- URI picked 7th (last season picked 6th preseason)
- Jeremy Sheppard 3rd Team
- Makhel Mitchell All Defensive Team
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I think the Fatts question is reasonable, although it's hard to find comparables from previous URI squads. Meaning in most previous cases, teams that relied on one below-average efficiency player (Xavier Munford, Dawan Robinson) for most of the offense usually had way more roster churn than this one, or a bunch of younger players not quite ready to step into the limelight. (Example - After Robinson left, that was one of Baron's most talented rosters on paper, with Will Daniels as a junior, Jimmy and Seawright's sophomore years, and Keith Cothran as a newcomer.) URI's additions this year are El-Amin (looks like an average or good player) and a healthy Mitchell brother (but frontcourt wasn't a weakness for us last year anyway). In a way, it'll be an interesting experiment.rhodyruckus wrote: ↑2 years ago Slight typo on the all defensive list, unless I missed Makhel's 5.6(!) steals per game last year.
That is obviously his rebounding avg.
About where I thought we would be forecast. But there is a lot of rotational continuity from last year, which I think means something in this era of the A10. I think we can all agree that the efficiency from Harris + Fatts was just terrible last year. There is a causation/correlation question: did we need Fatts to keep taking low percentage shots because his teammates wouldn't step up? Or will everyone else keep their efficiency with a greater workload this year and show that no, Fatts was entirely playing hero ball and the ball movement and team basketball will improve this year. That will determine whether we can exceed the predicted finish.
The fatts point is what I’m most interested to see as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if it went either way. You all of a sudden have so many shots to redistribute, for better or worse.rhodyruckus wrote: ↑2 years ago Slight typo on the all defensive list, unless I missed Makhel's 5.6(!) steals per game last year.
That is obviously his rebounding avg.
About where I thought we would be forecast. But there is a lot of rotational continuity from last year, which I think means something in this era of the A10. I think we can all agree that the efficiency from Harris + Fatts was just terrible last year. There is a causation/correlation question: did we need Fatts to keep taking low percentage shots because his teammates wouldn't step up? Or will everyone else keep their efficiency with a greater workload this year and show that no, Fatts was entirely playing hero ball and the ball movement and team basketball will improve this year. That will determine whether we can exceed the predicted finish.
I don’t necessarily agree that Harris’ minutes will be negligible - he was given important minutes with his limited time on the floor.SGreenwell wrote: ↑2 years agoI think the Fatts question is reasonable, although it's hard to find comparables from previous URI squads. Meaning in most previous cases, teams that relied on one below-average efficiency player (Xavier Munford, Dawan Robinson) for most of the offense usually had way more roster churn than this one, or a bunch of younger players not quite ready to step into the limelight. (Example - After Robinson left, that was one of Baron's most talented rosters on paper, with Will Daniels as a junior, Jimmy and Seawright's sophomore years, and Keith Cothran as a newcomer.) URI's additions this year are El-Amin (looks like an average or good player) and a healthy Mitchell brother (but frontcourt wasn't a weakness for us last year anyway). In a way, it'll be an interesting experiment.rhodyruckus wrote: ↑2 years ago Slight typo on the all defensive list, unless I missed Makhel's 5.6(!) steals per game last year.
That is obviously his rebounding avg.
About where I thought we would be forecast. But there is a lot of rotational continuity from last year, which I think means something in this era of the A10. I think we can all agree that the efficiency from Harris + Fatts was just terrible last year. There is a causation/correlation question: did we need Fatts to keep taking low percentage shots because his teammates wouldn't step up? Or will everyone else keep their efficiency with a greater workload this year and show that no, Fatts was entirely playing hero ball and the ball movement and team basketball will improve this year. That will determine whether we can exceed the predicted finish.
With Harris though, he played about 10 minutes per game, off the bench. Giving those minutes to the Mitchells and Walker will help, yes, but it's a pretty negligible effect, especially since Harris was more "below average" than "completely and utterly overmatched."