MBB 2019-2020

[govalpogo]

I believe the four dudes in the pool pic are Sackey, Mileek, Zion, and the new walk-on.

Agree on the first three...not sure about Morrill...he would have grown up a whole lot in a couple of months.  Doesn't look like Krikke or Mr. Freese according to their pictures either.  Interesting.

[FieldGoodie05]

I believe the four dudes in the pool pic are Sackey, Mileek, Zion, and the new walk-on.

Do we have a second walk-on other than Luke Morrill?

Isn't Langston Stalling the other walk on?  Or should I say original

[VUBBFan]

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146252777510846465

[tiny707]

I thought Morrill was in pool pic because he looked like he was in one of Al's pic's from Central Park.

[vu72]

So in a few of these videos/pictures, there is someone I do not recognize.  The guy with the beard (all the way to the right in the video from Al at the picnic table) and I believe in the center of this latest picture.  Isn't from last year and not one of the newcomers I know of.  Sorry if there's an obvious answer, just curious.   

That's Ryan Fazekas.

[IrishDawg]

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146252777510846465

Have to feel for the kid. Hope he can stay healthy, but his ankle situation reminds me of Brad Davidson's shoulder issue, where basically it's just a matter of time this season before he gets hurt and is going to be hampered by this issue.

[vu72]

Team bonding

https://twitter.com/valpobasketball/status/1146193418579775488?s=21

So that's Sackey and Mileek for sure, who are the other two?  Might be Zion Morgan but unsure of the fourth guy...anyone?

Is that Krikke or Freese-Villien (fr euro center)? I that's one of them, then those height measurements were way off. That's not Kiser is it?

Could be.  He looks to be about the same size as Mileek.  I just checked and saw that Krikke didn't make the Canada U19 squad so it could be one of the Canada guys.  Way to big to be the new walk-on.

[govalpogo]

So in a few of these videos/pictures, there is someone I do not recognize.  The guy with the beard (all the way to the right in the video from Al at the picnic table) and I believe in the center of this latest picture.  Isn't from last year and not one of the newcomers I know of.  Sorry if there's an obvious answer, just curious.   

That's Ryan Fazekas.

https://twitter.com/AlBillets/status/1143667590096728064
Ehh...I don't think it's him. Fazekas is leaner and taller and Kiser doesn't have the facial hair in the other pics. The third guy to shoot in this video.   

https://twitter.com/AlBillets/status/1143672136931958784
The guy all the way to the right in this video. 

Not that it really matters, I'm sure we'll find out eventually, just summer boredom getting the best of me. 

[vu72]

I think it is Krikke.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=ben+krikke&fr=mcafee&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcigreengold.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FDSC08628.jpg#id=0&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcigreengold.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FDSC08628.jpg&action=click

[FieldGoodie05]

I think it is Krikke.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=ben+krikke&fr=mcafee&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcigreengold.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FDSC08628.jpg#id=0&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcigreengold.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FDSC08628.jpg&action=click

Krikke appears left handed in his YouTube videos but appears to shoot right handed in that game of knock-out.

[FieldGoodie05]

I think it is Krikke.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=ben+krikke&fr=mcafee&imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcigreengold.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FDSC08628.jpg#id=0&iurl=http%3A%2F%2Flcigreengold.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F01%2FDSC08628.jpg&action=click

Krikke appears left handed in his YouTube videos but appears to shoot right handed in that game of knock-out.

I also wanted it to be him to make sense, and yes I am also bored!  But Krikke is assuredly taller than Freeman and this guy appears similar height (6'3" or thereabouts).  I also think Krikke is far thinner bone structure than this guy.  The search continues . . . .

[VUBBFan]

The guy in the pic everyone is talking about is not one of the foreign players because they are not in town yet, but wil be soon. I was under the impression that this person was one of the VU managers for this year. I could be wrong, but definitely not one of our currently signed players.

https://twitter.com/AlBillets/status/1146455922925035522

[VUBBFan]

Trying to post another pics of the guy I have that no one knows, but Twitter is not working right now to copy from and the file is too large for an attachment. I don't know how else to copy the pic here. I'll try later.

[VUBBFan]

https://mobile.twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146461354628440064

[SanityLost17]

I for one am highly concerned with the fact that Fazekas did not have surgery.... 

