Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Although IUP might not be the team of last year, it's probably not an ideal year for a completely rebuilding Ship team to hit IUP as its first PSAC opponent.

Hard to say. Joe has enough right now to be solid. A couple more pieces and he could be dangerous. It's going to be a lot of new faces, which obviously takes some time to gel.

If he goes the high school route, his reign is over. Cal will hammer them next year. If he adds 2-3 more ready-to-roll, Day 1 players, he may be able to match up with them.

[Ship69]

2023-24 crossover schedule:


@ Shippensburg 12-1 (Friday)
@ Lock Haven 12-2 (Saturday)

Mansfield 12-18
Bloomsburg 12-19

@ East Stroudsburg 12-30 (never a good time to go there but Dec. 30 is a whole lot better than when students are on campus)

Shepherd 1-3



Non-conference: Walsh will visit the KCAC in November. That's the only confirmed game I'm aware of at this point.

This would probably be the year to schedule a couple cupcakes to kick off the season.

Taking another look at that schedule, Ship, Lock Haven, Mansfield and Bloom all have taken very significant hits due to graduation or the portal. East Stroud might be your only challenging game in December, depending on whether the aforementioned four schools can come up with something significant in the transfer portal.

[boatcapt]

They better. About half his upcoming roster isn't signed yet.

If you are stocking your team with portal players vice HS'ers, isn't that more an attempt to reload vs rebuild? Portal players should come in ready to rock and roll from day one...just point them at the court and FIRE!!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I've been told Joe don't schedule cupcakes! How will they be prepared for a deep tourney run if they schedule cupcakes in November??

They better. About half his upcoming roster isn't signed yet.

[boatcapt]

2023-24 crossover schedule:


@ Shippensburg 12-1 (Friday)
@ Lock Haven 12-2 (Saturday)

Mansfield 12-18
Bloomsburg 12-19

@ East Stroudsburg 12-30 (never a good time to go there but Dec. 30 is a whole lot better than when students are on campus)

Shepherd 1-3



Non-conference: Walsh will visit the KCAC in November. That's the only confirmed game I'm aware of at this point.

This would probably be the year to schedule a couple cupcakes to kick off the season.

I've been told Joe don't schedule cupcakes! How will they be prepared for a deep tourney run if they schedule cupcakes in November??

[Ship69]

2023-24 crossover schedule:


@ Shippensburg 12-1 (Friday)
@ Lock Haven 12-2 (Saturday)

Mansfield 12-18
Bloomsburg 12-19

@ East Stroudsburg 12-30 (never a good time to go there but Dec. 30 is a whole lot better than when students are on campus)

Shepherd 1-3



Non-conference: Walsh will visit the KCAC in November. That's the only confirmed game I'm aware of at this point.

This would probably be the year to schedule a couple cupcakes to kick off the season.

Although IUP might not be the team of last year, it's probably not an ideal year for a completely rebuilding Ship team to hit IUP as its first PSAC opponent.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

2023-24 crossover schedule:


@ Shippensburg 12-1 (Friday)
@ Lock Haven 12-2 (Saturday)

Mansfield 12-18
Bloomsburg 12-19

@ East Stroudsburg 12-30 (never a good time to go there but Dec. 30 is a whole lot better than when students are on campus)

Shepherd 1-3



Non-conference: Walsh will visit the KCAC in November. That's the only confirmed game I'm aware of at this point.

This would probably be the year to schedule a couple cupcakes to kick off the season.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Some interesting names with PSAC / Atlantic Region ties still available. One could make a hell of a team from this list. Bolded names could be of some interest to IUP (so I hear) -- at least at some time.

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NAME	POSTION	PREVIOUS	NOTES
Pipeloluwa Ajayi	PF	Mercyhurst	Likely D1
Babatunde Ajike	PF	Cal -> FL Southern
Idris Ali	PG	Mansfield
Vidan Dronjak	SF	West Liberty
Ahmad Galimore	SF	Slippery Rock
Khalid Gates	SF	Slippery Rock
Jordan Gibson	SG	Shepherd
Przemyslaw Golek	SG	Fairmont State
Drew Green	SG	Seton Hill	Steady both ends
Andrew Seager	SF	Mercyhurst -> Rowan	Sleeper
Gerald Jarmon	PG	Clarion	Can light it up
Michael Joiner	SG	Seton Hill
Kyle McGee	SG	West Chester	Checks all the boxes
Demetrius Mims	SF	Gannon
Fray Nguimbi	PF	Clarion	Nasty defender
Kyle Polce	SG	IUP
Ryan Reasbeck	SG	Wheeling	Big-time shooter
Mekhi Reynolds	SG	Clarion
Michael Sampson	SF	West Liberty
Madior Seye	C	Clarion
Austin Webb	SG	West Liberty
Kyle Whippen	PF	Kutztown

[IUPbigINDIANS]

If I recall, didn't Willem have a ton of other things that impacted him? I can't remember how many years he was on the team, but I felt like every season he had some things that limited his availability (I could be confusing him with somebody else). I thought he had a ton of injury troubles. I think he got an illness (maybe?) at some point. Then he had a period where it was reported that he was homesick and took some personal time away. I think he had a death in his immediate family at one point too that caused him to miss some time as well. I could be thinking of other players and thinking it was all Willem though. Not sure.

