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Message: [QUOTE="biobioprof, post: 3109305, member: 8869"] The over-reliance on starters is a perennial complaint about Blair even when we don't have the injuries we had this year. But as much as I love Jada Walton and how she stepped up, objectively I think we're stronger if Aaliyah Wilson (13.8 ppg, albeit vs mostly vs weak nonconference opponents but 17 vs Syracuse) is back and we're rotating some combination of Carter, Washington, Wilson, and Wells even if we don't go deeper. IMO, Wells ended up having a better year than Rennia Davis. wrt rebounding, we got dominated by ND with Shepard and Turner. But I don't see any pair of bigs comparable in the SEC. Jones and Johnson were #2 and #7 in rpg last season. in the SEC. Most of the players above them graduated if we only rank players coming back it would be [LIST=1] [*]Jones [*]Ayana Mitchell [*]Unique Thompson [*]Johnson [/LIST] The main backups will be two transfers, 6-5 Anna Dreimane and 6-4 Ashley Hearn. 5-11 Cheah Real-Whitsett is an energetic undersized fan favorite who rebounds well for her size but isn't an offensive threat and needs to develop on D. But I expect she'll get playing time, especially if the transfers aren't as good as I hope they will be. But for me the bottom line on front lines is that as much as I love watching Herbert Harrigan, SC and MSU are going to need freshmen and role players to step up, which is more of a crapshoot than expecting Jones and Johnson to be at least as good as they were by this past season. So while I get the concern about too many minutes for starters, I think the depth will be better, and I don't think it's too biased to think the starting 5 will be the best in the SEC. Nationally is another story. [/QUOTE]

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