Breakthrough Players in the MVC

by **jman3134** » August 27th, 2011, 10:11 am

Who are the breakthrough players in the MVC going to be next season?

I was told by a few people here that I should post my breakthrough prospects on this board.

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by **Haha** » August 27th, 2011, 1:06 pm

Not to be a jerk but I don't think Doug will be a breakthrough player this year. He sort of broke through last year.

by **Aargh** » August 27th, 2011, 1:15 pm

Garrett Stutz.

At least he better be or the Shox are in n a world of hurt.

He was at a big man camp this summer. After that he sprained an ankle, so no one got look at him in summer pickup games. He tweaked the ankle again on the Brazil trip, so his time there was limited and there wasn't much info available. No one knows how he's looking now, but he needs to be a 30 minute 12+ points, 8+ boards guy who owns the paint.

The owning the paint part and 30 minutes is the breakout part. Garrett apparently commits fouls by breathing, so his minutes and domination in the paint have been weak areas.

by **45otseoj** » August 28th, 2011, 1:44 am

Dyricus Simms-Edwards, BU
Tyler Brown, ILSU
Ben Simons, DU

by **Duan** » August 28th, 2011, 1:58 pm

I am hoping Manigat breaks through in a big way for Creighton.

by **Khan4Cats** » August 29th, 2011, 10:00 am

For UNI, there will be plenty of potential for new players to break through and theer is certainly hope that a couple of the freshman will turn into stars quickly, but for returnees that could break through similar to what Anthony James did last year I would go with Marc Sonnen or Chip Rank to move into key roles of scoring for the Panthers this year. Of course, I could also see Jake Koch really break out if his ankles are healthy and we find someone in the middle that can allow him to not have to play down low as much.

by **DUBulldog** » August 29th, 2011, 10:26 am

For Drake, there are a lot of potential "breakthrough" player depending on how that's being defined.

Kraidon Woods. Some Drake fans thought he should have been starting ahead of VanDeest last season. He's 6-9 and almost freakishly athletic for a guy that size. He was good enough to sign with Villanova out of high school prior to going to a prep school, then stagnated at the end of Arizona State's bench for 2 years. He then sat out a season as a transfer at Binhampton, so most of last year, he was shaking off the rust. He attended the prestigious Pete Newell Big Man Camp this summer. With his athleticism, if he can develop a "go-to" move, he could do some damage.

Jordan Clarke. Started at power forward for Drake last season, but missed about 10 games with injury very early in the season, and was far from 100% the rest of the way. He's 6-8 and about 250, and had about 50 offers out of high school. I'm looking forward to see what he can do with 2 healthy arms.

Ben Simons. Simons had some decent offers out of high school (Providence, Utah) and was runner up for Mr Basketball in Michigan his senior year. He showed flashes of excellent play last season. If he can be more consistent, he could easily be a 14-15 ppg guy.

Sleeper:

Jeremy Jeffers....6-6 redshirt freshman. JJ was rated higher than Rayvonte Rice when they were both high school seniors, but missed most of last season with a knee injury. He was Drake's 3rd leading scorer on the Australia trip. Very long arms really help him defensively.

by **TNMSUFAN** » August 29th, 2011, 10:53 am

For the Bears...

Nathan Scheer - All Frosh team who will have an expanded role and can really shoot the ball
Caleb Patterson - Will get his chance to start this year and expectations are high
Jarmar Gulley - Scored over 1400pts in juco and from what the players are saying is very hard to defend

by **MSUDuo** » August 29th, 2011, 1:15 pm

TNMSUFAN wrote:For the Bears...

Nathan Scheer - All Frosh team who will have an expanded role and can really shoot the ball
Caleb Patterson - Will get his chance to start this year and expectations are high
Jarmar Gulley - Scored over 1400pts in juco and from what the players are saying is very hard to defend

I would add Pickens as well if he comes back 100% and can stay healthy. Looking forward to our 2's and 3's playing this year.

by **Aargh** » August 29th, 2011, 2:40 pm

Here's an outside opinion:

edit: same link provided above.

CU - McDermott - With Lawson gone and an expanded role for McDermott, he could go from a top player in the Valley to one of the top Sophmores in the nation.

SIU - Seck - He was one of the national leaders in defensive rebounding percentage last year

WSU - Smith/Ragland - Smith was #11 in the nation last year in Offensive Efficiency and is the likely starter at SF with Hatch gone.

UE - Harris - Solid defensive rebounder. Draws a lot of fouls on offense. Needs to develop a 3-pt. shot and improve his FT% to really have a breakout year.