Dearth of sophomore talent

by **Redbird Recon** » March 2nd, 2015, 9:56 am

Milton Doyle
Reggie Lynch
Paris Lee
Mislav Brzoja
Jeremy Morgan
Jacob Enevold Jenson
Sean O'Brien
Blake Simmons
Austin Ruder
Bola Olaniyan

Just not much there.

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by **uniftw** » March 2nd, 2015, 10:09 am

Are some of those really players that we want to hang the conference on?

There are some very good players there...but...Most are just straight role players.

Or was the the point? There are some good names there but the rest are not.

by **Wufan** » March 2nd, 2015, 12:23 pm

A couple future studs, but not going to be a banner year for the Valley when they are seniors. TJ Bell from Indiana State has a chance. WSU has NO. Sophomores.

by **RoyalShock** » March 2nd, 2015, 12:34 pm

I see three players on that list who are significant contributors. There will probably be a few jucos joining that class next year to help it out a bit. How did this year's senior class look when they were sophs? Other than Tuttle, did any of them look like world-beaters? Darius Carter and Daishon Knight joined that class as jucos.

The freshman class looks promising (Scott, Timmer, Cunningham, Macintosh, Morris, Kelly, Brown, Hawkins, Ingram and others) and the junior class is full of talent (VanVleet, Baker, Balentine, Mock, Beane, Akoon-Purcell, Washpun, Brown, Smith, Boone, Williams, Southerland, Grier, James)

I don't know much about other team's incoming classes, but WSU has a couple of top-100 types. I think the league will be fine.

by **Redbird Recon** » March 2nd, 2015, 1:18 pm

uniftw wrote:Or was the the point? There are some good names there but the rest are not.

That's the cream of the crop in that class.
2 years from now may be a bad year for The Valley.

by **Cdizzle** » March 2nd, 2015, 1:19 pm

Redbird Recon wrote:
uniftw wrote:Or was the the point? There are some good names there but the rest are not.

That's the cream of the crop in that class.
2 years from now may be a bad year for The Valley.

Could be. Good odds that class gets supplemented by some decent JuCos next year as well.

by **sixth ace** » March 2nd, 2015, 1:21 pm

Evansville Sophomores

Gibson
Brown
Simmons
Howard
Benzon
Brzoja

also joining this Sophomore class is RS Wiley 6'10" JUCO AA and RS 7'1"Vuretic

But then they'll still have Marty

by **Redbird Recon** » March 2nd, 2015, 1:22 pm

sixth ace wrote:also joining this Sophomore class is RS Wiley 6'10" JUCO AA and RS 7'1"Vuretic

I'd temper my expectations for Wiley. There's a reason he redshirted.

by **uniftw** » March 2nd, 2015, 2:22 pm

Redbird Recon wrote:
uniftw wrote:Or was the the point? There are some good names there but the rest are not.

That's the cream of the crop in that class.
2 years from now may be a bad year for The Valley.

Milton Doyle - clearly the best offensive player in this class
Jeremy Morgan - possibly the best all around
Reggie Lynch - can he learn to stay out of foul trouble?
Paris Lee - should be pretty good
Mislav Brzoja - solid but not sold on him being a go to guy
Jacob Enevold Jenson - am I the only one not sold on him yet? He could hit the Eglseder growth late though
Sean O'Brien - I don't see his ceiling much higher than he's at now
Blake Simmons - no....just no
Austin Ruder - he's a shooter...that struggles with shooting...
Bola Olaniyan - see O'Brien

by **sixth ace** » March 2nd, 2015, 4:05 pm

Redbird Recon wrote:
sixth ace wrote:also joining this Sophomore class is RS Wiley 6'10" JUCO AA and RS 7'1"Vuretic

I'd temper my expectations for Wiley. There's a reason he redshirted.

He broke his hand requiring surgery and change his major that will take 3 years of classes.