The Lions' Pride

the way woodward stops and pops jumpers is very crispin-esque. We'll have some good guard play lined up and just need to get a few more bigs. Having Travis and Taylor for 2 and 3 more years respectively is great, but neither is really a post player and right now they both look most like a SF to me. I'm not sure what we can expect going forward from Graham or Ackerman and I'm really hoping that Moore can start to fill the void as early as next year.

Hopefully a few recruiting targets were watching or will get a DVD of the game.

Speaking of....if anyone sees a replay scheduled please post time and date!!!!!!!!!!!

BTN today at 4:30pm

Jon Graham lost like 25 pounds between this last year and this year.... I understand why he did it, but it hasn't suited him well.

Absolutely, but Brooks was a top 150 kid who just needed to mature and gain confidence. Graham has no where near the skill set that Brooks had. But point taken that you can't write off kids after their Soph/Junior years all the time. Heck just look at Sasa the last 10 games.

Ya, a comparison to someone with the natural ability of Brooks is a little misleading, but the point about writing players off too early is a good one. Sasa is a much better case study, but in his case, I have to wonder how much of his seemingly sudden emergence was the change in offensive scheme. Right about the time when his numbers started increasing PSU starting run the offense through him at the top of the key with regularity. IMO, that put him in a position that played to his strengths. He's got a decent short range jumper and can create plays with more distance between him and the basket. He never looked that comfortable as a true, back to the basket, post player.

With Graham, I'm not even sure what type of player he is. He's been mostly playing a a center role, but his offense pretty much consists of put backs. I'm not sure I've seen much of a jumper, a dunk, or anything resembling a good post move from him with any regularity. purely man on man in the post, I think he's probably our best defender under the basket, but he also gets lost on too many possessions. Basically, I'm not sure he has an identity yet and that has to be the first step for him. Maybe he could be an Andrew Jones type player that does his best defensively and is a bit of an after thought on offense. With excellent guard play, that might be enough to get things moving next year.

Thanks man. Settin' up the DVR.

That was a great win. Couldn't be happier for coach Chambers and his charges. I really think that now they should just go out and play hard and have fun. Stoked for these guys...