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07-30-2017, 11:07 AM | #1 |
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Just saw that Landry Shamet for Wichita State broke his foot and is out for a while. That's a huge blow for them. Hopefully he comes back by the start of the season, or conference play at worst.
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07-31-2017, 07:05 AM | #2 |
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I saw yesterday that he likely will be back for the season opener. I doubt he misses Maui for Wichita.
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08-07-2017, 10:09 AM | #3 |
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For anyone that's interested, Jon Rothstein visited SMU's practice last week. Here are some of his Twitter comments...
Greetingsfrom Dallas. Here for SMU practice. Ponies are aiming for back-to-back NCAA bids. https://t.co/JYOhMovscF The biggest area of focus at SMU practice? Offensive rebounding. Undersized Ponies need extra possessions. Limited size yet again. Arkansas transfer Jimmy Whitt will give SMU a new dimension at PG. Should allow Shake Milton to move to wing and focus on scoring at will. SMU won't have Jahmal McMurray until December. The games without him: Battle 4 Atlantis, USC, and TCU. Epitome of brutality? Indeed. Early prediction on SMU's starting five: Jimmy Whitt, Shake Milton, Ben Emelogu, Jarrey Foster, Akoy Agau. Similar to last year, expect SMU to focus on a "5-out" alignment. Positionless basketball a major theme at practice today. Interchangeable. SMU has NCAA caliber talent 1-4. Big question is if there's anything else after that. Ponies lost three guys that will play for money Biggest surprise I saw after the past few days? SMU freshman Ethan Chargois. 6-9 and SKILLED. Needs to change body, but could help Ponies. Think with McMurray, SMU can get an NCAA bid. Could be tough sledding without him in November though. Seems like SMU will be another tough out during conference play regardless of how they fair during McMurray's absence. |
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I feel if we don't take care of SMU fairly easily this year, then we'll have severely underachieved this year. |
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08-07-2017, 02:31 PM | #5 |
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08-07-2017, 10:23 PM | #6 |
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08-15-2017, 07:39 AM | #7 |
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If UC isn’t preseason picked to win the league this year it won’t matter, I’m not sure the preseason pick has ever won the AAC.
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08-16-2017, 02:49 PM | #8 |
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3 point shooting is the name of the game anymore. Shoot lots of them and do it at a good perecentage and you will win a lot of games. Nowadays, I think 3 point shooting is the most important part of basketball.
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08-16-2017, 03:12 PM | #9 |
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I just wish we could get someone Durden-Burton or Logan. They all averaged close to 40% their last @ years not low 30's like Troy and Kevin did. I remember being at games and Durden,s misses were always close or rim-outs not total bricks like last year.
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08-16-2017, 06:44 PM | #10 |
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Trevor Moore is supposed to be that kind of shooter if I recall his recruitment correctly.
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