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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5350637, member: 12088"] [USER=10631]@bayern7[/USER] a lot depends on how you define the term 'rotation.' If it's whoever plays in competitive parts of games, I expect that will likely be ~9. That's just because it's hard to get enough reps together for a larger number. I think this is typical for most years, though occasionally it's dipped to ~7. [B]Last season, the rotation that settled out by mid-February amounted to 8[/B]. You could add Morgan or Aubrey, who got competitive minutes for parts of the season, though not for the whole of it. If you're looking at stats for past seasons, it's not that easy to identify competitive minutes without scouring individual game stat sheets, and these aren't all that easy to find. A simpler rule of thumb is to look at season stats for who averaged 10+ minutes and played the entire season. It's not foolproof, but it gives a clearer picture than you get from an unfiltered welter of stats. Viewed through such a lens, it's hard to find many seasons where the rotation departs far from 8 players. That said, I agree with your guess about who the 4 rotation players are likely to be once mid-February rolls around. [/QUOTE]