Very relieved that we potentially have two true centers on the roster. I am optimistic about their ability to plug the hole we had last season.
Three scholarships left-what/who is on your wish list? I think we need a SG and SF, hopefully with some experience from a winning program.
ACTUALLY 5 MORE SCHOLARSHIPS SINCE IT WAS INCREASED TO 15 THIS YEAR
15 scholarships yes, but only if there are no walk-ons since the roster limit is 15 total. So given that Joe Vick and Nick Lombardi are still appearing in social media posts, I’d assume only 3 spots left.
But I’d want first and foremost D1 experience. Only 3 scholarship players for next year (Dease, Barnes, McNair) have D1 experience, I would like some more of that.
Very relieved that we potentially have two true centers on the roster. I am optimistic about their ability to plug the hole we had last season.
We had bigs the last two seasons, but they saw infrequent minutes if any at all. There appears to be little or no effort of development for those bigs as all have left over the past two seasons.
Perhaps Roger has recognized that without a “big” paint presence in the MVC we are a perennial #11. Here’s hoping, between 6’10” Tupuola, who is experienced and was impressive against us, and 6’9” 240# Walker, who will be a project but is a wide body, that slot is gonna be solid. But IMO, Roger has got to commit to those two being on the court a lot at the 5 and not bail on the idea after some experiments in favor of lots of small line ups.
Not sure we have the "can get his own shot" guy on the roster. Wright, Schmidt, Stafford types.
I like Kobe Walker's bully ball approach. It is something we have needed to compete in the MVC for a while now. We've always had the big guys that can go down low if they have to, but it wasn't their preference. He needs to work on his dribbling, as it looks like he went to the Cooper Schweiger school of slow/high bounces to gain momentum, but he will hopefully learn that quickly.
