Rotation and stuff...

[Kemo]

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Although I am in agreement about White's talent, I think he's a year away yet from logging 25-30 minutes per game. I'll say somewhere around 20 minutes per game this year.

I would say that White is a year away if he was going to be a true freshman, but after a redshirt year in which he actually saw some playing time, I think he'll be ready to be a major contributor sooner rather than later.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see

[LakeJack]

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Coach N seems pretty fired up

http://twitter.com/CoachNagy

Three days of practice & one thing that's evident is we will be a very versatile team this year because our bigs are really skilled.

[JamesJacks]

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I would say that White is a year away if he was going to be a true freshman, but after a redshirt year in which he actually saw some playing time, I think he'll be ready to be a major contributor sooner rather than later.

Guess we'll just have to wait and see

I'm not saying he won't be a big contributor this year. I agree he will be. IMO he won't be averaging 25-30 minutes a game.

[RabbitObsessed]

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Chad White intrigues me. I never really saw him play all that much in high school, and obviously didn't get to see too much of him last year, so I don't know very much about his game.

For someone that knows, what's his game like?

[goon]

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The guards and starters I think will be the most ovbvious strength of this team. Wolters and Sargent and Moss. The bigs I think will be very very good but as a unit it may be tough to get on the same page to start the year. We lose a lot of talent but feel we gain in ability and fresh starts. Will miss the seniors for sure and Palarca was better then he got credit for AC just had a tough year but thats a lot to replace with a few freshman.

hope Sarg shoots better this year then the way he ended last year. I think his drop off in shooting was was hurt us the most. Hope the team is hitting the weight room and fired up. this could be a make or break year if you ask me.

[goon]

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Any word on how the practice and team is preparing for the Canada trip. TV mentioned they have had a few practices, wondering if anyone close to the situation could shed some light on to what is the team is shaping into.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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Here is what I see as a rotation, at least at the beginning of the year:

PG-Wolters, Stephenson, Carlson, Tivis
SG-Sargent, White, Carlson
SF-White, Moss, Callahan
PF-Callahan, Heemstra, Dykstra, Fiegen
C-Fiegen, Dykstra, Heemstra, (I believe we will have a nice 3 man rotation at the PF-Center spots to keep people fresh, and if necessary Pederson can come in and bang people for a little while as long as there are other scorers on the floor)

I would love to see a lineup of Wolters, Sargent, Heemstra, Dykstra, Fiegen subbing to Wolters, White, Moss, Callahan, Fiegen-Dykstra. Or from tall/long to small/quick/shooters, you get the idea. It would be an amazing change of styles that I think a lot of teams would struggle with, especially if Wolters can control/change the pace of the game from the point.

We have a lot of guys who can shoot the three on this team: Wolters, White, Sargent, Callahan, Carlson, Heemstra, and Dykstra. Heemstra and Dykstra's outside shot will really be important this year, IMO. It could really be an equalizer when we play schools like Oakland, Minnesota, and Iowa with true bigs.

I don't think we have anyone who is a back-to-the-basket type of player, and that is just fine for the league we play in as long as we defend and rebound at Nagy approved levels.