Rotation

[KSBisonFan]

If the season started tonight, Lindberg would start at the 2. He has exploded this summer, confident like the kid we recruited. Having Dylan move on will create room for Lindberg, Felt and Brown to eat up those minutes and bring more offense to that spot.

Vandenberg will come in and compete. I anticipate he will play, but there is a logjam. He is a TOUGH kid. Something we haven't had in a while. He is best suited for the 4 spot, and will play the 3/4. Werner will redshirt. We got COMPETITORS in this class. The 3 kids coming in are terrific.

LA, Lindberg, Braun, Wright, Bjorklund would start tonight.
Lindberg, Felt, Brown playing backup minutes at the guard spot.
Tray/Braun/Vandenberg sharing the 3 spot.
Plenty of bigs this year with the addition of Kading. Working hard on playing the bigs together. WOrking on ball skills, making the open elbow jumper and passing out of double teams.

This team has the ability to be very long and athletic. Brown was an absolutely critical piece in this process. We needed a defender at the 2 spot.

Good stuff, as always, Burgandy and Silk! Wish Hale the best moving on but it's a good thing for him and the program.

[Bison"FANatic"]

If the season started tonight, Lindberg would start at the 2. He has exploded this summer, confident like the kid we recruited.

He has improved that much??????? Last year every time he entered the game it caused me to pucker up. He just seemed like he was forcesd to play at a level that he wasn't ready for. It is good to hear that he has improved.

[HandoEX]

Starters...Backup
Alexander...Lindberg
Felt...Brown
Braun...Vandenbergh
Wright...Kading
Bjorklund...Aaberg

Top 8
Braun...32 minutes
Alexander...26 minutes
Bjorklund...24 minutes
Wright...20 minutes
Felt...20 minutes
Lindberg...18 minutes
Aaberg...16 minutes
Brown...12 minutes
Kading...10 minutes

Somewhere in there, and yes, I realize the minutes available don't add up.

I didn't realize until now how much our coaches like kids with a last name that ends in "berg"...Lindberg, Vandenberg, Lundberg, Aaberg.

[tcbison]

As always Mr. B was right on. Dylan Hales leaves North Dakota State basketball team:

http://www.gobison.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=2400&ATCLID=205428350

[Mr. Burgundy]

Alexander/Lindberg
Lindberg/Felt/Brown
Braun/Wright/Vandenberg
Wright/Kading/Vandenberg
Bjorklund/Aaberg/Kading

LA is going to play alot. Felt and Lindberg will play about 20 a game, and I think Brown will earn alot of his time based on his defense, which sounds just silly good. Based on matchups, etc. (He had 12 steals in an AAU game recently). Not alot of D is played in AAU sometimes.....
It will be very interesting to see how a healthy Tray comes back. If he can play like he did in the Summit tourney, we are going to have a great year. He is critical. Having Vandenberg push him daily (literally push him) will be a good test.
Finally, we need Aaberg and Kading to be able to make some shots. If they can do that-and therefore play with Bjorklund, we really could be tough. Kading is really making strides and will push for alot of playing time. He is really physical. Very different in terms of his bounce compared to Marshall. He will dunk everything he can, block some shots and get more rebounds in space. Marshall is such a space eater. Those 3 bigs will provide us ability to play against other matchups, avoid foul trouble or play through foul trouble as there won't be a drop off in production, which we haven't been able to do in the past. Hopefully getting them out and running as we finally have depth.

The good news......we only graduate Nate Zastrow next year. So this team is here to stay for a while.

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[silkamilkamonico]

Wow......

Will be a good opportunity for Brown.

Good luck to Hale.

[KSBisonFan]

Alexander/Lindberg
Lindberg/Felt/Brown
Braun/Wright/Vandenberg
Wright/Kading/Vandenberg
Bjorklund/Aaberg/Kading

LA is going to play alot. Felt and Lindberg will play about 20 a game, and I think Brown will earn alot of his time based on his defense, which sounds just silly good. Based on matchups, etc. (He had 12 steals in an AAU game recently). Not alot of D is played in AAU sometimes.....
It will be very interesting to see how a healthy Tray comes back. If he can play like he did in the Summit tourney, we are going to have a great year. He is critical. Having Vandenberg push him daily (literally push him) will be a good test.
Finally, we need Aaberg and Kading to be able to make some shots. If they can do that-and therefore play with Bjorklund, we really could be tough. Kading is really making strides and will push for alot of playing time. He is really physical. Very different in terms of his bounce compared to Marshall. He will dunk everything he can, block some shots and get more rebounds in space. Marshall is such a space eater. Those 3 bigs will provide us ability to play against other matchups, avoid foul trouble or play through foul trouble as there won't be a drop off in production, which we haven't been able to do in the past. Hopefully getting them out and running as we finally have depth.

The good news......we only graduate Nate Zastrow next year. So this team is here to stay for a while.

