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Year 2 of Jeff Linder and company starts now....
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Graham Ike article from the CST.....Do you think they call each other and say, "Are you ready to drop your Ike article yet?"
https://trib.com/sports/college/wyoming/mbb/wyoming-basketball-has-a-potential-star-in-versatile-big-man-graham-ike/article_c199dd7d-75b6-577f-98fc-635e16880247.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=undefined_CSTribune
https://trib.com/sports/college/wyoming/mbb/wyoming-basketball-has-a-potential-star-in-versatile-big-man-graham-ike/article_c199dd7d-75b6-577f-98fc-635e16880247.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=undefined_CSTribune
This is a really good and in depth interview on Jeff Linder's basketball philosophy.
It's encouraging to hear just how much Linder uses 5 on 5 to coach up his team. Considering that we weren't able to go 5 on 5 for the majority of last season because of the lack of bodies, how much improvement can we expect from this team now that they've had a full summer/fall of 5 on 5?
Hopefully we'll start to get closer to the Linder blue print this year: elite defensive rebounding, elite three point defense, and a lack of trips to the free throw line given to the opponent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY_vdNu99z4&list=PL7WPaP7rvWIp6wyhDBEr0R1SF49xvJRZP&index=165
It's encouraging to hear just how much Linder uses 5 on 5 to coach up his team. Considering that we weren't able to go 5 on 5 for the majority of last season because of the lack of bodies, how much improvement can we expect from this team now that they've had a full summer/fall of 5 on 5?
Hopefully we'll start to get closer to the Linder blue print this year: elite defensive rebounding, elite three point defense, and a lack of trips to the free throw line given to the opponent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY_vdNu99z4&list=PL7WPaP7rvWIp6wyhDBEr0R1SF49xvJRZP&index=165
Who you guys see as starting 5? Based on what I’ve read, would love to see Maldo, Dusell, Foster, Oden and Ike start with Thompson and Nelson playing 4 and 5, Jeffries, Dut and Reynolds playing guard and hoping Barnhart can take some minutes as well. Can’t wait for a week from now!
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Vt poke said:
I think the starting 5 will be what you said except Deng Dut at the 1 and Foster will come off the bench.
Vt poke said:
I think our most talented 5 might be a smaller line-up without a PF. That might not be how we start a game but I'll bet we see this on the floor more than anything else(three shooters with Maldo and Ike):
PG: Dut
SG: Dusell
SF: Foster(Jeffries, Wenzel)
PF: Maldo
C: Ike
Defensively, that line-up is a little small with three 6'4" guys, a 6'6" guy, and Ike at 6'9. If we need to go bigger, and probably more likely to start the game:
PG: Dut
SG: Dusell
SF: Maldo
PF: Oden
C: Ike
Dusell and Ike are penciled in at the 2 and the 5 unless someone gets hurt. Maldo will be on the floor either at small forward or point forward. The starting 5 comes down to the progress that Dut, Wenzel, Foster, Jeffries, Oden, Reynolds, and Thompson have made to fill those other 2 spots. I think Dut, Oden, Wenzel, and Foster have a chance to join the penciled in starters club. Both Oden and Thompson we're defensive liabilities last year. Oden was too skinny and Thompson doesn't have the lateral quickness to defend the post or the 4. We couldn't defend the post last year when Ike or Nelson weren't on the floor. Hopefully, we'll keep those guys healthy.
I think Bowen and Barnhart are going to redshirt. Maldo will get a lot of minutes at the point. Noah Reynolds has the body to play, but it sounds like he's got some defensive work to do to get minutes at the point. Jeffries, Foster, and Wenzel give you some really good shooters/scorers to play on the wing. They'll all get a lot of minutes. It sounds like Hunter Thompson is going to play more at the 4 then he does at the 5. I think he might get some starts depending on who he has to defend. Eoin Nelson will back up Ike in the post.
Hopefully we'll have a good year when it comes to keeping our guys healthy.
