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(03-22-2018 01:33 PM)JJMonarch Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 01:14 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  I used basketball reference because I really didn't care if he's listed at 6-8 or 7-4 and I'm not going to spend the time searching several avenues and reconciling a number that is meaningless. Carver is listed at like 6-7 or something crazy, fwiw.

Yes, Purdue has multiple big men that can play. So does Kentucky and Texas A&M. Many of the others on the list do not. If Wagner goes down, Michigan is not going to get much from their big(s).

I don't think we can blame only scheme on the freshman not playing. Some of it was them just not being good enough to get into the rotation as freshman.

Exactly, we pushed the ball at every opportunity. Even in the conference tournament game we lost, the sideline commentator mentioned after a timeout that Jones was telling his team in the huddle to push the ball more when the opportunity was there. He was happy with the defense we were playing but wanted us to be more aggressive on offense. Gilesfan is exactly right about the playing time our freshmen guards received. Whether we agree with Jones or not, the coach believed we were a better team on the floor with the guys he played. The scheme was not the reason our freshmen didn't play against WKY.