Eddren McCain

[mexicobufan]

Eddren is a freshman???? This kid gets better every game and he is a freshman??? I remember some talk on the board that this kid wouldnt contribute much for a couple years as he played at a small school in high school. The logic was good but he has proved it wrong!!! How good can this kid be by the time leaves BU? I have to admit that I was one of the guys that thought it would take him some time to get on the floor and longer before he contributed, I was wrong, wrong and wrong!!!!!

[doug shank's crossover]

McCain's shot

I fully agree that EM's a much more mature player than most Frosh. coming out of smallish schools. I compare his maturity to a young Billy Wright who stepped in as a Frosh and played very heady basketball. Another benefit to McCain's playing the point is that I've noticed SM tends to shoot better when playing the "2" and coming off screens vs. trying to create his own shot with the ball in his hands.

[Dubl R 1]

Eddren IS getting better every game. And when he can make the defense pay by scoring a little it makes our offense so much better. I thougth Darian Norris played well last night as well.

[shaunguth]

I fully agree that EM's a much more mature player than most Frosh. coming out of smallish schools. I compare his maturity to a young Billy Wright who stepped in as a Frosh and played very heady basketball. Another benefit to McCain's playing the point is that I've noticed SM tends to shoot better when playing the "2" and coming off screens vs. trying to create his own shot with the ball in his hands.

YES! I've been saying this for a long time and really enjoyed watching the play of those two last night!

[OrangeandBlack74]

Last night, I wondered initially why EM was matched against Harry Marshall from InSU, but his "on the ball" pressure (much like Daniel Ruffin) is one of the reasons this team is playing good team defense. Plus, I think his defense-first attitude is having a positive effect on his offense.

[real fan]

His defense has been outstanding and when he can score 10 or more points for us our offense goes so much better .

[BU RICK]

I really like watching his game. I watch and think, maybe a future Dee Brown? Dee Brown was a great player for Illinois

[BUFAN]

I won't understand the small school rap. Edge played at one of the top schools in the land. The small school competion was in the state tourney...

[it's boogie time]

I don't remember too much talk about him being overwhelmed coming in since he played at a small school (maybe I missed it). I think his school played 40 or 50 games a year and traveled all over playing everybody. Their schedule looked more like an AAU schedule than a high school schedule.

McCain is certainly an exciting player to watch. He gets a little gun shy if he misses some shots and he needs to bring his turnovers down. But other than that, he looks to have a bright future at BU.

Besides the defense, the one intangible that he brings to the table as a point guard is that he rebounds. I think it is interesting when BU plays a 1-3-1 zone that Theron plays up top and McCain plays underneath the basket.

[SFP]

If EM can consistently hit that top of the key 3 point shot our O will really start flowing. Four things can happen from that:
1. He keeps shooting it and hitting it
2. His man has to play him tight in which he blows past them and scores
3. or a big has to step in where he will have an easy pass to a big for some easy baskets in the paint
4. a perimeter defender will have to step in which will leave one of our other shooters SM, DD, DN or CR wide open for a set shot which we have a much higher percentage of hitting.

I have a feeling our O will go through EM by the end of the year to take advantage of his speed and we will see a much higher percent of shots made. We are also now starting to really crank it up on D and again we'll see a lot more points from our defensive effort as the season goes. I believe this team will improve dramatically over the next few weeks and as long as the intensity is there we should be able to win every remaining game in conference play.

[massivemike3]

Eddren

Eddren is a freshman???? This kid gets better every game and he is a freshman??? I remember some talk on the board that this kid wouldnt contribute much for a couple years as he played at a small school in high school. The logic was good but he has proved it wrong!!! How good can this kid be by the time leaves BU? I have to admit that I was one of the guys that thought it would take him some time to get on the floor and longer before he contributed, I was wrong, wrong and wrong!!!!!

I agree he is getting better each game.

[Braves4Life]

Can you imagine how good McCain will become once the best point guard in the history of our program gets a few summers and seasons to work with him?

[georgethedog]

Can you imagine how good McCain will become once the best point guard in the history of our program gets a few summers and seasons to work with him?

You mean Anthony Manual is going to be working with him?