The big question, what do we do with Niang? Their starting 5:
Morris 6'2 (excellent PG, does not turn it over, solid all around)
Thomas 6'4 (we recruited him pretty hard, very good shooter)
Nader 6'6
Niang 6'8 (their best player, 39% from 3, classic stretch 4)
McKay 6'9 (uber athletic string bean, mainly need to keep him off the offensive boards)
There's only 2 other guys that come off the bench and get any kind of normal minutes, and they're both guards, so they play 4 guards pretty regularly. After Niang the scoring is pretty balanced as they all average double figures. Tobey should get some good PT on McKay but otherwise he won't be able to come in much. May not be any matchups for Nolte either. Morris/Perrantes will be very interesting. The big question is how do we guard Niang? My guess is we start Wilkins on him, but this guy is a better version of the Butler big that ate us up. As good as Brogdon is, I'm not sure how effective he'll be guarding Niang. On the flip side watching Niang try to guard Gill inside would be fun. Maybe we take it right at him and try to get him in foul trouble.
Morris 6'2 (excellent PG, does not turn it over, solid all around)
Thomas 6'4 (we recruited him pretty hard, very good shooter)
Nader 6'6
Niang 6'8 (their best player, 39% from 3, classic stretch 4)
McKay 6'9 (uber athletic string bean, mainly need to keep him off the offensive boards)
There's only 2 other guys that come off the bench and get any kind of normal minutes, and they're both guards, so they play 4 guards pretty regularly. After Niang the scoring is pretty balanced as they all average double figures. Tobey should get some good PT on McKay but otherwise he won't be able to come in much. May not be any matchups for Nolte either. Morris/Perrantes will be very interesting. The big question is how do we guard Niang? My guess is we start Wilkins on him, but this guy is a better version of the Butler big that ate us up. As good as Brogdon is, I'm not sure how effective he'll be guarding Niang. On the flip side watching Niang try to guard Gill inside would be fun. Maybe we take it right at him and try to get him in foul trouble.
