(09-27-2021 12:09 PM)Miggy Wrote:  Who are the two players not likely to play till October?

Let’s deal with this season’s EMU team as some good players will be departing at the end of the season.

EMU’s HC Heath has expressed optimism for this season before he was deep into recruiting. Now that the roster is complete and the team has been practicing, I’m looking forward to his comments about his team.

While you’re concerned EMU will not click early on, I would point-out that EMU has some high bb IQ experienced players who should able to click as they’ll have almost two months of of team practices to learn to execute over and over again Heath’s up-tempo early but structured system’s plays and options. But such should be answered by whether EMU early on commits more turnovers and fouls than their opponents do.

What I’m concerned is whether EMU has 3-4 players that are consistently good shooters who can get to the hoop. Suspect that all five backcourt players Scott, McBride, Farrakhan, Rice, And Luka S, are all capable of that, just need to see it. Such has everything to do with a player’s skill-set.

Looking forward to see who plays the PF position- N.Scott, Binelli, or Ballard. Looking forward to seeing what they to the table.

On defense, I’m optimistic that 7’ Okongo, and 6’11 Mo Njie, can defend the paint and the rim.

Want to see if Randle plays or is red-shirted.

Binelli coming to 100% in September Okongo hurt in late August. Randle and the NIU Scott not mentioned in Blue Ribbon and not commented on.