What is going to be the starting Lineup/Backups this year
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It’s all guesswork at this point, but my guess is:
PG - JMike, Lino Mark
SG - Zrno, Francis, Dorian Jones (to be worked in slowly if he’s eligible), Powers
WF - Buchanan, Nwuli
PF - Grant, Badalau, Dortch
C - Ogbole OR Fall, Ware
PG - JMike, Lino Mark
SG - Zrno, Francis, Dorian Jones (to be worked in slowly if he’s eligible), Powers
WF - Buchanan, Nwuli
PF - Grant, Badalau, Dortch
C - Ogbole OR Fall, Ware
Not sure we’ll actually play a true 2 unless Francis earns the starting role. Zrno isn’t really a 2. If Buchanan and Nwuli are significantly better than him on D I could see them playing together.
Obviously a total guess here but I'd guess the top 9 guys will be
JMike, Francis, Zrno, Buchanan, Nwuli, Grant, Ogbole, Fall, Mark.
Crap shoot on who else gets real minutes. Like to think Jones will but who knows with the NCAA or if he can add some extra lbs on his frame. There is upside on all the other guys imo so I'm curious to hear who looks good whenever we can get eyes on the team. With the way Pike feels about the local media that might not be until the first scrimmage lol.
JMike, Francis, Zrno, Buchanan, Nwuli, Grant, Ogbole, Fall, Mark.
Crap shoot on who else gets real minutes. Like to think Jones will but who knows with the NCAA or if he can add some extra lbs on his frame. There is upside on all the other guys imo so I'm curious to hear who looks good whenever we can get eyes on the team. With the way Pike feels about the local media that might not be until the first scrimmage lol.
That center position is absolutely brutal. The rest of the lineup is ugly too, but yikes the centers are insanely bad.
I have the same starting lineup but expect several backups to get more playing time than the starters.
According to 247Sports, Dorian Jones and Denis Badalau are highest rated players on the roster as they're both 4-stars with 91 ratings. Nwuli is a 4-star, 90 rating. Wouldn't be surprised if these 3 see their minutes increase significantly as the season progresses.
And hopefully Fall begins to realize his potential (4 star 95 out of H.S., 3 star 86 as a transfer) and gets the most minutes at Center.
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This is pretty spot on fwiw.
Pretty sure Zrno is playing the 2. That line up looks right to me but none of us really know.
Its really just playing a PG, three wings, and a center.
Yes - this. Zrno is no more a natural 2 than Buchanan or Grant is the point I’m making outside of hopefully being a better perimeter shooter. He’s not known for ball handling, etc.
Sad to say but however you set up the line up and bench players, team barely looks like they can qualify for the B1G tournament. See if Kelli Zinn gathers up $$$ for 2026-27 team for Pike's last stand.
Just to be clear - we haven’t seen the team play yet period so they don’t look like anything at the moment. This may turnout to be true, but as of now they havent played yet.
Yeah, I don't have high hopes for the group, but let them prove that before judging.
The point is there’s absolutely no basis for the statement that it doesn’t matter how the line up is set up - the team will suck equally as bad. It actually seems highly unlikely that’s the case. Some combinations will almost certainly work better than others even if all end up with an L in the record column. We have no information whatsoever though at this point. 100% speculation who is trending up or down, etc.