2016-17 Season Postmortem
Posted: March 27th, 2017, 10:02 am
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prototype wrote:Great year. Starting to get some momentum built with students again too. If we can keep this team together and add a few key freshman - we should be heading in the right direction.Next season will have Cuffee, who's a top scorer. Jay Barber is right behind him and Brandon Newton has played with top athletes for years in top camps. I can't remember the other player but he's been a top player at his high school. So I do see a bright future. We've already have a top player for the 2018 class so I hope this great recruiting keeps going and the excitement continue to spread throughout campus, the alumas, and the community.
ALAFlamesFan wrote:Don't be suprised if the one you forgot, McDowell, is the best of next year's freshman class.I wasn't sure of his last name, that's all. I saw some videos of his gameplay plus training. He is good and very hot at the three line. I knew his las name started with Mc but wasn't sure of the rest.
The key to next year's success is the development of our big men. Growth in the 4 and 5 spots will help us compete more evenly with top 100 teams. I am expecting big jumps from Brock, Myo, and the Talbert Brothers. Put that new weight room to use!
ALAFlamesFan wrote:Don't be suprised if the one you forgot, McDowell, is the best of next year's freshman class.Move Kemrite to the 3 immediately. You can't have a 4 getting 2-3 rebounds a game. Against UMBC in 37 minutes he had 3 points and 0 rebounds. Gardner, Baxter-Bell and James playing the 4-5 with the Talberts backing up. The question is can Kemrite play D against quicker guards?
The key to next year's success is the development of our big men. Growth in the 4 and 5 spots will help us compete more evenly with top 100 teams. I am expecting big jumps from Brock, Myo, and the Talbert Brothers. Put that new weight room to use!
R i wrote:We lost in the Quarterfinals of the CIT in 2017.Yeah, sorry. We went one round deeper this year, so when I saw we went to the quarterfinals in 2009, I just assumed we made the semis this year. The CIT only had 16 teams back in 09, so the extra win this year with a bigger field still only put us in the quarterfinals. My bad.
Cool look at the history of the program, thanks.
R i wrote:Barmore has so much raw talent, he always looked really quick with the ball and had the ability to score. I think his strengths just didn't fit in to the style Mckay wants to play. Which is slow and methodical.Hi Guys,
JT is confusing - I thought he was going to be a big time contributor next season.
TDDance234 wrote:I think Xavier's transfer has more to do with Darius McGhee than a grad transfer.McGhee won't be arriving til 2018, and if Xzavier hadn't left we would not have a schollie for a transfer. Even so, it's by no means a sure thing we will bring in a guard. We could go with a big or an athletic forward. I think Zay Zay just realized he will probably never be very good in our defensive system and is better off somewhere else
TDDance234 wrote:I think Xavier's transfer has more to do with Darius McGhee than a grad transfer.McGhee is just a junior in high school so he wouldn't be here until the 2018-19 season. Unless you're implying that McKay is thinking way ahead based on position roles. I hope the prospect Isaiah Payton would commit to LU as well. He's really good and would be a great contribution for the team.
oldflame wrote:Welcome BackR i wrote:Barmore has so much raw talent, he always looked really quick with the ball and had the ability to score. I think his strengths just didn't fit in to the style Mckay wants to play. Which is slow and methodical.Hi Guys,
JT is confusing - I thought he was going to be a big time contributor next season.
I haven't posted in a long time because I got locked out of my account when my computer crashed and I couldn't remember my password. I tried the password retrieval process (several times), but never got an email, so I opened a new account. Manson, if you read this, I would love it if you could send a password to my yahoo email address so I can get back on my old account.
Xzavier and Josiah are both talented offensive players who struggled to catch on to the Pack Line. This is further evidence of how serious Ritchie is about defense. Josiah would have faced even more competition for minutes next year with James eligible, and still more if Newton does not redshirt. With Dawson and Chen gone, Barmore's departure means we will either bring in a grad transfer guard for the 3rd straight year, or we will go bigger, with Homesley, Cuffee or Kemrite playing some at the off guard and Cabbil sliding over to the point when Georgie needs a rest.
Neo wrote:We all know that Barmore and Talbert aren't transferring on their own accord, right? Ok, just making sure.It's not always a black and white thing. When Ritchie arrived, there were some players he didn't want in his program and he told them their scholarships wouldn't be renewed, so they transferred. Those were attitude and behavior issues moreso than basketball skills. That was not the case here. More than likely he was just brutally honest with them about their chances to play much going forward here. Players wanna play, so they will both be looking for a place where they will be able to make more of a contribution on the court. If either of them had expressed a desire to stay anyway and try to compete for PT, McKay would have had to make some tough decisions.