Next Year

[DownGoesKansas]

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why would Morrison transfer? he's the next Brooks McKowen in my opinion. He didn't play a ton of minutes but neither did AJ last year. I think people forget how much these guys like playing for Jake, Hogan, and Glas

I do not know if he will transfer but i do not see a lot of minutes for him in the future. I think he got recruited over big time this year. Mitchell at the point, Bohannon at the 2, Singleton at the 3, and Lyle as a guard also. For next year I think Mitchell would get edge at pg and Bohannon' size would give him an advantage at the 2.

[jnutt]

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Rich Glas has been coaching at Concordia-St. Paul for about three years now. Try Green and Johnson instead

whooops, force of habit. Coach Ben Johnson and Kyle Green. My bad

[ceaser150]

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why would Morrison transfer? he's the next Brooks McKowen in my opinion. He didn't play a ton of minutes but neither did AJ last year. I think people forget how much these guys like playing for Jake, Hogan, Johnson, and Green

I think Morrison could be a poor man's AJ minus the leaping ability. He is very quick and can shoot it. AJ didn't play much his RS Freshman season either. I think he can contribute something the next few years.

[UnderParPanther]

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AJ showed quite a bit of potential last year in limited playing time. Morrison just hasnt gotten that chance yet to show anything. I think he's a good player, but w/ who we have coming in I'm not sure where he fits. AJ jumping ability has a lot to do w/ his success in attacking the basket and he's a good rebounder.

hard to believe 3-4 yrs ago we were complaining about not having point guards and now we have too many and have no bigs....

[coachdon]

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This is my prediction for next year: Tuttle and Koch will start at the big forward spots, Sonnen at the 3 guard, AJ at the 2, with Moran at point. Rank will be the bench for Tuttle/Koch. Singleton at the 3, with Bohannon backing up AJ at the 2 and Mitchel getting close to 20 minutes at the point off the bench. Lyle will get redshirted because of a backlog. Buss will get some minutes at the 3/4 early in the season, unless he's really good, not so much later. Pehl won't get much of a chance to play, just like Morrison. This not necessarily how I'd do it but it is how I think BenJ will.

[9YRPLAN]

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i highly doubt that Tuttle redshirts. he can play inside.

i would like to see bohannon on the floor but i just dont see the minutes available.

[06panther10]

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i highly doubt that Tuttle redshirts. he can play inside.

i would like to see bohannon on the floor but i just dont see the minutes available.

I agree. We will have plenty of guards next year. Might as well redshirt him, rather than waste a year playing minimal minutes.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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IMO, I really think we'll have to wait and see what happens this summer with the incoming freshmen and what happens to them. What I do know is that I wouldn't be shocked to see Martino playing minutes next year. He's a multi-sport kid who is now just focusing on 1 sport. His athleticism is pretty good and has similar height to Kerwin.

I don't see anyone getting more than 31 minutes per game next year (and probably only one over 30).
PG- Moran (30-31)
SG- James (28)
WG- Sonnen (26)
PF- Koch (26)
C- TBD

Off the bench:
PG- Mitchell (18)
SG- Martino or Morrison (6)
SF- Buss (12)

The post players will be Rank (who will probably get about 18-20 min/game), Pehl (10-12), and Tuttle is TBD. IMO, Tuttle is a guy who could start right away. However, that goes against the way Jake has run things, as outside of Moran as a freshman and Kerwin part time as a RS freshman, he really hasn't started freshmen bigs. With the need for inside production, that may change. This will be something interesting to watch. If Tuttle plays (alternative would be RS), he probably gets 10+ minutes per game (as many as 18-20, as few as 10). In the end, I think he plays, unless UNI were to bring in a JC big man, which would mean someone would leave the team (which I haven't heard of that happening, nor do I fully expect one to).

Singleton will be an interesting case. He and Buss essentially play the same position, SF, but in UNI's system can get minutes at the '4'...but are total opposites as Buss is 6'9" and thin, while Singleton is 6'5" and cut I think Singleton is physically ready to play next year, but whether he's needed or not is TBD. I think if Martino and Buss look ready to play next year to fill a Kerwin type roll, they may look hard at a RS for Marvin. I think Lyle RS, but his defense is very good. He could be a needed guy to get a stop, but I think a RS is probably in the works. Bohannon is also a guy who could RS, but he too has some assets that could benefit this team right away (namely 3 point shooting off the bench). I think Morrison is going to have to prove he can outplay Mitchell for PG minutes. If he can, then I think it means Bohannon, Singleton, and Lyle could all end up RS (but that would be pretty unlikely that all 3 would RS).

