Starting lineup

a) cant wait to see lucas' hair in early december.

b) Glad to hear we have yet another scoring option at PG in Brown.
 
Ward
Mason
Avery
James
Pittman

WTF. We are going to go with a starting five that lacks a pg and outside shooting when those were our biggest weaknesses last season.
 
I'll be VERY pissed off if that is our starting 5 when the season starts. I love Mason and Ward, but come on, they aren't Hamilton and Brown.

With that said, I know Barnes won't start both. He's probably just playing mind games and trying to keep Mason and Ward happy......for now.
 
Don't worry about it. Hamilton will start the opening game and Brown will be starting the game after it if he doesn't start it also. The fact that Mason is running with the 1s would be hilarious if it didn't make me sick...
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Both Brown and Hamilton missed regular competition last year, with Hamilton playing only in post season all star games and Brown playing not at all. Brown also played only 11 games his senior year.

Barnes, being who he is, is probably impressing on both of them the need to pick up their defense and meet team requirements more than show individual offensive skills.

While I don't necessarily agree with the early decision, I suspect it isn't anything set in stone, the words serve to remind others on the team of how they need to improve and to encourage those in the starting five to continue to show their improvement, and it won't be long before Hamilton and Brown are producing great results.
 
It's nice to have 5 guards who would start for just about any other team in the nation. The player most of you consider the weakest has been a 3-year starter on an Elite 8 team. That's pretty amazing.
 
If this is our starting line-up, you can forget about getting the ball to Pittman at the beginning of games. He'll be surrounded by three guys.
 
We'll beat UC Irvine and Western Carolina with that lineup and the bench getting decent minutes. After the first two games, Barnes will adjust the first string based on who plays best, practices hardest, defends, hustles, stays healthy, etc.
 

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