Who Starts First Game Of Conference Play?

[BWRhasnoAC]

No way Babb doesn't start. You could see flashes of him getting his confidence to start slashing the lane with reckless abandon. Too bad he was fouled almost flagrantly without call in some of those situations. I think you will see him take that Nader role over, and be dunking with authority when he sees the lane. Nick has real athleticism and he just needs that Kane like edge to take the next step.

 

[Frak]

I think that the main hesitation for me in starting NWB is that there is very little depth at PG/SG. If he starts, then I'm guessing Lewis is the first guy off the bench and Wigginton comes out, moving DJack to PG. Then Wigginton goes in for Jackson to give him a rest. IMO if Jackson or Wigginton get injured, they are in big time trouble. F'ing McNeal.

 

[Sigmapolis]

I think that the main hesitation for me in starting NWB is that there is very little depth at PG/SG. If he starts, then I'm guessing Lewis is the first guy off the bench and Wigginton comes out, moving DJack to PG. Then Wigginton goes in for Jackson to give him a rest. IMO if Jackson or Wigginton get injured, they are in big time trouble. F'ing McNeal.

Jackson and Wigginton very well might be our two best players. If one of them were to miss significant time during the Big 12 season, we're likely screwed anyways.

If that did happen, I imagine you move NWB to the 2 and hope he worked on his shot this summer. The guy can play 1-4 and guard at least that at some level of effectiveness. Then, you pull one of the bench wings... Lewis, Talley, Beverly, and let's not forget Jakolby Long... into the starting lineup and go one more man deeper in your rotation and hope for the best.

 

[woodm07]

I assume Nick will start, but will be the first to the bench. May only play 10mpg at the 3 and 15+ from the 2 as back up. Lewis and Long will be available if something goes wrong.

 

[ProhmDate]

No way Babb doesn't start. You could see flashes of him getting his confidence to start slashing the lane with reckless abandon. Too bad he was fouled almost flagrantly without call in some of those situations. I think you will see him take that Nader role over, and be dunking with authority when he sees the lane. Nick has real athleticism and he just needs that Kane like edge to take the next step.

I don’t disagree that Babb will be the starter early in the season, but he is really going to have to step it up to stay ahead of Lewis. Not only do we need to defend, but we need to score to win. Lewis is long, athletic and is an exceptionally explosive slasher. The last time I looked he was also shooting over 50% from beyond the arc! Yes, he is young, but the guy can score in variety of ways and I expect him to be aggressive on the offensive glass.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I don’t disagree that Babb will be the starter early in the season, but he is really going to have to step it up to stay ahead of Lewis. Not only do we need to defend, but we need to score to win. Lewis is long, athletic and is an exceptionally explosive slasher. The last time I looked he was also shooting over 50% from beyond the arc! Yes, he is young, but the guy can score in variety of ways and I expect him to be aggressive on the offensive glass.

I wouldn't bet your rainy day fund on a true freshman. I hope he is as great as everyone says, but the learning curve is large, and Babb should be hungry, with age, experience, maturity(physically and mentally) we need veteram leadership. Nick can do it all. He is a Dustin Hogue with ball skills. As long as Nick works on his 3-pointer he is going to be dangerous.

 

[DurangoCy]

Add Talley and Brace, and you have your top 7. Not sure of starters out of that.

Lard will be in there.

 

[ProhmDate]

I wouldn't bet your rainy day fund on a true freshman. I hope he is as great as everyone says, but the learning curve is large, and Babb should be hungry, with age, experience, maturity(physically and mentally) we need veteram leadership. Nick can do it all. He is a Dustin Hogue with ball skills. As long as Nick works on his 3-pointer he is going to be dangerous.

For the sake of our team, I hope you are right! Time, talent and dedication will tell the tale.

 

[Doc]

I wouldn't bet your rainy day fund on a true freshman. I hope he is as great as everyone says, but the learning curve is large, and Babb should be hungry, with age, experience, maturity(physically and mentally) we need veteram leadership. Nick can do it all. He is a Dustin Hogue with ball skills. As long as Nick works on his 3-pointer he is going to be dangerous.

