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If I’m not mistaken, Indiana State lost their top three scorers.
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Reggie Redbird
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Fisher had one season at SJSU, not a couple. He averaged 10.4 ppg and 6.3 rpg. He then sat out, followed by his one year here with 9.6 ppg and 6.0 rpg - slightly worse but still close.
He sat out the Covid year before moving to Pepperdine. I had higher expectations for KF, but then Covid happened and he appeared to use that to head back to CA. Where I was disappointed was 3 years of financial aid tied up in him for 1 year played.
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Yes, that’s correct: McCauley, Neese, and Henry all played 5 seasons.
They also lose a key reserve in Trenton Gibson.
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They’ve had a very successful portal season. Some impressive players.
And they still have Robbie Avila. I think he’s an all league performer next year.
But I’m glad we are having this conversation. Sure feels good to be talking about a small amount of teams who might be better.
Birgs
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My guess is Foster did not come here to be a 6th man off the bench. Just speculation, but that was probably a deal-sealer. Akin to Kinzinger/Walker/Pence commits and stays. This will continue to be a work-in-progress. Lot's of potential danger in both the success and frustration directions. But to reiterate, this gonna be some fun-ass ball steaming those sneakers @ RA
MadBird
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K I N Z I G E R not a ZINGER
Birgs
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Easy, pal.
MadBird
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You're not the only one. No big deal, just gonna take a while for us to get used to. Seems like it "should" be "zinger", no question about that.
Birgs
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Gotta love this trickle of a Wisky pipeline coming down 39, MadBird! The seeming Ohio wind and the Central Illinois breadbasket lockdown (other than our Fighting Irish flyer) seems like a helluva triangle. Especially enjoy the BIG10 footprint each seems to be developing, and let Powell Jr., Valentine, and Yak butt heads over 2-year Chicago/'Burb travel dudes.
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You betcha! Lotta decent players in Wisconsin, not all that many end up in Madison. Probably fair to say some can't get into UW, but plenty of decent guys out there who go elsewhere. All we need is one a year from Wisconsin, another one from Ohio, one from Illinois, and Pedon's good to go.
There seems to be quite a bit of love for Dalton Banks here. Why are some convinced he starts over Poindexter? He didn’t do much as a Saluki, not saying he can’t develop at ISU. But feel we owe Mal a little love, he was playing pretty well the last half the season or so. Poindexter averaged 9.4 points shooting nearly 38% from distance. Plus 52-55 at the line which is stellar. All significantly better than Banks. Similar assist-turnover ratios.
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Mal is better off the ball. Banks is a PG.
Exactly. As Pops and I’m sure Mal would tell you, he feels more comfortable off the ball. One of the themes of last years team was “no true pg,” now, there is 2. That will allow Mal, in whatever role, to play off the ball and come off screens to step into jumpers.
I’m someone who probably values to FT line too much but yes. Game on the line, I want Mal at the charity stripe.
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Agree! I’m hoping that the new recruits will help to push Mal, Darius, Luke, and Kendall to be much improved over last season.
I’m not sure what the starting lineup will be but the personnel should be those that improve our main deficiencies from last year: defense and turnovers. The kind of players acquired in the portal seem to address that and provides a presence and potential that did not exist. So many baskets were given up last year by opponents driving the middle lane and coach did not utilize much zone to counteract the imbalance.
Mal is the best pure shooter on the team and we need him to keep opponents honest. He also can handle the rock which is another dimension he adds on the floor. Luke can hit from downtown as well and plays very good defense. I am thinking 8-9 deep as others have suggested. The second team off the bench is going to closely resemble the starters. This team is solid on paper and I hope it materializes to what we all are hoping - WINS.
Mal is the best pure shooter on the team and we need him to keep opponents honest. He also can handle the rock which is another dimension he adds on the floor. Luke can hit from downtown as well and plays very good defense. I am thinking 8-9 deep as others have suggested. The second team off the bench is going to closely resemble the starters. This team is solid on paper and I hope it materializes to what we all are hoping - WINS.
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With Will Shaver backing out of his commitment to Belmont this will temporarily change my putting them in the top two.
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A former Buckeye, 6'9 230 lb Seth Towns, is in the portal. Was Ivy League player of the year in 2017-2018 at Harvard, then had knee injury and transferred to OSU. Played some, but not all that much, then "stepped away" for a year. May have two years of eligibility left? Would be another nice post player to get.
