Iup basketball

[IUPHawks24]

Roster is posted. We hit it right on. No surprises.


Guards

Dallis Dillard
Jaheim Bethea
Dave Morris
Jaylen Stewart
Shawndale Jones
Kyle Polce

Forwards

Damir Brooks
Tomiwa Sulaiman
Ethan Porterfield
Dolan Waldo
Callum MacNamara
Ousmane Diop
Nolan Burk

Utility

KJ Rhodes
Enrique Cordon



This is one of Joe's deepest teams, roster-wise.


Questions:

1. First and foremost: Shawndale Jones' recovery. I've heard he's doing very well. When camp starts he'll be at about 10 months out from the injury.

2. Who is the starting PG? Lot of candidates. I'm assuming it's Dillard. Morris is capable but much more productive at the 2 or 3. Replacing Armoni Foster in this position is a major task.

3. Polce likely becomes the 6th man -- a role he can thrive in. Seton Hill import Jaylen Stewart also gives them great depth at the position.

4. Porterfield and Sulaiman give Joe an incredible combo underneath. Brooks and Diop likely their backups. Brooks is a monster. He's going to be hard to keep on the bench but will give them a huge punch when he plays. There's certainly a role for Diop. He can do a lot of 'garbage man' things and is better on offense than most realize. He can also run a faster 40 at 6'10" than many guards.

5. Bethea and Waldo. History says Joe will redshirt both but the word on the street is both are ready to play. I'm personally leaning toward the redshirt for both as minutes will be thin. They are listing Waldo as a 6'7" Forward but don't be surprise if he becomes as much as a guard as a forward as time goes on.

6. Will we see the run-n-gun from early last season (pre-Shawndale injury) or the more slow-down approach we saw (post-Shawndale injury)?

7. Joe scheduled pretty tough for this team. That's backfired more than once in the past decade. Add to it he's getting some East big boys in crossover.

8. Winning a 4th straight PSAC title is within reach for this team but it won't be easy.

Assuming no major injuries:

1) IUP
2) Mercyhurst
3) Cal
4) UPJ
5) Gannon
6) Rock
7) Clarion
8) Edinboro
9) Seton Hill

I do think Mercyhurst could challenge IUP this year- last few years we've won the league running away. I also think UPJ could finish higher but losing Mulbah is a big loss.

In related news, Pitt is playing two exhibition games vs the PSAC West... Edinboro and Clarion.

No chance in hell they'd play IUP.

[IUPalum]

Roster is posted. We hit it right on. No surprises.


Guards

Dallis Dillard
Jaheim Bethea
Dave Morris
Jaylen Stewart
Shawndale Jones
Kyle Polce

Forwards

Damir Brooks
Tomiwa Sulaiman
Ethan Porterfield
Dolan Waldo
Callum MacNamara
Ousmane Diop
Nolan Burk

Utility

KJ Rhodes
Enrique Cordon



This is one of Joe's deepest teams, roster-wise.


Questions:

1. First and foremost: Shawndale Jones' recovery. I've heard he's doing very well. When camp starts he'll be at about 10 months out from the injury.

2. Who is the starting PG? Lot of candidates. I'm assuming it's Dillard. Morris is capable but much more productive at the 2 or 3. Replacing Armoni Foster in this position is a major task.

3. Polce likely becomes the 6th man -- a role he can thrive in. Seton Hill import Jaylen Stewart also gives them great depth at the position.

4. Porterfield and Sulaiman give Joe an incredible combo underneath. Brooks and Diop likely their backups. Brooks is a monster. He's going to be hard to keep on the bench but will give them a huge punch when he plays. There's certainly a role for Diop. He can do a lot of 'garbage man' things and is better on offense than most realize. He can also run a faster 40 at 6'10" than many guards.

5. Bethea and Waldo. History says Joe will redshirt both but the word on the street is both are ready to play. I'm personally leaning toward the redshirt for both as minutes will be thin. They are listing Waldo as a 6'7" Forward but don't be surprise if he becomes as much as a guard as a forward as time goes on.

6. Will we see the run-n-gun from early last season (pre-Shawndale injury) or the more slow-down approach we saw (post-Shawndale injury)?

7. Joe scheduled pretty tough for this team. That's backfired more than once in the past decade. Add to it he's getting some East big boys in crossover.

8. Winning a 4th straight PSAC title is within reach for this team but it won't be easy.

I'm far more excited for basketball season than football.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Roster is posted. We hit it right on. No surprises.


Guards

Dallis Dillard
Jaheim Bethea
Dave Morris
Jaylen Stewart
Shawndale Jones
Kyle Polce

Forwards

Damir Brooks
Tomiwa Sulaiman
Ethan Porterfield
Dolan Waldo
Callum MacNamara
Ousmane Diop
Nolan Burk

Utility

KJ Rhodes
Enrique Cordon



This is one of Joe's deepest teams, roster-wise.


Questions:

1. First and foremost: Shawndale Jones' recovery. I've heard he's doing very well. When camp starts he'll be at about 10 months out from the injury.