Dear AJ Jacobson.....sign here. Thanks

I like what you're saying about being more physical and not worrying about foul trouble as much. I think a large part of our offensive sluggishness last season was due to our bigs getting in foul trouble which led to our lack of depth inside which led to relying too much on the outside shots to fall. Trayvonn being more physical and assertive is the key to this team taking the next step this year....we really, really need him to be big! I still wonder how last season we were incredibly soft and constantly in foul trouble....doesn't make sense other than there were a lot of dumb fouls that really hurt us.

[SlickVic]

Alexander/Lindberg
Lindberg/Felt/Brown
Braun/Wright/Vandenberg
Wright/Kading/Vandenberg
Bjorklund/Aaberg/Kading

LA is going to play alot. Felt and Lindberg will play about 20 a game, and I think Brown will earn alot of his time based on his defense, which sounds just silly good. Based on matchups, etc. (He had 12 steals in an AAU game recently). Not alot of D is played in AAU sometimes.....
It will be very interesting to see how a healthy Tray comes back. If he can play like he did in the Summit tourney, we are going to have a great year. He is critical. Having Vandenberg push him daily (literally push him) will be a good test.
Finally, we need Aaberg and Kading to be able to make some shots. If they can do that-and therefore play with Bjorklund, we really could be tough. Kading is really making strides and will push for alot of playing time. He is really physical. Very different in terms of his bounce compared to Marshall. He will dunk everything he can, block some shots and get more rebounds in space. Marshall is such a space eater. Those 3 bigs will provide us ability to play against other matchups, avoid foul trouble or play through foul trouble as there won't be a drop off in production, which we haven't been able to do in the past. Hopefully getting them out and running as we finally have depth.

The good news......we only graduate Nate Zastrow next year. So this team is here to stay for a while.

Dear AJ Jacobson.....sign here. Thanks

since when has aaberg not been able to make shots? im not sure hes ever had the opportunity to...its obvious kid can shoot and spread the floor anybody whose seen him in warm ups or shooting the gift toss (copyright jack michaels) could tell you that...i dont understand why or how that hasnt happened yet maybe you and or kermit could explain for us cuz it makes no cents ever since moorman you got a big who can spread the floor and play pick and pop basketball yet they end up being nothing but screeners at best...im sorry but thats what the andy nagels of the world are for on a hardwood floor that and or bailing hay lol...healthy or not tray needs to step up to the summit and quit with the phantom injuries who does he think he is freddy coleman? develop a jump hook and shoot nothing but jump hooks for the next 2 years dude that alone might earn him a spot on a d-league roster...and brauns a big boy no reason why he cant get down on the block either winks did...but i agree burgandy the good news is we graduate nate zastrow next year lol

[JSUBison]

since when has aaberg not been able to make shots? im not sure hes ever had the opportunity to...its obvious kid can shoot and spread the floor anybody whose seen him in warm ups or shooting the gift toss (copyright jack michaels) could tell you that...i dont understand why or how that hasnt happened yet maybe you and or kermit could explain for us cuz it makes no cents ever since moorman you got a big who can spread the floor and play pick and pop basketball yet they end up being nothing but screeners at best...im sorry but thats what the andy nagels of the world are for on a hardwood floor that and or bailing hay lol...healthy or not tray needs to step up to the summit and quit with the phantom injuries who does he think he is freddy coleman? develop a jump hook and shoot nothing but jump hooks for the next 2 years dude that alone might earn him a spot on a d-league roster...and brauns a big boy no reason why he cant get down on the block either winks did...but i agree burgandy the good news is we graduate nate zastrow next year lol

Yeah this was an issue last year, those ponderous coaching decisions. The guys and Saul hopefully worked a bit on screens, switching and fighting through those screens and not rotating. I still to this day can see Bjorkland trying to guard against Wolters in that SDSU game at Frost.

[SlickVic]

Yeah this was an issue last year, those ponderous coaching decisions. The guys and Saul hopefully worked a bit on screens, switching and fighting through those screens and not rotating. I still to this day can see Bjorkland trying to guard against Wolters in that SDSU game at Frost.

yea which is exactly what im talking about...pick and pop at its best was what walters and them do... what it really means is pick your poison people can call dykstra soft all they want i would call him highly skilled he stretches the floor and makes you pay...he plays that role perfectly aka big marsh was absolutley helpless in those situations vs sdsu he wanted nothing to do with dykstra from range and he obviously cant gaurd walters when theres any sort of space involved...aaberg may or may not have 3 game but really theres no reason why he cant develop it...he def has mid range tho so no reason why him and LA cant play that same sort of game...woody and moorman could of played it to...how painful was it to whatch moormans man just park in the lane waiting for woody knowing moorman wasnt going to do nothing but stand there wide open...all im saying is getting aaberg away from the hoop and into high pick and pop situations will do nothing but create space for marsh to operate on the block...you can be as long and athletic as you want if you dont utilize either ie play a zone ie punish obvious mismatches its really nothing to brag about