>You look at their preseason write ups and their roster,
>other than Ahern nothing jumps out at you. They don't have a
>team of McD AA's and would guess not one of their players
>would be considered a high recruit. Hell, we figured BA
>wasn't good enough for us. Most are in state kids appearing
>to be from small hs's. They aren't loaded w/ height, in
>fact they play a 6'6" PF much like us. What's up w/ these
>guys? granted they all returned from last year, but are they
>an example of a coach making a great machine out of spare
>parts. And that's not intended as a knock on any of their
>players. Anyone know how they're accomplishing so much? They
>are ranked 27th in the country.
Let's put it this way. If SLU ONLY worries about Blake Ahearn, then they will lose. The difference about this team is that it can make substitutions and not lose anything. The depth is outstanding. Actually, at Letsgobears, we were worried about too much depth before the season began.. hah. But the different combinations of players available, especially with not losing much inbetween substitutions, makes for a constantly fresh and very good shooting team. I.E. It's not only Blake that can hit the three; Shane Laurie, Spencer Laurie, Dale Lamberth, Tyler Chaney, and even Nathan Bilyeu can hit the three as well (Those are the ones you'll most likely see play anyways, Fuehrmeyer doesn't play too much).
It should be a good game.