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I just looked up the ESPN ratings and while Jett had a higher ESPN rating than the incoming frosh, McCall, for example, had no rating (just meant they had not evaluated him). I believe ESPN also changed their ratings system, so difficult to compare. For example, I'm fairly certain that an 80 at that time meant an NR.
Like I said in my initial post, these were all Scout rankings, so take them for what you will. I would be thrilled if the incoming class can match the success and talent of the 2010 class. Regardless, the statement that the 2010 class was rated significantly higher than the 2014 one seems to be a significant stretch.
Yes, ESPN totally revamped their rating system a few years ago. There isn't a great way to compare the ESPN ratings between classes as they shifted everything to a scale that is more like rivals/ scout. Previously almost everyone who was scouted was given at least an 80, but now that floor is more like 60.
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Lot of good stuff on Reynolds' Twitter feed tonight. Dude is thrilled to be a Billiken. https://twitter.com/MilesReyRey3
Looks like he's got Jahlil Okafor on board too!
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Too bad Reggie is out for this one. He could do some serious damage inside against this team
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I don't remember this game, but
Fri, Nov 9, 2007
@ North Carolina A&T
W54-43
1-0 (0-0)
That game was actually in Pittsburgh as part of a tournament...
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I'm completely drawing a blank here so I'm sorry if it was like last year but when was our last non conference road win over a team actually far away? (not siue or siuc) not counting neutral sites either.
Looking back at the schedules on ESPN it was @ Loyola Chicago on 11/29/2006... That is awhile ago - I kind of hope I am wrong
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Wow. Graham hits the trey with 1sec left. 59-56 VCU
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It says we both have 5 offensive reb
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It's unfathomable, really.
That's just because we have taken (and missed) more reboundable shots than them. We maybe should have another offensive rebound, but generally the team that misses the most shots has the fewest rebounds...
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i went to their mobile site... i'll look for a linkLink to the new app? I thought I had the newest version. An App Store search on my phone has only 1 result, for an ESPN Burlington/Plattsburgh app.
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Still no ESPN 101 app. Just "Retrieving latest content..." and nothing.
They have a new app that you need to download, but there isn't any feed on it either...
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Well the 101 feed doesn't seem to be working...
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It really isn't very long. I recommend you give it a listen.
Was on my phone, didn't see the embedded file. That's neat...
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Anyone care to offer a synopsis?
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I'd know those hands anywhere. I'm looking at this w/my I pad, and all you get are his hands. Nice halal led us the 2nd best mid major behind the zags. Wonder what WSU thinks about that?
Once March happens, the rest of the season seems to get overlooked (see McGary, Mitch - '13/'14 Preseason First Team All-American; 7.5ppg, 5.5rpg last year). Glad it didn't happen here, although I would be fine with someone claiming WSU ahead of us; they were a good team.
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In general, Bleacher Report is a joke, yes. Most of the articles have little analysis and say nothing. 90% of the articles are poorly written opinion pieces from non-experts, but that doesn't mean it's all worthless. I would contend that some of their content is worthwhile as it offers some insight or at least puts relevant info all in one place. Needle in a haystack, if you will.
I do like this particular article, and for the sake of argument it is at least nice that so far 30,000 people have seen Dwayne mentioned with some elite talent. How many of them didn't know about Dwayne before reading this article? And how awesome is it that the only guys ahead of him are 2 of the top 3 NBA prospects in a loaded class (Wiggins and Parker), another lottery pick (Glenn Robinson III) and the best player for Syracuse (CJ Fair)? Behind him you will find Kyle Anderson (#5 recruit in 2012), Sam Dekker (#17, 2012), Alex Poythress (#13, 2012), and Rodney Hood (a starter for Duke), along with a bunch of other players from 'name' programs as well as a few who he clearly did his research on. I'll take it.
This post can also serve as a synopsis for those who didn't want to click the link, I guess.
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Check out their breakdown of the Top 20 Small Forwards in the country this season...
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Also recall Brad Stevens saying that we were the strongest, most physical team they played last year. And that was after games against Gonzaga and Indiana...
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Listener of the Streets list of prospects says "Martin visited SLU the weekend of 9/7".
Is this correct? If he is now coming back a second time for an official visit, then this is good news for SLU.
Does anybody know if this will in fact be Martin's second visit to SLU?
This sounds right. I recall hearing that he was on campus the same weekend as Bartley (also a good sign, I think).
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I think there are some reasons to believe our 3-point percentage will be better this year, although I think our attempts may be down. Cody by far had the most attempts and came in it 33%. He was pretty streaky (Fordham, New Mexico State - good), but also had a couple dreadful nights. KM shot a poor 31% (Although it did seem like he had a knack for hitting clutch 3-pointers). McCall led the team at 40%. In his one season at Central Michigan, McBroom shot 42% on 56-133 shooting. Those numbers would have led the Bills in %. I don't expect him to have as many attempts with us, but I think we can safely project him to be one of our most accurate 3-point shooters and a big improvement over KM in that area. Interesting that Rob had identical attempts and % as KM last season. I think we can expect more attempts from Rob and hopefully that percentage can at least get closer to 35%. Jake was at 33% on 72 attempts. I think we can also expect a few more attempts. Of the newcomers, maybe Lancona gets in the mix as a stretch 4. I don't expect Crawford to contribute much this year.
