Looking at 2015-2016

[UNIhoops]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13226229/six-players-improve-their-scoring-average

[CyCarp]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bask...coring-average

Nice list of players/teams. Kansas, Michigan St, Villanova, UCLA, Texas... and UNI.

Here's a little MVC preview. Way early, but Rothstein has us 4th.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/eye-on-college-basketball/25236127/five-offseason-questions-missouri-valley-conference

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

PTL was tonight in Waterloo...anyone go and have an update you're willing to share?

[UNIChippewa]

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Nice list of players/teams. Kansas, Michigan St, Villanova, UCLA, Texas... and UNI.

Here's a little MVC preview. Way early, but Rothstein has us 4th.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...ley-conference

I think Rothstein and others who are ranking Red ISU ahead of us at this point are really underestimating the loss of Knight. I think they're a top 4 or 5 team in the MVC, but even objectively I wouldn't put them ahead of us.

Evansville is another story...the big European kid and DJ are both very good players and they ended their season on a high by winning the CIT. I think it's between them and us for 2nd place.

[SteinPizza]

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I think Rothstein and others who are ranking Red ISU ahead of us at this point are really underestimating the loss of Knight. I think they're a top 4 or 5 team in the MVC, but even objectively I wouldn't put them ahead of us.

Evansville is another story...the big European kid and DJ are both very good players and they ended their season on a high by winning the CIT. I think it's between them and us for 2nd place.

Agreed. Knight had some playmaking ability that any MVC team would want. Plus, Lynch will develop into a dangerous player down low. It won't shock me if he had some Ravonte Rice style success in the Big Ten.

[UNIPNTHR]

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Here's a little MVC preview. Way early, but Rothstein has us 4th.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...ley-conference

Five breakout players

Paris Lee, Illinois State
Rashard Kelly, Wichita State
Wes Washpun, Northern Iowa
Jeremy Morgan, Northern Iowa
Montel James, Loyola (Chicago)

I think Wyatt Lohaus has a much better chance to be considered "all breakout" at the end of next season than Jeremy Morgan.

Wyatt has the better opportunity to pop up on the radar screens of national media who are checking in and only see the highlights: points, assists, ball handling highlights...

Jeremy will be fantastic and a lynch pin for this team, but maybe not in the way a national sports writer will go to look for evidence: the boxscore. Look at the stats categories where he excels (from kenpom) and you see Turnover Rate, Block %, Steal %. Unfortunately, there are few highlight reels for clutch rebounds, suffocating defense, hustle plays. Those are the areas where Jeremy Morgan has staked his claim as a starting lineup staple.

[06panther10]

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Jeremy will need to look to score more from here on out, and I believe that he is more than capable of doing so. He is such a gifted basketball player that is capable of so much. If he really wants to be a star, he can.

[Kyle]

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Jeremy will need to look to score more from here on out, and I believe that he is more than capable of doing so. He is such a gifted basketball player that is capable of so much. If he really wants to be a star, he can.

Very true.

If Jeremy was playing for Evansville he'd be "the guy" and average about 25PPG.

[panther-state]

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One thing I noticed this offseason is how many transfers the MVC has had. Does anyone know how many total transfers the conference has had this offseason? I've seen names like Ron Mouvika (and Marcus Marshall), Josh Cunningham and all of the non-seniors, Jalen Pendelton, Jordan Daniels and Danilek from Drake, etc...but I know I'm missing a bunch. I think the Shox had a couple deeeep bench guys leave

[wufan]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

One thing I noticed this offseason is how many transfers the MVC has had. Does anyone know how many total transfers the conference has had this offseason? I've seen names like Ron Mouvika (and Marcus Marshall), Josh Cunningham and all of the non-seniors, Jalen Pendelton, Jordan Daniels and Danilek from Drake, etc...but I know I'm missing a bunch. I think the Shox had a couple deeeep bench guys leave

For WSU, freshman guards Ri'an Holland and Corey Henderson transferred out. Junior forward (by way of JUCO) Tevin Glass also left.

[sivert]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016 - thoughts...

Losing: Tuttle
- Floor general, moves at the hoop, tons of contributions.
More minutes from:
Koch, Ben
New minutes from:
Ted Friedman
Justin Dahl
Luke McDonnell
Klint Carlson

Tuttle was one of the greatest players at UNI, but I think the press attributed too much of UNI’s success to him. We will be solid at guard and I think we’ll get assists from there.