In the end, I think it's Pehl starting and Mitchell, Rank, Tuttle, and Martino/Buss off the bench first, with Singleton/Morrison getting strong minutes after that. That's 1 senior and 4 juniors starting with 2-3 true freshmen, 1-2 RS freshman (Buss/Martino), and 2 sophs (Rank, Morrison). Then, you can RS Bohannon and Lyle and use those guys to replace Moran's minutes the following year.

I think that I would have taken 20 wins out of this team at the beginning of the year. I think it's a success to see Anthony James (who played under 5 min/game last year) being as successful as he has. Jake Koch has done very well being the main man, especially down the stretch when he's not getting much inside support and seems to be a little bothered by an ankle injury. Rank can play, but his confidence hasn't been what it was earlier in the year. That happened with Johnny his freshman year too, but improved as he got older. Pehl played 9 total minutes last year, and even though he's not logging huge minutes, it's the equivalent to a little less than what Jake Koch got last year. His game will improve with more time, but I think in general no one expected him to be a big time producer, but rather someone who can score a couple buckets and grab 4-5 boards per game while playing hard. His defense is something that needs to improve, but again, with repetition that too will get better. I think I sometimes forget that outside of Jake Koch, there was 9 minutes of total game time from last year returning in the post (outside of O'Rear) and that all the posts were sophomores and younger. Next year, the core group of post players will be a year older and wiser. There should be more versatility with Buss, Singleton, and Tuttle also. I think next year becomes another top half Valley finish, with the following year being very, very good.

[06panther10]

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Long story short, we got a ton of options, and we are just going to have to see how good those freshman are.

We should be a very deep team again next year.

Pttb, I think its interesting that you think that Martino will be getting decent minutes. I had not anticipated that. (though, I really do not know much about him)

I also agree, and I posted the same thing earlier, that next year will be good, but we could be extremely good in two years.

[ExJHawkCatFan]

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In case anyone is interested...

Tuttle and West Fork will be playing Dike-New Hartford at Cedar Falls High School on Saturday night at 7:00 in the Substate final game.

Just thought I would pass that on...

[DownGoesKansas]

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PTTB: The only thing that I would say in regard to your predictions is that we are supposed to have a strong recruiting class coming in. So if if really is that good, I do not see Martino, a walk-on RS freshman getting minutes over some one like Bohannon. Redshirting players can be very good for a program as we have seen but if someone is good enough to play right away they should play.

[achrist70]

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PTTB: The only thing that I would say in regard to your predictions is that we are supposed to have a strong recruiting class coming in. So if if really is that good, I do not see Martino, a walk-on RS freshman getting minutes over some one like Bohannon. Redshirting players can be very good for a program as we have seen but if someone is good enough to play right away they should play.

Martino received an 83 grade from ESPN, so I don't think that he is the typical UNI walk-on that we usually see, I also think that he has the chance to see so decent minutes next year. He is a big wing man that was a heck of an all around athlete in high school.

[CyCarp]

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Did Martino have basketball scholarship offers from anybody? I know he's on academic scholarship at UNI, so it's very possible that he had offers elsewhere, but came here since he had an academic offer here yet.

[Panthers to the Bone]

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I believe that if UNI were to have "recruited" him, he would have counted as a scholarship player, even though he is a walk-on. UNI is fortunate in that he was a Presidential Scholar, and thus is a different walk-on that previous guys. Who knows if he truly will play those type of minutes, but don't be surprised if he does.

[DownGoesKansas]

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Any chance that Jake changes his coaching philosophy at all for next year. Maybe a little more of a full court defense and up tempo. I know its not likely but it might be a good idea since we will be a smaller team but also have lots of depth. I think next year will tell us a lot about what kind of coach he is. We know he is a good one but can he win with different types of players/ is he willing to make majors changes to fit the current roster etc.