>I've probably been to about 5 practices that last two weeks,
>and its pretty obvious who the starting 5 (for Friday's
>game) as well as top 8 are.
>
>Starting 5
>DP
>KL
>TL
>LM
>IV
>
>Coming off the bench (in the order I would predict)
>BH
>DB
>HD
>DM
>OI
>WB (walk on)
>JC (walk on)
>MJ (walk on)
>
>With JJ and AK down a lot of you are down on Luke Meyer
>being the 5th starter. I realize your concerns/wants, but
>if you look at how Coach Soderberg runs practices he usually
>splits the sides up into Bigs and Smalls. Luke practices
>with the smalls, or guards. The only time he is really
>playing the "4" is back on defense and Coach has his defense
>set up in such a way to keep the ball out of the lane or
>"pack" as he calls it. So if the guys do their jobs I
>really don't see this as a problem.
>
>Now I agree I would rather have a prototypical 6'8" 230lb
>guy in there playing the 4, and we have that I think with
>JJ. He is hurt right now and at the present time there
>isn't too much we can do about that.
>
>I really see a breakout year for Polk. I know we were told
>last year that his 3 point shooting looked great in the time
>leading up to the first games of the year and he never
>displayed anything close to that, but I'm telling you I have
>a great feeling about him this year. With us running this
>year, he can really use his quickness and more than likely
>he is going to get a couple layups in transition. His
>quickness really is a thing of beauty though. Comparisons
>to Marquee in terms of speed I think is fair in his case.
>But most of all, Polk really has taken the role of one of
>the leaders on the team. He is vocal and really goes out of
>the way to help the younger guys when they are having
>trouble.
>
>I think this year, provided that we don't get any more
>injuries, could be something truly special. Lets get off to
>a nice start Friday night, both men's and women's teams.
Shouldn't you be studying instead of watching basketball practice?