gardner and some of them had wing minutes too.

[AnonymooseHoo]

I think we will not have many blowouts since we are projected to be worse than we have been in years

[Jerome]

May be worse by overall record but ceiling is higher without question imo. That could lead to a few blowouts when things are clicking

[haney]

@haney

Some of this got me thinking (always dangerous) - here was the mpg allocation on the final 4 teams this year:

• UConn - played 9 guys more than 10 mpg. Nobody higher than 29.4.
• FAU - played 9 guys more than 15 mpg. Nobody higher than 26.4.
• San Diego St - played 9 guys more than 16 mpg. Nobody higher than 27.2.
• Miami - played 8 guys more than 10 mpg. 3 guys higher than 30. 2 higher than 33.

Interesting to see the different approaches to this. I’d guess that this year’s final 4 is probably an outlier in terms of PT distribution, but that’s just a guess. (exception of Miami).

For reference:

• UVa - played 8 guys more than 12 mpg. 2 guys higher than 30

There’s been a lot of chatter about minutes and rotations, so I figure folks might be mildly interested in this back-of-the-envelope research on the rotations of the final 4 teams, from this summer. There’s no one correct answer here, just what works for different teams, and for different sets of players. Heavy mpg made a lot of sense in 18-19 (natty year) because we had a clearly defined top tier of guys, and the deeper reserves (e.g., Marco, Kody) were not really nipping at their heels. I think we did it last year and the year prior even though, IMO, it made less sense.

I tend to think this year upcoming where, other than Reece, you have promising but raw youngsters and low ceiling oldsters is a good time to spread PT a little bit, but there again, what do I know? Why would anyone listen to me? Why are you even reading this right now? Don’t you have something productive to do? Pull yourself together, man.