So, my Colorado team in Phelan had some luck dodging early entries and I think I have a pretty nice team coming back this year. I'm just really struggling to figure out what my best starting 5 is and how to set my depth chart because I think we will be pretty deep.

http://www.whatifsports.com/hd/TeamProfile/Ratings.aspx?tid=13811

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Jerry Fullwood	Jr.	PG	93	95	26	99	29	44	93	91	71	56	68	83	B-	848
Steven Helton	Jr.	PG	89	89	23	86	1	34	57	81	77	43	85	61	B	726
Dwight Elmore	So.	PG	75	94	10	84	3	1	71	93	84	84	86	75	C+	760
Michael Smith	Fr.	PG	65	77	1	45	15	30	62	60	71	59	63	45	D-	593
Bret Shutt	Sr.	SG	95	93	46	99	41	76	92	90	63	54	77	60	B-	886
Bernie Hobson	Fr.	SF	72	57	40	71	14	28	61	45	43	74	72	43	C-	620
Antony Ricci	Sr/5	PF	74	48	47	80	38	85	56	54	53	79	77	59	B	750
Billy Ruff	Sr.	PF	99	52	99	99	99	99	36	63	53	81	82	60	C-	922
Wayne Bouck	Jr.	PF	95	67	91	85	87	71	62	53	47	70	78	99	C-	905
Robert Rinaldi	So.	PF	93	46	74	95	71	94	33	43	57	21	62	64	D+	753
Richard Prather	Jr.	C	91	43	87	95	94	60	15	37	48	69	57	67	C-	763
Brian Rowan	Jr.	C	82	37	86	81	96	80	22	33	22	71	74	63	C-	747
Averages	-	-	85	66	52	85	49	58	55	62	57	63	73	65	-	773

I think I've narrowed it down to 2 options.

1 )
PG Elmore - Helton - Fullwood
SG Fullwood - Helton - Shutt
SF Shutt - Rinaldi - Bouck
PF Bouck - Rinaldi - Ruff
C Ruff - Prather - Rowan

or

2)
PG Fullwood - Elmore - Helton
SG Shutt - Helton - Fullwood
SF Bouck - Rinaldi - Shutt
PF Ruff - Rinaldi - Bouck
C Prather - Rowan - Ruff

Lineup 1 gives me the three guard offense since I run the Flex, but I suffer a bit in terms of rebounding with having to play Shutt at the 3. However, his ath/spd/lp/per/bh combo could make him such a big mismatch against traditional 3's that he may make up for that. I also think that the average speed of this lineup may run the Flex better than Lineup 2. 

A few things to consider:
1) Prather is a first year JUCO player with no IQ, starting him could probably make him ready for tourney time
2) Elmore has a lot of room to grow still as he's a third year soph. His ath will stay the same but his def, per, bh, and pass should all keep going up as they were all high-highs

Any ideas? 

Definitely go with Lineup 1. 

Depending on the matchup though, Lineup 2 may be better in certain situations. Bouck is a great athlete for a big.

I'll take rebounding if I can get it at the 3, but it's not necessarily one of my top priorities there. I've had very good high-level D1 success playing guys at SF with rebounding in the 35-45 range.

Posted by car_crazy_v2 on 7/19/2011 12:57:00 PM (view original):
Definitely go with Lineup 1. 

Depending on the matchup though, Lineup 2 may be better in certain situations. Bouck is a great athlete for a big.

I'm liking lineup 1, particularly because I think Elmore's PG ability and the lack of distro I will give him will make him nothing but a distributor and I don't know if Fullwood is worth putting at PG since he only has 71 passing. Thanks for the input, I really appreciate it.

No problem. And by the way, starting Shutt at SF with a 45 REB rating won't be much of a problem because Bouck and Ruff are such great rebounders. And a 45 rating is at least average for a SF at high-level DI.