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Update of the recent Valley roster changes

It will be very interesting to see how Tony Freeman fits in at SIU. He was somewhat of a ballhog and a gunner at Iowa, but he did lead the team in scoring. I can't imagine he will be a great fit when it comes to team chemistry, but he will definitely add offensive firepower.
 
one note on the coaching front...
Wichita State's Gregg Marshall's contract extended one year...
with a couple of their players leaving this move is probably meant as a help to demonstrate Marshall is going to be there for a few years to come, so other schools don't start the rumor he's cutting out

http://www.goshockers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=61179&SPID=2851&DB_OEM_ID=7500&ATCLID=3729278



also, SIU's Bryan Mullins, a really classy kid, has received a nice honor from NCAA
http://siusalukis.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/042709aab.html
 
a kid named Nafis Ricks, the juco D-II Player of the Year who will decide between MSU, North Texas, UW-M, and Georgia State.
(ps -- let me heard again how juco Division II is as good as juco D-I....if the national POY gets only low to mid-major offers!!)

Ricks recently visited Arkansas, Creighton, and Missouri, and was offered by MU. So Ricks probably isn't a good example for your D-II argument.
 
I think so....
my point is that the entire first team, 2nd, and 3rd of D-I juco get recruited to DI four year schools, while only a small handful of D-II juco kids land anywhere above the low D-I level.
Even the POY from juco DII may not get a BCS offer...
This is not a knock on jucos, but a rebuttal to an argument some have made that the caliber of play and of players in DII junior college isn't much different from DI jucos
 
Here's what I believe to be the updated scholarship situation. However, I don't expect Indiana State to fill their final scholarship for next season with a new player.
MVCscholarships20090428.jpg
 
tornado said:
Illinois State just lost Sead Odzic and landed verbals from Jackie Carmichael & Austin Hill for next fall
They are hosting a visit from Tony Lewis in hopes of landing him also.
http://bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11974
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6'7" junior college player Tony Lewis has decided to attend ISU as a walkon next year. He is from Division 2 Ellsworth Junior College in Iowa Falls, Iowa.--
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/05/05/usports/doc4a00f65a151e7521935954.txt
 
interesting comment from Lewis...
"“I think I might have a chance to start (for ISU). It’s something I can work on,” said Lewis."
interesting...and there were some who said last year that Kellen Thornton, Jeremy Robinson, and Ty Modupe would be battling for serious playing time and maybe even be starters by now...
..and he is being promised a scholarship for the following year, 2010-2011...
 
tornado said:
interesting comment from Lewis...
"“I think I might have a chance to start (for ISU). It’s something I can work on,” said Lewis."
interesting...and there were some who said last year that Kellen Thornton, Jeremy Robinson, and Ty Modupe would be battling for serious playing time and maybe even be starters by now...
..and he is being promised a scholarship for the following year, 2010-2011...
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n/m
 
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Ahh.... edited your post before I had a chance to reply... well done!

I was just "getting back to you when ISU started a walk-on"
 
tornado said:
Shipley started because you had no PG...
if an undersized PF starts because you have have no paint presence even though your roster has a bunch of guys who ought to be more experienced by now, then you're in trouble.


btw--- interesting story on all the roster changes at the schools in Iowa...
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090505/SPORTS13/905060340
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Lewis said he has a chance to start at ISU... far cry from saying he is going to start...

And undersized? Really? The PF's in the Valley aren't exactly 7 footers...

And Lewis will have as much or more CBB experience then all front court players other than Dinma... Kellen and J-Rob have one year and Bobby has 2 years of CBB experience...

Last year our front court was basically Champ, Dinma, Sampay (J-Rob and Kellen only played when needed because of injury or foul trouble).

Next year it will be Dinma, B. Hill, Lewis, J-Rob, Kellen...

I guess you can spin it however you like, but ISU just got a commit to walk-on at ISU for a year over taking a full ride to SIU... that is impressive.
 
As an unbiased opinion...I like this commit for ISU. Anytime you can get a division 1 recruit to walk on you have to like that scenario.
 
tornado said:
if an undersized PF starts because you have have no paint presence even though your roster has a bunch of guys who ought to be more experienced by now, then you're in trouble.
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Who started for Bradley at the PF position for the last 2 years?

How tall was he?
:confused:
 
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