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Observations From
The 11/13/2004 Men's Basketball Open Scrimmage
(11/15/2004) |
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| On Peyton
Stovall... |
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Peyton Stovall |
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Peyton Stovall’s
outside shot looks much improved. He stepped up and knocked down a
couple of three-pointers when his defender ducked under the pick and
roll. The one thing about
Peyton during the scrimmage is that he looked a little too relaxed and
sloppy at times. |
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On Darren Yates... |
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| Darren
Yates and Coach Buckley share a moment. |
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Darren Yates started where he left off
at Indiana State last year. His three-point shot looked very good. He
also scrapped, grabbed rebounds, played solid defense, and went after
loose balls. Yates was easily the leading scorer and star on this day. |
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On Matt McCollom... |
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| Matt
McCollom brings the ball up the floor. |
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Matt McCollom showed
great leadership and poise. He was solid in all facets of the game. His
shot looked good, and as usual, he was solid on the boards and got some
tough buckets inside.
Matt is going to have a big senior year. He will spend a lot of time
at the free throw line, which is great because he's the best free throw
shooter in the MAC. |
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On
Dennis Trammell...
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| Dennis
Trammell |
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Dennis Trammell
looked to be playing passively and leading the team.
He's mentally tough and proven. |
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On
Terrance Chapman...
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| Terrance
Chapman shoots freethrows. |
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Terrance
Chapman showed some improved offensive moves and hustle on defense and
on the glass.
For this team to be successful Terrance has to be a force. |
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On
Anthony Kent and Tom Howland...
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| Tom
Howland jumps against Terrance Chapman |
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Anthony Kent and Tom
Howland looked quite passive, but the inside guys, perhaps because of
the players’ knowledge of the offense when playing defense, were not a
big part of the day at all. The guards did not penetrate near as much
as normal, which would have also involved the inside players more. |
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On Anthony
Newell...
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of the gym, just like Coach Buck said. He out jumped Anthony Kent by
nearly a foot on a tip-off. |
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On Landon
Adler and Charles Bass...
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| Landon
Adler and Charles Bass sat out this scrimmage. |
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Landon Adler and Charles Bass watched
the action from the first row of the stands. Adler went out on the
floor and shot threes every chance he got. His foot looks much
healthier than just a few weeks ago. The kid can flat out shoot the
ball. |
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On the new walk-ons...
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| "Juice"
with the ball. |
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Walk-ons Marqus
Husband (50) and Juice – I didn’t catch his real name (2) saw limited
action. |
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Starters?
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is no way a starting lineup could be determined from this scrimmage, but
the players that looked the best was pretty clear to most observers –
Yates, Stovall, McCollom, Bennett, Mills, and Chapman. Bennett played
some of the best basketball I’ve ever seen him play. |
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Overall
Observation
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Overall, the team is very deep at the guard and forward positions.
Mills and Newell will compete to back-up Chapman. The guards corps is
as good as you will see at this level. The center position appears to
still be a giant mystery, but minimal production from that position
could still result in significant success. In a real game situation I
would think that the bigs will get more action due to better spacing and
the opponent having considerably less knowledge about our offense and
tendencies of individual players. |
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