Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Concord has had some turnover. Best player Malik Johnson transferred to western New Mexico. Rebounder mulumba is gone.
Have solid guards in heller, kennedy and weir from Nova se. I think their coach is good.

Wvw lost their coach recently and had a down season last year.

I remember in 2019 IUP opened with WVW. I think they thought it was going to be a walk in the park. WVW had like 5-6 dunks in the first half and was up by 6-7 at halftime. I would not have wanted to be in that locker room that night. Joe was ready to explode by the end of the first half.

Said explosion must have worked because IUP won the second half by 35 or so.

As I recall that was the WVW team that actually had a good starting five ... lot of foreign players. I think they actually beat WL that year (once). I know the player who had like four of the dunks on IUP that night transferred out. He was a really good athlete at small forward. IUP just crushed them defensively in the second half.

[Columbuseer]

Concord has had some turnover. Best player Malik Johnson transferred to western New Mexico. Rebounder mulumba is gone.
Have solid guards in heller, kennedy and weir from Nova se. I think their coach is good.

Wvw lost their coach recently and had a down season last year.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Oh I agree... The deal with Concord is they played last year. That's what makes me nervous about them. The IUP style should slow them BUT IUP hasn't played legit games in almost 2 years.

Not surprising they are opening with WVW and then the following night will play Concord. Good to get a tune-up in first. I assume Joe will play a couple exhibitions to help get that rust off.

[IUPalum]

I was thinking he may go a little lighter than normal this year. Joe has a tough crossover schedule this year from the East (at Kutztown,, at West Chester, Shippensburg).

Add to it a pair with Mercyhurst, etc., and they will have a pretty solid SOS resume without needing to kill themselves in non-conference. Virginia State will give them one big game. Concord isn't a gimme. They've played well up here and are known for some big wins yearly in the MEC. There should be another game or two announced before we can make a final call.

Oh I agree... The deal with Concord is they played last year. That's what makes me nervous about them. The IUP style should slow them BUT IUP hasn't played legit games in almost 2 years.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

I hate to say this but Virginia St is probably the only real competition unless Concord brought in some top talent. Salem and WVWU leave a lot to be desired annually!

I was thinking he may go a little lighter than normal this year. Joe has a tough crossover schedule this year from the East (at Kutztown,, at West Chester, Shippensburg).

Add to it a pair with Mercyhurst, etc., and they will have a pretty solid SOS resume without needing to kill themselves in non-conference. Virginia State will give them one big game. Concord isn't a gimme. They've played well up here and are known for some big wins yearly in the MEC. There should be another game or two announced before we can make a final call.

[IUPalum]

Some new info on the schedule:

Teams attending the IUP Tip-Off: UPJ, Concord, West Virginia Wesleyan

Teams attending the IUP Thanksgiving Weekend: Salem, Virginia State, UPJ


Obviously, IUP will not play UPJ at these events.

I hate to say this but Virginia St is probably the only real competition unless Concord brought in some top talent. Salem and WVWU leave a lot to be desired annually!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Some new info on the schedule:

Teams attending the IUP Tip-Off: UPJ, Concord, West Virginia Wesleyan

Teams attending the IUP Thanksgiving Weekend: Salem, Virginia State, UPJ


Obviously, IUP will not play UPJ at these events.

[IUPalum]

Brooks is 6'6" and appears to be around 215 lbs. He played G/F in high school and graduated in the class of 2020. He spent last year at Vision Academy NYC (post grad).

He's certainly a rim attacker and strong defender. His tape will remind you of Tevin Hanner.

Nice thing is he isn't a 'true freshmen' -- he's had that extra year to develop his body/game.

I suspect he's in the mix (to some extent) this season.

Extremely interested to see Joe's rotation this year. He hasn't had a team this deep in a long time. And, we know the dream rotation is iron man.


But, assuming Armoni, Morris and Shawndale rarely leave the floor at the guard positions, it does give him (5) solid post players. I think the battle for being the 4th and 5th guard is going to be interesting.

This team is surely shaping up to be exciting!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Brooks is 6'6" and appears to be around 215 lbs. He played G/F in high school and graduated in the class of 2020. He spent last year at Vision Academy NYC (post grad).

He's certainly a rim attacker and strong defender. His tape will remind you of Tevin Hanner.

Nice thing is he isn't a 'true freshmen' -- he's had that extra year to develop his body/game.

I suspect he's in the mix (to some extent) this season.

Extremely interested to see Joe's rotation this year. He hasn't had a team this deep in a long time. And, we know the dream rotation is iron man.


But, assuming Armoni, Morris and Shawndale rarely leave the floor at the guard positions, it does give him (5) solid post players. I think the battle for being the 4th and 5th guard is going to be interesting.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Wonder whom the connection is in NYC ...

I'll do some digging on this latest player.

I did have a feeling something was happening as the roster is usually up by this time of the year.

[IUPalum]

So is nobody left then the roster is at 15 with Faulk and Brooks added to your list.

[IUPalum]

Interesting


However ... does a mid-August signing mean somebodt left?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Twitter official today... IUP signed Damir Brooks from NYC!

Interesting


However ... does a mid-August signing mean somebodt left?

[IUPalum]

I was expecting to see one more transfer added but as of now (and, it's getting late) it appears Dallis Dillard is the recruiting class. Of note, Joe has had a couple August signings during his tenure (and the roster isn't posted yet).

As of today, the 2021-22 roster is:

Guard

Dave Morris
Armoni Foster
KJ Rhodes
Shawndale Jones
Bryce Radford
Enrique Cordon
Kyle Polce
Dallis Dillard

Post

Tomiwa Sulaiman
Tommy Demogerontas
Ethan Porterfield
Ousmane Diop
Nolan Burk


Assuming history repeats and we go with a 7-man rotation, the first (6) are obvious (Morris, Armoni, Shawndale, Demo, Sulaiman and Porterfield).

I know the 6'10" Diop will play minutes but I see him in a defensive stopper role this year ... likely about 8-10 mpg (that may be all it takes to foul out ... and sometimes that will be the role).

Question is who will be the 7th Man? I'd bet on Radford over KJ at this point. Not ruling out Dillard but, well, they call him Redshirt Joe for a reason.

Twitter official today... IUP signed Damir Brooks from NYC!

[boatcapt]

Great question (particularly with our program), ... but, he already took a redshirt year at St. Francis.

He actually played pretty well in their upset of Pitt last year. He's a fringe D1 player but would be a prototype D2 shooting guard.

Odd thing is hitting the portal this late in the year. Most rosters are full right now.

I think Joe does have space for him. Money, of course, is a different topic.

This is the one position I've thought they needed to address via transfer all offseason.

FYI..."redshirt" at the DII level really doesn't exist...It's a D1 thing. At a D1, a player has a 5 year clock to complete 4 "competative" seasons. Once the clock starts, it runs regardless of weather the player plays or not (It ALSO continues to run even if the student leaves school). The "non-playing" year is called a redshirt year. In DII a player has 10 semesters to complete 4 competative seasons. And there is no 5 year clock. A player could partisipate and play his freshman year (2 total semesters and 1 competative season) then take two years off and come back with 8 available semesters and 3 competative seasons remaining.

Don't know the history of the guy you are talking about but if he took a legit D1 redshirt, he will probably have 8 total semesters and 4 competative seasons available weather he starts play this coming year OR waits until next year.