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Bradley 90 - Winona State 77

Back to the game...(just so you know I agree with both sides in the BU pessimism optimism argument)...but why did JL only play 8. It was an exhibition game...now I wasn't at the game maybe it was tight the whole way, but I woulda liked to see everyone get in.
 
He played everyone he had any plans on playing.

Of the 14 players on campus....and on the roster...

These players started
--Ruffin
--Crouch
--Tauai
--Salley
--Andrews

These players came off the bench
--Warren
--Franklin
--Jassey

These players were injured and were not going to play even if BU fouled everyone out and were down to four players
--Sam Singh
--Danny Adams

These players are completely ineligible and would generate an NCAA violation had they played
--Ray Brown
--Jeremy Fears

These players are walkons, and will not likely ever play unless BU is so far ahead that it is safer to remove all the scholarship players.
They certainly weren't going to play last night in a game that Jim Les needed to see how his regulars and scholarship subs would play.
Had BU fouled out so many players that they were down to just four eligible, then these guys may have gotten in.
--Ryan Phillips
--Brian Lavin

So just who would you have put in to avoid playing only eight??
 
I didn't realize DA was that hurt, but I would have thought of playing the two walkons just to get some experience and (even though it didnt happen) to avoid injury of a regular. If we only have an 8 man rotation for the first two mos it will be though.
 
egib52 said:
I didn't realize DA was that hurt, but I would have thought of playing the two walkons just to get some experience and (even though it didnt happen) to avoid injury of a regular. If we only have an 8 man rotation for the first two mos it will be though.
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Both Danny Adams and Sam Singh are expected to be ready in a little over a week to be part of the playing rotation, so Bradley will be able to play 10 deep.

Ramember, last night was Saihou Jassey's first actual on court competition since his junior year in high school (at Montrose Christian in Maryland where he barely played any minutes at all.) So that means it was his first real game in 3 years, and he still has a lot of learning and maturing to do.
But he is very well developed physically for a freshman and will learn more, and get more playing time. But I do see Saihous probabl;y being the 10th man in playing time.


Sam will be 9th in playing time for the first month or so since the plan is to bring him along slowly on that knee.

Then Danny and Andrew Warren will get healthy minutes as the 7th & 8th men in playing time, while Ruffin, Tauai, Crouch, Franklin, Salley, and Andrews will split the playing time as the 6 most used players.
 
I thought the team last night played pretty well considering what I have seen in past 1st exhibition games. I was pleased with what I saw, and expect the team to get better as the year goes on. Rebounding will be a concern all year in my opinion, as will numbers if anybody gets hurt. Andrews was very good in the 2nd half, and I thought Ruffin played very well. JC is improved from last year. Warren looks like he could be very good in the future. Salley has a ways to go to be ready for Div. 1 play particularly in consistency. Saihou has a ways to go yet in many areas. The competition was very good in my opinion. Well coached team that did a lot of things well. I wonder if how the team tries to pressure and push the ball if Sam can keep up for many minutes at a time. Saturday I will look for defense and how much improved rebounding will be.
 
From the reaction of the 2500 on hand, I think most agree with you.

Many if not all were on their feet applauding the fine plays and hustling effort that the Braves gave us.
 
The team did deserve to be cheered, they played hard. I think there are some weaknesses on this team. I think there are some strengths. I am hoping that the team and coaching staff can improve on both the strengths and weaknesses as the season goes along. There will be good games (Andrews 2nd half last night) and some bad games. I hope we don't get to high and low during the season. I am beginning to beleive that this coaching staff can make the team improve from the start to the end. We will see over time. February and March will be much more important than November and December.
 
Wow four pages of gab just on a preseason game.
But every preseason rag that has come out has predicted that BU would trouble scoring because they lost too much.
Some even went to the specifics as to predict they would be lowest scoring in the league and have a terrible year, and fans lose interest.

I know it's early but that's not at all what we have seen.
 
I could not make it last night but did listen to some on WMBD. My question is did JC play at the guard position or the forward spot? Where were his shots from? Do you think Salley will step into the #4 spot or can JC play that role as a starter. Can Sam play the #4 as a starter when he gets strong. How does Danny fit into this mix? As you can tell and as the color commentator suggested last night the #4 spot is the biggest question mark on this team and is wide open for someone to step into. Who do you think it will be?

For the record I am cautiously optimistic. Something about CB on the bench makes me think we will be OK.
 
JC played guard in a three guard starting lineup.
No way Crouch will play in the paint, and we definitely need both Zach and Matt to stay healthy to play down low, until Sam is fully ready for 20-25 minutes a game.
Salley did play the 4 and did well.
His 8 pts is not fully indicative of all he did defensively and with rebounds and passing.
Danny Adams might play the SF or SG but isn't likely to play in a 4 or 5 spot.
 
From everything I've read.....I really can't complain about anything. It's only preseason, and there's no alarm signs as far as I can see, which is all I'm really looking for at this point.
 
TheAsianSensation said:
From everything I've read.....I really can't complain about anything. It's only preseason, and there's no alarm signs as far as I can see, which is all I'm really looking for at this point.
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I agree there's nothing alarming, but the lack of frontcourt depth is kind of concerning, at least to me.
 
Sam is coming along well and should be back in the playing rotation in the next couple weeks. That will help.
 
Da Coach said:
Sam is coming along well and should be back in the playing rotation in the next couple weeks. That will help.
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It will help to have his body, but I still think Sam is still a very unknown commodity. He has never even played in a conference game.
 
flipper said:
strongly disagree. i think the valley is a good division I conference. winona state would maybe win a couple games but they would finish dead last.
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still feel the same?
What more would Winona have to have done to convince you they are an exceptional DII team.
They won 23 in a row, won the national title, returned all but one of their top 8 players and have beaten all their DI opponents on the road this year (except BU).
I am not even so sure many MVC teams would have won games at BOTH Drake and Minnesota.
 
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