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RPI 6, SOS 2...I'm surprised and impressed by how well the team is doing so far, at least when one considers the competition.

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RPI 10, SOS 5; pretty impressive for a team with only two guards.

02/19/11 am	at Minnesota	4-13	94	6	Sim AI	54-23	-15	67-42	w
02/20/11 am	Illinois	14-3	24	77	armst24	25-20	+1	41-65	w
02/21/11 am	Iowa	13-4	59	107	AceCards	47-33	-2	75-68	l
02/22/11 am	Indiana	3-15	165	34	thorknight	29-18	-30	39-70	w
02/23/11 am	#16 Michigan	14-3	13	21	bludluciano	44-39	+1

RPI 17, SOS 9, ranked 23rd.  Holding it together, though that loss to Iowa hurt.

02/23/11 am	#16 Michigan	16-4	12	18	bludluciano	45-39	+1	58-62	w
02/24/11 am	at Northwestern	16-5	40	99	coolman97865	27-23	-1	54-48	w
02/25/11 am	Off Day
02/26/11 am	Notre Dame	9-12	166	109	marengom	46-32	-13

RPI 15, SOS 10, ranked 23rd

It's been a while since I updated.  We are now in the 2nd round of the NT.

02/26/11 am	Notre Dame	9-18	179	83	marengom	47-32	-13	71-79	w
02/27/11 am	Minnesota	10-18	109	22	Sim AI	55-23	-17	43-63	w
02/28/11 am	Off Day
03/01/11 am	at Iowa	19-10	62	77	AceCards	48-33	-1	62-60	w
03/02/11 am	Ohio St.	20-9	35	63	vondanger	28-19	-2	59-58	l
03/03/11 am	at Penn St.	12-15	128	67	rockyg13	27-19	-10	61-42	w
03/04/11 am	at #12 Wisconsin	25-4	26	108	oldresorter	52-30	even	61-74	l

Posted by colorblind79 on 2/2/2011 7:59:00 AM (view original):
The preseason #11 Michigan State Spartans:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Herbert Wagner	So.	PG	82	95	36	91	26	6	93	93	89	82	76	82	B-	851
Alan Redick	Sr.	SG	99	83	23	99	14	70	84	71	67	65	89	81	B-	845
Julius Kaczor	Sr.	SF	99	70	58	99	62	87	57	75	50	93	87	70	A	907
Ronnie Voelker	Sr.	SF	96	57	75	83	66	85	75	39	49	33	61	95	C+	814
Barry Thomas	Fr.	SF	66	44	32	65	32	32	58	43	63	61	73	74	B	643
Rubin Brothers	So.	PF	80	45	71	80	70	87	60	47	46	64	89	42	C	781
Richard Watson	Fr.	PF	94	61	71	88	53	63	69	64	73	42	69	82	C	829
Richard Stevens	Jr.	C	93	34	91	89	90	70	49	36	64	55	69	36	D+	776
Paul Whitesides	So.	C	95	33	98	85	99	93	43	54	38	63	63	37	C	801
James Day	Fr.	PG	22	37	1	27	10	7	18	44	49	74	72	10	C	371
James Burt	Fr.	SG	33	46	14	38	17	18	24	21	44	53	67	30	C-	405
Alfred Clark	Fr.	C	25	13	51	16	43	38	4	4	27	48	58	47	C	374
Averages	-	-	74	52	52	72	48	55	53	49	55	61	73	57	-	700

We got beaten by Kentucky for a SG, and by Florida for a foreign PG.  We barely beat Michigan for Watson.  This may be a messy year.

