Will update as people declare for the draft/transfer/commit
ROSTER:
Spoiler!
RETURNING PLAYERS
G Legerald Vick - Sr
G Marcus Garrett - Soph
F Udoka Azubuike - Jr.
F Mitch Lightfoot - Jr.
F Silvio De Sousa - Soph.
NOW ELIGIBLE TO PLAY:
G Charlie Moore - RS Soph.
F KJ Lawson - RS Jr.
2017 AAC Newcomer of the Year
F Dedric Lawson - RS Jr.
INCOMING PLAYERS:
SG Quentin Grimes
6'4" - 204 LB
Five star, ESPN 8th best player
PG Devon Dotson
6'2" - 175lb
5 star, ESPN 24th best player
C DAVID MCCORMACK
6'10" - 255 lb
4 star - ESPN 28th best player
SG OCHAI AGBAJI
6'4" - 200 LBS
3 STAR RIVALS, NO ESPN RANKING
HERE IS THE GROUP AS A WHOLE:
BYE BYE
Spoiler!
Devonte Graham - Get a clean jersey for hanging
Sviatoslav Mikhailiuk - off to the great corner three in the sky
Malik Newman - Don't forget your 80 pound balls, and thanks for the banner
Sam Cunliffe - dat sister ass tho
Honorable mention: Clay Young - you actually got minutes this year? WTF
BIG 12 FIRST ROUND
MAR 13 (WED) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
BIG 12 QUARTERFINAL
MAR 14 (THU) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
BIG 12 SEMIFINAL
MAR 15 (FRI) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
BIG 12 FINAL
MAR 16 (SAT) TBA VS TBA
KANSAS CITY, MO. SPRINT CENTER
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Spoiler!
FIRST ROUND
MAR 21 (THU) MAR 22 (FRI) CBS / TURNER VS TBA CAA
HARTFORD, CONN. / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / DES MOINES, IOWA / JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / TULSA, OKLA. / COLUMBUS, OHIO / COLUMBIA, S.C. / SEATTLE, WASH.
NCAA SECOND ROUND
MAR 23 (SAT) MAR 24 (SUN) CBS / TURNER VS TBA
HARTFORD, CONN. / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH / DES MOINES, IOWA / JACKSONVILLE, FLA. / TULSA, OKLA. / COLUMBUS, OHIO / COLUMBIA, S.C. / SEATTLE, WASH.
NCAA SWEET SIXTEEN MAR 28 (THU) MAR 29 (FRI) CBS / TURNER VS TBA
LOUISVILLE, KY. / ANAHEIM, CALIF. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / KANSAS CITY, MO.
NCAA ELITE EIGHT
MAR 30 (SAT) MAR 31 (SUN) CBS / TURNER VS TBA
LOUISVILLE, KY. / ANAHEIM, CALIF. / WASHINGTON, D.C. / KANSAS CITY, MO.
NCAA FINAL FOUR
APR 6 (SAT) TBA CBS VS TBA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
NCAA FINAL
APR 8 (MON) TBA CBS VS TBA
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN:
Better than the undersized Lightfoot, at least judging from last year.
Nah, Lightfoot is better at that (simply due to his shot blocking/wingspan alone). Dedric much better at creating offense though obviously...although he's gotta cut out the long 2s. [Reply]
I really like Grimes and Dotson. They seem to be very good two way players. Both are going to be hugely valuable for this program (Grimes this year and Dotson probably longer than that).
I like parts of what Dedric does (he contributes in multiple ways offensively and his court vision/awareness is quite good) but he cannot be taking this many (bad) shots, it's going to ruin this team's offensive efficiency.
Udoka is still a good college player, but he looks like he hasn't really developed at all (still doesn't use his size properly to score or especially rebound). Expected better honestly out of his college career.
Vick is still terrible. No clue what he's doing here still. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN:
Vick is a liability if his jumper isn't going down.
He is - but he's really good in the open court on fast breaks and he's probably the teams best three point shooter.
Trust me. Grimes isn't going to drill 3's like this the rest of the season.
I hope he's humble after this lackluster performance. He's better than this, at least. He's also a reasonable defender. The issue is he just doesn't have a high BBIQ. That is his biggest drawback.
Nonetheless, he's probably the teams 4th or 5th best player.
I'm really impressed with Dotson. He's waaay ahead where I thought he'd be. And, he probably has the worst BBIQ on the team. He takes it to the cup in terrible times. But he's oozing of talent. [Reply]