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NU men’s basketball Instagram has a short profile video on Berry, with comments from CC. Sounds like he will be an immediate contributor as many here expect. Sorry, not sure how to link it.
 

NJCat

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NU men’s basketball Instagram has a short profile video on Berry, with comments from CC. Sounds like he will be an immediate contributor as many here expect. Sorry, not sure how to link it.
Did you like CCC's beard?

 

catcrazy

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Very encouraging. Any scuttlebutt on Audige. I have not heard a whisper about his likelihood of being a major contributor
 

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Thanks for linking the video. The smile on his face makes me believe CC is really excited about Berry. Projected starter or first man off the bench is my guess.

Interesting, you really think he starts over Senior Captain Anthony Gaines? I don't see anyway that Boo is not starting at guard.
 

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Interesting, you really think he starts over Senior Captain Anthony Gaines? I don't see anyway that Boo is not starting at guard.
I said starter or first off the bench. I can certainly see a likely Buie/Gaines/Kopp/Nance/Young starting lineup and Berry the 6th man. If he is a high energy guy, maybe that is his role. Beran and Audige will make it interesting, for sure.

edit: I can also see CC wanting a senior captain to steady a “2nd team” and therefore Berry a potential starter. I think we have options this year.
 
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7th Cir. Cat

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I said starter or first off the bench. I can certainly see a likely Buie/Gaines/Kopp/Nance/Young starting lineup and Berry the 6th man. If he is a high energy guy, maybe that is his role. Beran and Audige will make it interesting, for sure.

edit: I can also see CC wanting a senior captain to steady a “2nd team” and therefore Berry a potential starter. I think we have options this year.

Beran showed a lot of improvement throughout the season and Audige has played D1 basketball before, so if Berry can beat out the two of them for first off the bench then he's a special player. We will be in excellent shape if that happens. Agreed there are tons of options.
 

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Very encouraging. Any scuttlebutt on Audige. I have not heard a whisper about his likelihood of being a major contributor

I hear he is playing well and shooting well and should be a significant contributor this season. I'm guessing 20+ minutes per game, with occasional starts.
 

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NU appears to have 10 capable players with only Nicholson somewhat of a question mark because of his youth. I hope CC uses all of them and adds a little end to end defensive pressure . If Nicholson needs time I can see a potential in game frontline of Nance, Beran and Kopp. I really believe these 3 need a lot of minutes. I hope a playmaking guard develops to take advantage of these bigs shooting potential
 

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NU appears to have 10 capable players with only Nicholson somewhat of a question mark because of his youth. I hope CC uses all of them and adds a little end to end defensive pressure . If Nicholson needs time I can see a potential in game frontline of Nance, Beran and Kopp. I really believe these 3 need a lot of minutes. I hope a playmaking guard develops to take advantage of these bigs shooting potential
All true. Just be prepared to accept that there will be injuries (there always are, to all teams) and with just 10 guys NU will be at a disadvantage, playing with a short bench.......
 

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NU appears to have 10 capable players with only Nicholson somewhat of a question mark because of his youth. I hope CC uses all of them and adds a little end to end defensive pressure . If Nicholson needs time I can see a potential in game frontline of Nance, Beran and Kopp. I really believe these 3 need a lot of minutes. I hope a playmaking guard develops to take advantage of these bigs shooting potential

That frontline has plenty of shooting ability, but who will be in the middle getting those put-backs, boards, and tip-ins? Nance floats and takes too many threes, Kopp should be out at the 3 point line and Beran doesn't seem like a banger PF. I know CC wants to play postionless basketball, but I'm not sure if we have the right composition for it. In my opinion, Ryan Young needs to get a ton of minutes and anchor the middle like Pardon.

EDIT - Ah, you didn't say this would be a starting lineup, just a different look. Fair enough.