For the first 4 minutes of the game, and let the refs put their early trigger happy fouls on EJ or Sestina.
Bench Nick Richards
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By then we will be down by 14 and it won’t matter, might as well start him!
being a junior and up for sec poy he should be getting a good whistle anyway. would be nice if sec refs gave him half the treatment they gave williams at ut.
How about the guards stay in front of their man and stop the straight line drives that Nick is having to contest on a majority of the possessions?
Hagans-So.
Maxey-Fr.
IQ-So
Montgomery-So.
Richards-Jr.
When was the last UK team to start just 1 Freshman? 2015?
I almost want to bench Nick just so everyone else on the floor will be forced to learn how to play basketball. Nick is so good that he’s become a crutch for the rest of the team.
Derek, come on man.
Hagans, IQ and Maxey are just fine.
Montgomery, Sestina, Brooks and Juzang certainly fall into your category but not those first 3 I named.
No way.
Our guards are good, but they also give up a lot of dribble penetration, which is why Nick is so desperately needed as a rim protector.
yep.
depends how you the majority of the season in 2015-16 after Labissiere lost his starting spot. He and Murray started to begin but it didn’t last long.
I agree OP, and I'd go 10-15 minutes.
If Nick gets 2 fouls with 15 mins to go in the first half, it's a double negative: The team is deflated due to Nick unexpectedly being taken out, and Nick plays safe in the 2nd half when he finally does get back in due to foul issues. If you know you're sitting him out to start you can prepare for it and skip the deflating let-down. Also, Nick is playing free and balls to the wall when he is in and not worrying about foul trouble.
It may seem like a scared way to play, but does anybody really think we'll make it six straight games without a team getting 2 early fouls on Nick?
If Nick gets 2 fouls with 15 mins to go in the first half, it's a double negative: The team is deflated due to Nick unexpectedly being taken out, and Nick plays safe in the 2nd half when he finally does get back in due to foul issues. If you know you're sitting him out to start you can prepare for it and skip the deflating let-down. Also, Nick is playing free and balls to the wall when he is in and not worrying about foul trouble.
It may seem like a scared way to play, but does anybody really think we'll make it six straight games without a team getting 2 early fouls on Nick?
Not this season . Especially not since SEC play . I do agree if he gets his first foul in the first 2 minutes you take him out for 5 . But you start your best 5 .
Not an overall crazy idea. Refs are trigger happy early.
Another idea, shave his head put on an eye patch so they don't recognize him.
