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(04-15-2022 09:53 AM)Bearcat04 Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 09:46 AM)BearcatMan Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 09:34 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote: [ -> ]Is Phinisee coming here for sure? Everything I see says he hasn't decided between us and Butler.

Not at all...I'm just projecting as if he was. Same with Ezipke and McNeil

I can’t see Phinisee and McNeil both coming here. There’s not enough available minutes at guard. We need one guy for 20-25 minutes to go along with DDJ, Skillings, and MAW.

Skillings can swap at the 3 as well in smaller lineups. You're looking at a lot more minutes that way.
Well UC just got a commitment - probably Kalu Ezikpe.
(04-15-2022 01:09 PM)JFlight21 Wrote: [ -> ]Well UC just got a commitment - probably Kalu Ezikpe.

It is https://twitter.com/EzikpeKalu14/status/...248920577/
Now that it's official, here's my assessment of Kalu Ezikpe.

Offense: Per 40 minutes he averaged 2.3 assists, and 16.7 points. Shot 52.2% and 73.5% from the FT line. Has a little range, though watching him I'm not that convinced that we want him shooting many mid-range jumpers. He went 1 of 10 from three, which makes it seem like his jumper isn't great. Still, as long as teams have to respect him hitting an open mid-range jumper it helps the rest of the offense. TO rate of 2.6 per 40 minutes is a bit high, but his usage was pretty high as well. Not particularly good at offensive rebounding at 8.9% offensive rebound percentage (compare to Ody/Vik who were 12.7 and 12.5% respectively). Led the team in ORTG.

Defense: Per 40 minutes; steals 1.3, blocks 1.7, fouls 4.0, DRB % of 20.8, slightly better than Ody (20.1%). Led his team in DRTG. None of those numbers stand out as particularly great or bad. I've got some concerns about how well those numbers will hold up given the jump in competition level.

EvanMiya gives some reason to be concerned. He had the worst +/- on the team this year (-75) and last year (-36) and negative on-off offensive and defensive splits this year (last year he was positive on defense and negative on offense). How much do you trust those numbers mean anything? If you recall DDJ had bad EvanMiya numbers the last two years as well.

Watching him play: The good: Good passer, good vision and court awareness. A reasonable handle for a guy his size. I'm not sure he's going to be a particularly good 1v1 guy against AAC level of competition. But he should help ball movement and usually makes good decisions with the ball in his hands. The thing that stands out the most is his passing, good vision and crisp, well placed passes.

The bad: slow footed, not particularly athletic and not particularly tall for a center. Has a Davenport feel to him as a guy who really isn't that athletically gifted and that will stand out more in the AAC. He's going to have serious problems if he gets switched onto a guard defensively. I have worries that his foul rate will go up and he may struggle against the size and strength of some centers in the AAC. Some concerns about his shot selection both from the stats and watching games, he shot 1-10 from three and 45-108 (41.7%) on twos not at the rim, had only 7 dunks further showing that he's not an above the rim player (both Vik and Ody had more dunks in far fewer minutes). Vik shot a better percentage in all Bartorvik categories (at the rim, other 2-pt, threes) except dunks.

Overall: he should make a good rotational piece at center (and maybe PF), but I hope he doesn't start. If he does start it means Ody/Vik didn't improve much during the off-season and in that case we're going to have problems at center.
Was he hurt this year? Seemed to have a pretty good 2021 year and then got worse this past season. Doesn't help our shooting woes in any capacity but has a decent rebounding rate and and is an established scorer. How is he on defense?
(04-15-2022 02:24 PM)skyblade Wrote: [ -> ]Now that it's official, here's my assessment of Kalu Ezikpe.

Offense: Per 40 minutes he averaged 2.3 assists, and 16.7 points. Shot 52.2% and 73.5% from the FT line. Has a little range, though watching him I'm not that convinced that we want him shooting many mid-range jumpers. He went 1 of 10 from three, which makes it seem like his jumper isn't great. Still, as long as teams have to respect him hitting an open mid-range jumper it helps the rest of the offense. TO rate of 2.6 per 40 minutes is a bit high, but his usage was pretty high as well. Not particularly good at offensive rebounding at 8.9% offensive rebound percentage (compare to Ody/Vik who were 12.7 and 12.5% respectively). Led the team in ORTG.