Losing: Mitchell, Deon (21 min/gm)
- Excellent capability of driving fast to the hoop for the lay-u—assist off the rim to Tuttle or Singleton.

Replaced by more minutes from:
Washpun (22 min/gm)
- Fast, sometimes too fast to the rim.
- Makes own shot, great pull-up.
- Better on defense that Deon, especially when the defense switches and he’s covering a taller player.
- Way more blocked shots
- Higher FG%, FT% than Deon (3FG% is lower, but .395 is still pretty good.)
- More rebounds
- energetic, emotional
Lohaus (13 min/gm)
- Makes his own shot
- defensively on par with Deon
- Higher FG%, 3FG%, FT% than Deon.
- great energy, doesn’t take plays off and aggressive on loose balls.
Austin (Transfer)
Knar (1.4 min/gm) (?)
New minutes from:
Taylor Olson
Haldeman

All in all, I don’t think we really lose a whole lot at PG. Deon was a great player, but we’re replacing him with other great players.

Losing: Buss, Nate (18 min/gm)
- Great shooter, but it felt like every time an opponent completed a drive to the basket, Nate was right behind him.
- While the replacements give about the same FG%, 3FG%, and FT%, Nate offered a willingness to shot any time, any where and was tough for opponents to block. So when you need a shot at game’s end with 10 sec on the clock, he always had the guts and ability to get a good shot off. We’ll miss that, though Jesperson will fill it in.

Replaced by more minutes from:
Jesperson (18 min/gm)
- Much better defensively than Buss
- Higher FG%, 3FG%, and FT%.
- More assists, less turnovers, but less blocked shots.
Bohannon (26 min/gm)
- Better on defense
- a little lower on FG%, 3FG%, and FT% than Buss
-
Jeremy Morgan (24 min/gm)
- He locks down on defense -
- His FG% is higher than Bohannan, lower than Buss. His 3FG% is the lowest on the team (significant minutes only).

New minutes from:
Aarias Austin

Again, Jespersen will fill in for Nate nicely on offense and provide a benefit on defense. Definitely reloading here.

Losing: Marvin Singleton
Rebounds, positioning for receiving quick pass and lay-up. Didn’t seem to have a lot of moves with the ball.

Ted Friedman
Justin Dahl
Klint Carlson
These guys are pretty big - as determined and strong as Marvin?

[Panther100]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016 - thoughts...

Losing: Tuttle
- Floor general, moves at the hoop, tons of contributions.
More minutes from:
Koch, Ben
New minutes from:
Ted Friedman
Justin Dahl
Luke McDonnell
Klint Carlson

Tuttle was one of the greatest players at UNI, but I think the press attributed too much of UNI’s success to him. We will be solid at guard and I think we’ll get assists from there.

Losing: Mitchell, Deon (21 min/gm)
- Excellent capability of driving fast to the hoop for the lay-u—assist off the rim to Tuttle or Singleton.

Replaced by more minutes from:
Washpun (22 min/gm)
- Fast, sometimes too fast to the rim.
- Makes own shot, great pull-up.
- Better on defense that Deon, especially when the defense switches and he’s covering a taller player.
- Way more blocked shots
- Higher FG%, FT% than Deon (3FG% is lower, but .395 is still pretty good.)
- More rebounds
- energetic, emotional
Lohaus (13 min/gm)
- Makes his own shot
- defensively on par with Deon
- Higher FG%, 3FG%, FT% than Deon.
- great energy, doesn’t take plays off and aggressive on loose balls.
Austin (Transfer)
Knar (1.4 min/gm) (?)
New minutes from:
Taylor Olson
Haldeman

All in all, I don’t think we really lose a whole lot at PG. Deon was a great player, but we’re replacing him with other great players.

Losing: Buss, Nate (18 min/gm)
- Great shooter, but it felt like every time an opponent completed a drive to the basket, Nate was right behind him.
- While the replacements give about the same FG%, 3FG%, and FT%, Nate offered a willingness to shot any time, any where and was tough for opponents to block. So when you need a shot at game’s end with 10 sec on the clock, he always had the guts and ability to get a good shot off. We’ll miss that, though Jesperson will fill it in.

