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College basketball terms

Hi all,
I'm currently working on Mason Cox, a former "walk-on" basketball player for Oklahoma State University who recently played his first senior Australian Rules Football game. I'm having a bit of a problem understanding what the sources mean. Just some examples - I'll put the stuff I don't understand in bold:

• Eventually, he was asked to join the women's scout team to simulate Baylor center Brittney Griner... Although he required some time to learn basketball, Cox became a key member of the scout team...
• Already a fan favorite, not until last year did Cox become an in-game contributor, surpassing scholarship teammates on the depth chart. Of his 57 career minutes, 38 came in the final five weeks of the season. He finished with seven career points, most notably a late dunk against Kansas State that was the highlight of Senior Night.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, and not just about college sport. Edit the article and there's a DYK credit for your efforts on offer!
--Shirt58 (talk) 08:16, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

Scout team is a redirect to a definition, and we have an article on Depth chart. Senior night redirects to Senior day, which should explain that term. Is there anything that remains unclear to you? Deor (talk) 12:46, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

To provide an external sources as well, Here is the depth chart of the current Boston Celtics basketball team. You can see it lists the 5 basketball positions (clockwise from left: power forward, center, small forward, shooting guard, point guard and then the order of players at each position: the starter is listed at the top in bold, and under him are the substitutes ranked from best to worst. Most American sports media will publish depth charts for various teams. --Jayron32 00:36, 2 May 2016 (UTC)

There's one important point that should be added to the women's scout team definition. It is a common practice in high-level women's college basketball for teams to use male players as competition for their players during practice sessions. The coaches who do this believe that the players will provide a tougher test than the backups on the women's team, and that this will help their teams improve. Connecticut is one of the schools that has used women's scout teams. This article is quite informative, for anyone who's interested. In the case of Oklahoma State, Griner was a college Player of the Year at one point, and was tall for a women's center (6'8" or 6'9", depending on whether you believe the lead or infobox in her article). I presume the team's coaches thought Cox would be better at playing like Griner than any female center they happened to have on their bench, because of his height. Giants2008 (Talk) 02:35, 4 May 2016 (UTC)