Seawolves Fans

Reports on Wight from Toledo fans on their board:

"Bottom-line: Ben avg'd. 9 ppg at W & M but 1 ppg at UT. Our HC Tod Kowalczyk started him 1st 5 games of season hoping he'd rise to occasion but during mid season stretch hardly got off bench. Then late in season and home stretch he played more minutes but still didn't score. He cannot finish put-backs. MAC is possibly/likely a level up from Coastal A A and he just could not score here. His jump shot or shot facing rim is non-existent. He plays very hard and will compete for all balls/rebounds and has good drive and seems to have positive attitude and is well liked but cannot put ball in the hole. Tough to give minutes to a guy that has that issue. UT put a lot of faith that he would plug a hole up front for us in '24 but it didn't work. Last preseason HC Kowalczyk openly spoke about getting more out of him offensively than what he produced at W & M. TC seemed confident this would happen or maybe it was more hope than reason. His game film from W & M shows him making some short jumpers or banked inside 5 to 8 footers. That didn't happen once that I can remember at UT last season. I have hit him pretty hard on his offensive skills but that's what did him in at UT. A minus on-court point differential. I hope he plays very well for you guys. I will follow him at S - B. You guys have a great school. Good luck to you and thanks for posting on our site!"

"was expected to start for a top 100 program at UT but ended up being a bust. some guys lose confidence. UT played a really tough non-conf when Wight was starting and he didn't rise to the occasion and seemed to lose some faith in his game-the staff did. might be fine for SB with a fresh start and slightly lower level of comp."

Woodard reminds me a bit of Anthony Roberts. Can score at all three levels and really can create his own shot. Feel like he starts at the 3. I like the Wight signing too. I know you have him listed as a forward, Check, but doesn't his numbers look more like a traditional 5? Feels like Snoddy gets most of the minutes at the 4.

Fair point. Without looking at anything, I had thought Wight was more of a traditional 5, but I deferred to what he's listed as on the athletic sites, which is forward. Granted, so few guys are listed as centers anymore. However, I think, in our league, he can easily be a 5, at the very least in spells. I see him as a more offensive version of Mike Rowley from those good Albany teams. I'd take that.

Wight's dropoff in production at W&M is curious. It's not the Big Ten; it's the MAC (albeit a good MAC team). I'd love to know what happened there. He started the season with minutes in the high teens, but was almost non-existent down the stretch.

Re: Woodard, maybe a more athletic Yeboah? Or maybe we're getting ahead of ourselves! Akwasi was really really good for us.

Interesting signing with Ben Wight. Weird year for him this winter/spring. He had started every game for two years (and contributed in a third) with William & Mary and put up solid numbers. Then he goes to Toledo and almost vanishes. Nine minutes? Less than two points a night? Very strange. I expect we'll see him be a nice contributor here.

Depth chart updated on initial post.

A nice read about O’Connor.

https://www.daytondailynews.com/sports/former-tecumseh-centerville-standout-headed-to-division-i-stony-brook/INGL6ZYA4FC7PLMDUNXCVTRFLE/

ICYMI, Space is in the portal, so that's five open roster spots. A lot of work to do.

One guy I can just sense coming here is Nico Galette from Sacred Heart. It's conceivable he could creep into the A-10 level conversation, but we are exceedingly young and need an experienced scorer, so it feels like a good fit for him and us.

FWIW, Gueye's now past Warney in points scored after a couple solid nights. Toronto is an abomination, but nevertheless, it's good to see him making contributions at the game's highest level.

Tykei averaging 30 and 9 in Iceland. I'd love to know what those games look like.

I am hearing there is some merit and he has value in the nil market that sb wont be able to counter. they arent raising any where near what they need to raise with the sb nil.

My sense is Fitz likes it here, but also recognizes that we're likely going to take a step back with the nucleus leaving. For him, there will undoubtedly be an opportunity to get minutes with a power conference team and put some money in his pocket. In that regard, we're playing JV basketball right now.