Also included players who aren't used to the speed of the MW.OrediggerPoke wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:03 amYoung team?? We start 4 seniors who get the lion’s share of minutes.WYO1016 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:40 am The 2 big problems, as many have stated, are turnovers and finishing at the rim. I think both of those can be attributed to having such a young team and having players that aren't used to the speed of the MW. The team is definitely getting better as the year goes on. Saturday should be a fun one.
Griffin is a senior, but was a Tulsa player the past 2 years. They were bad, but he was clearly the best player on the team. They also play in CUSA, which is a pretty weak conference for roundball. One of 2 players on the team that plays major minutes and has a positive assist to turnover ratio.
Kot is a senior, but was a D2 player until this year. San Diego State, Boise State, and New Mexico are leaps and bounds tougher than South Dakota School of Mines, Southeastern Oklahoma State, and New Mexico Highlands.
Walters is a senior, but the competition in the NAIA and D1 is such a large gap it's barely the same game.
Wenzel is a senior, but he's a role player, not a star. There's also no way he should be handling the ball on a regular basis. He's the other player playing major minutes with a positive A/T ratio.
Between Kot and Wenzel the three most turnover prone players are Powell, Kojenets, and Manyawu. 2 sophomores with limited expierience their first years and a freshman.
This is a piecemeal team that is improving each game, but is still pretty rough. Kot, Griffin, and Walters were brought in to be band-aids to get us through this season rather than building blocks. I am a bit concerned that our young guards aren't seeing more time, but we don't have the luxury of redshirting as much as we probably need to this season.
