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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 4, 2020 16:21:58 GMT -5
Patrick Harding - A NAD favorite, iirc - has entered the portal. 6-9, 245, and interesting numbers as a soph at Bryant last year - five points and NINE rebounds per game, in just 19mpg. Made 62% of his twos.
Believe we had interest in, but did not offer, him coming out of Suffield Academy a few years ago.
I do remember liking him WooGray....what's sad is I have no clue why. Maybe I saw him in AAU.
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Post by WorcesterGray on Apr 4, 2020 16:24:39 GMT -5
Fwiw, Harding's coach - and college counselor - at Suffield was old friend, Matt Fava.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 4, 2020 18:47:10 GMT -5
Harding has some strange stats. Averaged 18.5 rebounds per 40 minutes. Only attempted 37 free throws and made only 15 of them. Seems like a one trick pony but he’s quite good at that trick. We could certainly use some rebounding and toughness. Had lots of PL and Ivy offers. The free throw rate - 37 FTA / 111 FGA - is actually not too bad. Teams may foul him because they know he will not convert his free throws
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Post by hchoops on Apr 4, 2020 18:51:46 GMT -5
The free throw rate - 37 FTA / 111 FGA - is actually not too bad. Teams may foul him because they know he will not convert his free throws Probably only at the end of games where the opponent is trailing, and I guess he may not be on the floor then.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 4, 2020 18:54:03 GMT -5
Teams may foul him because they know he will not convert his free throws Probably only at the end of games where the opponent is trailing, and I guess he may not be on the floor then. I was thinking they might always hack him when he gets the ball near basket. Wasn’t there a Hack a Shaq strategy in place in NBA?
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Post by hchoops on Apr 4, 2020 18:58:05 GMT -5
Rarely done in college
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Post by HC92 on Apr 4, 2020 19:11:59 GMT -5
Probably only at the end of games where the opponent is trailing, and I guess he may not be on the floor then. I was thinking they might always hack him when he gets the ball near basket. Wasn’t there a Hack a Shaq strategy in place in NBA? Most PL teams don’t have nearly enough bigs to effectively employ such a strategy for a whole game.
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Post by HC92 on Apr 5, 2020 11:55:33 GMT -5
Sotos drawing serious interest:
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Post by hchoops on Apr 5, 2020 13:10:26 GMT -5
Very impressive and surprising, esp Gonzaga and TOSU
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Post by HC13 on Apr 5, 2020 18:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by efg72 on Apr 5, 2020 19:02:22 GMT -5
A surprise but not a shock given the craziness of these uncertain times
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Post by HCFC45 on Apr 5, 2020 20:06:34 GMT -5
With Burns possibly leaving, Will Rayman gone and Rapo Ivan going, Colgate will fall to middle of the PL pack or lower. Have a feeling that head coach Matt L is also looking elsewhere. If our incoming players are are as good as most seem to think, along with JP and others coming back, we could be closer to the top than most expected...
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Post by efg72 on Apr 5, 2020 20:22:38 GMT -5
Only time will tell, but the possibility offers some hope. But then again I believe each year this transfer portal will make the stronger programs better and those in the middle and bottom fight for position and relevance
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Post by purplehaze on Apr 5, 2020 20:30:10 GMT -5
Rapo Ivan was not going to play for Colgate in 20-21 anyway since he’s graduating- isn’t that correct ?
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Post by bison137 on Apr 5, 2020 22:09:55 GMT -5
Rapo Ivan was not going to play for Colgate in 20-21 anyway since he’s graduating- isn’t that correct ? Not necessarily. Colgate has figured out ways to keep players for five years before - without using grad courses. That would be even more true if some of his credits from Northwestern didn't transfer or if he changed majors when he switched schools. However it has been fairly clear since November that Colgate had already committed 13 scholarships for 2020-21 without leaving room for Ivanauskas, so the news comes as no surprise.
