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It seems like every year our team ends up having a different personality and I am always surprised at how they come together, with the possible exception of Blake's jr. and sr.years. That said this years team is more of a mystery then any since Dan Dickau's first season.
Going into 2007 here is what I think I know:
We will score points, lots and lots of points. I base this on:
Micha's year end run.
Bouldin's fr. to so. year bump, which should be huge (remember Adam's?).
Josh being ready to go from day one, with the possibility of actually having his focus on hoops.
Pargo being the man at the point from day one, he is our floor general. Last year there were times when he took over games and he has the ability to do so against elite talent.
Add in Austin, Stephen who are both natural scorers and we will be able to put up points.
We are SG and SF rich with Bouldin, Micha, Austin, Stephen, Ira (who could play the 4) and LG. We could very easily play a lot of small ball and in WCC play be able to run teams off of the floor.
Pendo and Pargo are great leaders and this team will have a little more fire then the last couple of teams and that is a good thing.
With all of our scorers Bouldin will take over games, but only the people who really know hoops will know it.
What we don't know:
Who is going to bang? Kuso is our only big man with any NCAA experience, who can move people in the paint. Sacre is a freshman, Theo and Will are thin, Ira and Pendo should be 3's not a 4 or 5 and Josh plays like a 3. Rebounding and toughness could be our biggest area of concern.
With Sacre and Theo ready to play and Pendo playing the 4 will Kuso and Will get many minutes?
Now that Billy is gone what will happen to our D? I believe there will be a big jump in efficiency.
With all of our long, quick wings and 4s we should play better perimeter D then we have in years.
The kids: Austin will get minutes, he is a player. Sacre will get minutes, but how many, do we need him this year? Same goes for Stephen, might one of them redshirt as Josh did as an elite prospect?
Larry G? Is he still part of the mix? We all love him and he has great physical skills, but does he have the feel for the game we need?
Who is the surprise, who steps up and makes us take notice? Will we be surprised if Austin puts up 12ppg in WCC play? If Theo averages a near double double? If Micha puts 20 ppg?
Isn't it time that Few and Co. bring in another impact foreign player? Somebody like Super Mario, J.P. or Ronny?
After the excitement and pain of last year I am ready for this coming season to arrive.
Russell Bevan
It seems like every year our team ends up having a different personality and I am always surprised at how they come together, with the possible exception of Blake's jr. and sr.years. That said this years team is more of a mystery then any since Dan Dickau's first season.
Going into 2007 here is what I think I know:
We will score points, lots and lots of points. I base this on:
Micha's year end run.
Bouldin's fr. to so. year bump, which should be huge (remember Adam's?).
Josh being ready to go from day one, with the possibility of actually having his focus on hoops.
Pargo being the man at the point from day one, he is our floor general. Last year there were times when he took over games and he has the ability to do so against elite talent.
Add in Austin, Stephen who are both natural scorers and we will be able to put up points.
We are SG and SF rich with Bouldin, Micha, Austin, Stephen, Ira (who could play the 4) and LG. We could very easily play a lot of small ball and in WCC play be able to run teams off of the floor.
Pendo and Pargo are great leaders and this team will have a little more fire then the last couple of teams and that is a good thing.
With all of our scorers Bouldin will take over games, but only the people who really know hoops will know it.
What we don't know:
Who is going to bang? Kuso is our only big man with any NCAA experience, who can move people in the paint. Sacre is a freshman, Theo and Will are thin, Ira and Pendo should be 3's not a 4 or 5 and Josh plays like a 3. Rebounding and toughness could be our biggest area of concern.
With Sacre and Theo ready to play and Pendo playing the 4 will Kuso and Will get many minutes?
Now that Billy is gone what will happen to our D? I believe there will be a big jump in efficiency.
With all of our long, quick wings and 4s we should play better perimeter D then we have in years.
The kids: Austin will get minutes, he is a player. Sacre will get minutes, but how many, do we need him this year? Same goes for Stephen, might one of them redshirt as Josh did as an elite prospect?
Larry G? Is he still part of the mix? We all love him and he has great physical skills, but does he have the feel for the game we need?
Who is the surprise, who steps up and makes us take notice? Will we be surprised if Austin puts up 12ppg in WCC play? If Theo averages a near double double? If Micha puts 20 ppg?
Isn't it time that Few and Co. bring in another impact foreign player? Somebody like Super Mario, J.P. or Ronny?
After the excitement and pain of last year I am ready for this coming season to arrive.
Russell Bevan
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