I'll keep this short. I have a really good Shippensburg team this season. I've been starting Mikell all season long to get his WE up, but am wondering how people would set up the depth chart with my five bigs (Balaski, Dejong, Somalski, Saxon, and Mikell) for the postseason.

I'd probably start Balaski and Saxon and play matchups (putting Balaski on the other team's better scorer). Then Dejong would back up Balaski and Somalski backs up Saxon. But with those bigs, I'm playing matchups.

That's a crazy good team, btw.

I wish I could have the problems you are currently experiencing! Great team. I can't add anything to this however.

Thanks for both the responses! To be clear, I know this team has no problems really, I'm just trying to optimize my lineup as much as possible.

I will usually put the slower, weaker ballhandler/passer at center.

Starting center is Balaski. Saxon as the backup center.

I like DeJongs speed on the press, so he would be starting PF. Somalski as the backup PF

Another factor in deciding in who to play where is balancing off the stamina. You don't want two 90 stamina guys on one line and two 70 stamina guys on another line.

And then the other part of me says you're 25-0 with the #1 RPI, so maybe it's a case of whatever you were doing, don't try to fix it, especially if it isn't broken.

I know it goes against the grain a bit to sacrifice rebounding, especially on a team that takes so many 3 point shots, but I'd think about it for precisely that reason. Your offense is a little too unbalanced for my liking. You're just a little bit more susceptible to luck and the +3 defense when you're so reliant on 3-point shooting. Somalski is already a big part of your offense, I'd at least consider starting him at the 4. He is a nice swing man for the 3/4, though, so I can see putting him 2nd at both.

Frankly, I don't think you can go wrong with Balaski/Somalski, Balaski/Dejong, or Saxon/Balaski at C/PF.

I'd wait to see if your Shippensburg team and my Wilmington team meet in the NT. Then when they do, I'd set ALL of them to mop up and start guards with no rebounding in their place. To give us a chance anyway.

Posted by thewizard17 on 4/4/2016 12:02:00 AM (view original):
I will usually put the slower, weaker ballhandler/passer at center.

Starting center is Balaski. Saxon as the backup center.

I like DeJongs speed on the press, so he would be starting PF. Somalski as the backup PF

Another factor in deciding in who to play where is balancing off the stamina. You don't want two 90 stamina guys on one line and two 70 stamina guys on another line.

What do you mean by not wanting 2 90 stamina guy on 1 line? If you mean you don't want them both at Center, with 2 bad stamina guys at pf, then for sure. But if you mean one line, like lineup, as in you don't want your best stamina guys starting with bad stamina players coming off the bench, then I disagree.

If you can start multiple 90+ stamina players in a press, it only helps your team.

Posted by dcy0827 on 4/4/2016 1:57:00 PM (view original):
I'd wait to see if your Shippensburg team and my Wilmington team meet in the NT. Then when they do, I'd set ALL of them to mop up and start guards with no rebounding in their place. To give us a chance anyway.

Of course, that was the plan all along! Also, out of curiosity and the risk of giving you another weapon if we do meet, why haven't you been playing Hosford this season?

Posted by backboy13 on 4/4/2016 4:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dcy0827 on 4/4/2016 1:57:00 PM (view original):
I'd wait to see if your Shippensburg team and my Wilmington team meet in the NT. Then when they do, I'd set ALL of them to mop up and start guards with no rebounding in their place. To give us a chance anyway.

Of course, that was the plan all along! Also, out of curiosity and the risk of giving you another weapon if we do meet, why haven't you been playing Hosford this season?

Getting a full season of normal WE out of him to try to max out as much as I can, then drop a redshirt on him after the CT. Cheesy? Sure. Legal? Absolutely. That also leaves me with no schollies to fill next season as well.

Posted by dan2044 on 4/4/2016 2:24:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 4/4/2016 12:02:00 AM (view original):
I will usually put the slower, weaker ballhandler/passer at center.

Starting center is Balaski. Saxon as the backup center.

I like DeJongs speed on the press, so he would be starting PF. Somalski as the backup PF

Another factor in deciding in who to play where is balancing off the stamina. You don't want two 90 stamina guys on one line and two 70 stamina guys on another line.

What do you mean by not wanting 2 90 stamina guy on 1 line? If you mean you don't want them both at Center, with 2 bad stamina guys at pf, then for sure. But if you mean one line, like lineup, as in you don't want your best stamina guys starting with bad stamina players coming off the bench, then I disagree.

If you can start multiple 90+ stamina players in a press, it only helps your team.

What I meant was if you had 4 front court players and the stamina for those 4 players were 70-70-90-90, all I was saying was you don't want to have 2 guys with a stamina of 70 at one position(PF and backup PF) especially if you're running press. It was just to give him something else to think about when choosing his lineup, nothing more.

Posted by dcy0827 on 4/4/2016 8:59:00 PM (view original):

Posted by backboy13 on 4/4/2016 4:29:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dcy0827 on 4/4/2016 1:57:00 PM (view original):
I'd wait to see if your Shippensburg team and my Wilmington team meet in the NT. Then when they do, I'd set ALL of them to mop up and start guards with no rebounding in their place. To give us a chance anyway.

Of course, that was the plan all along! Also, out of curiosity and the risk of giving you another weapon if we do meet, why haven't you been playing Hosford this season?

Getting a full season of normal WE out of him to try to max out as much as I can, then drop a redshirt on him after the CT. Cheesy? Sure. Legal? Absolutely. That also leaves me with no schollies to fill next season as well.

Ahhhh gotcha. When I realized he wasn't playing I went right away to see if he was redshirted, but I didn't realize this approach would keep his WE reasonably high. Is there no chance he transfers? If not (and even if he somehow were to), your team will be a force next season.

Posted by thewizard17 on 4/4/2016 11:03:00 PM (view original):

Posted by dan2044 on 4/4/2016 2:24:00 PM (view original):

Posted by thewizard17 on 4/4/2016 12:02:00 AM (view original):
I will usually put the slower, weaker ballhandler/passer at center.

Starting center is Balaski. Saxon as the backup center.

I like DeJongs speed on the press, so he would be starting PF. Somalski as the backup PF

Another factor in deciding in who to play where is balancing off the stamina. You don't want two 90 stamina guys on one line and two 70 stamina guys on another line.

What do you mean by not wanting 2 90 stamina guy on 1 line? If you mean you don't want them both at Center, with 2 bad stamina guys at pf, then for sure. But if you mean one line, like lineup, as in you don't want your best stamina guys starting with bad stamina players coming off the bench, then I disagree.

If you can start multiple 90+ stamina players in a press, it only helps your team.

What I meant was if you had 4 front court players and the stamina for those 4 players were 70-70-90-90, all I was saying was you don't want to have 2 guys with a stamina of 70 at one position(PF and backup PF) especially if you're running press. It was just to give him something else to think about when choosing his lineup, nothing more.

I know what you meant, and I've actually been making sure to do that as I have realigned my lineup throughout the season.