Friday, May 9, 2008

Personnel Change

Well, a lot has happened in the last few weeks with the Men's Hoops squad. Ramar Smith and Duke Crews were dismissed for substance abuse violations. Crews will be missed, but I never cared much for Smith. He was a superior athlete but a very poor free throw shooter, jump-shooter, and not a great passer.

Tennessee did sign a great prospect to pick up the slack (I actually think we are a better team after this shuffle). PG Bobby Maze who started his career at OU, just finished a year in JC where he averaged nearly 21 points, 7 assists, and 2 steals per game.

We did lose 5 players that had major minutes last year, but I couldn't feel better about the circumstances. This is what our team will look like...

Jr - Tyler Smith - 6' 7" 215 lbs (13.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 3.4 apg)
Jr - Wayne Chism - 6' 9" 242 lbs (9.9 ppg, 5.8 rpg)
Jr - JP Prince - 6' 7" 205 lbs (8 ppg, 3.2 rpg)
Jr - Bobby Maze - 6' 2" 175 lbs (20.7 ppg, 6.8 apg, 1.7 spg)
Fr - Scotty Hopson - 6' 5" 185 lbs (5-Star)
So - Brian Williams - 6' 10" 267 lbs (2.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg)
Sr - Ryan Childress - 6' 9" 235 lbs (2.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg)
Fr - Reynaldo Woolridge - 6' 8" 205 lbs (4-Star)
Fr - Phillip Jurick - 6' 10" 250 lbs (4-Star)
Jr - Josh Tabb - 6' 4" 196 lbs (1.3 ppg, 1.1 apg)
So - Cameron Tatum - 6' 6" 196 lbs (5 ppg, 2.3 rpg)
Fr - Daniel West - 6' 1" 165 lbs (3-Star)

We are stacked. I think this is definitely enough talent to get us finally past the Sweet 16. We'll see how it all comes together.

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