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Posted on 8/11/23 at 11:13 am to
Posted by Alt26
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Posted on 8/11/23 at 11:13 am to
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ook and Stewart both starting presents a miniscule sized backcourt which doesnt usually play well in the SEC.


Alabama's backcourt last season was Sears (6'1) and Bradley (6'3), with Quinerly (6'1) playing starters minutes.

Auburn won the SEC two years ago with their primary backcourt being Green (5'11) and Johnson (6'1).

Kansas St. fell just short of the Final Four with a backcourt of Nowell (5'7) and Sills (6'1)

Cook is listed at (6'0) and Stewart is (6'2)

LSU fans have PTSD from the Hickey/Stringer days. They still swear their height was reason LSU struggled. It wasn't. Trent Johnson was the reason that team struggled.

You can win with a "small" but dynamic backcourt in college basketball. I just don't see McMahon platooning Stewart and Cook at the same spot when both are arguably your two best scoring options.
Posted by thunderbird1100
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 8/11/23 at 12:11 pm to
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Cook is listed at (6'0) and Stewart is (6'2)



Stewart is listed as 6'1, which means hes probably 6'0 and Cook is definitely not 6 feet tall.

Just saying it's not an ideal scenario, Stewart also will have some time trying to adjust from playing in a mid-major conference to the SEC I bet. He played 2 major conference teams last year in DePaul and Cal who were both pretty terrible and he was shut down bad in both those games.

You just have to go with more size at the 2 spot if Cook is playing the 1. I'm not saying Stewart and cook wouldnt be on the court ever at same time, but it's hard to see them both starting and playing together for long periods. Especially when you have a guy like Wright who has played a ton of minutes in the SEC and if Ward takes a leap you have Wilk/Ward vying for minutes to between 2/3ish.

Either way I think it's a moot point because Cook doesnt seem like he'll be playing this year with how the NCAA has been ruling on these 2nd time transfers who arent graduates recently. Which really puts a huge wrench into this team short of guys like Ward taking HUGE leaps to pick up the slack.
This post was edited on 8/11/23 at 12:15 pm
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