Many fans have voiced their opinions this season about the lack of bench rotation leading to a huge lack of minutes for the bench players. This article is going to breakdown the stats of the normal San Diego State starters versus that of the San Diego State bench. We are also going to compare the amount of playing time between the starting line ups and the bench from San Diego State’s NCAA Tournament teams. Let’s take a quick look at the athletes on the San Diego State bench this season.

The most highly touted recruit in San Diego State history Winston Shepard. Freshman Skylar Spencer who could arguably be one of the best defensive players on the team and Spencer set the Mountain West Conference blocks record for a freshman this season and he is averaging only 14.9 minutes per game. Most of Spencer’s minutes have come during the non-conference portion of the season. Next many Aztec fans who follow the program are asking the question where in the world is Dwayne Polee? Dwayne Polee II is a transfer from Saint John’s who was picked to be the Mountain West Conference New Comer of The Year. Based off of stats that we have calculated Polee get’s on average 10.1 mintues of playing time per game. All of the stats for the walk on’s are inflated due to the fact most of them have only played in non conference games and blowouts.

Coach Fisher talking about Dwayne Polee’s blowout game against Wyoming:

If he plays close to what he did tonight, we are going to have to keep him in the rotation and give him a few minutes because he was good for us. He played well. He’s earned an opportunity to get some minutes with or without James Rahon.” – Steve Fisher

As stated above many fans are wanting to know where in the world is Dwayne Polee. As San Diego State  Coach Steve Fisher said after Wyoming, ” Polee has earned an opportunity to get some minutes with or without James Rahon.” When in actuality Dwayne Polee has played 10 minutes over the course of two games and James Rahon has played 71 minutes over the course of three games.

Below the poll question you will be able to see the stats from the past three seasons.

San Diego State Starting Line Up 2013:

Name	Points AVG	Rebound AVG	Games	Minutes
Jamaal Franklin	17.0	9.1	28	32.9
Chase Tapley	13.3	3.1	28	30.7
DeShawn Stephens	6.1	5.1	29	21.6
JJ O’Brien	7.9	4.9	29	27.4
Xavier Thames	8.9	2.3	25	27.5
Totals	10.6	4.9	28	28

San Diego State Bench 2013:

Name	Points AVG	Rebound AVG	Games	Minutes
James Rahon	6.9	1.8	27	23.2
Winston Shepard	6.2	3.6	26	20.2
Skylar Spencer	3.1	3.1	29	14.9
Dwyane Polee	3.0	2.0	24	10.1
James Johnson	1.2	0.2	12	4.2
Totals	10.6	4.9	23.6	14.5

San Diego State Starting Line Up 2012: 

This San Diego State Team won the Mountain West Conference Regular Season Championship, lost to New Mexico in the Mountain West Championship Game and lost their first game in the NCAA Tournament to North Carolina State. Final Record Overall 26-8 and Mountain West 10-4.

Name	Points AVG	Rebound AVG	Games	Minutes
Jamaal Franklin	17.4	7.9	32	30.3
Chase Tapley	15.8	4.3	34	34.0
James Rahon	8.9	2.7	31	31.7
Tim Shelton	5.2	4.6	31	24.0
Xavier Thames	10.1	3.2	31	33.8
Totals	11.5	4.5	31.8	30.8

San Diego State Bench 2012:

Name	Points AVG	Rebound AVG	Games	Minutes
Garrett Green	6.0	4.6	34	19.3
DeShawn Stephens	5.2	4.9	34	18.7
LaBradford Franklin	2.8	1.4	33	12.1
Alec Williams	4.0	2.1	21	10.8
Totals	4.5	3.3	30.5	15.2

San Diego State Starting Line Up 2011:

This San Diego State Team won the Mountain West Conference Regular Season Championship and won the Mountain West Championship Game against BYU. The Aztecs then proceeded to win their first ever NCAA Tournament game 68 to 50 over North Colorado State, then won their 2nd NCAA Tournament game in school history 71 to 64 over Temple in overtime and then lost to UConn in the Sweet Sixteen 74 to 67.  Final Record Overall 34-3 and Mountain West 14-2.

Name	Points AVG	Rebound AVG	Games	Minutes
Kawhi Leonard	15.5	10.6	36	32.6
Malcolm Thomas	11.4	8.1	37	30.4
D.J. Gay	11.1	2.2	37	35.2
Billy White	10.3	4.4	36	26.6
Chase Tapley	8.6	2.4	34	25.5
Totals	11.4	5.5	36	30.1

San Diego State Bench 2011:

Name	Points AVG	Rebound AVG	Games	Minutes
James Rahon	7	1.6	37	21.6
Brian Carwell	3.8	2.7	37	11.4
Jamaal Franklin	2.9	1.9	22	8.1
Alec Williams	2.1	1.4	10	4.9
LaBradford Franklin	2.1	0.9	17	7.9
Tim Shelton	1.6	1.5	31	9.4
Mehdi Cheriet	1.8	1.0	21	7.1
Totals	3.0	1.6	25	10.1

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