Finishing a thought from today's Game Thread

by Kyle Lobner on Mar 7, 2010 3:23 PM CST

In today's Game Thread I said this:

It seems like the bench rotation changes game to game, and severely so. Rob Wilson, Bruesewitz, Berggren, Evans and Jarmusz all seem to be 20 minute guys one game and completely absent the next.

Those numbers are easy enough to find, and (with a Brewer rainout today) I had some time on my hands, so here's a quick view:

(These numbers don't include today's game)

Rob Wilson: Averaging 12.7 minutes per game

DNPs: 2 games
1-5 minutes: 6 games
6-10 minutes: 3 games
11-15 minutes: 7 games
16-20 minutes: 7 games
21 or more minutes: 3 games

Ryan Evans: Averaging 12.7 minutes per game

DNPs: None
1-5 minutes: 3 games
6-10 minutes: 7 games
11-15 minutes: 8 games
16-20 minutes: 8 games
21 or more minutes: 3 games

Mike Bruesewitz: Averaging 8 minutes per game

DNPs: 5 games
1-5 minutes: 10 games
6-10 minutes: 8 games
11-15 minutes: 3 games
16-20 minutes: 2 games
21 or more minutes: 2 games

It seems like the disparity I remembered is pretty accurate for Wilson. For Evans and Brusewitz it's a little less severe, but still present.

At any rate, between these three players there have been 26 "outlier" games, games where one of these three played roughly ten minutes more or less than their season average. I'm wondering if that affects the team's ability to stay in sync on offense, since each game seems to have a new mix of contributors.

Your thoughts?

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Interesting Topic...

I think it could be a mix of things. Could be how there performing in practice and depends on the given match ups in the games.

This is also common with underclassmen. I’ve heard many times that minutes are going to be varied and sporatic for freshmen at the college level. My younger sister plays D3 ball, and although a completely different level of play, I see this happening a lot.

by wisco87 on Mar 7, 2010 3:28 PM CST reply actions

My uneducated guess

Is that it’s more of a matchup thing than a “how they performed in practice” thing. I think Bo’s probably mostly exploiting his flexibility in having nine competent players that can run his offense and defense.

by Cheeseandcorn on Mar 7, 2010 5:02 PM CST reply actions

I've seen this a lot with Bo over the years.

It mostly has to do with defensive matchups. For all three of these guys, Bo is expecting them to come into games and play sound defense, rebound the basketball and not turn the ball over.

Who he goes with in any given game has to do with who he needs to matchup with the other team. Today, UW played a big Illinois team, which is why Ryan Evans received the bulk of the minutes while Wilson only came in when Hughes got into foul trouble.

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by Adam Hoge on Mar 7, 2010 11:27 PM CST reply actions

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