Sam Singh Year 6

[Toyota12]

What about Darian Noris? He will become a scorer!I think he will put forth the effort to get more minutes...He scored a lot of points in high school...

[SFP]

CR started at the 3 last night. I hope for a lineup of SM, AW, CR, TB, WE

I would think our biggest question mark for next year is at the 4. That is why I believe CR will be at the 3 and in a pinch used at the 4. I think our depth with overlapping players looks like this:

EM - SM, DN
SM - DN, DD, AW
AW - CR, DD
TB - JP, MK, CR
SS - WE, AT (Until WE proves he can play 20+ positive minutes)

One thing is for sure we will have guys challanging for playing time, plenty of match up problems and depth.

BTW I really like your proposed line up but I'm going by JL's history!

[Guinness]

May I politely request that this thread be renamed "2009 Bradley Recruit: Sam Singh"

Logged in just to say thanks, that made me laugh.

[TNel]

How can you not love Sam? Glad he'll be back. But, you have to think it has serious ramifications for AT. In effect, a THIRD red shirt year. He had zero meaningful minutes this year. Which means he hasn't progressed in two years at BU. So how much can we reasonably expect next year? I think our experience with super Bigs over the past seven or eight years indicates it just doesn't happen. Hope I'm wrong.

[MacabreMob]

who's starting Sam or Edge??

Not picking on you Connor... I just wanted to take this moment to say/share/educate it isn't Edge... it's Eddren.

[BUconnorD]

Not picking on you Connor... I just wanted to take this moment to say/share/educate it isn't Edge... it's Eddren.

oh i know its eddren

I've been hearing people reffer to him as Edge James...but w/o the being a running back thing

but now...just for you MM...i will be reffering to him by his full name:

So who gets teh start: Sam or Eddren O. McCain

[BU_EMT128]

Sam was significantly better at the start of this year, then after the broken nose he became a beast. He hustles, fights, and scrambles and we now have two game that we would not have won without Sam's clutch shot (or layup )

This pleases me, although until he cut the speech short and handed off the mic, i thought he was joking. This is exciting news for next year, but lets not forget we have more games this year.

[pfunk880]

until he cut the speech short and handed off the mic, i thought he was joking.

Yeah, I was getting the same feeling.

[MacabreMob]

oh i know its eddren

I've been hearing people reffer to him as Edge James...but w/o the being a running back thing

but now...just for you MM...i will be reffering to him by his full name:

So who gets teh start: Sam or Eddren O. McCain

I'm just trying to say... I think he prefers to respond to "Eddren". And that's his name. You can call him whatever you like. I liked the nickname "edge" - and not following football at all, I have no clue who Edge James is and could care less.

As to who starts - I have no idea. As to how much both contribute (Eddren and Sam)... well, I like (my) idea of how much both will contribute in their careers (IMO)... and I think it will be a lot.

[thefish7]

More I've thought about this, the more I agree with the general sentiment in this thread. No better way to use that scholarship as we get a great competitor back for another year who's experienced and knows the system in and out.

[Da Coach]

...didn't remember SS only getting 7 games in his soph. year?

Here is a summary of Sam's 5 seasons at Bradley--

His freshman season (2004-2005) he played in 5 games out of Bradley's total of 28, started none, before injuring his shoulder in a practice session and he required surgery. So he qualified for a redshirt year that season. He played in 5 games, and averaged 5.8 mpg, 2.2 ppg, and 1.4 rpg.
Recall that Sam was a freshman the same year that Patrick O'Bryant was a freshman. Patrick was a starter from day one, and Sam was a backup.

His 2nd year, as a redshirt freshman (2005-2006- Bradley's Sweet 16 season), he played in 7 games out of Bradley's total of 33, started none, then injured his knee and required ACL reconstruction and missed the rest of that season. He required a second ACL surgery later in the spring of 2006 to re-do the injured knee. In the 7 games he played, he averaged 8.3 mpg, 2.4 ppg, and 2.3 rpg.

Because of his repeat surgery in the spring of 2006, Sam started the next season, his 3rd year (2006-2007), slowly, and was never full strength that season. He appeared in only 24 of 35 games, started none, and averaged just 5.1 mpg, 0.9 ppg, and 1.3 rpg- all career lows.

His 4th year (2007-2008 ) as a junior, Sam was finally closer to being healthy again. He appeared in 36 of Bradley's 38 games, and started 3, averaged 8.9 mpg, 3.0 ppg, and 2.1 rpg.

This year (2008-2009) as a "senior", Sam played in 28 of 30 games, and was in the best health since before his first injury back in 2004 (shoulder). He missed 2 games due to the broken nose which he suffered 6 minutes into the Southeast Missouri State game, which was the only game he started! He then returned with the mask and played in every Bradley game since.
In the 28 games he has played so far, Sam is averaging 18.3 mpg, 4.6 ppg, and 3.1 rpg, all career highs!

http://www.bradleybraves.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&KEY=&SPID=1498&SPSID=19334

[thefish7]

My question is, what do we call him now that he's advanced beyond his Doctorate?

Dr. Singh, Dean of Basketball?

[Da Coach]

Sam Singh, Professional Student.

I wonder, if he stays another year, will they be able to find enough courses that he hasn't taken already?

[bigdaddystuck]

Nothing wrong in loving school!

BTW in Dave Reynolds column today, JL addresses the playing time of AT. I think it is pretty clear he has a lot to work on. Having SS back is going to be a big boost down low next year. Not because he is going to dominate in the post, but because he can give us minutes and let the younger guys learn at a easier pace.

[Beninator]

Sam Singh, Professional Student.

I wonder, if he stays another year, will they be able to find enough courses that he hasn't taken already?

Maybe Sam is part of the faculty by now?