RE: 2015-16 Men's Basketball
My take:
With the experience returning, a better chance at springing a surprise opening game, then we've had in a while. NC State will be very talented, but with new players looking to fill the loss of Lacey, Turner and Washington, they may struggle for chemistry early on. If Terry and Daniel can slow down Cat Barber without getting in foul trouble, or, if we get Barber in foul trouble, it will be interesting.....
After the tripod of Tarpey, Prewitt and Dixon, will be interesting to see if there's a breakout season from anyone in the rest of a solid, talented, young bunch. Imagine practices will be more competitive this year vying for playing time than ever in Tribe history. Consequently, expect this team to keep improving start of the season to finish.
Terry's team to lead, but will anyone be able to step up and consistently be the go-to-guy with the game on the line?
We have as strong a perimeter game as anyone in the league, but how far this team goes will depend on the ability of Sean and Jack to lift our post play well above prior years. That verdict is a big unknown. Can't imagine Hunter will have made a big enough leap since his senior HS year to be a factor. On the other hand, he will be much needed the following year, so, we may not be able to afford him redshirting this year, if only to get valuable experience under his belt in prep for next year. Hofstra and Northeastern will be much stronger and more talented inside this year, and we won't contend unless we're able to hold up to that.
Would love to see with Terry's and Daniel's leadership, for this team to truly play shut-down defense, game in and game out. Something we haven't seen.
(This post was last modified: 10-05-2015 11:52 PM by Tribeheart.)
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