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So this was accurate
P-20 of this thread
most likely a walk on

DiMarz-- I was thinking the same thing. We have been one of the shorter teams in NCAA D-1 and we got even shorter last year. Here's where we have ranked in D-1 per our friend KenPom--logic suggests that he multiplies the player's height times minutes played to come to the team's height

12-13= #162 in height in D-1
13-14= #288
14-15= #247
15-16= #249
16-17= #252
17-18= #296


Ralph Willard put some very tall teams on the floor , e.g. the 2007-08 team (not our best W-L however) was #26 in height 

agreed. i would further argue that footwork, positioning, and instincts are more important than either height or bulk (within reason) when it comes to proficiency around the basket on both the offensive (especially) and defensive ends. you could make an argument that at 6'3, rj was better on the blocks than many of our bigs in recent years.

i think we've all probably played with, coached, or just watched a soft big guy who has the body but not the aggressiveness, skill, or instincts to be much of a basketball player. i don't think carm values bangers or operating out of the low post very much, although they seem to be a dying breed in general as many young bigs nowadays spend more time working on their perimeter game than their footwork since it is so valued in both college and the nba.

fortunately, we will have two very physical wings in butler and hargis to complement floyd next year and whoever our starting 5 is in future years (faw seeming most likely). let's hope our next damon hart can be as productive at just 6'5 as our previous damon hart in the 90's.

You are correct about the KenPom methodology = "Overall average height is computed by taking the average listed height of every player on the team, weighted by minutes played. Players that have played less than 10% of their team’s minutes are not included."

One thing to keep in mind is that one reason for HC's low height ranking is the presence of so many short guards.    HC height doesn't look so bad when using another Pomeroy calculation, i.e. the average height of the PF's and Centers (weighted by minutes played):

12-13= #99 in height in D-1
13-14= #180
14-15= #205
15-16= #203
16-17= #182
17-18= #246

Re: D. J. Hart--very surprised that the release did not mention his father.

Addressing the height/bulk issue, an interesting topic, D.J. is listed at 6-5 230 and a search of recent rosters shows none of our players that height have been anywhere near 230. For perspective Austin Butler is listed at 6-5 (6-3 more accurate?) 209. I'd love to see some film of D.J.

Other than Ron and Ronnie Perry, and John and Patrick Benzan, has there been any other father/son or grandfather/grandson legacies on the HC Basketball team?

Ronnie’s son Matthew played baseball, making them a third generation baseball family, 

Patrick is unique in that both his Mother and Father are members of the HC basketball family from their days as HC students.

Bob/Sean Foley

Good question. Here are some more: Are the three suspended guys still enrolled? Does anyone have any idea why they were suspended in the first place? Have any players transferred? Have any players decided to leave team? With respect to the suspensions, I would bet that virtually the entire campus is aware of the reason behind it.

The July live period begins in four weeks. Hope we know more before then, including whether there are any consequences for the program as well as the unholy three.

For anybody interested, the link below is for the NCAA Media Center - this is likely the site which will publicize the results of the investigation when it's all said and done.

www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center

I believe this question has been asked before and I am a bit confused by the designation of “preferred walk on.” Am I correct in assuming you can have as many preferred walk-ons in a scholarship program as you want as long as you don’t exceed any league imposed limits on roster sizes. Ninety players is the number that comes to mind for PL football but I don’t know if there is a limit on roster size in PL basketball.

From the PL Governance section regarding Men's Basketball:

2. Squad Size. [February 2009; revised December 2013; revised, CAA, November 2017]

Squad sizes shall be limited to fifteen (15) participants and a bench limit of twenty-two

(22) for visiting teams during the regular-season and all teams during the Patriot League

Championship. There are no squad size limitations for the home institution in regularseason

competition only. [Exceptions will be made for a Clergy or Officer Representative]

NCAA rules allow for 13 scholarship players. Assume this is true for the PL.

Thus, it looks like there is room for only 2 preferred walkons.

Last season we had 14 on the roster. Assuming that 1 of the 14 was a walkon, we must have had 13 on scholarship. Assuming we lost 2 on scholarship and 1 walkon, that would allow for 2 scholarship additions and 2 walkon additions to get to the max 15 participants allowed by the PL.

With 5 incoming players, it would appear that 1 other scholarship player has left/transferred....

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