2013/14 Ohio Roster
In the end I decide to go against what I said earlier about starting Flowers, the AI recommends Mendoza and he is the best ball handler... but Murphy is the better offensive player, better defender, and better passer than Mendoza. With Murphy and Cooper up front I'll have the best defensive backcourt I've ever had.
Starting Lineup
PG Michel Murphy - FR - 6'2" 179 lbs - 69 OVR
90 speed/80 quickness. only 77 ball handling(that's a D grade) but a C+ Passer(78). He is our best PG defender (84) and shooter (74 close/72 med/78 3). 78 shooting off the dribble isn't bad either. Pretty good hustle (75) and an ok vertical (72).
SG Arzelle Cooper - JR - 6'5" 200 lbs - 78 OVR
90 speed/85 quickness. 82 handling which is better than Murphy, but he's a bad passer(67). He's our best defender(86) and a very good steals guy (78). 78 close/76 med/78 3 makes him our best shooter. He's not great off the dribble but Cooper tends to spot up from 3 or drive all the way to the basket.
SF Wendell House - JR - 6'9" 205 lbs - 75 OVR
84 speed is great for a big SF. He has a great vertical(84), above average hustle, he's a very good dunker (89), pretty good off the dribble and in traffic both (76/83). 87 close/72 med/71 from 3. He is a very good athlete and is best attacking the basket. He's not the best defender(77).
PF Daryl Delic - SR - 6'7" 226 lbs - 80 OVR
Very good rebounder (84 off/80 def), good in the post on offense(81), not as good on d(73). 93 close/72 mid range shot, and a great 91 shooting in traffic rating. He's got good hands for a big man, averaged 11.7 points/game last year.
C Kenan Sessoms - SR - 7'0" 268 lbs - 72 OVR
Size wins. Watson will have to be a backup this year, he'll get two strong years starting after Delic leaves though. Sessoms is only average on the boards (82 off/78 def), he's our best post defender (82) and isn't bad on offense either (79). 83 close/85 in traffic aren't great, but his size gets him by.
Bench Players
PG David Mendoza - FR - 6'3" 174 lbs - 69 OVR
88 speed/81 quickness, 84 handling/74 passing. 80 defense. That isn't spectacular but its still quite good. 76 close/69 med/76 3. He's poor in traffic (73) and not great off the dribble either(also 73).
PG Dee Flowers - SR - 5'9" 161 lbs - 65 OVR
Based on the numbers both of my other two PG's look better than flowers. Flowers is a senior. The reason he's not starting is that he was a JC player and a backup last year... a new starter will be able to pass Flowers in game experience before the end of the year. 84 speed/82 quickness. 79 defense, the worst of our 3 PG's. 82 handling/76 passing. 79 close/72 med/73 3. 77 off the dribble and he showed he can make some big 3's last year.
SG Chuck Lamkin - SO - 6'4" 203 lbs - 67 OVR
82 speed/83 quickness. 77 defense, poor. 83 handling, 83 close/64 med/75 3. He was pretty good at getting to the basket last year and drawing contact. He also got hot from 3 at times.
SG Shawn Garcia - FR(RS) - 6'5" 199 lbs - 66 OVR
Garcia redshirted last year in a close decision by me to go with Lamkin instead. He isn't better than Lamkin in any way. 77 defense, 82 speed/77 quickness, 80 handling/67 passing. 77 close/71 med/74 3. Garcia might be my reserve guy, and he might transfer away on me.
SF Kaylen Lufkin - SO - 6'8" 206 lbs - 74 OVR
84 speed/83 quickness, extremely good for a SF. He is, as I've said before, House lite. 73 defense is a big liability though. 82 close/71 med/71 3. I use him like I use house, just not as often or effectively. I love him off the bench though.
PF Curtis Watson - SO - 6'10" 243 lbs - 74 OVR
Watson will be taking over for Delic after this season. Watson grew an inch, he was 6'9" last year. He's our best overall rebounder (88 off/84 def). He's a poor post offensive player(69) but a very good defender(78). 88 close/90 in traffic indicates he should be better on the offensive end than he was for me last year. He'll get his minutes backing up Delic though.
PF Eni Danelius - SR - 6'8" 221 lbs - 75 OVR
A good overall rebounder (81 off/80 def), just average in the post though (73 off/68 def). 93 close/81 in traffic. He was a decent backup for me last year, another two year guy here as he had transferred in from Utah.
C JR Keller - FR - 6'10" 214 lbs - 69 OVR
Major weakness as a rebounder compared to some of these other guys. 76 off/74 defense, just not good. Pretty good in the post(81 off/75 def), 85 close/82 in traffic, there's some offensive ability there. Watson and Keller will make a nice front court as upperclassmen I hope(well no, I hope I recruit a 7 foot center who comes in rated 75 OVR and Keller is a career backup... but based on what I've got now
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I've really got 13 guys here who would get playing time on many teams. that's an awesome problem to have.
I think I'm going to set up 3 rotations.
Starters:
PG Murphy
SG Cooper
SF House
PF Delic
C Sessoms
1st half backups:
PG Mendoza
SG Lamkin
SF Lufkin
PF Watson
C Keller
2nd half backups:
PG Flowers
SG Lamkin
SF Lufkin
PF Danelius
C Watson
Basically trying to give minutes to Mendoza and Flowers, Danelius and Keller... if someone earns more minutes or plays far better than someone else I may drop down to just 10 men later in the year.
Garcia is just left in the cold I think. He's the odd man out on what appears to be a very strong 13 man team.
One note, I have pondered redshirting Keller, but I do believe he cared about his playing time, and I cannot afford to risk him transferring away when all these other guys graduate. Danelius is a senior. I don't really want to, but if confidence becomes an issue some of the senior backups might get screwed to keep the future players happy.