(11-07-2018 06:19 PM)PojoaquePosse Wrote:  

(11-07-2018 05:20 PM)gleadley Wrote:  

(11-07-2018 10:31 AM)FINALFOUR1970SWEETSIXTEEN1992 Wrote:  NMSU dominates North Dakota State at home beating them 73-56. NMSU biggest lead was 27 with 6 minutes left in the game.

NMSU played 13 players, including 12 who played 10 minutes+.

I have a lot of respect to the apparent discipline Jans shows in managing his players minutes. Starters and first off the bench capped right around 20 minutes. The next 6 each get 11-15 minutes of meaningful game time.

It'd be easy enough to let your starters stay out there for 25-30 minutes, and maybe what I am seeing is pure coincidence, but Jans seems intentional in getting everyone on the floor. That kind of experience all the way down the bench has to show up come conference play and tournament time, right?

Jans stated it wasn't his intention to play everyone. In fact Keyon Jones, a key contributor last year played about 1 minute in the first half. I think when we pulled away, Jans decided to let others play. He also said, in the after-game interview, that he told the guys getting minutes that it was their time to show the coaches what they could do and that some of them missed the boat.

Bottom line, I think he was trying to keep some things close to the vest for our upcoming games, he has not yet settled on a starting lineup/rotation (he said he went right up until tipoff to decide on a starting 5) and the rotation is going to get significantly shorter in the coming weeks.

Last season, Jans went 9 deep in his rotation... AJ Harris, Zach Lofton, Sidy Ndir, Jemerrio Jones, Johnathan Wilkins, Shunn Buchanan, Keyon Jones, Johnny McCants, and Eli Chuha. The others played sparingly.

This season, I think Jans will go 10 deep with his rotation... AJ Harris, JoJo Zamora, Clayton Henry, Ivan Aurrecoechea, Mohamed Thiam, Shunn Buchanan, Terrell Brown, Keyon Jones, Eli Chuha, and CJ Bobbitt. Once Johnny McCants is healthy, Bobbitt will drop out of the rotation and McCants will be added. The others will play sparingly.