Next Year

[DownGoesKansas]

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Almost certainly no. My understanding is that Haldeman and Jordon Bo have pretty similar games, combo 1-2 guards who can really shoot it. Plus I think we're still pursuing Brad Davison in 2017, which seems like a better balance to recruiting classes. Not to mention A.J. Green in 2018; we're going to be loaded at guard.


I think Jordon Bo has a better chance of getting minutes going to Iowa next year, given their cupboard is pretty empty.

Yep. Would have liked to have had him here but we have our PG/Combo guards of the future. We need another wing bad though, preferably one with experience.

[SteinPizza]

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Yep. Would have liked to have had him here but we have our PG/Combo guards of the future. We need another wing bad though, preferably one with experience.

Carlson could easily develop into a wing type guy for us at both the 3 and 4. He's not a post player. But, you're right though, a team like UNI can't have enough wing players on the roster.

[panther1]

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Carlson could easily develop into a wing type guy for us at both the 3 and 4. He's not a post player. But, you're right though, a team like UNI can't have enough wing players on the roster.

Carlson is a 4. That is his spot on the floor. Asking him to play at the 3 would not be a good decision.

[DownGoesKansas]

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Carlson is a 4. That is his spot on the floor. Asking him to play at the 3 would not be a good decision.

Agreed. He's a 4 who played a little 5 this year. I mean he might play a little 3 next year but i wouldn't expect that a lot.

After next year, our only guards/wings over with any height aren't even on campus yet. That is a concern IMO

[ubuntuCAT]

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I sure feel a lot better about next year with the way Carlson played the last couple weeks of this season.

[GoPanthers85]

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So are we just completely writing off Connery? But honest question, is he a 3 or a 4 at the college level? I ask because I have not seen him play but by looking at his size 6'6" and about 230 I would say the 4.

[DownGoesKansas]

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So are we just completely writing off Connery? But honest question, is he a 3 or a 4 at the college level? I ask because I have not seen him play but by looking at his size 6'6" and about 230 I would say the 4.

I mean if he turns out to be a contributor then great but it's completely unrealistic to expect something from a walk on. IMO

And not sure on the position. I would guess more of a3/ stretch 4. So it would be great if he turns out to be good.

[Zakelsta]

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So are we just completely writing off Connery? But honest question, is he a 3 or a 4 at the college level? I ask because I have not seen him play but by looking at his size 6'6" and about 230 I would say the 4.

He played mostly the 4 at West. And his strength was as a swing 4, and good re-bounder. I would expect him to play mostly 4 for us.

I could see Klint getting some time at the 3 over the next few years. He has a skills to do that, and would allow us to go real big and be a matchup nightmare for anyone in the valley to matchup with Dahl, Koch and Carlson on the floor at the same time.

[Khan4Cats]

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He played mostly the 4 at West. And his strength was as a swing 4, and good re-bounder. I would expect him to play mostly 4 for us.

I could see Klint getting some time at the 3 over the next few years. He has a skills to do that, and would allow us to go real big and be a matchup nightmare for anyone in the valley to matchup with Dahl, Koch and Carlson on the floor at the same time.

I don't really expect Dahl to have that big of an impact while Klint and Bennett are here the next couple of years. He is big, but I think will take a little time to adjust to the college game. I could see the big line-up with McDonnell in place of Dahl (Koch at the 5). The big question with that line-up will be Klint being able to defend the 3. Most Valley schools play at least 3 guards-think of Klint having to guard Morgan, Jesperson, or Baker/McDuffie-not an ideal match-up.

[Blue42]

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Based on the recent article in the Waterloo Courier, looks like Jake could be thinking about Haldeman at the 2 spot more than the 1.

Sounds like he feels he can play either McCloud, Lohaus or Haldeman at the 1...and Lohaus and Haldeman at the 2.

[DownGoesKansas]

Re: Next Year

Based on the recent article in the Waterloo Courier, looks like Jake could be thinking about Haldeman at the 2 spot more than the 1.

Sounds like he feels he can play either McCloud, Lohaus or Haldeman at the 1...and Lohaus and Haldeman at the 2.

It was a good article.

[sivert]

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Arias leaving never made much sense, as he was getting pretty good minutes. Maybe it suggests that Haldeman was clearly better in practice.

[DownGoesKansas]

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Arias leaving never made much sense, as he was getting pretty good minutes. Maybe it suggests that Haldeman was clearly better in practice.

I think its best not to try to be too logical about it. It hurt our depth this year but we should be fine next year now.

[catsize]

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Arias leaving never made much sense, as he was getting pretty good minutes. Maybe it suggests that Haldeman was clearly better in practice.

His tweet about staying and 'riding the bench' says more about his state of mind than anything. Sorry Arias, Robbie Knar was riding the bench. You were getting 10+ minutes a game and would have played quite a bit.

[Blue42]

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I think we may be underestimating the contribution we get from Dahl next year.

At 6'11'' and 270 lbs and good mobility he can help a lot in guarding in the post, rebounding and changing shots.

From Jake's comments...the kids pretty athletic. Not many kids with that size who can move in the MVC.