I agree. I think a fair expectation for Lewis would be a season similar to Matt T's freshman season. Matt played pretty well that year, but definitely needed some time to mature and improve at some aspects of the game.

 

[CyTwins]

I agree. I think a fair expectation for Lewis would be a season similar to Matt T's freshman season. Matt played pretty well that year, but definitely needed some time to mature and improve at some aspects of the game.

Matt didn't play pretty well his freshman or sophomore year. I'm guessing Terrence outperforms that.

 

[Seedman]

I wouldn't bet your rainy day fund on a true freshman. I hope he is as great as everyone says, but the learning curve is large, and Babb should be hungry, with age, experience, maturity(physically and mentally) we need veteram leadership. Nick can do it all. He is a Dustin Hogue with ball skills. As long as Nick works on his 3-pointer he is going to be dangerous.

There’s an abundance of speculation, conjecture and theory here and you can bet your bottom dollar that no one has the ability to see around the corner of time. Still, a warrior looks at adversity the way a lion looks at lunch. So, I am counting on this group of Cyclones to play like a potent team of winners and warriors! Go Cyclones!

 

[Doc]

Matt didn't play pretty well his freshman or sophomore year. I'm guessing Terrence outperforms that.

I think he was pretty solid as a frosh but suffered from high expectations and Naz was amazing and earned all the minutes. I do hope Lewis plays better than Matt's soph year.

 

[NATEizKING]

I don't think NWB is in question anymore

 

[DurangoCy]

I don't think NWB is in question anymore

Somewhere there's a thread with me bagging on him. ...this is not that thread.

 

[Tre4ISU]

I think Lard takes Beverlys spot. Talley is going to have to fight off Long for minutes right now because I don't see Wigginton, Babb or Jackson being able to sit a lot. The way things are going, this bodes well for the future.

 

[Cyforce]

I think Lard takes Beverlys spot. Talley is going to have to fight off Long for minutes right now because I don't see Wigginton, Babb or Jackson being able to sit a lot. The way things are going, this bodes well for the future.

Young, Lard, Wiggy, DJax & NWB are our best five, but I believe Tally will start at the 4 until Lards learns to defend w/o contact. (Displacement I think is a more accurate term)

If Long plays the season like he did tonight he's national 6th man of the year, but we probably need to wait for a bigger sample.

15 minutes out of Brase give us a nice 8 man rotation.

Beverly I see more as insurance.

I think Prohm's speech about Naz average one point/game as a freshman was directed at Lewis to keep working. Personally I see him at some point turning the corner and provide needed spark.

 

[cyclones500]

I don't think NWB is in question anymore

NW-B stat line so far:
PPG: 17.0
RPG: 7.8
APG: 5.0
FG%: .615
3pt%: .533
FT%: .706
A/T ratio: 2.0
Steals: 1.0

That's a starting-5 slam-dunk.

Some of his averages are likely to drop as competition stiffens. Once general rotation gets a bit more established, his minutes-per game (38.5) may be reduced a little, too.

 

[bosco]

At this point the question is will Wigs continue to start by conference games? When it came to crunch time vs Tulsa he was on the bench. His defense needs works so does he outside shot. With Lard and Hans can afford to put Beverly/Talley at the 3. Donny Jack clearly plays better off the ball. With Nick at point and no other PG maybe bring Wigs off the bench to give Nick a breather.

 

[ComCY]

Young, Lard, Wiggy, DJax & NWB are our best five, but I believe Tally will start at the 4 until Lards learns to defend w/o contact. (Displacement I think is a more accurate term)

If Long plays the season like he did tonight he's national 6th man of the year, but we probably need to wait for a bigger sample.

15 minutes out of Brase give us a nice 8 man rotation.

Beverly I see more as insurance.

I think Prohm's speech about Naz average one point/game as a freshman was directed at Lewis to keep working. Personally I see him at some point turning the corner and provide needed spark.

Lard can do it... the game against App State he did very well at not fouling, and was our best defender.

 

[FinalFourCy]

Lard can do it... the game against App State he did very well at not fouling, and was our best defender.

I hope Young and Lard don’t continue to get picked on by the refs.

He’s got the most natural defensively ability that I can recall in a Cyclone post.