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Message: [QUOTE="SCGamecock, post: 2255019, member: 6132"] Exactly. We were a very new team last year (it took us awhile and a few crushing losses to really gel as a unit) but we had a lot of experienced players as upperclassmen.. Davis and Gray, new to SC but very experienced.. Wilson and Coates, second year starting together.. and Harris, a true freshmen point guard.. with a bench that typically cycled through Cliney, Harrigan (also a true frosh), and Cuevas-Moore. Other players got time but not often.. we just weren't a very deep team last year but had very high level talent in our juniors and seniors.. This year, we're still a new team (6 players will suit up for us for the first time, 4 frosh and 2 transfers) and 8 of our 14 players will be either freshmen or sophomores.. so this team will be YOUNG. The difference is that we don't have the depth of elite talent in our upperclassmen.. Wilson, Coates, Cuevas-Moore, Gray and Davis.. that's some great talent to lead your team. This year we'll have Wilson, Cuevas, Jennings, Spann, and Cliney.. still good, but not the same depth of elite talent, so we're going to rely on our youth more this year. I agree with you.. this was a very important trip for our youngsters because they will be relied on heavily.. SC will go further if they can get reliable minutes from their sophomores: Harris will show up, Harrigan should take a sophomore leap, and we've yet to really see what Bradshaw and Patrick (a 3 point shooter) can do, but both should improve. If Bradshaw and Patrick don't improve then they'll likely get surpassed on our depth chart by what I think is a very good freshmen class for us.. we have two forwards in Grissett and Williams that will ease into the rotation and two very offensively minded guards (Jackson and Troup) that can definitely shoot their way into the lineup, if they both pick up defense quickly then that'll spell trouble for Bradshaw and Patrick. Overall, I think we can be a deeper team this year but we lack the same amount of elite talent in our upperclassmen that we had last year.. I'm sure Dawn was able to see what kind of team she'll have and get a jump on lineup tinkering. [/QUOTE]

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