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Post by bison137 on Apr 5, 2020 22:11:03 GMT -5
With Burns possibly leaving, Will Rayman gone and Rapo Ivan going, Colgate will fall to middle of the PL pack or lower. Have a feeling that head coach Matt L is also looking elsewhere. If our incoming players are are as good as most seem to think, along with JP and others coming back, we could be closer to the top than most expected... I will be very surprised if Burns doesn't return. If he plays, I would think Colgate would be picked for about 4th place preseason.
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Post by hchoops on Apr 5, 2020 22:18:09 GMT -5
Where do you think your Bison will be placed ?
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Post by bison137 on Apr 5, 2020 22:31:09 GMT -5
Where do you think your Bison will be placed ? About 7th. Where they finish depends partly on the play of their two incoming freshmen, who on paper should be major contributors. If Davis radically changes the insane defense they played this year, that would move them up a couple of spots. This year's defense - where the PG automatically switched onto the other team's center and vice-versa - on every screen had the effect on leaving Sotos to guard the other team's top post player under the basket on as many as 80% of possessions. And it left Paul Newman etc guarding the other team's quickest guard out beyond the arc. These switches were automatic. No attempt to hedge, no attempt to go over the screen. No attempt to go under the screen. Etc. That is why Bucknell had the worst defense against two-point shots in the team's history. And it is also why Bucknell was among the worst teams in the NCAA in fouls committed per FG attempt. No excuse for it except insanity.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Apr 6, 2020 0:09:00 GMT -5
Did Davis invent that seemingly ludicrous defense or have other coaches employed it before?
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Post by hchoops on Apr 6, 2020 7:01:58 GMT -5
Is it the switch every screen defense ? If so, some pro teams do it. Few colleges.
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Post by bison137 on Apr 6, 2020 12:20:29 GMT -5
Is it the switch every screen defense ? If so, some pro teams do it. Few colleges. It's the switch every screen. So the other team simply has their center set a high screen for the PG. That automatically puts the Bucknell PG on the opposing center, who immediately posts up. And it automatically puts the Bucknell center on the other team's PG. I watched all season and didn't see one college run that defense. In the pros, a few teams may do it when they have a small athletic center in the game and a big PG. And when the other team has a center who wants to hang out at the arc. The teams Bucknell played didn't do that. They all had their center post up Sotos (or sometimes Toomer) every time. And their PG blew by Paul Newman (or sometimes Meeks) as if they weren't even there.
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Post by bison137 on Apr 6, 2020 12:21:49 GMT -5
Did Davis invent that seemingly ludicrous defense or have other coaches employed it before? I have never seen a college team use it for more than a few possessions. Automatically switching your SF and your PG is one thing. But automatically switching your Center and your PG - with no attempt to avoid it - is a very different thing.
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Post by bison137 on Apr 6, 2020 12:24:46 GMT -5
Sotos ended up at Ohio State. Will presumably sit one and then play one. His finalists were Minnesota, Missouri, Xavier, Butler, Vanderbilt, Gonzaga and Ohio State.
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Post by classof83 on Apr 6, 2020 12:32:50 GMT -5
Where do you think your Bison will be placed ? About 7th. Where they finish depends partly on the play of their two incoming freshmen, who on paper should be major contributors. If Davis radically changes the insane defense they played this year, that would move them up a couple of spots. This year's defense - where the PG automatically switched onto the other team's center and vice-versa - on every screen had the effect on leaving Sotos to guard the other team's top post player under the basket on as many as 80% of possessions. And it left Paul Newman etc guarding the other team's quickest guard out beyond the arc. These switches were automatic. No attempt to hedge, no attempt to go over the screen. No attempt to go under the screen. Etc. That is why Bucknell had the worst defense against two-point shots in the team's history. And it is also why Bucknell was among the worst teams in the NCAA in fouls committed per FG attempt. No excuse for it except insanity. When is the last time Bucknell fired a coach?
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Post by hchoops on Apr 6, 2020 12:37:58 GMT -5
Sotos ended up at Ohio State. Will presumably sit one and then play one. His finalists were Minnesota, Missouri, Xavier, Butler, Vanderbilt, Gonzaga and Ohio State. Do you think he will play much ?
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