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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 3539243, member: 1001"] Assuming Martin will sit and Akok will miss the entire year. Is there even a chance that Martin is eligible next year? At the moment I think the only people locked into a starting spot are Bouk and Whaley. I think it's very likely that Jackson starts all year (especially with Polley missing the beginning of the season). There are so many wildcards. How good is Cole? Is Polley his old self once he returns? Is Springs good enough that he'll force Hurley to make him a steady rotation piece this year? Is Sanogo ready to play 20 mpg as a freshman? Can Jackson play the four in small bursts? This season can go in a thousand different directions. Despite debating it all winter, no one knows how good Cole will be. Nothing will surprise me with our PG situation. The data is not on his side for low-major kids transferring up to the big boys. Cole may end up being the starter. Gaffney may end up winning the job. My hunch is Gaffney will be a better fit with the starters and Cole will be the sparkplug off the bench. I wouldn't be surprised to see them on the floor together for short periods. Off the ball, Bouk is our star and Jackson will likely get the start with Polley still recovering. I am not sure Jackson has the strength as a freshman to slot into the four outside of desperation situations. Adams got much stronger between his freshman and sophomore years, allowing him to give us minutes at the four, and having him there was never ideal to begin with. I can see Jackson getting time there as a sophomore but I'm not so sure he'll play there this season. Up front, most fans are clamoring for us to go small all the time. I think we're going to play bigger than most fans want though Hurley will adjust based on the matchup. I'm not going to overreact to the stretch run of last season; it was easier to go small last year in the AAC than it'll be to go small in the Big East. We aren't winning many games in the BE with Whaley at the 5 and Adams at the 4. I expect Whaley to play about 28 minutes: 18 at the five and 10 at the four. Sanogo and Carlton splitting the remaining 22 minutes at the five for a variety of reasons: foul trouble, matchups, etc. There will be games where Carlton will barely get off the pine. Javonte Brown Ferguson was never going to get a ton of minutes this year, even before Sanogo's commitment. He's a good redshirt candidate. Springs is a wildcard but I don't expect much from him. Carlton's minutes will be interesting. He's given us 21 mpg for the last two seasons. I just don't see a three-year starter going down to fewer than ten minutes per game but it seems like a possibility. We saw with the Gilbert situation that Hurley isn't afraid to make moves that will ruffle some feathers. Last season we had nine guys average 19+ minutes per game. If that continues this year it'll be: 1. Gaffney 2. Cole 3. Bouk 4. Jackson 5. Adams 6. Polley 7. Whaley 8. Sanogo 9. Carlton I'd be surprised if Springs usurps Carlton for the final spot but he's a natural four and the rotation outlook seems to favor him. By the end of the season my hunch is... Gaffney/Cole Bouk/Adams Jackson/Polley Polley/Springs/Whaley Whaley/Sanogo/Carlton [/QUOTE]

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