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I am not sure I know who this Andy Whitelll is that everyone is talking about???

and to *truly* add to the potpourri flavor of the thread: College Hockey Expansion, Again http://mgoblog.com/content/college-hockey-expansion-again

Yeah, I think Duby is muy importanto. He has to be healthy; he has to be in shape; and he has to be developed to where he's not foul prone. Don't necessarily need him to be able to do much scoring, but he does need to hold down the paint, box out, get rebounds, and get putbacks on the offensive side. We probably need 15-18 min/game out of Duby. Any scoring from Duby would be a bonus. Jordy needs to be healthy, in shape, and developed as well. We might want a little scoring out of Jordy. So what do you do with those guys in the summer so that they're ready to go in the fall? I've been thinking about this and I'd be curious about @Dean Smith and @basketballjones's thoughts on the matter. So, the real Dean Smith back at North Carolina used to have his guys go one-on-one against each other in practice. I think that's a great way of developing certain skills. I think that's especially true in Miles' offense, which depends a lot on one guy beating his defensive counterpart. So, what would you do with the bigs to develop them using one-on-one situations? And I've been thinking about this and would be interested in thoughts. I think you have to have some kind of shot clock. Whether that's an actual clock or just a coach moving his hand to count like a ref, either way, but I think there needs to be a time limit on the offensive player to get a shot off. Like maybe 5 seconds at the most. I think the offensive player should be rewarded for scoring a basket, but the defensive player should get rewarded for making a stop. So, what values? Maybe 2 points for a bucket and 1 point for a stop? Or 1 point for forcing a bad shot or getting a block or a turnover? Have a coach or a manager enter the ball to the post, and the post guy has to initiate his move with his back to the basket. In other words, I wouldn't want to see them go out 15 feet, catch the ball and then turn and face the basket and basically try a dribble drive like they're guards. I'd want to see them post up and score against defense. I suppose you could have the offensive player start out on the block and slap the ball to simulate catching the entry pass and then have 4-5 seconds to get his shot off. If he scores, award him the value of the basket. If he runs out of time, forces a bad shot, gets blocked or turns it over, award a point to the defender. If he draws a foul, award 1 point to the offensive player and he goes again. If he grabs an offensive rebound, he simply retains possession. Defensive rebound changes the possession and the players switch. If the offensive player has no shot, he can kick it out to avoid awarding a point to the defender (because you don't want to develop a habit of forcing bad shots) but inbounding rules would apply, right? So, if he doesn't get it kicked out with at least a second left on his "shot clock" it's a turnover and you award the point to the defender. Dean? Jones? Is that anything you might do to develop your posts in the off-season?

People will be a bitching about the 10 man rotation. I guess if you have 10 players that can play, play em. Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk

I think you mean "Sak", cwg, as Doc would say.

I'll gladly accept 50% hit rate on this.

While I agree he put the team on his back and carried it. As for taking us to new heights, not so much. You must not have been around when Nee took us to the tournament a few times, ended the same way unfortunately and took us to an NIT title.

If she is willing to play down where the coach wants her big to play, well. Welcome Kate!

AW-III could have left Lincoln a legend and a team's leading scorer in leading said team to heights previously unseen. Alas, he took his talents to the un-air-conditioned Carrier Dome. Irony instead of destiny.

Pretty good article on Lance Jeter. Good to hear about our successes of our ex-basketball players. Once a Husker, always a Husker. http://www.timesonline.com/sports/college/basketball/beaver-falls-lance-jeter-back-home-ready-for-new-overseas/article_8fae74ea-5a8d-11e7-a486-87a6e2a8392a.html

Who said she wasn't trying to recruit a big? I read this board a lot and I don't remember that. I'd like to see the quote. From anyone, let alone from "many of you," who said Coach wasn't trying, And I don't think we should count any quotes from Kearney man.

Thanks for asking, uni. I am one of the fortunates who have been certified as totally cured. Nothing against Miles or the Pinacle but the late hours and lack of Saturday games make taking grandkids less viable so I don't see the glory days of the BDSC returning, particularly since the old fixed income dictates either football or basketball tickets, but not both. And ,alas, my sons seldom visit the site any more so the sideburns will continue to gather dust. Will probably take some success to bring them back.

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