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gopherman23
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Gopher Fan here. I thought I’d do a short preview on our team and an expected starting lineup:

PG Dre Mathieu: Junior JUCO transfer who was 1st team all NJCAA last year. Only 5’10 but very quick and has a 40 inch vertical. More of a drive and dish type of player and is very good in transition.
PG/SG Dre Hollins : One of the best scorers in the country when he’s on. Dropped 41 on Memphis last year and had two 25+ point preformances in the tourny last year. He’s a bit of a tweener. More of a SG in a PG body. Needs to improve his ball handling.
SG Austin Hollins: Son of NBA coach Lionel Hollins. Best backcourt defender in the Big Ten not named Aaron Craft. Pretty good 3 point shooter and just great all-around player. Averaged a shade over 10 ppg last year.
F Joey King: Sophomore transfer from Drake. More of a stretch 4 than a banger. Good 3 point shooter but struggles on the defensive side of the ball. 6’9 but needs to add more muscle.
C Elliot Elliason: 7 footer who doesn’t have a very good offensive game but is a solid defensive player who is in there to protect the paint and provide us some rebounding.

We are going to have to rely alot on 3 point shooting and pressure defense this year. Last year we were the best offensive rebounding team in the nation. However we lose Trevor Mbakwe and Rodney Williams, both of whom were our best rebounders and frontcourt players. And with Richard Pitino at the helm our whole team philosophy is going to do a 180. We’ll be a more guard oriented team and will struggle to rebound the basketball on many nights. We are going to be alot like Illinois from last year. Two very good guards who can score and a very unproven frontcourt.