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I think it's a given that we are hurting big time in this area...
Bradley gets less production out of their post players than any team in our league.
After seeing virtual unknowns and little recruited players chew us up down low (Mockevicius, Tuttle, Buss, Enevold, Gant & the big guys from IPFW, Portland, & Kelm & Tiby of UWM)
then I have to wonder about our future...
Our guys who play the low post/center position are putting up these numbers:
XT 14 mpg, 3.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg
JP 14 mpg, 3.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Blake 13 mpg 1.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Wells 3.5 mpg, 0.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg
I'm sure some will want to count these guys but they are not centers and really aren't the guys guarding the other team's center.-
Pickett 32 mpg, 11.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg
Barnes 31 mpg, 8.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg
But if we have concerns this year - then is it too soon to maybe worry about NEXT YEAR?
THE ONLY PLAYERS SIGNED OR EXPECTED to be coming in next year are guards and wing players.
Then we do have Mike Shaw eligible, but untested and averaging over his career - 0.8 ppg & 1.4 rpg
Pickett & Prosser are gone next year - and there's already some rumors that maybe others.
XT is very foul prone, can only play limited minutes, and doesn't score well.
I guess the main question is who is out there unsigned and who might be on the horizon to give us a little help down low?
Of the last 100 recruits we have seen mentioned (check our recruiting board) - are any of them post players? Doesn't seem like it....so why can't or don't we get some size?
IMO we need more big bodies.
Bradley gets less production out of their post players than any team in our league.
After seeing virtual unknowns and little recruited players chew us up down low (Mockevicius, Tuttle, Buss, Enevold, Gant & the big guys from IPFW, Portland, & Kelm & Tiby of UWM)
then I have to wonder about our future...
Our guys who play the low post/center position are putting up these numbers:
XT 14 mpg, 3.2 ppg, 3.0 rpg
JP 14 mpg, 3.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Blake 13 mpg 1.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Wells 3.5 mpg, 0.5 ppg, 0.8 rpg
I'm sure some will want to count these guys but they are not centers and really aren't the guys guarding the other team's center.-
Pickett 32 mpg, 11.6 ppg, 7.4 rpg
Barnes 31 mpg, 8.5 ppg, 6.0 rpg
But if we have concerns this year - then is it too soon to maybe worry about NEXT YEAR?
THE ONLY PLAYERS SIGNED OR EXPECTED to be coming in next year are guards and wing players.
Then we do have Mike Shaw eligible, but untested and averaging over his career - 0.8 ppg & 1.4 rpg
Pickett & Prosser are gone next year - and there's already some rumors that maybe others.
XT is very foul prone, can only play limited minutes, and doesn't score well.
I guess the main question is who is out there unsigned and who might be on the horizon to give us a little help down low?
Of the last 100 recruits we have seen mentioned (check our recruiting board) - are any of them post players? Doesn't seem like it....so why can't or don't we get some size?
IMO we need more big bodies.
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