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[QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 5121210, member: 504"]
Coming into the season I thought that obviously we would be missing that extra inside dimension that Clingan brought - we are - , but maybe would have a hard time finding what Newton brought. He knew how to get into the lane and either score or create and was a mature player. With Castle also gone, I think that right now Diarra is the closest to being able to do that. Plus he is a great defender.  Clearly he gets himself into trouble and winds up being turned over, but with Mahaney  I think we become a bit static.

We are also a very young team. Our sophs didn’t play a lot last year. Hurley is getting a lot of guys in right now which probably produces some of the erratic play. His problem is that if he shortens the bench, a few pretty talented kids will be mostly sitting. But he will figure it out. Is Nowell more of a facilitator than Ball, who needs to be playing a lot? I would not be shocked by some early bumps but hope all that talent jells into a solid, consistent tough out.

FWIW, Marquette looks pretty good vs. a Purdue team that is worlds better than any of our opponents so far.
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