Men's basketball head coach Steve Donahue announced that sophomore Chris Wroblewski will start over senior Geoff Reeves at shooting guard in the Red's season opener on Saturday.

"In general, I think another ballhandler against a real athletic defensive team like Alabama probably helps us more off the start," Donahue said.

Wroblewski played point guard early last season while senior Louis Dale was out with a hamstring injury.

Dale, Wroblewski and seniors Ryan Wittman (small forward), Alex Tyler (power forward) and Jeff Foote (center) will start for the Red.