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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4291224, member: 1414"] You answered your own question. His 6th man was a 3* recruit too. Two of those guys should have played less, arguably also Cole who looked worn down late. Akok and Johnson should have played more. Hawk should have played more. Perhaps even Gaff. I’ll get called a fan again, but Akok had the second best +/- on the team (tied with Martin). His DRtg was third best. His team defense was excellent even if his man D wasn’t. Covered for mistakes made by others frequently. Johnson needed time to fix some things just like Hawkins, who was given that chance. We saw Hawkins get much better. Johnson likely would have too. Would have made us tougher and deeper in March. Whaley and Sanogo shouldn‘t have played together, or at least not with Jackson. If you had Cole, Martin, Hawk, you can play Whaley at the 4. When AJ was in, it needed to be Akok or Johnson. Our starting lineup was a disaster. Whaley should not have been asked to stand around on the perimeter. When Whaley played the 4, we should have moved away from 4 out and overloaded the post. People can cry about spacing but dual post offense brought the Celtics and UConn championships. It’s viable if you have the players, and almost no college team is equipped to defend it. [/QUOTE]