Replaced by more minutes from:
Jesperson (18 min/gm)
- Much better defensively than Buss
- Higher FG%, 3FG%, and FT%.
- More assists, less turnovers, but less blocked shots.
Bohannon (26 min/gm)
- Better on defense
- a little lower on FG%, 3FG%, and FT% than Buss
-
Jeremy Morgan (24 min/gm)
- He locks down on defense -
- His FG% is higher than Bohannan, lower than Buss. His 3FG% is the lowest on the team (significant minutes only).

New minutes from:
Aarias Austin

Again, Jespersen will fill in for Nate nicely on offense and provide a benefit on defense. Definitely reloading here.

Losing: Marvin Singleton
Rebounds, positioning for receiving quick pass and lay-up. Didn’t seem to have a lot of moves with the ball.

Ted Friedman
Justin Dahl
Klint Carlson
These guys are pretty big - as determined and strong as Marvin?

Overall, pretty accurate. The 30 second shot clock helps. I hope Koch is healthy. The bigs need to rebound better. It's critical to control the foul situation. Should be a good shooting team. I think regular season 22-9. The Conference Tourney Title would be a must.

[Panther100]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016 - thoughts...

Losing: Tuttle
- Floor general, moves at the hoop, tons of contributions.
More minutes from:
Koch, Ben
New minutes from:
Ted Friedman
Justin Dahl
Luke McDonnell
Klint Carlson

Tuttle was one of the greatest players at UNI, but I think the press attributed too much of UNI’s success to him. We will be solid at guard and I think we’ll get assists from there.

Losing: Mitchell, Deon (21 min/gm)
- Excellent capability of driving fast to the hoop for the lay-u—assist off the rim to Tuttle or Singleton.

Replaced by more minutes from:
Washpun (22 min/gm)
- Fast, sometimes too fast to the rim.
- Makes own shot, great pull-up.
- Better on defense that Deon, especially when the defense switches and he’s covering a taller player.
- Way more blocked shots
- Higher FG%, FT% than Deon (3FG% is lower, but .395 is still pretty good.)
- More rebounds
- energetic, emotional
Lohaus (13 min/gm)
- Makes his own shot
- defensively on par with Deon
- Higher FG%, 3FG%, FT% than Deon.
- great energy, doesn’t take plays off and aggressive on loose balls.
Austin (Transfer)
Knar (1.4 min/gm) (?)
New minutes from:
Taylor Olson
Haldeman

All in all, I don’t think we really lose a whole lot at PG. Deon was a great player, but we’re replacing him with other great players.

Losing: Buss, Nate (18 min/gm)
- Great shooter, but it felt like every time an opponent completed a drive to the basket, Nate was right behind him.
- While the replacements give about the same FG%, 3FG%, and FT%, Nate offered a willingness to shot any time, any where and was tough for opponents to block. So when you need a shot at game’s end with 10 sec on the clock, he always had the guts and ability to get a good shot off. We’ll miss that, though Jesperson will fill it in.

Replaced by more minutes from:
Jesperson (18 min/gm)
- Much better defensively than Buss
- Higher FG%, 3FG%, and FT%.
- More assists, less turnovers, but less blocked shots.
Bohannon (26 min/gm)
- Better on defense
- a little lower on FG%, 3FG%, and FT% than Buss
-
Jeremy Morgan (24 min/gm)
- He locks down on defense -
- His FG% is higher than Bohannan, lower than Buss. His 3FG% is the lowest on the team (significant minutes only).

New minutes from:
Aarias Austin

Again, Jespersen will fill in for Nate nicely on offense and provide a benefit on defense. Definitely reloading here.

Losing: Marvin Singleton
Rebounds, positioning for receiving quick pass and lay-up. Didn’t seem to have a lot of moves with the ball.

Ted Friedman
Justin Dahl
Klint Carlson
These guys are pretty big - as determined and strong as Marvin?

Friedman had a solid PTL. The bigs/freshman will make the difference between NCAA and NIT.

[Panthers to the Bone]

Re: Looking at 2015-2016

I doubt any freshmen will play if the team is relatively healthy. The point on the bugs being the difference...I agree. Post play will be critical.

[Panther100]

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I doubt any freshmen will play if the team is relatively healthy. The point on the bugs being the difference...I agree. Post play will be critical.

They need the Freshman for a 10-11 man rotation. WSU overpowers opponents with their depth.