Butler point guard discussion 2013-14

This is probably the biggest question mark heading into the 2013-14 season.  Rotnei Clarke, who played most of his 33 minutes per game at point guard, has exhausted his eligibility.  While Roosevelt Jones averaged over three assists per game last season, he had a poor assist-to-turnover ratio and his best position is clearly small forward.  That leaves us with 3 candidates for starting point guard: Alex Barlow, Rene Castro, and Jackson Aldridge, with one of the first two guys likely to get it.  Now had this been Brad Stevens coaching, I would have said Barlow would be the starting point guard initially, for two reasons.  First, in his six years as head coach Brad Stevens has never started a freshman from day one with exception to the 2008-09 season when he started three of them (Hayward, Mack, Nored).  But that season was different from this upcoming one in that Butler had an extremely young team with so many new faces.  The second reason is that Brad Stevens was a defensive-oriented coach (at least more than most college coaches), and that side of the floor is where Barlow excels.  Brad Stevens was always extremely complimentary of Barlow's defense in the past two years.  Now I'm not stating Coach Miller won't value defense as much as Stevens.  I'm just saying that Miller hasn't had the closest eye on the Butler program and its players.  Therefore, Barlow is going to have to prove that he can run the team on offense, because he cannot just dribbling up the court and then immediately handing it off to Roosevelt Jones.  The offensive end is where Castro has the edge, and on a team where scoring will not come as easily as it did last year, it becomes more necessary to have a point guard with a scoring mentality, and Castro certainly has that.  Castro also seems to have a decent three point shot, so he can take some of the perimeter attention away from Kellen Dunham.

Jackson Aldridge was buried on the bench because of his 20% shooting percentage and his ineffectiveness running the team on offense.  Unless he makes major improvements, expect him to say on the bench.  So as I see it right now, Castro will be starting and playing 20-25 minutes per game, Barlow will come off the bench and see 15-20 minutes of playing time, and Aldridge will be used sparingly.  But these are just my opinions.  How do you see the breakdown in playing time at the point guard spot.  Comment below as I am always open to reading other peoples ideas and thoughts.