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(03-11-2018 08:07 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  Caver Kitchart
Green Hueitt
Stith Godwin
? Carver
Porter ?

A couple ?s and a weakness.

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I'm not sold on what we see listed above. It could turn out to be good. It could turn out to be over rated.

The fly in the ointment for them not panning out could easily be Jones. He has stymied the development of both Godwin and Hueitt by severely limiting their playing time as freshmen to the point that for all intents and purposes they really didn't get much in the way of meaningful court time. With that being said ... Can we count on them to get significant game time next season? Will they play like Freshmen if they do, or second year players which they will actually be?

Green very much underperformed this season for the amount of hype that he received along with him sitting out a year to learn Jeff's system. Will he show significant improvement next season, or will he be the same foul prone, turnover prone, poor shooting, and tentative player that he was off the bench this season? Hopefully we will see a more confident and in control Xavier, but who knows.

The incoming freshmen all look good on paper, but then again so did Godwin and Hueitt last year. Even though we could have used their shooting, both of them could just as easily have red shirted this season for what was earned by their on court contributions. Can we really say for sure that any of the incoming freshmen will get significant playing time, and if so will they play like zombies due to over thinking their defensive assignments in Jones' man-to-man defense. Apparently it must be more difficult than 400 level Calculus for incoming Freshmen to understand based upon that being the rhetoric for Godwin and Hueitt hardly being able to see the court this season.

Even if Porter is still on the team, who is his back-up? No guarantees that Jeff can get a transfer center to come in no matter how much he may want one. If Porter were to leave as a graduate transfer then the problem at his position is doubled.

Kithcart is supposed to be a good point guard from what a few on here have stated. How good is he, and in what areas of play - ball handling, passing, foul shooting, 3 point shooting, defense, etc. - I don't know since I have never seen him play. Hopefully he is very good and if so can get significant minutes. That too is a potential issue since he is apparently behind the guy that is playing 38+ minutes a game. If that doesn't change significantly, it won't really matter too much how good he is since he will not be in the game very long unless Caver moves over to play several minutes at the 2 position each game. If that happens then that cuts into the minutes of Green, Godwin, Hueitt, and/or Wade.

I'm optimistic that it could work out, but at the same time realistic enough to believe that ODU will be sitting in much the same boat a year from now as they are currently - on the outside looking in.