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Virginia Basketball: Preview of Cavaliers 2020-21 depth chart

By Drew Schmelzer

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 08: Kihei Clark #0 of the Virginia Cavaliers handles the ball on offense against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 08: Kihei Clark #0 of the Virginia Cavaliers handles the ball on offense against the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the second half during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – DECEMBER 07: Casey Morsell #13 of the Virginia Cavaliers (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – DECEMBER 07: Casey Morsell #13 of the Virginia Cavaliers (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images) /

Shooting Guards

Starter – Casey Morsell (22 mins/game)

Other SGs- Reece Beekman (8 mins/game), Thomas Woldetensae (5 mins/game) and Carson McCorkle (5 mins/game)

Casey Morsell (4.0 Pts, 1.7 Reb, 0.7 Ast) was a major get for Bennett in the 2019 freshman class, but the performance didn’t exactly match the top 60 recruiting ranking. The issue with Morsell was mainly his shooting as his field goal percentage of 27% was by far the worst of anyone on the roster that saw major minutes in 2019-20.

Morsell showed flashes of being capable offensively intermittently over the course of his freshman campaign but he is going to be expected to carry a different type of load and be an actual scoring threat as a sophomore. It’s going to go one of two ways here. Either shots are going to start falling and Morsell becomes an x-factor for this Virginia team, or his minutes are going to slip. Bennett develops guys better than anybody, but there is a lot to work on here.

If Morsell is not the answer at the 2-guard, next in line are senior Thomas Woldetensae (6.6 Pts, 2.2 Reb, 1.1 Ast) and a couple of freshmen in Beekman and Carson McCorkle. Beekman is going to get plenty of minutes at either guard position, and Woldetensae should see a lot of time at small forward, but McCorkle brings something to the table that the Cavaliers desperately need, a 3-point weapon in the backcourt.

We are going to have to wait and see how the freshman out of Greensboro, NC looks coming off foot surgery, but he was a 55% 3-point shooter in high school and was almost automatic from the foul line. McCorkle could see more than the 5 minutes per game I am predicting here.

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