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(04-02-2020 07:14 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(04-02-2020 07:10 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(04-02-2020 07:04 PM)Prideofalion Wrote:  It’s funny, because here in Richmond it was a huge topic of conversation on local sports talk radio. Most fans complained that Rhodes had no idea who to play and when to play them.

I think depth can be key as long as it’s not too much depth where guys get frustrated. This years ODU team was a good example. In the out of conference, we were a mess. Seemed like we couldn’t figure out who was gonna bring energy. But after the departures, everyone knew how much they would play. I thought we had a good balance for those 7 games. We were 4-3 and the losses were all close road games to decent teams. Then Wade went down, our most versatile player, and we were thin. We had to guard against foul trouble and play way too much zone. Our defense suffered tremendously. I think we really need 8 guys that play regularly with predictable minutes. Then you have a couple more guys for situational basketball. Foul trouble, specialty situations, injury.

It’s easy to say depth isn’t important, but then when your best player tears his knee up it changes things.

You arent winning anything if your best player tears knee up
Unless you are Duke. Nobody has depth To withstand that in todays cbb

Didn't WKU do pretty good this season after their best player injured his knee?

They still didn’t win anything. They were marginally better. Ironically, they had that big comeback after they fouled out Wade on some BS calls. That game was the most painful of them all.