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Message: [QUOTE="whaler11, post: 1968322, member: 676"] It's pretty simple. You can't run a successful college basketball team with 8 scholarship players when only 1 can handle the ball. Throw in three very similar big men who are all limited plus 3 other freshman who each have their own challenges. Basketball is all about context. There may not be a better example than Albert Mouring: As a junior Mouring shot 48% from 3 point range - as a senior he shot 37% from 3 point range... on fewer attempts. Do you think Mouring forgot how to shoot or do you think the roster around him changed? They are going to have to run Adams, Purvis & Vital into the ground just to stay in games for the next two months. Their numbers are going to be brutal. Purvis drives me nuts at times but if he had the luxury of being the 6th or 7th best player on the roster he'd look a million times better in context. Tzzn is right - hopefully Ollie learned a lesson about setting expectations. [/QUOTE]