The now-#24 Michigan State Spartans, end of improvements, Season 49:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Herbert Wagner	So.	PG	83	98	45	95	36	9	93	96	89	88	91	91	B+	914
Alan Redick	Sr.	SG	100	84	23	99	27	70	84	73	67	74	95	82	B-	878
Julius Kaczor	Sr.	SF	100	70	58	99	63	88	57	75	50	95	87	71	A	913
Ronnie Voelker	Sr.	SF	97	58	79	84	67	86	79	40	56	36	66	97	B-	845
Barry Thomas	Fr.	SF	74	48	39	71	38	38	63	45	64	61	74	78	B	693
Rubin Brothers	So.	PF	81	51	83	81	73	88	61	47	46	67	89	42	C	809
Richard Watson	Fr.	PF	95	62	73	90	59	75	70	69	73	51	72	88	C+	877
Richard Stevens	Jr.	C	94	35	92	91	93	70	50	36	64	58	73	51	C	807
Paul Whitesides	So.	C	95	33	98	90	99	93	44	54	42	70	72	37	B-	827
James Day	Fr.	PG	24	38	1	26	12	6	18	41	47	74	87	16	C	390
James Burt	Fr.	SG	33	54	14	33	17	18	22	20	41	53	73	31	C-	409
Alfred Clark	Fr.	C	29	14	45	15	48	37	3	3	25	48	65	54	C	386
Averages	-	-	75	54	54	73	53	56	54	50	55	65	79	62	-	729

Wagner has risen to the challenge of playing as much as he must:

Name	Yr.	Pos.	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	FT	TOT
Herbert Wagner	So.	PG	1	3	9	4	10	3	0	3	0	6	15	9	-	63
Alan Redick	Sr.	SG	1	1	0	0	13	0	0	2	0	9	6	1	-	33
Julius Kaczor	Sr.	SF	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	-	6
Ronnie Voelker	Sr.	SF	1	1	4	1	1	1	4	1	7	3	5	2	-	31
Barry Thomas	Fr.	SF	8	4	7	6	6	6	5	2	1	0	1	4	-	50
Rubin Brothers	So.	PF	1	6	12	1	3	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	-	28
Richard Watson	Fr.	PF	1	1	2	2	6	12	1	5	0	9	3	6	-	48
Richard Stevens	Jr.	C	1	1	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	4	15	-	31
Paul Whitesides	So.	C	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	4	7	9	0	-	26
James Day	Fr.	PG	2	1	0	-1	2	-1	0	-3	-2	0	15	6	-	19
James Burt	Fr.	SG	0	8	0	-5	0	0	-2	-1	-3	0	6	1	-	4
Alfred Clark	Fr.	C	4	1	-6	-1	5	-1	-1	-1	-2	0	7	7	-	12
Averages	-	-	2	2	2	1	4	2	1	1	0	4	6	4	-	29

Hopefully he won't be an early entry:

Name	Yr.	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
H. Wagner	So.	PG	29	29	34.2	.438	.394	.787	0.9	2.9	3.5	2.9	1.1	0.1	3.0	16.6
A. Redick	Sr.	SG	29	29	34.0	.452	.402	.740	0.7	2.6	2.8	2.4	1.1	0.0	1.8	11.4
J. Kaczor	Sr.	SF	29	29	29.4	.553	.278	.853	1.3	4.3	1.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.1	10.7
R. Watson	Fr.	PF	29	29	25.1	.473	.294	.723	1.3	4.1	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.0	1.8	4.4
P. Whitesides	So.	C	29	29	22.3	.513		.613	1.9	5.7	0.6	1.4	0.4	0.9	2.5	7.9
R. Stevens	Jr.	C	29	0	17.0	.446		.714	1.7	4.7	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.6	1.2	3.2
R. Voelker	Sr.	SF	29	0	16.8	.459	.250	.763	1.0	3.2	1.0	1.3	0.4	0.3	1.3	5.7
R. Brothers	So.	PF	29	0	15.4	.538	.455	.767	0.9	3.2	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.0	1.3	3.9
B. Thomas	Fr.	SF	27	0	7.4	.313	.286	.875	0.6	1.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.7
Averages						.476	.379	.758	10.2	31.7	12.2	12.1	5.6	4.2	14.6	64.5
Opp. Averages						.418	.323	.730	9.3	26.4	10.4	11.7	5.8	3.0	16.9	56.9

