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Post by ghostofdylan on May 19, 2014 18:21:02 GMT -6
Here it is with perhaps a player or two still to add, one of whom will almost assuredly be a redshirt:
Point guard Steve McWhorter, senior Justin Jordan, freshman
Shooting guard Akeem Springs, sophomore Cody Wichmann, sophomore J.R. Lyle, junior Evan Richard, senior
Small forward Austin Arians, junior Trinson White, junior
Power forward Matt Tiby, junior Brett Prahl, freshman
Center J.J. Panoske, junior Alex Prahl, freshman
Redshirts: Brock Stull, Derek Rongstad
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Post by Super King on May 19, 2014 18:25:20 GMT -6
Evan Richard will be a senior, unless he left the program (?)
EDIT: nevermind, you got him
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Post by teddyp00 on May 20, 2014 6:56:55 GMT -6
I get its a hurdle to recruit guys when coming in they will lose 1 year for sure of the possbile opportunity to play in the post season but if we come in with only Tiby and Panoske up front it will be a long year for the team. I guess the Prahl brothers would get a chance to grow up fast but it looks like a lost year in all fronts if recruiting were to stop here.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 20, 2014 7:21:43 GMT -6
I agree that the team is a little bit thin up front and it would be helpful to add another talented big body, but the Prahl twins are better than you think.
They redshirted not because they were completely unprepared for Division 1 basketball, but because the team had a full complement of talented big men that included Tiby, Panoske, Kyle Kelm and Malcolm Moore.
When would they have played?
Still, I would love to see the Panthers land a Division 1-ready junior college post over the next two days.
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Post by teddyp00 on May 20, 2014 8:23:35 GMT -6
Agreed there was zero playing time to be had for either last year. But with no experience and the 2 guys ahead of them both foul prone it would be nice to see another capable big body added from the JUCO ranks.
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Post by apaladino on May 20, 2014 10:59:04 GMT -6
Can't Tiby and Arians red shirt this year?
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Post by uwmfansince1997 on May 20, 2014 12:11:12 GMT -6
Can't Tiby and Arians red shirt this year? Interesting idea.
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Post by BBFran on May 20, 2014 12:28:26 GMT -6
Matt already sat out a year. He cannot. Austin could, but why should he unless he wants an extra year for his studies? The team has plenty to play for next year. The tournament is great but even if we were eligible what would our chances be of making it? One in three? That's meant as no disrespect to the team, which could be very good -- it's just the reality of how hard it is to get there when the only way in is by winning the conference tournament, and a reflection of the fact that there will be several other very good teams in the league competing for the bid.
Every player on the team except Steve and Evan will get at least one more shot at the tournament. As for the other guys, tournament eligibility should be only one factor to consider in deciding whether to play next year, and in my mind not a very important factor. I know that if I was on the team and decided to redshirt, I'd feel pretty bad about that if the team falls a game or two short of the league title next year -- and really bad about it if that happens AND the team doesn't make the tournament the following year. And the truth is, we are not likely to make it that year either. Why? Because apart from about thirty teams, including at best two or three mid-majors, no team is ever more likely than not to make it in ANY given year.
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Post by Super King on May 20, 2014 12:35:26 GMT -6
You still get a banner if you finish in first.
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Post by PantherU on May 20, 2014 18:43:33 GMT -6
I want the regular season title so bad. I want to also reach "General of the Armies" level jackassery by attending the Horizon League Tournament with a giant white sign with nothing but a black asterisk, and that wouldn't make sense if we don't win the title.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 21, 2014 6:14:38 GMT -6
Play for today. You never know what tomorrow holds.
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 22, 2014 20:05:47 GMT -6
Rotation?
PG -- McWhorter SG -- Springs SF -- Arians PF -- Tiby C -- Panoske
Bench: Wichmann, Lyle, B. Prahl, Jordan, White, A. Prahl
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Post by Super King on May 22, 2014 20:37:25 GMT -6
Honestly wouldn't be shocked if Jordan got a redshirt and Lyle was the backup PG
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Post by parkerj on May 22, 2014 21:18:25 GMT -6
i would be! last year, it seemed like every time McWhorter was off the court our offense turned into a chaotic mess...get the new guy some D-1 experience before he's asked to take over full time
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Post by ghostofdylan on May 23, 2014 6:52:59 GMT -6
i would be! last year, it seemed like every time McWhorter was off the court our offense turned into a chaotic mess...get the new guy some D-1 experience before he's asked to take over full time Agreed. I think the team with J.R. at the helm would most closely resemble "Basketball on Ice." Seems to me the coaches and players are going to do everything in their power to win this year and contemplate the 2015-16 season after the 2014-15 season is done.
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