Article on Odiakosa, ISU, and new redshirts in the Pantagraph

[SFP]

I'd still like to see either DSE or the other fresh pg (mind slips my name) RS this year.....

We do have the extra scholarship open to RS someone. The problem is just one injury and we'll need whoever we chose. RS should only be done when a player is not physically mature enough to be able to compete at this level. Sometimes it takes a year or two for a young guy to catch up and this will keep them from serious injury. That is why you see it in football all the time!

 

[shaunguth]

We do have the extra scholarship open to RS someone. The problem is just one injury and we'll need whoever we chose. RS should only be done when a player is not physically mature enough to be able to compete at this level. Sometimes it takes a year or two for a young guy to catch up and this will keep them from serious injury. That is why you see it in football all the time!

The only scholarship even possibly spoken for at this point would be for Sean Harris. I agree, however, that a RS should only be used when absolutely needed.

 

[Da Coach]

Another Pantagraph article- this one addresses the scholarship situation, and the ISU beat writer reveals his picks for the preseason MVC awards-
http://www.pantagraph.com/app/blogs/main/?p=4355

He picks BU 6th, behind Indiana State.

 

[tornado]

interesting...on his all Conf team Benson picks two players who have never played a game in the conference yet.
He justifies that because of Chamberlain Oguchi last year, but apparently he forgets that Oguchi was NOT 1st Team All Conference nor among the top 5 vote-getters for POY.
He also has SIU at #2....wonder who their scorers are going to be?

 

[jeffsu]

It might be going out on a limb to put Iowa transfers Freeman and Kelly on the all-league team, but they were impact players in the Big Ten Conference and should make immediate impacts on their new teams. Remember Champ Oguchi last season?

In the league race, you could mix up spots 2-7 and make a case for any of those teams. SIU will be hurt by the dismissal of Ryan Hare. ISU needs to have a couple young players step up and produce. Bradley has a solid perimeter group, but are the Braves??™ inside players good enough?

Better than I thought it would be. I wondered the same questions, but he addresses them later on. Though I'm still surprised by SIU being #2 and CU being #4, and Indiana State at #5... he admits that 2-7 could flip around.