He would give you a solid 3 guard rotation for 2 years, and then a pair of seniors in the backcourt the year after Castro graduates.

The Dome wrote:

Duq81 while I agree with your assessment I'm not sure the 3 guard offense or defense is the way to go. We accumulate guards while everyone else in the league is A) getting bigger guards and B) going for size. I'd be a lot happier with a couple of 6'6" forwards. Ferry seems to constantly contradict himself, toward the end of the year he felt the zone was less successful because people where shooting over the top yet he is already talking about staying with the zone and we aren't getting any bigger. I would accept the 3 guards but with a high pressure defense along the lines of VCU's havoc.

I'm not calling for a 3 guard offense. I want a 3 guard rotation, with each of the three playing 25-30 minutes a game.

Hopefully the college game will continue to evolve.  There seems to be a lot of support for reducing the shot clock in the Men's game.  That will certainly have an effect on how teams attack, and how they play defense.  Teams will be forced to take shots earlier in the shot clock to avoid having to hoist a prayer as the clock winds down.  Since they changed the rules on using your arms on defense, it has resulted in a lot more zone defense being played; due to the difficulty in controlling penetration in the man-to-man, resulting in an abundance of fouls.  I hope they can find the right mixture to allow teams to play man-to-man without a multitude of fouls. Right now the college game is not nearly as entertaining as it has been; and in some cases pretty hard to watch.

Phildog wrote:

Levon,

Back in the days before the shot clock teams like St Peters out of NY used to hold the ball, the games were 39-37 scores and were terrible to watch. However, most schools were independent and not scheduling was a remedy, except for conference schools like N Carolina with Dean Smith having David Thompson dribble the ball in the four corners offense. Now everyone is in conference and most play zone but good teams can shoot over it and also play it well, Duquesne cannot. Do a 24 NBA clock and three point line and we can see 80 plus points a game by teams as a common place event. And more fun basketball.

David Thompson played for NC State, and was a forward. You're thinking of Phil Ford.
 

People used to shake their heads when I told them Norman would make a better pro that that ALL WORLD Phil Ford - point I made was when Carolina was down guys from the other schools could make Ford look just as bad when THEY could spread the floor and he had to do the chasing -  It's one thing to penetrate and dish the ball off to some of the shooters Phil had with him at UNC and ANOTHER thing to dish it off to some of the shooters Norman had at DU -