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Liberty Flames play first round ASun game as 2 seed at home tonight against Jacksonville. Scottie James is one of leaders on team.Scottie played 1st year at BU. Game is 6 pm central on ESPN+. Record is 25-6 with win on road over UCLA.
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Yes, we've posted occasionally about Scottie James and his success at Liberty. He is the leading scorer and rebounder for Liberty-
This is Liberty's first season in the Atlantic Sun Conference after leaving the Big South. The A-Sun is a slightly better conference overall, and yet Scottie finished the regular season 10th in scoring (12.6 ppg), 1st in FG% at 68.8%, 3rd in rebounding (9.0 rpg), and with a very good 3-point percentage (36.4%). He is just a junior and will return for another year.
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Did we make a mistake in letting Scottie James go?
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From a fan's viewpoint, he certainly could have helped this team the last couple years with his game.
But I have never heard anyone say that our coaches advised him to leave like I have heard with the others who left. It's possible that the transfer was his own choice.Comment
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Da Coach...You may be correct that Scottie James left of his own choice. However, what do you think might have caused him to want to leave Bradley. Why was he unhappy? Playing time is always an issue but my gut feel is that playing time may not have been the issue. Scottie wanted to leave because of "other" things and our coaches did not try to convince him to stay.
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Scottie James was a favorite of mine. I hated to see him leave. I thought he had tremendous potentialComment
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James had talent and potential and fans liked him...
but he has to play within the system and fulfill the coach's requirements -
Same goes for Jojo McGlaston - who was our 2nd leading scorer in 2016-17
..I guess we cold cry over spilled milk but it's time to move on...Comment
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I do not know. But his family did move from Florida to the Richmond, Virginia area during the 2017-18 season when Scottie was a freshman here. Lynchburg (where Liberty is located) is not far from Richmond. Maybe one of his factors was the proximity to his parents.Originally posted by wizard View Post
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His mother is a professor at Liberty University and friends with head basketball coach Ritchie McKay
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So Ritchie McKay lured another Bradley player away?
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The Atlantic Sun is the first conference to begin their Conference Tournament with 4 games tonight on campus sites-
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas.../date/20190304
#2 seed Liberty University easily won their quarterfinal game in the A-Sun Conference Tournament over #7 seed Jacksonville 72-58 to advance to the semifinals-
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...meId=401121605
Liberty tied for the regular season championship with Lipscomb, but they are the #2 seed in the tournament.
Scottie James had 15 points and 5 rebounds in their win tonight. They will play #3 seed North Florida in one of the two semifinal games Thursday, March 7.
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