Defense: Per 40 minutes; steals 1.3, blocks 1.7, fouls 4.0, DRB % of 20.8, slightly better than Ody (20.1%). Led his team in DRTG. None of those numbers stand out as particularly great or bad. I've got some concerns about how well those numbers will hold up given the jump in competition level.

EvanMiya gives some reason to be concerned. He had the worst +/- on the team this year (-75) and last year (-36) and negative on-off offensive and defensive splits this year (last year he was positive on defense and negative on offense). How much do you trust those numbers mean anything? If you recall DDJ had bad EvanMiya numbers the last two years as well.

Watching him play: The good: Good passer, good vision and court awareness. A reasonable handle for a guy his size. I'm not sure he's going to be a particularly good 1v1 guy against AAC level of competition. But he should help ball movement and usually makes good decisions with the ball in his hands. The thing that stands out the most is his passing, good vision and crisp, well placed passes.

The bad: slow footed, not particularly athletic and not particularly tall for a center. Has a Davenport feel to him as a guy who really isn't that athletically gifted and that will stand out more in the AAC. He's going to have serious problems if he gets switched onto a guard defensively. I have worries that his foul rate will go up and he may struggle against the size and strength of some centers in the AAC. Some concerns about his shot selection both from the stats and watching games, he shot 1-10 from three and 45-108 (41.7%) on twos not at the rim, had only 7 dunks further showing that he's not an above the rim player (both Vik and Ody had more dunks in far fewer minutes). Vik shot a better percentage in all Bartorvik categories (at the rim, other 2-pt, threes) except dunks.

Overall: he should make a good rotational piece at center (and maybe PF), but I hope he doesn't start. If he does start it means Ody/Vik didn't improve much during the off-season and in that case we're going to have problems at center.

Is CUSA to AAC really a jump outside of Houston at this point?
(04-15-2022 02:26 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote: [ -> ]Was he hurt this year? Seemed to have a pretty good 2021 year and then got worse this past season. Doesn't help our shooting woes in any capacity but has a decent rebounding rate and and is an established scorer. How is he on defense?

Every traditional statistic outside of FG% (still good at 52%) improved from 2020-2021 to this past year, and I'd imagine they weren't looking for 3pt shooting from a primary post, but I'll take one who has good scoring a rebounding numbers considering what we were getting out of our posts last year. I'm good with it...improvement over what we had is never a bad thing, even if it isn't a world beater (who we were never going to get anyways).
(04-15-2022 03:35 PM)BearcatMan Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 02:24 PM)skyblade Wrote: [ -> ]Now that it's official, here's my assessment of Kalu Ezikpe.

Offense: Per 40 minutes he averaged 2.3 assists, and 16.7 points. Shot 52.2% and 73.5% from the FT line. Has a little range, though watching him I'm not that convinced that we want him shooting many mid-range jumpers. He went 1 of 10 from three, which makes it seem like his jumper isn't great. Still, as long as teams have to respect him hitting an open mid-range jumper it helps the rest of the offense. TO rate of 2.6 per 40 minutes is a bit high, but his usage was pretty high as well. Not particularly good at offensive rebounding at 8.9% offensive rebound percentage (compare to Ody/Vik who were 12.7 and 12.5% respectively). Led the team in ORTG.

Defense: Per 40 minutes; steals 1.3, blocks 1.7, fouls 4.0, DRB % of 20.8, slightly better than Ody (20.1%). Led his team in DRTG. None of those numbers stand out as particularly great or bad. I've got some concerns about how well those numbers will hold up given the jump in competition level.

EvanMiya gives some reason to be concerned. He had the worst +/- on the team this year (-75) and last year (-36) and negative on-off offensive and defensive splits this year (last year he was positive on defense and negative on offense). How much do you trust those numbers mean anything? If you recall DDJ had bad EvanMiya numbers the last two years as well.

Watching him play: The good: Good passer, good vision and court awareness. A reasonable handle for a guy his size. I'm not sure he's going to be a particularly good 1v1 guy against AAC level of competition. But he should help ball movement and usually makes good decisions with the ball in his hands. The thing that stands out the most is his passing, good vision and crisp, well placed passes.

The bad: slow footed, not particularly athletic and not particularly tall for a center. Has a Davenport feel to him as a guy who really isn't that athletically gifted and that will stand out more in the AAC. He's going to have serious problems if he gets switched onto a guard defensively. I have worries that his foul rate will go up and he may struggle against the size and strength of some centers in the AAC. Some concerns about his shot selection both from the stats and watching games, he shot 1-10 from three and 45-108 (41.7%) on twos not at the rim, had only 7 dunks further showing that he's not an above the rim player (both Vik and Ody had more dunks in far fewer minutes). Vik shot a better percentage in all Bartorvik categories (at the rim, other 2-pt, threes) except dunks.

