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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2718141, member: 1414"]
Smith averaged 12.4 last year.  So I don't think it really matters what Vital did.  He's going to be in "prove it" territory with everybody else not named Jalen Adams.

[U]My prediction[/U]: none of these guys are going to play huge minutes.  Jalen Adams will log the most, but should be down at least 5 minutes from last year and hopefully more than that.

This team is short on star power and long on depth, so I expect Hurley to require 100% effort on defense at all times.  If that means that guys are gassed, fine, rotate them out.  I doubt that Dan knows who will start, so we certainly don't.  These guys are going to need to earn their minutes for a change.  It's nice for us to predict Sid will start, but he's a true freshman and how is his defense effort?  If he's not doing it, Polley will come in, or Smith or Vital.  Diarra plays with a lot of energy and I expect his minutes to go up.  But we're essentially playing "everything by committee".   That may change by January, but I expect it will be the case early on.
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