#Top10Thursday: Best point guards

[jdshock]

I'd take current Ron over freshman Fred as a backup. Freshman Fred was good, but was not near what he is now and probably not as good as Ron right now. My opinion.

Depends if you mean November Fred or April Fred.

[Dan]

Depends if you mean November Fred or April Fred.

Right, but even April Fred got a little rattled in the Louisville game. I think we had that game won had Marcus Armstrong not gotten into foul trouble.

[pie n eye]

I'd take current Ron over freshman Fred as a backup. Freshman Fred was good, but was not near what he is now and probably not as good as Ron right now. My opinion.

I think I'm with you on this one. Fred getting in foul trouble against Kentucky was one of the reasons we lost last year (just like Mal getting in foul trouble hurt us the year before against Lou, even though he wasn't having a great offensive game). With Baker as back up I'm not as worried about it this year. Obviously I'd rather Fred stay out of foul trouble though.

Now the big question is what happens when Darius and Shaq get in foul trouble.

[1979Shocker]

As much as I appreciate Fred -- this article was from the middle of December (almost 2 months ago).

I got the link from an ESPN tweet they put out on Feb. 1 for #Top10Thursday. It did look old though.

[Ricardo del Rio]

I think I'm with you on this one. Fred getting in foul trouble against Kentucky was one of the reasons we lost last year (just like Mal getting in foul trouble hurt us the year before against Lou, even though he wasn't having a great offensive game). With Baker as back up I'm not as worried about it this year. Obviously I'd rather Fred stay out of foul trouble though.

Now the big question is what happens when Darius and Shaq get in foul trouble.

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[pie n eye]

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Ouch. I remember in the days following thinking if Malcolm had half of his normal game we win...

[pinstripers]

I think I'm with you on this one. Fred getting in foul trouble against Kentucky was one of the reasons we lost last year (just like Mal getting in foul trouble hurt us the year before against Lou, even though he wasn't having a great offensive game). With Baker as back up I'm not as worried about it this year. Obviously I'd rather Fred stay out of foul trouble though.

Now the big question is what happens when Darius and Shaq get in foul trouble.

We really have no 2 guard when Ron moves to point.

[Dave Stalwart]

We really have no 2 guard when Ron moves to point.

Start Wessel at 3 and finally start Shaq?

Cotton is not a 2, but he can probably hold that down well enough against SIU to rest Fred a little

[pie n eye]

We really have no 2 guard when Ron moves to point.

It's definitely a concern at the moment since Ri'an and Corey are MIA and ZBrown is concussed.

[Steeleshocker]

We really have no 2 guard when Ron moves to point.

We really need CHJ, RH, or ZB to emerge and help our our backcourt depth. CHJ makes some freshman mistakes, but i do like that he is not afraid to make a play out take a shot.

[ShockTalk]

Start Wessel at 3 and finally start Shaq?

Cotton is not a 2, but he can probably hold that down well enough against SIU to rest Fred a little

We really need CHJ, RH, or ZB to emerge and help our our backcourt depth. CHJ makes some freshman mistakes, but i do like that he is not afraid to make a play out take a shot.

We are nearing the end of the season and it's time that we should be able to be 1 starter down. Yes, rotate Carter, Morris, Kelly, Nurger, Glass, and BushW at the 4 & 5. Start Wessel at his natural 3 position with Cotton and Baker. Rotate in Holland (who should be able to guard whoever FVV would), Henderson, and Brown (if available) or even Walker. I think we might be surprised how well Walker can do alongside Baker and Cotton.