Iup basketball

[IUP24]

[IUP24]

[IUPbigINDIANS]

The best team wins the last game. Beauty of the tournament. You can't hide.

[Chuck Norris]

[IUPNation]

[IUPNation]

[Chuck Norris]

[Ship69]

I think with Ship they got caught at kind of an awkward stage of recruiting with the non-Covid season and had little depth in a season where most teams did not have a great deal of depth. With Nedrow's lengthy absence toward the end of the season, they literally had nobody beyond the starting five outside of a couple of very green freshmen. When the starting five has to score about 95 percent of the points, eventually one or two guys are going to have bad nights and if you're not getting more than 2-3 points off the bench you might be in for a long night. I was amazed as how well those five guys held up most of the time, and I thought they played a great game at East Stroud in the PSAC quarterfinals, but having to beat IUP for the second time to win the semis was a big ask, especially considering only two other teams beat them the entire year, and one of those was a team with a 7-foot stud in the D2 semifinals.

[IUP24]

[IUPalum]

Yes. My fault.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Did you forget KJ???

Yes. My fault.

[IUPalum]

I don't see any departures. Granted, Joe may make a couple cuts deep down the bench. So, they should enter next year with:

Starting Five

Armoni (a healthy version)
Shawndale
David Morris
Ethan
Tomiwa

Bench

Dillard
Polce
Radford
Diop
Damir Brooks
Waldo (true freshman)

Deep bench (as of now)

Cordon
Nolan
Aussie

I suspect they will add one transfer -- likely a post player or a shooting guard. Waldo will likely redshirt.

Did you forget KJ???

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Sounds about right - someone to replace Demo maybe - The only player I'd even guess might transfer could be Tomiwa, I heard an interview with him where he talked about how hard it was to get good coaching and competition in BB in the UK, now he's here he has had amazing progress. Might someone think he has a much higher ceiling than we've seen ? He certainly seems to have the physical part.

They are very high on Damir Brooks. He could have played this year. He's built just like Tomiwa ... maybe 10 lbs heavier. They are both about 6'6". He's big now. Another year on the weights and he will be a physical beast ... could be the 'muscle' next year. He can jump out of the gym, too.

Back to football mode.

[ironmaniup]

I don't see any departures. Granted, Joe may make a couple cuts deep down the bench. So, they should enter next year with:

Starting Five

Armoni (a healthy version)
Shawndale
David Morris
Ethan
Tomiwa

Bench

Dillard
Polce
Radford
Diop
Damir Brooks
Waldo (true freshman)

Deep bench (as of now)

Cordon
Nolan
Aussie

I suspect they will add one transfer -- likely a post player or a shooting guard. Waldo will likely redshirt.

Sounds about right - someone to replace Demo maybe - The only player I'd even guess might transfer could be Tomiwa, I heard an interview with him where he talked about how hard it was to get good coaching and competition in BB in the UK, now he's here he has had amazing progress. Might someone think he has a much higher ceiling than we've seen ? He certainly seems to have the physical part.

[EyeoftheHawk]

I don't see any departures. Granted, Joe may make a couple cuts deep down the bench. So, they should enter next year with:

Starting Five

Armoni (a healthy version)
Shawndale
David Morris
Ethan
Tomiwa

Bench

Dillard
Polce
Radford
Diop
Damir Brooks
Waldo (true freshman)

Deep bench (as of now)

Cordon
Nolan
Aussie

I suspect they will add one transfer -- likely a post player or a shooting guard. Waldo will likely redshirt.