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I like Vogrich starting and Stauskas coming off the bench. We really need another guard to step up and start playing better. Hardaway, B urke and Stauskas are playing more minutes than i would like. I am starting to worry they will wear down in March. I think the reason you are seeing Akunne getting some minutes in the first half of games is because Coach B is looking for that other guard to take some minutes and Eso had been shooting the ball well. Coach B decided to try playing him at the 2 with Burke at the point. Eso took 2 horrible shots tonight and might of killed his chance.

Some teams don't like playing all their 5 best players all at one time. Gotta have that 6th man to come in and give a spark. Fortunately we have a guard and a big man that can do that and they're both Frosh. I think easing Stauskas into a starting role is smart. Remember he's just a freshman....he'll have some growing pains and what not. I think by bringing him off the bench fresh when the opposing team may not be so much, helps cut down on the freshmen type mistakes.

Exactly my thoughts. I like the fact that they can balance the rotation with him coming off the bench. If he's playing the same, or more, minutes it really doesn't matter. We have 4 legit scorers in Burke, Hardaway, Robinson, and Stauskus, so I'd love to see a rotation making sure to keep 2 of them on the floor at all times, mixing in bench players to rest 2 of them occasionally, then close with all 4 down the stretch.

Maybe starting them all works if their conditioning is fine and it's not a tough game, but in a tough matchup, having them all get tired, then bringing in say Spike and Vogrich, you're left with 2 tired scorers, 2 OK guys who aren't going to dominate anyone, and a big. That can be a recipe for a 5 minute drought, or forcing guys back in with no rest which kills you at the end of games.

I liked what we saw some of yesterday where you'd have Trey/Hardaway/Vogrich/Robinson/Morgan, then Spike/Stauskus/Hardaway/Robinson/Morgan, then Burke/Spike/Stauskus/McGary/Morgan so you were rotating the scorers around and getting them a few minutes of rest.

Miami is putting it on little brother on espn. Stay tuned & hope for a rcmb meltdown, once again...

Remember the disappointment when Russell Byrd picked MSU over UM?

I was thinking the same thing watching that game... Some people on the Scout board were flipping out how he was the next Draymond Green where he was really high on Michigan, so Sparty went in and offered and landed him. He did have a pretty bad foot injury at one point though that required multiple surgeries, so has to be hard to come back from that.

Hell no. Bball i want them to lose every time.

OSU lost. Craft has problems scoring the basketball. I don't see the debate with Burke and Craft, they aren't even in the same league IMO. Craft is a good defender, I don't think he is a shut down defender against good offensive point guards.

Burke is really, really good at handling the ball and creating not only his own shot but for the guys around him

Now that I think about it .. if the coaches aren't gonna burn LeVert's redshirt, then I'm ok with Vogrich starting and having Nik come off the bench. As long as Vogrich gets his head out of his butt. I'm not sure what he was doing last game in those first 3 minutes.

Stop trying to be polite. Craft isn't even in Burke's league

Exactly

Regardless of what happens, I'm excited we have him for next year. We will probably lose a lot of quality players after this season and Levert could step in to the starting lineup if he's as good as advertised and continues progressing. Going up against this team's talent everyday in practice, I have nothing but optimism.

Anyone got a stream for the game today? I don't get ESPNU and it's blacked out on ESPN3.