I think we can expect some improvement in terms of 3pt FG% from Rob considering how much better he was shooting at the end of the year - I would expect him to exceed ACE's prediction of 35%. Rob shot 43.2% in conference play from downtown - the part of the year when you would expect a drop off due to playing against tougher defenses and when fatigue has begun to set in. Maybe this is related to Evans becoming a dominant offensive player down that stretch?
Cody and Kwamain were two of our most inefficient offensive players last year, if we're being honest. Giving McCall an increased role, and having McBroom come in should improve our team percentage. Jake is a wildcard; I could see him getting over the 35% plateau, but really who knows.
If McBroom and the new bigs in the rotation can maintain the level of defensive play we have come to expect, we could be even more dangerous this season.
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Whew, glad to see he can play defensive mid as the US is generally lacking in players at that position.
Honestly though, Jones and Beckerman won't be a part of the next WC cycle. He could find a way in.
Also, as we've seen from Klinsmann, he's willing to play guys in different positions than where they suit up for their clubs. An in-form Ream could merit a call-up, and once in camp, Klinsy could realize that Ream can play at LB or CB for the national team (ie Evans and Cameron).
I may be dreaming, but it could happen.
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Yeah the Cartee-Williams comparison is way off. MCW is a high flyer with no jumpshot, this kid is below the rim and shooting appears to be his strength
"Way-off" is a bit harsh. They are both long and smooth, especially for PGs. Also, passing and court vision seem to be shared as their primary skills. The shooting ability seems to be a point of dissimilarity, but they do share a number of other qualities that stand out.
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No. You're right. The job is not to produce PR spots to promote men's basketball but to help coaches by filming their own players and scouting other players. And once the guy learns how to record, edit and upload, the job really turns into another coaching position if the person is so qualified. And even if the job does not allow/require official recruiting, introducing all the recruits to the Big 10 scoring champ/NBA player -- Calbert Chaney -- has got to help.
Clock, Cheaney will be an AC (and thus be able to recruit off campus). The video coordinator position will be filled by former Evansville player Marcus Wilson.
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I saw a little of the Portland vs Seattle game this weekend and noticed that. It seems so long ago that he played for SLU
How about 67K for an MLS match.
He must have graduated about a decade ago. I remember seeing him play at games I attended along with my grade school team. Those visits are honestly what put SLU on my radar when it came time to look at schools.
Seattle has phenomenal fan support. Hopefully some other franchises find a way to match their enthusiasm.
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Jack Jewsbury is key player in Portland's midfield. He actually got carted off with a possible head injury vs Seattle this weekend so hopefully he's alright.
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Another excuse to use for our rebounding totals would be the number of TOs we force - this causes us to not have tremendous rebounding advantages even against smaller, athletically inferior teams. Also, we have only had two bad games with respect to rebounding (WSU and Valpo), and the WSU game wasn't even terrible, it was just not good.
I don't think that rebounding is crippling the team this year. In years past, our numbers on the glass have been pretty similar, yet our team was much better. I believe that our troubles this year have come on the offensive end, especially due to poor shot selection, and poor shooting. I will try and back this up with data...
In order to talk about our rebounding, we need to look at rebound %, not just total rebounds. On the defensive glass, we haul in 71.3% of rebounds, ranked 88 in the country. On the offensive glass, we get 31.6% of the rebounds, which puts us at 197 in that category. We are a slightly above average rebounding team (51.5% of total rebounds, 138th in the country), even though we don't hit the offensive glass, or only have one guy doing it (which is an intentional part of our defensive strategy). We have never been an elite rebounding team (and were actually worse last year - 70.9/27.9/49.4; and almost exactly the same the year prior - 71.3/31.6/51.4), but we don't need to be for this team to win games. That being said, we can't get owned on the glass like what happened last night and expect things to go well.
If I were to pick out a complaint for this team, it is shot selection, particularly by the guards. We have been settling for long 2's early in the shot clock far too often. We are getting a much lower percentage of our points from the line (19.7% this year which is 272nd in the country, compared to 23.5% and 20.1% the last two years - our free throw rate this year is an abysmal 306th in the nation), and from 3pt land (21.1% of our points this year, ranked 274th in the country, compared to 26.4% and 30.6% the previous two years) than we have the past two years. We need to take (and make) those more efficient shots. Last night we looked more patient, especially in the first half when we tore apart their zone with good passing that lead to a bunch of layups for Glaze and Evans. Once Jett, McCall and even Evans started taking 18-footers, that is when we gave up our hard earned lead.
KenPom currently has us rated 131st in offensive efficiency, while being 4th defensively. In past years, those numbers have been 75/6 (2013), 29/11 (2012). In order to move from being a top 30ish team to the top 15ish team we expected, we need to figure things out on offense.
- Sorry for the long post with lots of data, I have just gotten a little tired of people complaining about our rebounding when it isn't a glaring weakness, even if it isn't a strength either. We have other issues that need attention. I wish we had SportVu data like they have in the NBA so I could backup the mid-range shooting hypothesis, but the FT and 3pt data seems to support the idea that we aren't attacking the basket or taking threes in the ways we used to...