Name	Yr.	Pos	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
H. Wagner	So.	PG	29	29	991	166	379	91	231	59	75	25	85	101	85	31	2	88	482
A. Redick	Sr.	SG	29	29	986	109	241	37	92	77	104	21	75	81	71	32	1	52	332
J. Kaczor	Sr.	SF	29	29	854	109	197	5	18	87	102	39	124	47	46	27	10	33	310
R. Watson	Fr.	PF	29	29	728	44	93	5	17	34	47	38	120	28	29	18	28	52	127
P. Whitesides	So.	C	29	29	647	96	187	0	0	38	62	54	164	18	42	13	26	73	230
R. Stevens	Jr.	C	29	0	493	37	83	0	0	20	28	50	135	21	18	13	16	35	94
R. Voelker	Sr.	SF	29	0	486	51	111	5	20	58	76	28	92	29	37	12	9	38	165
R. Brothers	So.	PF	29	0	447	42	78	5	11	23	30	25	92	16	18	14	28	38	112
B. Thomas	Fr.	SF	27	0	200	5	16	2	7	7	8	15	31	12	4	3	1	13	19
Totals						659	1385	150	396	403	532	295	918	353	350	163	121	422	1871
Opp. Totals						590	1410	138	427	332	455	269	765	301	338	167	88	490	1650

Michigan St. (20-10, 12-4)
In our matchup against 2-seed UConn, we cannot pull it out at the end of the game:

01:45		50-54	Steve Hidalgo clanks a pull-up jumper from the free throw line
01:43	Ronnie Voelker gets the rebound	50-54
01:29	Alan Redick connects on the 3pt attempt from straight away on a nice dish by Ronnie Voelker	53-54
01:15		53-54	Steve Hidalgo misses long on a 3pt attempt from the right corner
01:13	Richard Watson grabs the board	53-54
00:56	Julius Kaczor clanks a fadeaway from the left side	53-54
00:54		53-54	The rebound goes to Otto Morris
	Michigan St. is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a fullcourt press (-4)		Connecticut is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1)
00:23		53-54	Steve Hidalgo misses the driving attempt from the baseline but he's fouled by Julius Kaczor - foul #4 on Julius Kaczor, team foul #7
00:23	Herbert Wagner (PG) Ronnie Voelker	53-54
00:23		53-54	Steve Hidalgo misses the 1st free throw
00:23		53-54	Steve Hidalgo misses the 2nd free throw
00:23	Richard Watson pulls down the rebound	53-54
00:12	Herbert Wagner is called for a moving pick - foul #2 on Herbert Wagner, team foul #8	53-54
	Michigan St. is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and intentionally fouling (-4)		Connecticut is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1)
00:11		53-54	Herbert Wagner is called for the reach on Steve Hidalgo in the backcourt - foul #3 on Herbert Wagner, team foul #9
00:11		53-55	Steve Hidalgo makes the 1st free throw
00:11		53-55	Steve Hidalgo misses the 2nd free throw
00:11		53-55	Cecil Beier snags the offensive board
00:09		53-55	Cecil Beier is fouled on the floor by Richard Watson - foul #2 on Richard Watson, team foul #10
00:09		53-55	Cecil Beier misses the 1st free throw
00:09		53-55	Cecil Beier misses the 2nd free throw
00:09	Paul Whitesides snags the defensive board	53-55
00:09	Michigan St. calls a :30 timeout (1 :30 3 full remaining)	53-55
00:05	Richard Watson is whistled for a carry	53-55
00:02		53-55	Damon Campbell is hacked by Herbert Wagner in the backcourt - foul #4 on Herbert Wagner, team foul #11
00:02		53-56	Damon Campbell makes the 1st free throw
00:02		53-56	Damon Campbell misses the 2nd free throw
00:02	Paul Whitesides pulls down the rebound	53-56
	Michigan St. is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and intentionally fouling (-4)		Connecticut is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (-1)
00:00	Paul Whitesides hits the front of the rim on the fullcourt shot	53-56

I fully blame our lack of depth at guard.  Wagner played 38 minutes, and was either "fairly fresh" or "tiring" throughout essentially the entire game.  Hopefully he comes back next year, or the Spartans are in real trouble.

