chonestown wrote:Kerb Hohl wrote:xTitan wrote:
Showalter is not starting material, his role is exactly what it is now.....will be interesting to see if Happ and Hill can actually play well in a game, big difference between being a practice player and being someone who can play all facets with bright lights on you.
I'm not a huge advocate of Showalter, but if he can show the ability to hit an open 3, he'll be Gasser with less ball handling but more athletic defense. He checked Young well for a short time on Sunday. I could see him starting - especially if Hill is considered the backup PG.
Showalter cannot shoot at all. He's a live body, can defend some and doesn't play scared. Borderline scholarship player. Certainly nowhere near the potential of a walk-on like Clayton Hansen. I think he'll be part of the rotation next year due to backcourt thinness, but Hill and Koenig will sop up most of the minutes, with Pritzl and possibly Iverson getting significant chunks.
Big fan of Pritzl solely based on his appraisal of his range: "I can shoot the piss out of the ball." Alright then.
He's still going to have to play defense. And it will be a plus minus thing with him and some other player like Showalter.
After seeing clips of Pritzl he can certainly "shoot the p... out of the ball." But he's not a top level athlete like Showalter.
So if Showalter goes and takes a million shots this summer and comes back with a respectable three ball, he'll start over Pritzl. Especially if the Badgers pick up Stone. Stone will draw so much attention around the basket, a lot of other players will be left wide open.
If Showalter can knock down 35-40% of catch and shoot, he'll start...again, if Stone is the center.
If Stone is not the center, that will give Pritzl a little more chance. But then he'll still be a freshman.
