Iup basketball

[IUPalum]

They played a group that had Tyler Ennis playing for them yesterday. Not sure what the team was though.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I watched one of the games. It was a real hodge-podge lineup. Many didn't even dress. Ousmane and Debo didn't participate. Malik was on the bench in street clothes (he looks fine ... no casts, crutches or anything like that).

IUP won by about 30. Armoni, Morris and Shawdale were really impressive. Morris is so calm and collected ... then bam bam bam. He can really drive the ball, pop the trey or make incredible passes. Chucky had a couple highlight dunks. Armoni must have had close to 40 points and hit a TON of treys. I didn't see the stats.

It was kind of an odd game because they were playing with mainly all guards. Anthony White looked very good. The three freshmen were there but didn't even dress.

Hard to say what the competition was ... the announcer called them one of Canada's top collegiate teams (not sure what that really means).

Ironically Joe played 7 guys (all that dressed). LOL ... some things never change.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

That's his dads nickname, we have to do better!

Well ... we need time. We'll come up with something.

[IUPalum]

#motown

That's his dads nickname, we have to do better!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

#motown

[IUPbigINDIANS]

From what I'm hearing, a lot of great things happening in Canada. I hear Morris is dominating the scoring!

He went bananas

Joe's next star is here

[IUPalum]

From what I'm hearing, a lot of great things happening in Canada. I hear Morris is dominating the scoring!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

He's definitely registered, Tony had an article yesterday and he's penciled in as a starter. It looks like Debo, Morris, Foster, Miller are "starters." The 5th starter wasn't named in the article. They have flexibility! No "legit" PG either. Looks like a lot of moving parts which could be tough to defend.

Perfect timing for this trip, season-wise. They got 10 legit practices in and these 3 games. That's huge with many new faces.

I saw in the article they are playing Elon in exhibition.

[IUPalum]

Debo isn't in the photo. He's here (on campus) for sure. Maybe he took the photo or didn't make the trip. But, he's been practicing. I know that factually.

He's definitely registered, Tony had an article yesterday and he's penciled in as a starter. It looks like Debo, Morris, Foster, Miller are "starters." The 5th starter wasn't named in the article. They have flexibility! No "legit" PG either. Looks like a lot of moving parts which could be tough to defend.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

No clue, I haven't been to the Canadian side in years. I looked at their twitter photo at the falls, it looked like they were missing a body.

Debo isn't in the photo. He's here (on campus) for sure. Maybe he took the photo or didn't make the trip. But, he's been practicing. I know that factually.

[IUPalum]

Wonder if Joe will let them stop at Jack's Cantina in Niagara Falls?

Is Rumors still open? YANKS?

No clue, I haven't been to the Canadian side in years. I looked at their twitter photo at the falls, it looked like they were missing a body.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Wonder if Joe will let them stop at Jack's Cantina in Niagara Falls?

Is Rumors still open? YANKS?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Here's hoping that the IUP men have a successful trip to Canada this weekend.

Cheers

[IUPalum]

Here's hoping that the IUP men have a successful trip to Canada this weekend.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I would love for him to just go outside the norm and play 9 or 10. But I know 8 is asking a lot out of him.

When you break down the roster, despite losing Dante's production from last season, the guard group this year is much more dynamic/deeper. You lose Dante and Bearer but replace them with Shawndale Jones (they haven't had a guard with his physical stature in years) and David Morris (who is Joe's next star PG). Add to it a year-older version of Malik and Armoni ... that's a scary four-man rotation. Lot of size, speed and talent. Defensively, they should be night and day better at the guard position. Add to it Anthony White is a pest defender when he gets inserted.

I just can't see Joe burning a year of Bryce Radford and K.J. Rhodes eligibility to play 5 minutes a game.


HOWEVER, one absolute item I'm convinced of watching Joe's teams year after year (especially the past four years) is that they tire out down the stretch. In my opinion, you can directly link that to his stars playing 38 minutes in 30-point blowouts of Clarion, etc. I truly believe last year's 30-3 team peaked in late January.

If he'd say 'screw the redshirts' and get his stars down to 28-30 mpg would it help late in the season? Probably. This group is going to blow a ton of teams out this year. I'd rather keep legs fresh and limit the chances of injuries in meaningless minutes.