Posted by colorblind79 on 9/2/2010 3:33:00 PM (view original):
Burke got drafted 24th, Jameson 29th.  The guy running the team did a great job of recruiting for this season...looks like a top 5 class for sure:

Name	Pos.	GPA	FG%	FT%	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	TOT
Alan Redick	SG	2.69	70.0	66.0	95	76	22	90	1	68	80	59	54	60	61	69	735
Julius Kaczor	SF	3.77	70.0	75.7	84	66	57	84	40	88	37	72	48	83	82	53	794
Ronnie Voelker	SF	2.99	70.0	65.0	90	46	63	80	56	86	59	36	38	28	50	68	700
Raymond Brodie	PF	2.98	70.0	65.7	93	41	62	81	59	67	32	40	30	61	62	58	686
Jeffery Golden	PF	3.41	70.0	73.8	90	44	80	90	85	65	66	56	62	55	60	87	840
Average		3.17	70.0	69.2	90	54	56	85	48	74	54	52	46	57	63	67	751

From what I can tell (colorblind, remember) there's a lot of green in there that isn't showing in this post, unfortunately.  Golden wasn't scouted but he's the #2 player in the country, overall.  Kaczor is #3 overall; both are top in their position.  Nobody has high potential in athleticism or speed; Redick's topped out in athleticism, as is Brodie, and neither Brodie nor Kaczor will gain much speed.  Kaczor won't improve much in rebounding, low post, passing, ballhandling, or stamina, either, but he should see some improvement elsewhere, particularly in perimeter and blocking.  Redick's stamina will improve. Voelker has a few areas of improvement.  These guys have ugly names.  Whatever, they're all young, they'll all be fine, some better than others, some will go pro, others probably won't.

Priority*			Name	Pos	Pos Rank	Rating	Eligible Years	Miles	Location	Budget Spent	Notes
				James Freudenburg	PF		592	2	500	Newark, DE	$4,388	Considering another school
				Jeffery Golden	PF	1	840	4	280	Sanborn, NY	$33,812	Signed
				Julius Kaczor	SF	1	794	4	40	Saranac, MI	$22,236	Signed
				Raymond Brodie	PF	5	686	4	120	Fostoria, OH	$18,474	Signed
				Jason Brown	C	26	586	4	50	Saginaw, MI	$13,236	Signed with C. Michigan
				Alan Redick	SG	6	735	4	190	Orland Park, IL	$10,747	Signed
				Ronnie Voelker	SF	10	700	4	70	Dearborn, MI	$6,944	Signed

I didn't break down the individual players, obviously.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	30	34.0	.450	.400	.741	0.8	2.7	2.8	2.5	1.1	0.0	1.7	11.4
48	34	0	16.4	.506	.355	.754	0.3	1.1	1.7	0.9	0.7	0.0	0.4	6.9
47	33	0	14.6	.424	.250	.811	0.1	0.7	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.0	0.8	2.6
46	30	0	7.4	.500	.412	.786	0.2	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.5	1.6
Averages				.468	.366	.759	0.3	1.2	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.0	0.8	5.6

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	30	1021	112	249	38	95	80	108	24	80	83	74	33	1	52	342
48	34	0	556	81	160	22	62	52	69	9	38	57	32	24	0	12	236
47	33	0	482	25	59	7	28	30	37	3	24	44	28	16	0	25	87
46	30	0	222	15	30	7	17	11	14	6	15	18	12	7	1	14	48
Totals	127	30	2281	233	498	74	202	173	228	42	157	202	146	80	2	103	713

No records or awards.

Redick exceeded my expectations as a senior, particularly since we needed him on the court constantly and I thought he was only an adequate offensive player (albeit quite agood defensive one).  He shot really well throughout the entire season and had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio.  I don't know if he's a pro...I doubt it, but maybe.  Still, definitely a valued member of the team, and I wish we'd been able to get him (and Wagner) more help in the backcourt.

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Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	30	29.4	.559	.278	.853	1.4	4.3	1.6	1.5	1.0	0.3	1.2	10.6
48	34	34	23.7	.555	.300	.840	1.1	3.4	1.3	1.8	0.7	0.3	1.5	11.9
47	33	33	23.9	.474	.333	.801	1.2	3.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	0.3	1.9	11.5
46	30	30	22.6	.520	.286	.712	0.9	2.9	1.0	1.4	0.6	0.2	2.1	6.0
Averages				.525	.304	.811	1.1	3.5	1.2	1.5	0.7	0.3	1.7	10.1

