Is Kuric Going to Lose Playing Time?

Pitino overplays him. (And this is not a bashing of pitino, it is a legitimate criticism) He is not the type of guy that can effectively play 38+ minutes like he has been

Kuric is not a T-Will or a Reece Gaines. He needs a breather every now and then.

He does his best when he plays 28-32 minutes.

There have been many games over the past 2 years that his PT made the difference for us. I agree that he’s not T- Will or Gaines. But I do think he is such a level player that he gives you things that only his style can give you. His rebound with 2 bigger UConn players the other night; the rebound against ND in the BE semi’s last year that he should not have gotten, but simply willed himself to get it. I think we’re our best when he’s in the picture and producing.

in for Kuric. Fresh legs lead to more blocks, steals, and a better shooting percentage. Kuric is already a good shooter. No telling what may happen if he doesnt have to play every single minute of the game. I dont anticipate Kuric getting pulled from the starting lineup, but I do see him getting subbed more frequently.

Heck there is even the possibility of playing them together and using Fatty as a sub for Chris Smith

I feel that that may be a better option for us. Kyle just gives you the heart & soul of a guy who has spent the last 4 years of his life putting on that uniform. I know CS5 is a 5th year senior, but he’s only been here 2 years. I love him & think he’s been a huge player for us. Just don’t take Kyle off too much!

As long as KK gets 30 minutes or a little more I’m fine with his not playing 38. Especially if we have two games in three days or even back to back like in the BE tourney.

playing 25 minutes. This is great with healthy bodies. Rick’s system wasn’t designed for guys to play 38-40 minutes a game. Russ had 16 points in 16 minutes. Quality minutes in the Pitino system. Spurtability. Wear them out. Shine in the closing 10 minutes. Saturday we saw what we’ve long been waiting for. Wayne is the real deal, Siva is healthy and we’re rolling. Bring on the Orange.

We could potentially use a four guard line up at various points of the game with siva kuric c.smith and blackshear along with either gorgui or the behanimal, villinova several years ago was very effective especially in the tournament with this, 3 guys on the floor at a time that stretch the defense to the pereimeter with siva directing the traffic, then leaving either gorgui or behanan in the paint to rebound or get their one-on-one touches in the paint, it would def. speed the game up and our press defense would be nasty! Hopefully we see this line-up sometime before the tourn.

fresh legs do count for something especially if we decide to press we wear down opponets kyle minutes going down wouldnt be a bad thing at all. No Kyle is not T-will or Gaines. But he is a vital piece of our puzzle. What i think it just depends on the kids effort at the time. If your not going to give it your all if your not going to make all the plays defensively offensiely on the glass then you probably wont play. I think Wayne starting the second half was probably a testiment to that. Kyle didnt have one rebound in the first half so he went with Blackshear. What ever line up works for us will be the line up thats in the game. And i think with all the healthy bodies were getting. We can do a lot more than what we’ve showed up to this point. Still want to see more of Angel though. #TEAM PLAY NUNEZ
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No matter how good/valuable a player is, he is likely to be more effective playing 30-34 minutes as opposed to 38-40 minutes. The question is what you lose when you bring in his backup — for most of this season, we were better off playing Kyle essentially the entire game, because his dropoff in effectiveness due to fatigue was outweighed by the dropoff in production that resulted from subbing for him. That should no longer be the case, and I expect to see Kyle rejuvenated by getting a few minutes to rest every night.

Wayne was listed as a SG/SF coming out of high school, so I’m fairly confident he’ll be able to play the 2 well (once he gets in tip-top basketball shape).

Also, replace “Kyle” with “Luke” and I think you’ve got next year’s starting line-up.
I’m very excited. You should be too.

That is all. (Hat tip to Leeroy Jenkins.)

It’s not about who starts, but who finishes. Kyle was in the game making plays when we needed him most. What a gritty win for the Cards though.
White Out. Syracuse. Leggooo!

Kuric averages 11.7 PPG when playing more than 35 minutes

When he plays 34 or less, he averages 16.

this down to a certain amount of playing time. each game brings different matchups that require different things. all this tells us is that we have more options that work. rick is going to read what is going on in-game and use what he thinks is getting it done. wayne is a versatile player and having that at our dispense makes us better. numbers set a bar for us to expect and they also start the conversation b/c they are an average, but by no means define what will work every game vs. any certain opponent. i doubt anyone would have thought that if you told us that gorgui would have 2pts, 6reb, and 0 blocks that we would have beaten wv in huntingdon. not sure if there is another team, other than maybe syracuse, that has as many changeable parts that contribute. and THAT has a lot to do with why UL is a dangerous team. if we get VT back, this team can be very good at year’s end. only glaring weakness right now is depth in the front court.

he should play less minutes through out the game. Wayne is more offensive and Kuric is too quiet. But, keep Kuric in for the final 5 minutes. He was very clutch in the WVU game. I say, play Kuric for 25-30 minutes. Rotate Wayne for him and C. Smith. Put Russ in when Siva needs a break.