Future teams
Cats look to be in good shape moving forward.
Bigs: Brooks for another year Diarra 3 more years Elle 2 more years PG: Logan 3 more years Wings: Cumberland 1 year Williams 2 more years Scott 1 more year Moore 2 more years Frederickson 1 more year. Prince 4 more years Hardnett??? In coming Curtis wing Feel free to correct any errors I may have made. I like how things shape up over the next couple of years. Looking at the improvement Williams made and the Potential of Logan added to all we have returning and the team should be very solid going forward. Next year we lose JJ and Broome. But if Loagn and Curtis replace them and Moore steps up we should be fine. Anyone have a opinion on Cumberland leaving early? I think he will stay his last year. |
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As long as his family and people around him convince him to stay. That's what worries me the most is the influences from family & friends. That being said, he could always average 20+ a game from now until the end of the season and lead us to an elite 8 or better and get a lot of hype that way as well. I'd be ok with that. |
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but Kaiser Gates went pro last year, so i mean who has any idea really. |
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Not to say Logon or Jarron couldn't handle the duties because they've both shown in my opinion that they're more than capable but we are losing a lot of ball handling with Jenifer and Cane graduating. I'd just like to have a pure PG on the roster along with Logan with some experience for insurance purposes. To help soften the blow in case of foul trouble or an injury. |
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Unsure if we'd have any shot at all...but this kid would seem like a great get as a transfer.
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...n-transferring |
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HAPPY NEW YEARS BEARCAT NATION ! DID YOU EVER THINK OUR BB AND FB WOULD BE 11-2.
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Samari drops 47 last night. Heard his league isn't great but he still can score. I know he will be running point sometime next year. How will teams stop Keith, Jarron and Samari? If we had an upgrade in bigs, we truly would be one of the best teams in the country.
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I feel bad bringing this up but I think UC needs to tell Fredericks he should look for other opportunities. Prince and Hardnett will be eligible next year and I can’t see how Prince is worse than what Rashawn offered this year. Not to mention we have our entire front court back where hopefully Diarra can get some more minutes. This would hopefully allow us to use another scholarship to go after a shooter that can hit a 3.
I would be ok with looking for a replacement for Moore too but I am still hopeful that he will actually turn in to a legit threat from deep. I am not sure if it is the culture of the team that Mick has instituted but Moore looks timid when shooting and Rashawn is no where near producing at a D1 level despite being a juco all American. |
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I think we could be good next year. Brooks really came on at the end of the year. He has to stay on the floor though. I think Logan could make plays, (both good and some bad). Prince and LaQuill both look intriguing. From the limited film I have seen them play, they look to have some ball skills. Anyone know more about them? We will still have question marks, but I think we could be a top 20 team the majority of the year.
If Mamoudou can improve somewhat and play 10-12 minutes next year, that could really help to keep Brooks out of foul trouble. |
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Jarron himself remains a big liability on closeouts. Trevon improved as the year went on. |
Everything starts with whether or not Cumberland comes back obviously so I will throw in that disclaimer. As long as we have him back (and with the new additions) I think we will be better at 4 out of 5 positions and possibly all 5. No disrespect to Jenifer (who had a great season) or Cane who was very valuable for us over the course of his 2 years.
At center we have Brooks who showed improvement over the course of the year. We will see who comes out of the pile in the back up role between Nsoseme and Diara but everyone has an extra year under the belt. From the rumors out there about Prince I would expect him to come in for all of the back up minutes for Scott and perhaps even at times allowing Scott to play the 5 when Brooks is in foul trouble. No longer will we need to see Moore or Fredericks getting those minutes. With the addition of Prince and Hardnett I think we obviously improve a solid situation from the standpoint of the 4 and 5. I think Prince could see 15 mpg his first full playing year. He just seems like a Cronin wet dream type of player. I would imagine Curtis is going to give us an upgrade at the wing as well (over Moore and Fredericks). I would expect him to be getting the primary backup minutes on the wing by mid season. I don't think it's a huge ask for someone of his caliber to provide a similar scoring punch as Broome did off the bench this year...which was pedestrian. I fully expect Curtis to be putting in 15 mpg and may come closer to 20. He may even take over for Williams as a starter at some point if Keith looks like he did toward the end of the season. But a lot of this depends on Curtis ability to defend. It will also be interesting to see if (or how much) Cumberland plays PG as that would open up another spot for Curtis to fill on the wing. So I think Curtis is going to have some options that may go beyond just back up minutes. He seems like the type of recruit that will be capable of playing a major role ala Evans and Cumberland did even as frosh. The big question is what is going to happen at the point and perhaps more specifically Johnson in general. If Cumberland is on point will Johnson be the backup or will we play them together? Will we put Johnson on the wing or Curtis if Cumberland plays point? Honestly, I am VERY high on Johnson however, putting the ball in Cumberland's hands on every possession is probably the route we need to go