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FYI, here is the current minute distribution (average per game), with the difference from your target in parentheses:

Agara: 30.5 (-5.5)
Clardy: 30.4 (-3.6)
Lepolo: 27.9 (17.9)
Swain: 24.7 (- 7.3)
Somfai: 21.9 (-6.1)
Ogden: 20.9 (-7.1)
MAS: 17.3 (7.3)
Eschmeyer: 12.3 (-9.7)
Everyone else combined: 14.4 (+14.4)

A few comments.  I think your target for Agara is too high.  Forgetting the possibility of foul trouble, it was clear that the team was tired for the last few possessions.  Agara played 39 minutes against Tennessee, and I think that was too much.  In 23/24, Iriafen played 27 mpg and Brink played 25, partly limited by foul trouble.  I think the low 30’s is probably optimum for Agara and Clardy.

You clearly believe that Lepolo should play much less.  If Tennessee is any indication, that looks like the trend (17 minutes despite being a starter) is in that direction.  I’m somewhere in between where you are and what she is currently getting.  In a team where two starters are freshmen, having some senior leadership on the floor helps.  Plus she is currently one of our best outside shooters.  She is second only to Clardy in number of made 3’s, and second only to Amborn (who only has six attempts) in 3 pt shooting percentage.  I disagree that Somfai should get more minutes.  She is a freshman, and though her ceiling is high, she is already getting more minutes than Cameron Brink did as a sophomore.  It takes time to get up to speed and to be effective, and there is a tendency to project a player’s potential onto their contribution.

On the other hand, Ogden is a veteran and has stepped up her game.  I hope to slowly see her pick up more minutes, and somewhere in the mid-20’s sounds reasonable.  As the year progresses, I hope that Eschmeyer will step up her game enough so that hers and MAS’ minutes are flipped (basically 5 more mpg for Eschmeyer, and 5 less for MAS), but I don’t think potential alone or fear of transfer is enough. There are some things she needs to work on.

Lastly, there’s no scope in your roster for the tail end of the bench.  I’m not expecting them (which, BTW, includes Amborne) to get more than 10 minutes per game combined, but I hope we aren’t shortening our lineup to only 8 players.

BC

[BostonCard]

FYI, here is the current minute distribution (average per game), with the difference from your target in parentheses:

Agara: 30.5 (-5.5)
Clardy: 30.4 (-3.6)
Lepolo: 27.9 (17.9)
Swain: 24.7 (- 7.3)
Somfai: 21.9 (-6.1)
Ogden: 20.9 (-7.1)
MAS: 17.3 (7.3)
Eschmeyer: 12.3 (-9.7)
Everyone else combined: 14.4 (+14.4)

A few comments.  I think your target for Agara is too high.  Forgetting the possibility of foul trouble, it was clear that the team was tired for the last few possessions.  Agara played 39 minutes against Tennessee, and I think that was too much.  In 23/24, Iriafen played 27 mpg and Brink played 25, partly limited by foul trouble.  I think the low 30’s is probably optimum for Agara and Clardy.

You clearly believe that Lepolo should play much less.  If Tennessee is any indication, that looks like the trend (17 minutes despite being a starter) is in that direction.  I’m somewhere in between where you are and what she is currently getting.  In a team where two starters are freshmen, having some senior leadership on the floor helps.  Plus she is currently one of our best outside shooters.  She is second only to Clardy in number of made 3’s, and second only to Amborn (who only has six attempts) in 3 pt shooting percentage.  I disagree that Somfai should get more minutes.  She is a freshman, and though her ceiling is high, she is already getting more minutes than Cameron Brink did as a sophomore.  It takes time to get up to speed and to be effective, and there is a tendency to project a player’s potential onto their contribution.

On the other hand, Ogden is a veteran and has stepped up her game.  I hope to slowly see her pick up more minutes, and somewhere in the mid-20’s sounds reasonable.  As the year progresses, I hope that Eschmeyer will step up her game enough so that hers and MAS’ minutes are flipped (basically 5 more mpg for Eschmeyer, and 5 less for MAS), but I don’t think potential alone or fear of transfer is enough. There are some things she needs to work on.

Lastly, there’s no scope in your roster for the tail end of the bench.  I’m not expecting them (which, BTW, includes Amborne) to get more than 10 minutes per game combined, but I hope we aren’t shortening our lineup to only 8 players.

BC