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Originally posted by mosofan1 View Post
Waters looked like the next All-American front court player for NW after Hawkins graduates. The trio of Hudgens, Hawkins, and Waters totally dominated MSSU.
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Originally posted by Thepeman View Post
Do you think MoSo will change who they guard Waters with this coming thur? He made Martin look like he had never played man d before.
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Originally posted by MisterWizard View Post
This seems to be the only number of players Ben ever needs. His formula for success would be an interesting study. How often have successful teams in almost any sport ever experienced so much success with basically no subs? They never seem to tire, the key is avoiding the injury bug. But even then, such as when Welty went down for a couple of games, the other big 3 just stepped it up.
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Originally posted by NWHoops View Post
It's a bit of a chicken and egg issue for NW. Mac trusts who he trusts and plays them a ton. Therefore, it's hard to recruit and/or keep solid players in the program if they know their time is going to be limited. Injuries or transfers have included Finley (lost for year in game against Duke), Rhodes transfer to Florida Southern (if he could predict the future maybe he's still here and getting a lot of minutes with Finley out), and Blair transferred after about a week on campus but is a heck of a player and showing it at Duluth. Seems like he recruits for depth but can't keep them here most likely due to playing time. Additionally, when you've had 3 All-American point guards in a row, there won't be a lot of playing time for the backup.
Couple that with Dougherty out a few weeks this year with injury and now Waters banged up. Welty missed a few games with injury. They really haven't been lucky in the injury category this year but continue to play well.
I agree with Alfred33 about the Cam/Diego matchup. If Cam guards Diego and Diego can hit the 3 it changes the complete gameplan for MSSU to allow Cam to protect the rim. Additionally, the games NW have struggled this year have been with Hawkins in foul trouble so they have to keep him in the game.
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Originally posted by Alfred33 View Post
Someone else brought up in a post earlier this season about depth not being as big a deal as it once might have been, because of all the stoppages with media timeouts and such. I'd never really thought about that before, but thought it was a good point. I do agree with you pace of play assessment.
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Originally posted by Taxman View Post
It is disappointing that good talent has left but the positive is that Ben has been identifying good talent when recruiting. Re: Blair the reason I heard for leaving was not due to playing time.
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