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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
« Reply #60 on: Today at 02:25:55 pm »
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."
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
« Reply #61 on: Today at 03:21:56 pm »
Quote from: Moveitfred on Today at 02:15:34 pm
Seems like some players coming in who can contribute, which is good to see. Obviously a lot of experience and points left the team.

The player I still don't see on the work-in-progress roster: Who will successfully bring up the ball against a physical FC press? It was a comfort to have AC handle that chore last season.

I can only imagine that that's on Geno's shopping list.

He has rummaged through the NEC before – Snoddy, Clarke, Jenkins, Habwe. Although I know there's a division, I lop the MAAC in with them too, which would include Tykei, Maidoh and maybe others. There are a few decent PG options from the NEC that I have no idea if they are considering but seem like they could be a fit – Felder from Stonehill, Acker from LIU, Lopez from St. Francis. We've also tapped into Monroe, and Albert Vargas averaged six assists a night. Savion Lewis is a Hills East kid who averaged seven dimes a game for Quinnipiac, but it looks like he'll be back. Jasper Floyd from Fairfield maybe? Might be out of our reach.

Pure guesswork.

@NewYorkHoopsIns has reported that Joe Octave from Holy Cross, as well as CJ Luster, a juco kid, are in town this weekend to have a look. I have to think they have other suitors too. Both seem to me to be more scoring guards than true points. But we definitely need guys who can fill it up too.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
« Reply #62 on: Today at 04:54:46 pm »
Quote from: Checkmate on Today at 02:25:55 pm
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."

I'm hoping it's more of a system mismatch than anything. That and Toledo is a very good mid-major and it's hard to get minutes on very good teams.

I was very unimpressed when we signed Maidoh, but Ford knew what he was doing. Between Wight's production at WM and Ford's track record, I'm optimisitic.
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