In Reply to: Re: A Tuff Loss But UCLA Remains In The AP Rankings At #22. posted by mikeo on December 23, 2024 at 12:44:04
send some messages in terms of how he allocates mins against our tuffest opponent (along with Oregon) to date.
Among the bigs, more mins for Bilodeau even tho he's averaging 26 min for the season vs his 24 on Saturday. And, if fully recovered, no ? more mins for Dailey who's been averaging almost 22 mins. I think CMC rewards Kyle for his play by once again giving him double-digit mins.
As to the guards and wings, that is where I think CMC's potential messages will be sent. Kobe is not pulling his weight on O (recognizing that CMC is a D coach all the way) and I think his game-high 33 mins will be contracted toward his season avg of 26-27 mins. As to our arguable two lead guards, DA and Mack were given a sizable 59 mins together vs NoCar, vis-a-vis their combined season averages of 45 mins. I think that if a CMC message will be sent, it will be there.
As to how those guard and wing mins play out, my guess is that some of Dailey's mins (he's 6'8" but plays as a wing) will come out of the Kobe/DA/Mack collective hide.
Zaga will likely be a road fav at this neutral Intuit site, and hopefully CMC will put more of a spotlight on O during this full week's practices.