because of his understanding of the game, scoring, and assist ability and it keeps him from having to be constantly running off screens to get the ball. I love the energy Johnson brings and his defense could help us get back to elite status giving us someone who can play lock down on the perimeter (and rebound). But Johnson does not fit the description we need on the wing very well unless he really works on his shot so he may have to wait another year for starter minutes. We lost 2 senior PG's but we haven't lost any depth at the position really...lol! We are going to be extremely versatile next year...but as usual we are going to need some shooters to step up to help Cumberland. And quite frankly I think we are going to struggle there a bit (and it may be the only place we struggle). I see Williams around 30%. Johnson probably similar 30% range and I just hope Curtis can make 35%. If we don't see a huge jump from Moore (shooting 3's) in the first 10 games of the year...he may as well ride the pine or find a better situation for himself. I don't see a lot of minutes for Hardnett, Moore, Fredericks, or Ellie and maybe not Diara depending on his improvement and how good Prince is. Someone has to come out of this group to surprise us though. Would be nice to get 2 of them. |
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We'll need Moore and a few of the back-up frontcourt players to raise their games if we're going to take that step from top 30 team to top 15 team next season. |
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As for everyone else I expect Curtis to make a big impact much like Jarron did his freshman year, LOJO steps up and plays big minutes, Prince and Mamado will be the primary bigs off the bench. Thank god Fredricks is gonna be a senior, I don't see him getting more than 7-8 min a game. I think Trevor Moore needs to transfer, he has been such a let down, love his energy and hustles his ass off but he was recruited to be a shooter and yet he is a terrible shooter (except in practice he supposedly lights it up... smh). Hopefully Curtis steals his minutes. As always these are just my opinions. |
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I personally don't want to give up on him. Jenifer seemed like a lost cause after his sophomore year and look how he raised his game. When you consider how poorly Keith and Fredericks shot the 3 for the latter part of the year, we don't have the luxury of discarding Moore and knowing that equal or better options are in the wings. Curtis hopefully will provide a boost but he's going to be playing the 1/2 for us. Moore will mostly come in as a 3 and sometimes a small ball 4. Fresh blood isn't always the answer as well. Remember Joe Cremo? Albany grad transfer we were in for last offseason? Averaged 18/game and shot 46% from 3 as a junior. How'd he do this season at Villanova? 4 ppg and 34% from 3. He didn't even play 6 minutes/game over Villanova's Big East tourney run and 2 NCAA tourney games. |
I would really like to avoid the whole "honorary starter" thing going into this season and just play our best players from the start. I think we get into one of these situations if we start Cumberland at PG and we need to come up with a wing to start. That could end up being Moore or Fredericks since Curtis will be a frosh and Logan is not really a wing.
So I am hoping we start Logan at the PG and Cumberland on the wing. Cumberland can move over during the game and allow Curtis to come in. |
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As for Curtis...I don't think he's a sharp shooter either. Teams are going to pack the paint on us. We are going to have to shoot them out of it somehow. In the past...weight lifting, getting in shape, and training have been a huge focus in the off season and getting ready for the following year. At this point I would almost trade all of that for exclusive 3 point shooting until next season starts...LOL! Every player...every shot...hahaha |
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Over 3pt shooting our returning players need to work on dribbling and just flat out better hands. Got too many players that can't dribble against pressure and can't come down with the ball under contact. Moore probably has worse hands ever, he can't catch the ball or shoot it
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It's pretty easy for defenses when all you have to do is find 1 shooter on the court. Jenifer made things twice as hard by giving us a 2nd option. Imagine if we had 3 shooters? It's (the shooting) going to have to come from Williams, Johnson, or Curtis. Those are very likely going to be the guards in the short rotation outside of Cumberland. That is not a promising shooting bunch!! I guess we can hope Scott helps or one of the other bigs? |
So in terms of 3 point shooting we have Curtis coming in. The rest of our wings/guards we have some data. Not sure on the new bigs of course (Prince & Hardnett) or if Diara will play much. Jenifer is gone and so is Broome.
Curtis 32.5% HS senior year. Likely that % would go down unless he is really good at spot up shooting and didn't get much chance to do that because he was the focal point. 30% would not be good for us. Williams finished the year 27%...OUCH...but twice as good as last year...LOL! Fredericks 24%....yikes...awful Moore 27%....for a shooter...just turrible LoJo 25%...not good...has more time to fix than Moore or Fredericks Scott 31%...low volume...but the next best shooter to Jenifer? Broome was at an awful 30% on the year. Part of me expects Cumberland's numbers (%) to go down as well because I thought he had a very good year from 3. All of this adds up to a shit show in terms of shooting. |
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Last 16 games: Scott was 10/28 (35.8%) from 3 I think Scott can shoot close to that 35% clip again with continued work on his shot in the offseason. That would be a big boost to our offense if he could be a respectable threat from deep. |
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Wide open set shooting should be a minimum of 30% and to be honest probably should be closer to 35% plus. Expecting improvements from the supporting cast should not be even close to asking to much. |
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