Overall: he should make a good rotational piece at center (and maybe PF), but I hope he doesn't start. If he does start it means Ody/Vik didn't improve much during the off-season and in that case we're going to have problems at center.

Is CUSA to AAC really a jump outside of Houston at this point?

In terms of conferences Bartorvik has us #7 and CUSA #13, just below the Southern Conference #12 (home of UNCG). So yeah I'd say it's a jump, not a huge one but definitely enough of one that it's possible a player could struggle making it.
Seems pretty clear that they’re targeting 1 year guys. I don’t hate it. Just crazy to think about entering the Big 12 with 6+ new players.
Starting to feel like Christmas morning...but instead of the new PS5 under the tree it's a 1983 ColecoVision.
(04-15-2022 07:12 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Starting to feel like Christmas morning...but instead of the new PS5 under the tree it's a 1983 ColecoVision.

Seems like a lot of fans (especially on other forums) are trying to convince themselves the 1983 ColecoVision is actually a PS5. Or maybe I'm just being negative in regards to Ezikpe.

I feel like fans tend to overvalue transfers and undervalue returning players and Ezikpe is no exception. Ody/Vik should both be better players with an off-season of development (or I will be disappointed in Wes's player development). My (low) expectation is that Ezipke will be a serviceable backup. The more I look at EvanMiya for him though, the more it worries me. Worst +/- on the team two straight years (the two years he started) might be a sign of a problem. Watching him play, my best guess is his lack of footspeed/movement (and overall athleticism) is the unseen effect that's dragging his +/- down. He really struggles with pick-and-roll defense and getting up/down the court quickly.

Even worst case, there's no harm in having a veteran backup and guy for practice and he has offensive skill/vision that he can hopefully teach to the other bigs. He's as good of an addition as we seem likely to get at this point. But I have serious doubts about his defensive ability and doubts as to if he can play at the same time as Davenport without our defense/rebounding nose-diving (maybe he backs-up Davenport). I think Ody or Lakhin having a breakout season is far more likely than Ezikpe being any better than Ado/Koval were for us.
(04-15-2022 07:12 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Starting to feel like Christmas morning...but instead of the new PS5 under the tree it's a 1983 ColecoVision.

The Smurfs was a helluva game.
(04-15-2022 03:45 PM)BearcatMan Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 02:26 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote: [ -> ]Was he hurt this year? Seemed to have a pretty good 2021 year and then got worse this past season. Doesn't help our shooting woes in any capacity but has a decent rebounding rate and and is an established scorer. How is he on defense?

Every traditional statistic outside of FG% (still good at 52%) improved from 2020-2021 to this past year, and I'd imagine they weren't looking for 3pt shooting from a primary post, but I'll take one who has good scoring a rebounding numbers considering what we were getting out of our posts last year. I'm good with it...improvement over what we had is never a bad thing, even if it isn't a world beater (who we were never going to get anyways).

Fairly big drop in fg percentage and 3 pt percentage coupled with drops in boards per 40 and blocks per 40 despite greater usage. Odd to see those drop but things like steals and FT% improve as expected.

In any case, he's a nice looking player for what we need down low. Kid can score and rebound and... Well there you go lol.
Re: skyline's comments: I feel like fans have an absolutely awful understanding of the transfer portal and it's only been made worse by the big changes. I really can't be bothered to pay attention too much until the pieces are in place.
(04-15-2022 07:46 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 03:45 PM)BearcatMan Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 02:26 PM)Cataclysmo Wrote: [ -> ]Was he hurt this year? Seemed to have a pretty good 2021 year and then got worse this past season. Doesn't help our shooting woes in any capacity but has a decent rebounding rate and and is an established scorer. How is he on defense?

Every traditional statistic outside of FG% (still good at 52%) improved from 2020-2021 to this past year, and I'd imagine they weren't looking for 3pt shooting from a primary post, but I'll take one who has good scoring a rebounding numbers considering what we were getting out of our posts last year. I'm good with it...improvement over what we had is never a bad thing, even if it isn't a world beater (who we were never going to get anyways).

