I think it was pretty telling that when Massie was out only Stone got the spare minutes. Stone was a trusted part of the '23-'24 rotation (30 GP, 14 minutes/game) and then completely fell out of the rotation last season (16 GP, 5 minutes/game)...so it didn't appear Hodge had much "senior-loyalty" to get him minutes...
maybe, just maybe Mason wasn't actually ready to contribute last season.
1. I understood your point, that's why I noted that you were making a valid argument in regards to having players ready to play.
2. Definitely cherry picking. Let's go to Google so everyone is working off of the same definition: A basketball team's "rotation" is the group of players who are most likely to be on the court during a game, as opposed to those who are primarily bench players
3. I feel like that is rarely, if ever, seen in college.
4. When you win your NCAA tournament games by an average of over 23 points per game, you probably had a lot of games that bench players got extended minutes.
Players changing every season is the part that hurts programs that need to build fan bases.
Fans “buying into” a program takes excitement over seasons of watching the same players.
You follow the Mavs to see Luka. It’s an investment as far as buying tickets and donating and getting friends to come, etc.
This. So Much This.
Mestemaker was awesome and showed major grit. But Texas State had no idea what he could do or what he was limited at.
But Texas State knew that we don't have any decent defense, since we are an Air Raid, Leach-Disciple team.
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