To me this just screams "get worse" as the season progresses.  You always want to be playing your best at the end of the year and 35 games of high intensity ball on a not 100% ankle seems rough.   I get it, getting the surgery would have meant sitting out the entire season and the fact that he didn't get it means he didn't want to still be in college for a 6th year.   However, I could see him not finishing the year again after aggravating it several times.

Golder and others perhaps rightfully criticized management of injuries.  They are going to have to be careful here and limit his minutes through the 1st half of the season even if it means more loses. 

[NativeCheesehead]

I would love to see Ryan as a 6th man, 22 min a game guy.

Seems like a great kid and I'm always rooting extra hard for Region guys at Valpo, but he has yet to have more than a few game stretch in his entire career where he is both healthy and productive. Structure the team around the guys with more than one year left and anything RF gives you is a bonus.

[VUBBFan]

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146461354628440064

[vu72]

I would love to see Ryan as a 6th man, 22 min a game guy.

Seems like a great kid and I'm always rooting extra hard for Region guys at Valpo, but he has yet to have more than a few game stretch in his entire career where he is both healthy and productive. Structure the team around the guys with more than one year left and anything RF gives you is a bonus.

Not sure how you don't start your best shooter.  We will be deep so perhaps limiting his minutes is an option.  With no contribution from the freshman, we will have, in addition to Ryan, Gordon, Robinson, and Morgan, Kizer/Mileek, all with maturity and experience at the D1 level as well as JFL and Sackey.  Getting some production from the freshman will only help.

Presumably we will, as a team, shoot the 3 at a higher level (that won't be hard to do).  Ex-Ryan, we shot 28.9% from the 3 last year.  If that is up at 33% we make another 19 3's and win some games.  As examples, we lost to Loyola by 4 and shot 30.8 from the 3. We lost to Drake by 5 and shot 25% from the 3.  With Ryan, or another guy who can hit a shot or two, we probably win another 4 games, who knows.

With the 3 being backed up and hopefully opening up the lane, we can use our smaller speedy guys to drive and kick versus throwing it in to our giant slow guys and then waiting, and waiting for something to happen.

[VUBBFan]

Eron Gordon does a You Tube video blog. Mostly just everyday messing around stuff, but there is about 10% of him working on his game. Seems he takes his workouts seriously and looked pretty good hitting 3 pointers. Of course it's mainly uncontested but hitting 5, 6, or 7 in a row is still pretty good. Hope it transitions to the court on game days.

Can't wait to see him in action for Valpo. Could be a big factor this year for VU.
If your really interested, take a look at his videos. They are rather long, and as I said only a small bit of them is him doing basketball

https://twitter.com/EronGordon1/status/1146467866495082497

[govalpogo]

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146461354628440064

There's that man again!  My guess would be another walk-on or manager as well. 

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146461354628440064

There's that man again!  My guess would be another walk-on or manager as well. 

Mystery solved. Brock Pappas. He play for Washington Tonwship High School. He's a local kid.

Brock Pappas
Washington Township High School
ValparaisoIN
6'4"
Graduated in 2018

High School Stats: https://www.maxpreps.com/m/career/gendersport/stats.aspx?careerid=d24b7183-358a-e411-bef0-a0369f3c1b4c&gendersport=boys,basketball

Article from December 2017: https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/brock-pappas-a-strong-veteran-presence-for-washington-township/article_002c240a-3807-5074-adbb-ffef572970cc.html

[VUBBFan]

Part 2 of article on Ryan

https://twitter.com/ValpoBasketball/status/1146593638882926592

[wh]

Good article. In fact, all the recent articles, twitter comments, and pictures are enjoyable. Interesting, full of optimism, and a sense of having moved on from the past.

[IrishDawg]

Good article. In fact, all the recent articles, twitter comments, and pictures are enjoyable. Interesting, full of optimism, and a sense of having moved on from the past.

Hope springs eternal during the offseason. This is when leadership tends to be easier, both from a player and coaching perspective.  It is nice to see these articles though. Some fans need reminders of the human side of the story, and these guys deal with things (physically, mentally and emotionally) that most of us have no idea are occurring, or at least to what severity.

[VU2014]

https://twitter.com/posttribsports/status/1148968891357511680?s=21