After watching the LSU game, it occured to me that we have a lack of depth on our team. So, I did a little number crunching and I found some statistics on the first two games that are quite troubling.
After 2 games:
Points per game:
Starting 5: 12.7 (avg)
Bench: 1.25 (avg)
Rebounds per game:
Starting 5: 5.2 (avg)
Bench: 0.063 (avg
Assists per game:
Starting 5: 2.1 (avg)
Bench: 0 (avg)
Because of this our starters played an average of 31.1 minutes per game. What does this mean? Well, it means they get tired, and it shows in our offensive production.
1st half scoring: 84 pts
2nd half scoring: 69 pts
If we expect to have any sort of success with our OOC schedule, we are going to have to get more production out of our bench. Plain and simple. Our starters can't carry this team by themselves.