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Hill gonna start.
you think at the 3 or at the 4?? (i do think he plays at both this season )
Hill gonna start.
1. Tanner Groves
2. Jordan Goldwire
3. Umoja Gibson
4. Elijah Harkless
5. Jalen Hill
6. Marvin Johnson
7. Jacob Groves
8. C.J. Noland
9. Ethan Chargois
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10. Alston Mason
11. Akol Mawein
12. Rick Issanza
13. Bijan Cortes
No order but have to think this is the 9 that plays a ton after exhibition games. Odd that I think all can play at some point. Bijan needs to get healthy but could RS.
you think at the 3 or at the 4?? (i do think he plays at both this season )
PG: Goldwire
SG: Gibson
SG: Harkless
PF: Chargois
PF: Groves
That's the lineup I like.
When I went to the open practice on Tuesday Jacob Groves was our best 3 point shooter by a lot (recognizing this is just a tiny sample size).
When I went to the open practice on Tuesday Jacob Groves was our best 3 point shooter by a lot (recognizing this is just a tiny sample size).
Jacob averaged a little more than 36% from three at Eastern Washington last year. That would have put him in third place at OU last season, roughly one percentage point behind Brady Manek.
If Jacob can make shots from deep, I think he might see more time on the wing at OU than at EW, because Tanner, Ethan, and possibly Issanza and Mawein will be doing most of the dirty work down low. My guess is Porter will continue to use Jacob’s size on the inside in some situations, especially if Mawein and Big Rick aren’t ready to hold their own against the bigger teams in conference.
Jacob averaged a little more than 36% from three at Eastern Washington last year. That would have put him in third place at OU last season, roughly one percentage point behind Brady Manek.
If Jacob can make shots from deep, I think he might see more time on the wing at OU than at EW, because Tanner, Ethan, and possibly Issanza and Mawein will be doing most of the dirty work down low. My guess is Porter will continue to use Jacob’s size on the inside in some situations, especially if Mawein and Big Rick aren’t ready to hold their own against the bigger teams in conference.
Porter was very clear yesterday that Jacob is a wing. He won’t be inside much if at all for us. As well as he and Tanner played offensively against KU, they got abused defensively, so I don’t see us ever using the two of them together in the frontcourt.
Maybe you missed what I said about Jacob spending more time on the wing at OU than when he was at EW.
I find it hard to believe Porter will not capitalize on the Groves brothers’ special chemistry in some situations, without regard to the position they’re playing on paper. Jacob may spend most of his time on the wing, but I think we’ll see him post up smaller defenders in close to take advantage of his 6’ 9” size.
Porter was very clear yesterday that Jacob is a wing. He won’t be inside much if at all for us. As well as he and Tanner played offensively against KU, they got abused defensively, so I don’t see us ever using the two of them together in the frontcourt.
and yet he has been practicing as a wing and a post ..
and yet he has been practicing as a wing and a post ..
Some of you need to realize that basketball is becoming more and more of a position-less sport.
J. Groves and Hill can both play either spot. That doesn't change what they'll be asked to do. Neither has to have a post-up game just because they are playing the 4. And if they do have a post-up game, even if they are playing the 3, they can still be posted-up within the flow of the offense.
Nobody really runs an offense with two guys in the post at the same time. That is rare. So offensively, a 3 and a 4 are doing primarily the same things (ie, something on the wing).
Chagrois not starting unless T Groves is injured. He’s your backup center. Won’t see these guys playing together a whole lot.