MSU's basketball season is an unknown.
With Varnado in the paint, the defense will be solid and Ravern was coming on by the end of the season.
A lineup of:
Bost
Stewart
Ravern
Osby
Varnado
With Bailey, Johnson helping out in the paint, really all you are missing is backcourt depth.
If Bost is as good as advertised I don't see why MSU shouldn't be competing for the west, the rest of the West should be fairly weak.
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Until you see what Bost and Osby can do... | #1 | ||
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Posts: 662 06/17/08 09:56 AM |
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8Dog |
that's a lot of assumptions... | #2 | ||
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Posts: 4180 06/17/08 10:01 AM Moderator |
and this staff hasn't exactly groomed freshmen that great.
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Posts: 7894 06/17/08 10:06 AM |
8Dog wrote: I really think Gordon is the only freshman this staff has coached who is as good as Bost. I expect him to be an immediate impact player. I think Osby will be a work in progress next year though. |
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OMlawdog |
Oh I agree.... | #4 | ||
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Posts: 663 06/17/08 10:25 AM |
MSU could be just an NIT team, but you have the SEC's and probably NCAA's best defensive player. That is a pretty decent start.
You also have solid depth on the front court. Osby was a national type recruit, the most comparable recruit to him would be Gordon and Austin. I think Ravern is a wild card, he really turned it up the last few games, and could be a very solid player by the end of the season. Also the SEC West should be pretty horrible next year. Bama will be young, LSU could be ok, AU should be the same, Ole Miss has no front court, and Ark is starting from scratch. Who should be considered the favorite in the West? |
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Posts: 4182 06/17/08 10:27 AM Moderator |
You are right about that: the west is awful.
Everyone is losing critical players. |
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bulldog saints fan |
Losing J$ hurts but.. | #6 | ||
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Posts: 969 06/17/08 03:25 PM |
the cupboard is not bare. Granted we will be young but we have talented players. I am not expecting an SEC title but I don't think we will be horrible.
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AlCoDog |
I agree OMlawdog | #7 | ||
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Posts: 267 06/17/08 10:48 AM |
I think Bost is the unknown. Plenty of guys have come into college basketball, and been huge as freshmen pg's. If he comes in and is the real deal, I think
the dogs compete for the west this year.
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