Jon Rothstein tweets from Hoiberg about each player:

**MRN4ISU** · 10-09-2012, 11:23 AM

https://twitter.com/JonRothstein

Nice comments about the players and team

**isucubs** · 10-09-2012, 11:26 AM

Thanks for posting.... Glad to hear Long has been a surprise. Also, great news about Niang

**Cyclone1985** · 10-09-2012, 11:32 AM

If those 5 he suggested start, that bench should be amazing; mcgee, gibson, long, niang and dorsey-walker!

**BigBake** · 10-09-2012, 12:01 PM

Not a huge surprise he listed babb, clyburn and korie as starters. I like that trio on the court.

**BuffettClone** · 10-09-2012, 12:29 PM

I like the sound of that team...having Clyburn at PF would be a fast potentially high scoring group

**gocubs2118** · 10-09-2012, 12:33 PM

Should be interesting to see who gets that last starting spot. I think we can all agree that Lucious, Babb, Clyburn and Ejim are locks. It's probably between Booker and Gibson for that last spot.

**nallen34** · 10-09-2012, 01:22 PM

Hoiberg sounded pretty convincing when talking about Niang. That's good to hear!

**jahfg** · 10-09-2012, 01:38 PM

I love his responses about Niang and Long. Georges is going to be an impact player from the start, and Naz can also play the 2. Nice surprise.

**BBHMagic** · 10-09-2012, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by jahfg

I love his responses about Niang and Long. Georges is going to be an impact player from the start, and Naz can also play the 2. Nice surprise.

Yeah, last year Hoiberg was surprised about Gibson and look how well he did as a freshmen.

**Cycsk** · 10-09-2012, 01:47 PM

Its going to be hard to keep McGee off the floor.

**CloneIce** · 10-09-2012, 02:00 PM

Originally Posted by gocubs2118

Should be interesting to see who gets that last starting spot. I think we can all agree that Lucious, Babb, Clyburn and Ejim are locks. It's probably between Booker and Gibson for that last spot.

Not sure if they are locks since Mcgee is probably right up there with Babb at the SG spot. I agree with you though and assume Babb will start since Mcgee was 6th man last year, but he is just so good it is hard to separate him from the starters.

**goclones69** · 10-09-2012, 04:37 PM

I love our depth at guard. Babb and Mcgee are going to carry this team

**ISU1294** · 10-09-2012, 06:42 PM

No offense to McGee, he is a great player, but I hope he stays as our 6th man again this year. I love the energy he bring off of the bench, he has that spark that always gets us on a good run. Not to mention his all around hustle.

**Rhoadhoused** · 10-09-2012, 06:49 PM

I like Rothstein and he seems like a nice guy and everything, but if you follow him you realized he literally only tweets about how awesome every single team he talks about is. Nothing wrong with it, but not a lot to gain from it either. Just to provide a little context to the comments.

**cy4prez7** · 10-09-2012, 06:55 PM

I think my favorite line-up we run will involve Korie, Tyrus, Chris and Will with the addition of either Booker or Ejim! Can we a high-flying fast paced scoring machine. I also liked the comment about being a faster team this year!