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Zyree spending time with the team and staff. I can only pray he turns out to be the second-coming and breaks all of Yuri's records.

Jones wasn't good enough. He wouldn't have made a difference if we lose Yuri for any length of time. With Pickett on the roster this year, would Jones have even came? Last year he had a few minutes available even with Yuri healthy. This year when Yuri is healthy, how many minutes would you think are available? I'll say very few. Who is good enough to take minutes from someone already on the roster when Yuri is healthy that we could have gotten? No one wants to be told, you'll play if Yuri goes down. I'm 100% good with who we have on the roster for the limited back up minutes available and wouldn't want to go with a lesser talent than we currently have on the roster just because he's played pg before.

The reason why the backup point guard was a big issue last year is because we struggled to create offense in the half court when Yuri was out of the game. When Yuri is out of the game this year, I'm quite comfortable with letting Perkins, Pickett and Parker go 1 on 1.

It's Cory Remekun's birthday today. Also his Facebook cover photo is sick: WR, DE, KM, JJ on the left, and then is that MMJ on the right?

Thatch must just feel like chopped liver with the way this board chirps about backup PG.

If just about any mid-major team in America loses it's point guard for two games, their NCAA bid is in jeopardy. That's just the way it is at this level. Nobody has the luxury of bringing in a point guard off the bench who is comparable to the starting point guard they're going up against.

Why does it always seem like people think if yuri(any player not just yuri) goes down, its for a long period of time. Its more likely that if Yuri(or any player) gets injured its for a short amount of games more so than a long stint. Everyone keeps saying if yuri gets injured the season is over anyway, what if its middle of the season and he misses 2 games? These are the situations I like to think of when asking do we have someone who can come in and play point that gives us a chance of winning. One thing that stands out is the argument about the Northern Iowa game last year. While I see that point, and it showed that Jones - who many think we cant replace this late - isn't capable of manning the point for an entire game, I do think the difference is that team checked out pregame.

If we had someone the caliber of Jones last year, the season still takes a huge hit if Yuri goes down. Who was coming here to play back up that could have kept our season on track if Yuri gets hurt? A combo guard? And where were they going to get the rest of their minutes? Over Pickett, GJim, Perk, Thatch? I don’t think so.

Thames was a ball handler for Pattonville last year. He lead the team with 3.7 apg. He had a season high 7 dimes against Parkway West. (R. Johnson was second on the team with 3.0 apg.) Thames lead the team with 22.0 ppg. He scored about 1/3 of Pattonville's total team points. To me, that means he didn't pass very often as he was the #1 option on offense. If he had additional solid offense options, he likely would have increased his apg significantly. There is no reason he can't be a part of the ' point guard by committee' this upcoming season.

I didn’t mean to say he could. I don’t know much about him. My point was anyone we recruited to back up Yuri has to be able to earn minutes when Yuri is healthy also as no one is coming … just in case Yuri is hurt. We are so loaded at the 3 wings/guards that very few if any back up options could actually earn those minutes.

Cameron Carr - SG, 6-4, 170 - Manhattan, KS (Link Academy, MO) - AAU: MOKAN Elite (Nike EYBL) - Twitter: @cameroncarr43 Offers: Saint Louis, George Mason, Kansas State, Boise State, SIU-Carbondale, Missouri State, Sam Houston State, Oral Roberts. Interest: Creighton, DePaul, Tennessee, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Stanford, California, Utah, Boise State, Wichita State, SMU, Temple, Saint Mary's, Northern Iowa, Illinois-Chicago, Evansville, Cornell, Florida Atlantic, Northern Illinois, Milwaukee, Samford, Charleston, Elon, Albany, North Dakota, Cal State-Fullerton, Jacksonville. Latest News: Carr played well for MOKAN at the fourth EYBL session in KC. (7/15/22) Scouting Report: Carr is a scoring guard with good size and length. He's got a clean, easy stroke off the catch or the bounce. He moves well off the ball to get open. He can put it on the floor and get to the rim. He's slender but doesn't shy from contact. He is the son of former SIUC and NBA player Chris Carr, who now coaches at Drury. His sister Chrissy plays at Arkansas (previously at Syracuse and K-State). He transferred from Manhattan HS in Kansas to Link Academy in Branson before his junior year. -Based on MOKAN's tweet history, I think all his offers - including SLU - are pretty new. I don't think he played much on a loaded Link team last season but MOKAN really spreads out minutes and production. Both programs are coached by Rodney Perry. Carr's dad Chris played at SIUC in the early-mid 90s and faced SLU 4 times before going on to play in the NBA for about 6 years. He coached the Eden Prairie (MN) girls' program for several years and started an AAU program in the Twin Cities before joining K-State's women's staff. Now he's coaching in the men's program at Drury, not far from Link, which is in Branson.

Ya I had noted that personally I think the team checked out when they found out Yuri was not playing. You just barely missed the tourney, your best player missed all year, and your best current player is now out. I dont really fault them if this was the case. That being said, I don't think we see that same outcome if we were playing a game against lets say Duquesne, or mercer earlier in the year.

He was the best backup PG during the second half of this past season. It especially showed during the last game when Yuri was out. If you define PG as the person who sets up a play and works to get someone a good shot. Thatch struggles against tough defense getting the ball up the court, but that is the same as almost everyone on the roster.

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A assumption about not having a backup point guard because no one on the bench has that title. I will wait and see when the team plays if there is not a suitable backup. The best way to find immediate playing time the new players have is to work hard in practice to win the backup Yuri position. I am hoping for Thames or Hughes to step up and claim the backup up role. If this team loses Yuri to injury getting to the big dance will be in jeopardy.

Sorry meant ACC. Typo.

I luv the remember her? you won't believe what she looks like now! let me guess, different, older?

NUMBER 4 WILL SHOCK YOU!

But what happens if the top conferences say we’re no longer NCAA members? Are they signed up until 2032? Or are we in a PGA V LIV situation?

This just to say that my son was at St. Mary's open camp a couple weeks ago and Zaire Collins was there. Coach Bryan Turner is a great guy and would gladly send my kids back to his camp where things are personal. Zaire may have some growing left in him but there's an easy to find highlight reel and he can certainly shoot the rock. An easy trip down Grand to watch a potential Billiken in his sophomore year this winter.