2025-2026 Season

Amaseinyourface said:
Sanon, Sellers, Mitchell, and Darling all very likely playing less minutes than last year. I bet Jackson does get more than he did at UNC but he also wasn’t transferring because of playing time.
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This is always something I'm very curious to keep an eye on. Are kids going to be satisfied with the minutes they're given, based on their expectations? I recall last year early in the season, there were rumblings that not everyone was happy, and it was visible at times. As we all saw, things eventually worked themselves out.
 
Moose said:
Really feel the rotation will be 10 deep.

Zuby
Hopkins
Jackson
Sanon
Mitchell
Darling
Prey
Sellers
Odih
Ayo

Then Lefty and Tamba will play bit parts depending on opponents.

Don't see Imran, Casper or Fotis adding anything.
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Couldn’t agree more with 10 man rotation. Not unusual for teams to go that deep with 10 minutes plus pt. Really think Lefty will only get spot minutes absent injury or Odih not being ready which seems unlikely.
 
Moose said:
Really feel the rotation will be 10 deep.

Zuby
Hopkins
Jackson
Sanon
Mitchell
Darling
Prey
Sellers
Odih
Ayo

Then Lefty and Tamba will play bit parts depending on opponents.

Don't see Imran, Casper or Fotis adding anything.
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If Tamba averages more than 0.2 ppg and 0.6 rpg I would be shocked.

I would rather stick Ayo or Odih on a center.

Of course if anyone has seen practice and can tell me I'm underselling Tamba I'll be thrilled.
 
room112 said:
This is always something I'm very curious to keep an eye on. Are kids going to be satisfied with the minutes they're given, based on their expectations? I recall last year early in the season, there were rumblings that not everyone was happy, and it was visible at times. As we all saw, things eventually worked themselves out.
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Winning solves a lot of problems. If this team is ranked in the Top 10 all year and has a chance win a National Championship I think these kids will suck it up and do whatever it takes to win. It becomes a real problem if the team falters and kids think the team would be doing better if they got more time and other guys sat etc. It worked itself out last year because the team won and so eventually everyone bought in.
 
Mean Gene said:
Winning solves a lot of problems. If this team is ranked in the Top 10 all year and has a chance win a National Championship I think these kids will suck it up and do whatever it takes to win. It becomes a real problem if the team falters and kids think the team would be doing better if they got more time and other guys sat etc. It worked itself out last year because the team won and so eventually everyone bought in.
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definitely way too early for Mean Gene to be glass half full

that's why Mean Gene always keeps it real
 
L J S A said:
If Tamba averages more than 0.2 ppg and 0.6 rpg I would be shocked.

I would rather stick Ayo or Odih on a center.

Of course if anyone has seen practice and can tell me I'm underselling Tamba I'll be thrilled.
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By bit parts I meant 5 good fouls against a pain in the ass big
 
The consensus of the posts I've read seem to say that Lefty will get "spot minutes" or will have a "bit part", etc. If this is accurate, who will be the back-up point guard?
 
I think there will be a lot of offense / defense substitutions at the end of close games. Mitchell in for D with Ayo and / or four guard rotation on offense. Really hard to have Mitchell at the line during a close game, but his defense and rebounding will be absolutely necessary in that same game.
 
CBA69 said:
Then who is the starting point guard? I thought I read that Jackson is not in the mix for playing point guard. If Dylan Darling gets into foul trouble, gets the flu and can't play, etc., who plays point guard?
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CRP has spoken on this issue: in today’s game there are no longer true point guards.
ie Jalen Brunson
Now my humble opinion:
I completely expect Ian Jackson to start as a “lead guard “.
CRP expects a quick defensive rebound, then a quick outlet pass to the most open player (Zuby only if it’s a quick dunk or layup) then take the first open shot (preferably a 3).
Basket or a quick offensive rebound and then the first best shot.
 
CBA69 said:
Then who is the starting point guard? I thought I read that Jackson is not in the mix for playing point guard. If Dylan Darling gets into foul trouble, gets the flu and can't play, etc., who plays point guard?
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Expect Dylan to play big situational minutes depending on the opponent, foul trouble, or the need to play a more controlled game (ie cut down on turnovers if they arise).
 
lawmanfan said:
There are 200 minutes of playing time for 5 players at 40 minutes each in a game (barring OT).

Assumptions / total guesses:

Zuby 30 minutes
Hopkins 25
Jackson 22 minutes
Sanon 22 minutes
Mitchell 22 minutes
Darling 18 minutes
Prey 15 minutes
Sellers 15 minutes
Odih 6 minutes
Liotopoulous 6 minutes

By my math that is 181 of the available 200 minutes, which would leave 19 MPG for Ayo.

HOWEVER, if you add 3 minutes each to Hopkins, Jackson, Sanon, Mitchell, and Sellers (not crazy), the available minutes shrinks to 4.

I think Ayo will get some playing time, but if he and Liotopoulos combined get more than 10 MPG I would be surprised.
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From what im hearing Darling may be getting way more than 18 minutes game. Time will tell.
 
RM86 said:
From what im hearing Darling may be getting way more than 18 minutes game. Time will tell.
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He's the only real point guard on the roster and Pitino didn't even make it until the first day of fall to say that Jackson isn't a point guard.

That said, whether he gets 25 mpg depends a lot on how we play with Jackson in there. If we build nice leads with Sanon, Sellers, and Jackson despite no natural PG in there, then Darling will play less.

I'm not someone who cares about the same starting lineup every game though, so if Darling is a starter one game and 7th or 8th man the next, I don't care as long as we win.

I won't be happy if we are 37-2 and lose in the national championship because our lack of PG depth gets exposed, though.
 
L J S A said:
He's the only real point guard on the roster and Pitino didn't even make it until the first day of fall to say that Jackson isn't a point guard.

That said, whether he gets 25 mpg depends a lot on how we play with Jackson in there. If we build nice leads with Sanon, Sellers, and Jackson despite no natural PG in there, then Darling will play less.

I'm not someone who cares about the same starting lineup every game though, so if Darling is a starter one game and 7th or 8th man the next, I don't care as long as we win.

I won't be happy if we are 37-2 and lose in the national championship because our lack of PG depth gets exposed, though.
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If we lose in the championship game, I’m willing to call it a good year and will be happy, despite our pg depth. If our pg depth is that bad we will never make the championship .
 
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