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[KurtRambis4]

If you

had read the whole thread, you would have noted that I was speaking about going into the season, so that is what I'm talking about on Ware.

On Sword, he's an average P5 player. I guess I should have specified that, but I assumed people wouldn't think I was comparing him to some guy at Grambling on the bench.

 

[HaleStater]

Overzealous yes. But what about the reasonable fans? As mentioned above, SEC is better overall but still weak. Most people thought the NIT was the floor for this team.

With Q, MN, GW, the rest can be average (roll) players. Not to be overlooked as just an average player**, Holman has brought a lot to the table.

Are you kidding? He's getting better but Holman has brought next to nothing to this team. This team is suffering mightily due to lack of depth in the Post. If we had one more capable post player we'd be a NIT team.

 

[johnson86-1]

this year, was average. Sword is an average basketball player. You cannot convince me otherwise. He may be more than that in our league, but that's not saying much.

Sword and Ware have been better than average against who we've played against, including last year. They both have some significant weaknesses that were made worse by not having good players around them (Ware having no defensive help, Sword having no shooters to space the floor), but outside of UK, I think pretty much any team in the SEC would have been able to use both of them last year, and they would have been starters or the first off the bench.

Kind of splitting hairs at this point. They're both good pieces but nobody should have expected them to form the cornerstone of a NCAA team, unless they were counting on pairing them with a 25ppg scorer in Malik.