I remember at the time he was such a polarizing guy. Lots of people on this board were pretty upset at the hype surrounding him compared to his usage (mostly due to Joe), as well as his health and availability.

Willem played here two years.

His first year he started 29 of 30 games. He second year he started all 33 games.

If I recall he didn't start his senior night game so Marko Krivacevic could start.

[IUP24]

100% agree on Willem, very good human too.

If I recall, didn't Willem have a ton of other things that impacted him? I can't remember how many years he was on the team, but I felt like every season he had some things that limited his availability (I could be confusing him with somebody else). I thought he had a ton of injury troubles. I think he got an illness (maybe?) at some point. Then he had a period where it was reported that he was homesick and took some personal time away. I think he had a death in his immediate family at one point too that caused him to miss some time as well. I could be thinking of other players and thinking it was all Willem though. Not sure.

I remember at the time he was such a polarizing guy. Lots of people on this board were pretty upset at the hype surrounding him compared to his usage (mostly due to Joe), as well as his health and availability.

[IUPalum]

Looking back I still don't know if Danielak played the right position at IUP. I really think he could have been that Geoff Evans-type SG but they seemed to insist him playing underneath -- which, really wasn't his thing despite his size.

The most under-utilized transfer -- by far -- in my opinion was Willem Brandwijk. I get he just happened to be here at the peak of the Dante/Cobo show (when those two were getting 88% of the offense). I also get the only game he was allowed to play freely was in Rupp Arena against mighty Kentucky and that was his best game at IUP. They could have done so much more with him. He had a nice shot (not that we ever saw it). He was basically a 6'10" shooting guard at Siena but got converted (forced) to play C/PF at IUP. He could have been much more than just a garbage man under the basket.

100% agree on Willem, very good human too.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Danielak was suppose to be a stud and well... we know the results.

Early in Joe's career he redshirted that Broughton kid from Houston. He was built like a brick ****house and well, he left right away.

Looking back I still don't know if Danielak played the right position at IUP. I really think he could have been that Geoff Evans-type SG but they seemed to insist him playing underneath -- which, really wasn't his thing despite his size.

The most under-utilized transfer -- by far -- in my opinion was Willem Brandwijk. I get he just happened to be here at the peak of the Dante/Cobo show (when those two were getting 88% of the offense). I also get the only game he was allowed to play freely was in Rupp Arena against mighty Kentucky and that was his best game at IUP. They could have done so much more with him. He had a nice shot (not that we ever saw it). He was basically a 6'10" shooting guard at Siena but got converted (forced) to play C/PF at IUP. He could have been much more than just a garbage man under the basket.

[IUPalum]

In Joe's illustrious career of redshirting transfers, the two most glaring (my opinion) were Blake Danielak and Dom Keyes.

Recall Keyes was the PSAC West Freshman of the Year at UPJ prior to playing (and crushing it) at a JUCO in MD (on a loaded team with Micah Till). So, unless he had academic issues (but, if so, how did he get admitted) ... that one still blows my mind. Danielak came from D1 Drake. Recall that was the famous year due to injuries that Joe had to start walk-on C.J. Rudisil at power forward (and had those two giants in tracksuits on the sideline). That team had more not dressed than dressed most nights in January and February.

Thankfully, that era is long gone. If you tell a transfer now he's redshirting, well, he just isn't coming.

Danielak was suppose to be a stud and well... we know the results.

Early in Joe's career he redshirted that Broughton kid from Houston. He was built like a brick ****house and well, he left right away.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Armoni took the redshirt because of a shoulder injury.

In Joe's illustrious career of redshirting transfers, the two most glaring (my opinion) were Blake Danielak and Dom Keyes.

Recall Keyes was the PSAC West Freshman of the Year at UPJ prior to playing (and crushing it) at a JUCO in MD (on a loaded team with Micah Till). So, unless he had academic issues (but, if so, how did he get admitted) ... that one still blows my mind. Danielak came from D1 Drake. Recall that was the famous year due to injuries that Joe had to start walk-on C.J. Rudisil at power forward (and had those two giants in tracksuits on the sideline). That team had more not dressed than dressed most nights in January and February.

Thankfully, that era is long gone. If you tell a transfer now he's redshirting, well, he just isn't coming.

[IUPalum]

Conventional wisdom says if a player was good enough to play, they wouldn't be on a redshirt. HOWEVA ... Armoni Foster, Devon Cottrell and Manny Yarde were all recruits who took redshirt years recently (not counting the guys who transferred in and had to sit under the old rules). Scooter Renkin also took a redshirt but that, correct me if I'm wrong, was more to kick the can down the road and bolster up a future lineup. So there's precedent with Joe. Oh, maybe that's why yinz guys call him Redshirt Joe.

Armoni took the redshirt because of a shoulder injury.