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Playing minutes Friday

BU_EMT128 said:
Agreed. I would be very surprised to see him back next year.
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He'll probably be back unless he just decides that he doesn't want to play basketball anymore...
He's 23...he has one year of eligibility left...he'd have to sit out a year to transfer to another D-I school...
 
I love the Will Egolf and DC talk. Hahahaha. If we get into a situation where either one of those two see the floor we are in a world of hurt. I guess I can understand people still speculating about DC but Egolf? He's been hurt and hasn't even practiced in forever. He's got three more years to play in St. Louis--this year he's a fan.
 
College basketball has really turned into 4 4 minute segments or 8 4 minutes segments. You play hard for 4 minutes then rest then play 4 more etc.

I really do not think minutes played are as important when your looking at a game very 3-4 days, but when you are looking at the possiblity of 3 games in less then 72 hours, minutes played can and generally always becomes an issue.

Every time we have made it to a finals, which hasnt been very often, we have normally been the team that wilts. Now 2 years ago Ruffin was sick, but the lack of energy hit us like a brick wall at the 10 minute mark versus SIU.

Anyway, JL is not going to play Egolf or Collins unless we get up by 20 + and there is less then 2 minutes to play. Neither are within the rotation. I personally think an 8 man rotation is enough in college basketball, but each of the 8 players MUST contribute.

If we get by CU, both us and who we will play will be in essentially the same boat, a few players playing heavy minutes, it will come down to staying out of foul trouble and having everyone give a contribution. If you make it to Sunday, its hope everyone has legs left and energy kicks in and stays in the system for the entire 40 minutes.
 
houstontxbrave said:
College basketball has really turned into 4 4 minute segments or 8 4 minutes segments. You play hard for 4 minutes then rest then play 4 more etc.

I really do not think minutes played are as important when your looking at a game very 3-4 days, but when you are looking at the possiblity of 3 games in less then 72 hours, minutes played can and generally always becomes an issue.

Every time we have made it to a finals, which hasnt been very often, we have normally been the team that wilts. Now 2 years ago Ruffin was sick, but the lack of energy hit us like a brick wall at the 10 minute mark versus SIU.

Anyway, JL is not going to play Egolf or Collins unless we get up by 20 + and there is less then 2 minutes to play. Neither are within the rotation. I personally think an 8 man rotation is enough in college basketball, but each of the 8 players MUST contribute.

If we get by CU, both us and who we will play will be in essentially the same boat, a few players playing heavy minutes, it will come down to staying out of foul trouble and having everyone give a contribution. If you make it to Sunday, its hope everyone has legs left and energy kicks in and stays in the system for the entire 40 minutes.
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I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that if Bradley can win every one of those four minute segments this weekend...we will have a good chance of doing pretty well overall.
 
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if BU wins the whole darn thing, either Will, DC or both will have seen the floor.

Those that listened to the coach's show last night heard Jim being very complimentary of DC's work ethic down the stretch.
 
Dub said:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if BU wins the whole darn thing, either Will, DC or both will have seen the floor.

Those that listened to the coach's show last night heard Jim being very complimentary of DC's work ethic down the stretch.
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I'm sure Ryan Thornton, Brian Lavin, and Cameron Sweatman all work their @sses off in practice too, but it doesn't mean that they're any good or deserve playing time.
 
In a single elimination tournament and five days off before the game on Friday, I can't see anyone sitting on the bench to save their legs for future games. The main guys are going to play big minutes on Friday afternoon. Ruffin probably won't come out unless he gets in foul trouble.

Of course Bradley will be a worn down team come Saturday or Sunday. However, that is better than a fresh team traveling home on Friday night.
 
Board emotions are running high 3 days out!!! It's like a practice before the big game where teammates begin swinging at each other!!! I like it :-D
 
Dallas Brave said:
Board emotions are running high 3 days out!!! It's like a practice before the big game where teammates begin swinging at each other!!! I like it :-D
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VromanFan said:
You take that back!!!!
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Why I oughtta.....

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shaunguth said:
As would I. He obviously won't be missed.
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I hate to write guys off like that. We've all done time and again with kids, and often times they've come back and been very solid contributors (JJ Tauai). Heck, we've even done it with kids during the season, and by year's end they're significant contributors (Rashad Austin).

Don't get me wrong, I can't say I see a bright future for David Collins considering how this season has unfolded (or in his case, unraveled). But if he decides to stay, I am not going to count him out.
 
it's boogie time said:
In a single elimination tournament and five days off before the game on Friday, I can't see anyone sitting on the bench to save their legs for future games. The main guys are going to play big minutes on Friday afternoon. Ruffin probably won't come out unless he gets in foul trouble.

Of course Bradley will be a worn down team come Saturday or Sunday. However, that is better than a fresh team traveling home on Friday night.
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My thoughts exactly......why rest guys now? There is no tomorrow if we don't win and our best chance of that happening is with our major contributors on the floor as much as possible!
 
BradleyBrave said:
I hate to write guys off like that. We've all done time and again with kids, and often times they've come back and been very solid contributors (JJ Tauai). Heck, we've even done it with kids during the season, and by year's end they're significant contributors (Rashad Austin).

Don't get me wrong, I can't say I see a bright future for David Collins considering how this season has unfolded (or in his case, unraveled). But if he decides to stay, I am not going to count him out.
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Oh....I wouldn't count him out either IF he stays. I'm just saying he's played extremely limited minutes this season when our bigs were our biggest problem. That's why he wouldn't be missed in my mind, especially with AT coming in next season.
 
I can't see many scenarios where he doesn't come back unless he decides he's just done with basketball altogether. He can't really transfer... And I hope Bradley isn't the type of program to run a kid out just because he maybe isn't the player you thought he was (as opposed to discipline or attitude problems-- which it does not sound like DC has any of). Besides, I think there's a chance we'll be surprised a bit by him next year. He's still an athletic legit 7 footer. He may really come along in his understanding of the game and make a big stride.
 
A ten man rotation would be ideal, nine would be good, eight can be workable. There has to be 8 players that play a well disciplined/executed full energy 200 minutes for this to work.

The three guys that will factor into us winning or loosing are RA SS TCS. Each one of these guys needs to do a gut check and dial up their "game" a little. It is so improtant for these three to have outstanding minutes so Les can keep them in longer, which will result in our "goto guys" not being totally gassed and having their legs the last 10 minutes.
 
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