@pesik looked like a pretty solid team
And that’s without
*Cryer (foot)
*Tugler (foot)
*Arceneaux (Achilles)
Didn’t see Mercy Miller out there either
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Is Arceneaux expected to be fully healthy ? Is that what his injury was? An Achilles?
yes, if there were important games today he would play… there are clips from 2 months ago of him practicing …
https://twitter.com/ChadELewis2/status/1780268753147531615
same with the other 3 “injured players” they were all doing sprints on yesterday, despite most of the injuries being foot injuries …looks like we are just being cautious
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Yes Francis looks smoother and more aggressive I like it
If Francis develops any kind of touch in the paint, the one-two paint scoring punch of J’wan and Francis will be something we haven’t seen in a very long time. The thought of that gets me all kinds of excited!
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Could it just be one of the manager staff members?
They missed on Cliff Omuruyi (Alabama) and Khalif Battle (Gonzaga)
But they finished really well with getting Achor, Onyenso & Coleman Hawkins.
Offensively, last yr, they were bad. Turned the ball over alot. 139th in offensive efficiency
Curious about this new guard mix.
Their PF/C depth is one of the best in the country
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im thinking that kstate will do what iowa state did last year and run 3 bigs at once, since 2 of them are stretch 4s … i think they run achor achor and hawkins at the 3 for long stretchs of the game
interesting team
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Would you slot Kansas State 6th right now?
Behind:
*Kansas, Houston, Iowa State, Baylor, Arizona
Also, apparently $2M in NIL for Coleman Hawkins
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Man the roster management in the Big 12 just to make it to March is going to be nuts. You almost don’t even want to worry about winning the league/getting a 1 seed. You almost need to be able cede games have and run your 2’s and 3’s to save legs.
Especially going to 20 conference games and no off week at all.
it gets really murky after 5…
i like cincy alot but big questions marks about thier ability to shoot with their main core (4 out of 5 projecter starter questionable shooters)
byu and kstate have unique roster than im not quite sure how to rate them … byu has a ton of tall shooters but no real size (and could land another big time tall shooter)… kstate has a touted pg and 4 touted stretch 4s … not guarantee any 2/3 is a star
and then theirs ttech, who finished 4th last year, returned everyone but the pg and center… on paper improved at the pg and center
all those 4 have a strogn case… im not sure right now
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Ive liked Cincinnati the last 2 years & in my opinion, they underperformed in both yrs
So, out of the remaining coaches after Top 5, I trust Jerome Tang the most
BYU, i think defensively & on the glass. I still have concerns. Their size is 6’‘6 Traore & 6’ 8" Keita. If they had another rim protector, id like them more
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i acutally trust techs coach the most… they should not have been good last year … kstate under performed last year, tech overperfromed … and this will be year 2 for him, with his players more familiar with his system… if we are judging by the coach
tang/kstate going for the bidding war recruits and not the continuity guys subconsciously is making me duck some points for him
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Their projected (8):
Hawkins, Overton, McMillian, Darrion Williams, Kerwin Walton, JT Toppin, Cambridge, Federiko
You could be right.
Williams & Toppin could be All Big12 players
so could hawkins in a shead kinda way… he is national returning leader in assists per game… and he did it at Minnesota (not a mid major)… the on paper flaw is probably scoring… hawkins, williams and toppin are all super touted for non scoring reasons… theres no one on roster you can say with full confidence is scoring 14plus
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@pesik Ill give Tang a mulligan.
The Nae’Qwan Tomlin suspension and dismissal was huge. They probably make the tournament if he plays last season
Ques Glover, also got injured. So, their guard play was a mess. And that is on Tang.
Couldn’t shoot & turned it over alot.
I think Tech will finish ahead of K State cause they’re more consistent game to game. But K State has a higher ceiling
I’d think so.
Tang can recruit his butt off. 7-8 big 12 teams in AP top 25?
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