The pre season ended, what do we know?

fish · December 31, 2021, 3:19pm

Tom L and I have been telling anyone listening how good Hunter E. is. I had wondered out loud several times why he could not get traction, he is that good. To that point here is the only reason why Erickson was not getting play time…Defense. Now that he has improved, he is getting minutes, not that it matters, all summer long NBA players and top players from Utah had been getting together to play pickup ball down here at a gym by the point of the Mtn. Childs was there.
BYU basketball: Why Hunter Erickson is digging Utah’s Powder League - Deseret News

Hunter would DOMINATE at times, the players know it.so I thought it would be a matter of time.
You can’t replace Barcello when he leaves but Hunter is the future.

You all remember George getting the stomach flu back when we played UVU, Crieghton? He lost 12 pounds in a week on a frame that had maybe 10 lbs of fat, maybe… It has taken him this long to get healthy again. The only thing holding him back from being a starter is poor shot selection and turnovers from poor passing. 5 of 6 from 3land solves a lot of problems, just sayin.

Lastly, I was talking analytics long before there was such a name out there. Here is a copy of what I thought our pre season lineup would be…
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Starting roster, Mid Season roster

Starters

1 Barcello, Point or 2 guard. Everything revolves around this Sr.
2 Lucas, Point.
3 Knight 3 or 4, Scoring machine
4 Lohner, 3 or 4, this kid is a star. The only reason why he won’t be a 20-10 machine is there is just too much talent on BYU and so many stats to pass around.
5 Harward 5, somehow it just doesn’t feel right, enforcer but too slow and BYU has so many gazelles

Contenders
1 Baxter, 4 or 5 spot. dude is a starter just needs to be healthy.
2 Knell, may be the starter at the 2 or 3. He has earned it with his shooting and defense.
3 George, at the 3 or even 4, this kid is the dark horse…if he could just pick up the Pope doctrine of team and pass to get a better shot, he would be a starter.
4 Johnson, Mr. consistent and never afraid to take that shot. It this guy hit the weights and gained 20 lbs, I would make him the instant starter at the 3.
5 Hunter Erickson, Point or 2 guard, One of my favs, scoring machine and if he were to ever start, he would never look back.
This team’s talent is top 25 all day, just how will they gel.

What will the rotation look like?

"BYU has 16 guys on the roster, and odds are BYU probably won’t want to go more than 10 deep. You can lock in Barcello, Lucas and Lohner as three of the starters, and then George/Knight and Baxter/Harward in the other two spots. Those 7 will get a lot of minutes, regardless of who starts.

I think Knell has to be the eighth guy with his shooting, and then you round out the rotation with Spencer Johnson if you go 9 guys deep. If BYU want to go deeper, I think Hunter Erickson will make a jump and you add Fousseyni Traore as an undersized big. Traore is more developed at this point than Atiki, so I think he will see more minutes early. I have a hard time seeing Trey Stewart, Nate Hansen, Jeremy DowDell and Casey Brown cracking the rotation.

Baxter and Harward are the only two experienced bigs, so I think BYU will go smaller at times this year to get the best players on the court. I think Lohner, George and Knight will all play the 4 in stretches this year in order to get guys like Knell and Johnson on the court more, and I think Lohner will play the 5 in spurts. He played the 5 at times at the end of the season and he has the rebounding ability at 6-foot-8 to play the 5 in a small ball lineup. This won’t be the starting lineup, but a five of Barcello, Lucas, George, Knight and Lohner could be an elite offensive lineup with shooters all over the floor and just enough size to hold its own defensively.

All things considered, Mark Pope and the staff have a deep lineup to play with and an offseason ahead to tinker around and figure out the best guys to put on the floor."
(from Vanquish the foe)

What say you"

Knight is the guy right now that has regressed in minutes, it has to do with 2 factors: Knell and Goerge or getting more, Knight’s 3 point shooting has been exposed.

Knell since he was inserted in the starting lineup…54% from 3land. Put dat in your book.