To me, the difference was getting Bishop plenty of minutes. He is improving every single game. He plays confident defense and goes aggressively after boards. He brings toughness and athleticism. He actually dunked! He also turns it over less and shoots a higher percentage than Tre Mitchell and Dylan Disu.
The team also plays better when Brock gets minutes. He just does a lot of little things that make us better. Extra tap-out offensive possessions. Extra passes leading to 3s. Drawn charges. For the first 6 conference games we were 3-3 against a weaker slate and he was averaging 8.7 mpg. Over the last 5 games he is averaging 16.8 min and we are 4-1. He has also really upped his rebounding and steals and almost never turns it over.
In my opinion, their minutes need to come from Mitchell. While he has a more skilled offensive game, he simply turns it over too much and makes too many bad decisions. Since the last ISU game, he is averaging almost 3 turnovers per game. He turned it over more TODAY than Cunningham has turned it over in his last 13 GAMES COMBINED. A team like ours has to have offensive efficiency and Mitchell kills it. I think he may turn into a great player with another year in the system, but I don't think he gives us the best shot this year.
Come March, for the bug guys, I would be targeting 30 min for Bishop, 20 for Cunningham and then 20 split between Mitchell and Disu with Timmy Allen getting 10 at the 4 when we go small.