Way too early prediction on starters next year....

[PU52Chevy]

I know this is way early and the overseas trip will help shake this all out and I know it is not who starts per se but who finishes well at the end of games that wins them.

That being said, I see two glaring possible starting line-ups:

PJ
C. Edwards
Dakota
V. Edwards
Haas
*Note: I bet 90% will pick this and all the talking heads in the magazines and TV.

I actually think it will be:
PJ/C. Edwards (split minutes and doesn't matter which is in they both will do fine
Dakota
V. Edwards
Taylor
Haas
*Note: I think if Haarms can progress this off season he could back up Haas and let Taylor play the 4 spot more which let's V. Edwards play the 3 spot......

I have the team looking like this:
PJ/C. Edwards/Luce
Dakota/Eastern/Sasha
V. Edwards/Cline/Wheeler/Eifert
Taylor/Ewing
Haas/Haarms

Lots of experience mixed with athletic youth.......besides the Seniors performing well I think big strides by the juniors Taylor/Ewing/Cline will be key as well as athletic effort from Eastern/Haarms/Wheeler.

Going to be exciting!

 

[Wolegib]

My preferred line-up would be:

PJ/Edwards - with an edge to Edwards for minutes, and PJ closing out games.
Dakota/Eastern with Eastern seeing minutes at PG and SF
Edwards/Wheeler with both players seeing some time at PF.
Ewing/Taylor with Taylor seeing some minutes at center.
Haas/Haarms with Haarms seeing minutes at PF

My last minute game on the line line-up would be:
PJ
C Edwards,
Dakota
V Edwards,
Haas.

 

[big10best]

Edwards
Dakota
Edwards
Taylor
Haas

 

[PU52Chevy]

My preferred line-up would be:

PJ/Edwards - with an edge to Edwards for minutes, and PJ closing out games.
Dakota/Eastern with Eastern seeing minutes at PG and SF
Edwards/Wheeler with both players seeing some time at PF.
Ewing/Taylor with Taylor seeing some minutes at center.
Haas/Haarms with Haarms seeing minutes at PF

My last minute game on the line line-up would be:
PJ
C Edwards,
Dakota
V Edwards,
Haas.

Perfect IMO too....nice!

 

[SIBoiler2]

With the bonus of playing in the World U games to get used to life after Biggie I think we'll be fine by November.

 

[PU52Chevy]

With the bonus of playing in the World U games to get used to life after Biggie I think we'll be fine by November.

The only bummer about this summer so far is Haarms won't be able to play in live games...just practice...so we will see Taylor at the 4 and 5 until Haarms can play when the season starts.....then I still think it is a 3 head monster at the 5 spot with Haas and Haarms and Taylor going back and forth from 4 to 5.

Boiler Up!

 

[Boiler Buck]

Don't care who plays just so Purdue leads B1G in scoring again, and we will be fine.....

 

[Dakota Girl]

My preferred line-up would be:

PJ/Edwards - with an edge to Edwards for minutes, and PJ closing out games.
Dakota/Eastern with Eastern seeing minutes at PG and SF
Edwards/Wheeler with both players seeing some time at PF.
Ewing/Taylor with Taylor seeing some minutes at center.
Haas/Haarms with Haarms seeing minutes at PF

My last minute game on the line line-up would be:
PJ
C Edwards,
Dakota
V Edwards,
Haas.

Woli's lineup is where my mind is going.
I see the true inside bigs getting less time than in recent seasons and more athletic players taking those minutes.
Haas will play as much as his foul situation allows him to. Probably around 25 per game.
I don't care so much about assigning a number position for offense as that is very flexible except on the extreme ends of the size range. Positions in my mind are more about who you can defend.
Starters:
1-2 PJ
1-2 Carsen
3-4 Dakota
3-4 Vince
5 Haas
With what little I have seen I think the subs will play positions as follows...who and how much is TBD:
1-2-3-4 Eastern
2-3 Cline
3-4 Ewing
3-4 Wheeler
4-5 Haarms
4-5 Taylor
The potential combinations are what is intriguing to me...
High experience: PJ-Carsen-Dakota-Vince-Haas
High athleticism: Carsen-Eastern-Wheeler-Ewing-Haarms
Shooters: PJ-Cline-Dakota-Vince-Haarms
Tall: Eastern-Dakota-Vince-Haarms-Haas (I don't see this one)
This will be fun.

 

[BBG]

Woli's lineup is where my mind is going.
I see the true inside bigs getting less time than in recent seasons and more athletic players taking those minutes.
Haas will play as much as his foul situation allows him to. Probably around 25 per game.
I don't care so much about assigning a number position for offense as that is very flexible except on the extreme ends of the size range. Positions in my mind are more about who you can defend.
Starters:
1-2 PJ
1-2 Carsen
3-4 Dakota
3-4 Vince
5 Haas
With what little I have seen I think the subs will play positions as follows...who and how much is TBD:
1-2-3-4 Eastern
2-3 Cline
3-4 Ewing
3-4 Wheeler
4-5 Haarms
4-5 Taylor
The potential combinations are what is intriguing to me...
High experience: PJ-Carsen-Dakota-Vince-Haas
High athleticism: Carsen-Eastern-Wheeler-Ewing-Haarms
Shooters: PJ-Cline-Dakota-Vince-Haarms
Tall: Eastern-Dakota-Vince-Haarms-Haas (I don't see this one)
This will be fun.

I like your lineups as well. I also stand by the theory that we will be hard to defend because we shouldn't have one focal point on offense next season. Balance will will you games.