2. Who is the starting PG? Lot of candidates. I'm assuming it's Dillard. Morris is capable but much more productive at the 2 or 3. Replacing Armoni Foster in this position is a major task.

3. Polce likely becomes the 6th man -- a role he can thrive in. Seton Hill import Jaylen Stewart also gives them great depth at the position.

4. Porterfield and Sulaiman give Joe an incredible combo underneath. Brooks and Diop likely their backups. Brooks is a monster. He's going to be hard to keep on the bench but will give them a huge punch when he plays. There's certainly a role for Diop. He can do a lot of 'garbage man' things and is better on offense than most realize. He can also run a faster 40 at 6'10" than many guards.

5. Bethea and Waldo. History says Joe will redshirt both but the word on the street is both are ready to play. I'm personally leaning toward the redshirt for both as minutes will be thin. They are listing Waldo as a 6'7" Forward but don't be surprise if he becomes as much as a guard as a forward as time goes on.

6. Will we see the run-n-gun from early last season (pre-Shawndale injury) or the more slow-down approach we saw (post-Shawndale injury)?

7. Joe scheduled pretty tough for this team. That's backfired more than once in the past decade. Add to it he's getting some East big boys in crossover.

8. Winning a 4th straight PSAC title is within reach for this team but it won't be easy.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Miami's new AD (formerly AD at Clemson) is an IUP grad. I assume that's the connection.

[IUPalum]

Tell Joe to schedule Buffalo too and take on Armoni! Lol

[IUPalum]

Redshirt Joe added a second exhibition. IUP will play at Miami (FL) on Oct. 30

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Redshirt Joe added a second exhibition. IUP will play at Miami (FL) on Oct. 30

[Columbuseer]

I saw that Carnegie Mellon loss when I looked them up. Looks like they had a couple guys out (including their star Tim Smith Jr.) but, yes, nonetheless. They did make it to Round 2 of the NCAAs last year.

Either way, they'll win a lot of games this year so it's a strong non-conference game for the metrics.

I watched the cmu game online. Tim Smith was out (4th leading scorer), but their star was straughter, along with keeslar who both played and were 2nd team all region. Imho they lost because they played soft and took bad shots. Not a good strategy against iup. They lost by nearly 30 in 2nd round. This conference has fallen on hard times since the 36-0 Findlay team that beat Ohio State the year before.

[IUPalum]

I saw that Carnegie Mellon loss when I looked them up. Looks like they had a couple guys out (including their star Tim Smith Jr.) but, yes, nonetheless. They did make it to Round 2 of the NCAAs last year.

Either way, they'll win a lot of games this year so it's a strong non-conference game for the metrics.

Agreed and it's a new foe!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Imho iup will dominate them. Two ex wlu players on team - hazelbaker and rs frosh Satterfield.
they were 24-7, but d3 carnegie mellon beat them in exhibition. psac much stronger conference.

I saw that Carnegie Mellon loss when I looked them up. Looks like they had a couple guys out (including their star Tim Smith Jr.) but, yes, nonetheless. They did make it to Round 2 of the NCAAs last year.

Either way, they'll win a lot of games this year so it's a strong non-conference game for the metrics.

[Columbuseer]

Joe added a big non-conference game since the schedule was originally posted.

IUP will play at Walsh on Nov. 19.

Walsh was 24-7 a year ago.

Imho iup will dominate them. Two ex wlu players on team - hazelbaker and rs frosh Satterfield.
they were 24-7, but d3 carnegie mellon beat them in exhibition. psac much stronger conference.

[IUPalum]

I like it! Joe going to the road this year.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe added a big non-conference game since the schedule was originally posted.

IUP will play at Walsh on Nov. 19.

Walsh was 24-7 a year ago.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

This was a strong three-man class. It didn't have the glitz of signing a Fred Mulbah type name, but it gives them a great head start for the 23-24 season.

Waldo has star potential down the road. He has all the tools. They'll need to bulk him up some this upcoming year. But, he certainly projects to be Joe's next 5-tool small forward. He's 6'7" now ... may grow another inch. I'd certainly expect he'll redshirt this winter. He had a severe ankle injury at this time last summer. He somehow recovered for the season and was very productive. Joe never signs high school players a year in advance. They wanted him bad.

Bethea looks like a young DeVante Chance. Similar builds. Both from Philly. His recruitment was interesting. He had (5) mid-major offers and ended up signing with Joe. He's flashy and a very good defender. He'll bring a lot of toughness. I assume he'll also redshirt this year unless there is a need to activate him.

Stewart likely will be a (limited) rotation guy in his first year in Indiana. He'll give IUP a lot of flexibility.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I had heard rumblings about Jaylen Stewart transferring in from Seton Hill. This is a sneaky-good addition. He'll have three years here -- being surrounded with vastly better talent and coaching.

He put up 19 on Joe last year down in Greensburg -- including 4-4 from deep. Great size for a guard/wing at 6'5". Very good athlete.

Keep in mind, Seton Hill had two very good guards ahead of him last year in Drew Green and Samuel Tabe. Those were their best two players and were upperclassmen.

He'll have a year coming up to come off the bench and provide them some very good depth. This is one of those under-the-radar transfers that could pay big.