Here's how I think the rotation will go:
Starting 5
Rylan
#gachscratchfever
Januten
Timmy Buckets
The Hat
Bench (in order of coming in)
Battin
Gaskin
Plummer
Carlson
Brenchley
Van Komen
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Here's how I think the rotation will go:
Starting 5
Rylan
#gachscratchfever
Januten
Timmy Buckets
The Hat
Bench (in order of coming in)
Battin
Gaskin
Plummer
Carlson
Brenchley
Van Komen
Battin started last year. I would expect him to start at the beginning of the year at least. Hopefully is bigger, stronger, tougher, etc. He has a decent outside shot and if Thiot and Timmy are both in, you need another outside shooter. I don't recall anyone saying that is Januten's strong suit. Then again, I don't expect this team to win many games, so it might not matter.
I'm hearing that Carlsen grew 3 inches on his mission and is a legit 7 footer.
The conference schedule was released today.
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The tough guy look isn’t working here, especially on Battin.
Home games range from 12:30 pm to 8:00 pm, but not a single one at 7:30 or 7:30.
Edit: am I just conditioned now to complain about anything associated with Utah basketball? I gotta get off Twitter.
They put the full schedule out for consumption as well.
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Practice starts today!
Here is a podcast where Larry previews the roster:
http://collegehoopswatch.com/2019/09...y-krystkowiak/
Night with the Runnin utes will be Tuesday, Oct 15 at 7.
The Men and women will start things off with a 3 point shooting contest. Men scrimmage at 7:15. Women at 7:50.
Krystko was quoted in the SL Trib that "our team culture is off of the charts" that's exactly what I needed to hear from a team with 1 Jr. and 1 Sr. both of whom are unknowns. Is this code for buckle up, it's going to be a long year?
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If it makes you feel better, Gach said something similar to Ashley Adamson on the Pac 12 network about everyone this year being bought in, and that not being the case last year. FWIW.
Night with the Utes was fun. Obligatory grain of salt because, as you'll remember, I am a paid shill for the program.
-Gach looks much more comfortable this year. He is still a scorer first/passer second but he made some really nice passes to find open teammates.
-Allen attacked the rim like crazy. He had a decent amount of success, even among the trees.
-The red team started Carlson, Battin, Allen, Gach, and Rylan Jones. If I was a betting man, I would bet on that being your starting 5.
-Rylan Jones probably gets darn near 30 minutes a night this year. His vision and passing were as advertised. Its his defense that surprised me. He played the passing lanes well and got a few deflections off of double teaming a big at the right time.
-Matt Van Komen will have a role on this team. Hes got a ways to go offensively, but he reminds me a lot of Kelley up at OSU.
-Lahat Thioune (pronounced La-hot Toone) is very athletic and long.
-I think Jantunen, Plummer, and Thioune get most of the minutes off the bench. Wenzel maybe gets some filler time here and there. Brenchley may need a year to get into the swing of things. MVK, again, probably has earned a role for himself.
If Rylan stay healthy, he'll be one of the greats before he's done. His court vision and intelligence is off the charts.
This team can't shoot. At least last night they couldn't throw a rock out a boat and hit the water, although I'm sure they're rusty and could come around. Plummer could be a pleasant surprise from beyond the ark.
Most of the game, yes, it was brutal. And it wasn't just "good" misses either, there were some badddd misses (oh whoops, that is going to get my paycheck cut........)
There was a stretch in the second half where everyone caught fire. Battin hit a couple. Wenzel hit a couple. Rylan got in on the fun.
Utah State ranked #17 in first AP poll
Preseason AP Top 25*
1. Michigan State (60)
2. Kentucky (2)
3. Kansas (3)
4. Duke
5. Louisville
6. Florida
7. Maryland
8. Gonzaga
9. North Carolina
10. Villanova
11. Virginia
12. Seton Hall
13. Texas Tech
14. Memphis
15. Oregon
16. Baylor
17. Utah State
18. Ohio State
19. Xavier
20. Saint Mary's (California)
21. Arizona
22. LSU
23. Purdue
24. Auburn
25. VCU
Utah freaking State
Why did you leave this part out of your original report, Ash?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA8jv1M6Y2g
(I'm Ripley.)
Kenpom has us 114 right now, 10th in the conference. I think a realistic goal would be 15 wins and keep the overwhelming majority of the top 9 rotation guys
Your non-con prediction is depressing, not for it's lack of optimism, but for a greater-than-average possibility that you're right. We have 12 non-conference games (UT-Tyler is an exhibition and not being counted here). For us to go 5-7, the likeliest route would be for us to lose all the name games (UNR, Minnesota, THEM, SDSU, BYU and two at Myrtle Beach). And if we're bad enough to lose all those games, then a game like Weber State in many years becomes a toss-up game for us -- even in SLC.
Even 7-5 probably has us just winning one more in Myrtle Beach and a split of the Minnesota/BYU home games.
I'll edge toward optimism and say we win 7 in the non-con, 8 in league and we are 1-and-done in Vegas. That makes us 15-16 overall, a slight decline from the previous year. I'm not going to pretend for a second just yet as to whether or not that path warrants keeping Larry another year. I think I've been consistent in saying he gets until after the 2020-21 season. But if Harlan wants to make a move, Larry's certainly provided him enough ammunition. Now, if one of those wins is Kentucky ...
If this team wants to - and if the coaches want to insist on it - they could really defend well. That will keep them in a lot of games at home and on the road. If it could become a calling card they could surprise some teams and finish above .500 in league play and perhaps get a few wins in the tournament. A man can dream can't he.
I just put this up on twitter, but I thought it was interesting. 247 sports data goes back about 15 years and I think you could argue it has improved with time. But if you ranked the Runnin Ute commitments during that time, then we have the second and third highest rated recruits coming in next year. (There is a lot of interesting stuff in there; namely Delon, Jakob, and Kuz were all laughably underrated). Barring transfers (insert transfer joke/argument here), we will have 6 of the top 9 on the roster next year. If (and I realize that is a big If) Larry can win 13 games or more and manages to keep the overwhelming number of contributors, he will be around for 2020-2021, which could be a really nice year.