Analysis of Utah State men’s basketball roster and potential lineups | Sports
More so than perhaps any other team, the question over what kind of lineups we’ll see from Utah State head basketball coach Jerrod Calhoun is an interesting thought exercise. It goes beyond just “who will start” (though that’s also a big question in some areas) and into a question of how will Calhoun craft lineups that don’t have weak points in them given the team he constructed this offseason. The complexity of this topic is very much a consequence of how Calhoun built the roster. With so many spots opened up by players transferring out, Calhoun obviously had the chance to do virtually whatever he wanted (as long as he could convince the players he wanted to come to Logan) so what he has is presumably what he wanted. Ranking the transfer classes of Mountain West men’s basketball teams So what exactly does Calhoun have? That’s the question that needs to be answered first here. What types of players are on the roster and what kinds of roles can each player do? So, before going too far, we’ll be exploring exactly that. Traditionally you have five positions, the point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center. Those labels