Something to consider is that these are trends of the past 3 seasons....and really, it took until February for Monte's group to really start reaching potential. Granted they were missing a true 5 but if that's the case, adjust to their strengths.
I'm not ready to see CSP go, but his room for error is getting pretty thin.
For me to feel good about this team for the future I would like to see a few things going forward:
1. Conditt getting more minutes and start because he's the best post player out there and he hasn't fouled out yet so fouls shouldn't even be in the discussion.
2. The two freshman playing have to make some sort of contributions on the offensive end. Neither have shot the ball well at all or even scored for that matter and they're getting too many minutes to not score. They're young and need to get their feet wet but they have got to start doing something.
3. Shot selection.. some of the threes you have to take because you're wide open and in the flow of the offense, but the ones that are contested and not and rhythm have to be eliminated. You could see Prohm pulling his hair out last night on multiple offensive possessions after bad shots.
4. Some sort of offense / plan. These guys need some sort of structure. When things break down they will have to make plays but you have to get these guys into some sort of structured offense. This should also help with the shot selection.
5. If you're not going to play man to man well, maybe run a zone every now and again or even that full court press. It seems when we're in that press, it throws teams out of their rhythm and we do play the passing lanes well enough to cause some turnovers which lead to fast break points (our best offense).
This team will improve as the year goes on. We are still a young team with not a lot of experience. Bolton's on a new team, Nixon is on a new team, Solo didn't play at all last year, Conditt played sparingly, and Grill and Jackson are true freshman. Hell, the only guys that actually have experience playing with one another are Halliburton and Jacobson! I'm disappointed in how this team played last night but there's a ton of season left. Let's all see how it goes because that's all we can do anyway.