Fairly big drop in fg percentage and 3 pt percentage coupled with drops in boards per 40 and blocks per 40 despite greater usage. Odd to see those drop but things like steals and FT% improve as expected.

In any case, he's a nice looking player for what we need down low. Kid can score and rebound and... Well there you go lol.

After three years of centers who can't really do either...I'm ok with getting an expired Zima instead of water from my septic system 03-lmfao
(04-15-2022 07:29 PM)skyblade Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 07:12 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Starting to feel like Christmas morning...but instead of the new PS5 under the tree it's a 1983 ColecoVision.

Seems like a lot of fans (especially on other forums) are trying to convince themselves the 1983 ColecoVision is actually a PS5. Or maybe I'm just being negative in regards to Ezikpe.

I feel like fans tend to overvalue transfers and undervalue returning players and Ezikpe is no exception. Ody/Vik should both be better players with an off-season of development (or I will be disappointed in Wes's player development). My (low) expectation is that Ezipke will be a serviceable backup. The more I look at EvanMiya for him though, the more it worries me. Worst +/- on the team two straight years (the two years he started) might be a sign of a problem. Watching him play, my best guess is his lack of footspeed/movement (and overall athleticism) is the unseen effect that's dragging his +/- down. He really struggles with pick-and-roll defense and getting up/down the court quickly.

Even worst case, there's no harm in having a veteran backup and guy for practice and he has offensive skill/vision that he can hopefully teach to the other bigs. He's as good of an addition as we seem likely to get at this point. But I have serious doubts about his defensive ability and doubts as to if he can play at the same time as Davenport without our defense/rebounding nose-diving (maybe he backs-up Davenport). I think Ody or Lakhin having a breakout season is far more likely than Ezikpe being any better than Ado/Koval were for us.

Solid analysis for sure...I know nothing about the dude outside of basic stat sites tell me, always good to have a scout from someone who has potentially watched some tape. We're not going to be very good next year if we're relying on guys from ODU and guards who can barely hit the rim from outside of 2 feet, so I'm hoping we see a pretty significant improvement from our current roster and get some potential impact time from Skillings and maybe Reed.
(04-15-2022 08:34 PM)BearcatMan Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 07:29 PM)skyblade Wrote: [ -> ]
(04-15-2022 07:12 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Starting to feel like Christmas morning...but instead of the new PS5 under the tree it's a 1983 ColecoVision.

Seems like a lot of fans (especially on other forums) are trying to convince themselves the 1983 ColecoVision is actually a PS5. Or maybe I'm just being negative in regards to Ezikpe.

I feel like fans tend to overvalue transfers and undervalue returning players and Ezikpe is no exception. Ody/Vik should both be better players with an off-season of development (or I will be disappointed in Wes's player development). My (low) expectation is that Ezipke will be a serviceable backup. The more I look at EvanMiya for him though, the more it worries me. Worst +/- on the team two straight years (the two years he started) might be a sign of a problem. Watching him play, my best guess is his lack of footspeed/movement (and overall athleticism) is the unseen effect that's dragging his +/- down. He really struggles with pick-and-roll defense and getting up/down the court quickly.

Even worst case, there's no harm in having a veteran backup and guy for practice and he has offensive skill/vision that he can hopefully teach to the other bigs. He's as good of an addition as we seem likely to get at this point. But I have serious doubts about his defensive ability and doubts as to if he can play at the same time as Davenport without our defense/rebounding nose-diving (maybe he backs-up Davenport). I think Ody or Lakhin having a breakout season is far more likely than Ezikpe being any better than Ado/Koval were for us.

Solid analysis for sure...I know nothing about the dude outside of basic stat sites tell me, always good to have a scout from someone who has potentially watched some tape. We're not going to be very good next year if we're relying on guys from ODU and guards who can barely hit the rim from outside of 2 feet, so I'm hoping we see a pretty significant improvement from our current roster and get some potential impact time from Skillings and maybe Reed.

I expect improvement based on Wes having a year here and more talent coming in vs what left. I like this addition with Kalu.
(04-15-2022 07:12 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]Starting to feel like Christmas morning...but instead of the new PS5 under the tree it's a 1983 ColecoVision.

Again..another insightful analysis…you should run UC Athletics…
You seem to like to be offended. Sure you aren't a millennial?
(04-15-2022 09:24 PM)rath v2.0 Wrote: [ -> ]You seem to like to be offended. Sure you aren't a millennial?

If he's offended.... probably a boomer
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