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	30	882	113	202	5	18	87	102	41	130	47	46	29	10	37	318
48	34	34	806	147	265	6	20	105	125	37	117	44	61	24	11	50	405
47	33	33	790	128	270	8	24	117	146	41	109	36	45	17	9	62	381
46	30	30	677	66	127	2	7	47	66	27	86	31	41	19	7	63	181
Totals	127	127	3155	454	864	21	69	356	439	146	442	158	193	89	37	212	1285

Conference Awards
1st Team All-Conference once 2nd Team All-Conference once

Records: 

14th in minutes, 11th in points, 8th in FT%

Losing a 4-year starter always hurts.  Kaczor was very consistent as an inside threat and a non-presence on the perimeter.  He was a good defender and an adequate rebounder.  His offensive production and defensive presence will be missed.

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Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	0	16.7	.465	.250	.763	1.0	3.2	1.0	1.2	0.4	0.3	1.3	5.6
48	34	0	14.5	.600	.545	.706	0.8	2.0	0.9	0.8	0.4	0.3	1.2	3.9
47	33	0	13.4	.449	.188	.783	0.6	1.9	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.1	1.2	2.5
46	30	0	12.1	.480	.214	.727	0.5	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.2	0.1	1.3	3.3
Averages				.499	.279	.747	0.7	2.1	0.7	0.8	0.3	0.2	1.2	3.8

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	0	502	53	114	5	20	58	76	29	95	31	37	12	9	40	169
48	34	0	494	51	85	6	11	24	34	26	67	32	26	14	10	40	132
47	33	0	441	31	69	3	16	18	23	21	63	15	18	11	3	38	83
46	30	0	362	36	75	3	14	24	33	16	44	17	17	6	4	38	99
Totals	127	0	1799	171	343	17	61	124	166	92	269	95	98	43	26	156	483

No records or awards.

Voelker probably would've been a bigger part of a team with a different personnel makeup.  He'd be a perfectly legitimate backup PF as well as a backup SF, but we had four guys in the frontcourt this year.  Kaczor had to do some extra duty as SG, so Voelker may have seen some more time at SF, but he wasn't terribly relied-upon offensively.  He wasn't much of a downgrade from Kaczor on offense...really the only differences were 12 points of speed and 9% in FT shooting.  I'm glad the team has Barry Thomas now...that should help the transition with two quality SFs leaving.

Posted by colorblind79 on 12/16/2010 8:07:00 AM (view original):
this year's recruiting class:

Name	Pos.	GPA	FG%	FT%	A	SPD	REB	DE	BLK	LP	PE	BH	P	WE	ST	DU	TOT
Rubin Brothers	PF	2.26	70.0	64.8	79	37	62	77	62	85	60	46	45	64	88	41	746
Herbert Wagner	PG	3.45	57.9	63.2	81	83	27	81	16	6	89	81	86	81	59	62	752
Paul Whitesides	C	2.75	70.0	62.2	91	32	95	81	94	92	40	54	38	61	54	36	768
Average		2.82	66.0	63.4	83	50	61	79	57	61	63	60	56	68	67	46	755

Hmm, doesn't seem to show potential.  Well, they're all good players with nice potential.

[edit, 12/16/10:]

This recruiting class was ranked the 6th best in DI.

Alabama was number 1, and has an average rating, one game in to the regular season, of 821!  Crazy!

Also of note: Silvestri was named a First Team Preseason All American, and Kaczor was named to the Second Team.

Infinity Sports News

NBA lure too much for Herbert Wagner, won't return to Michigan St.

03/14 03:27 AM

Wow, that really, really hurts the team.  We now have no guards returning for next season.  That means, four slots to fill.  Four freshman would not be acceptable, because we'd have this same issue after four years.  Also, guards take a while to get their footing, typically.

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FG%	FG3%	FT%	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	30	34.3	.431	.388	.787	0.9	2.9	3.4	2.9	1.0	0.1	3.1	16.5
48	34	0	13.8	.446	.381	.567	0.4	1.0	1.7	0.7	0.5	0.0	1.0	2.9
Averages				.433	.387	.724	0.6	1.9	2.5	1.8	0.8	0.0	2.0	9.3

Yr.	GP	GS	MIN	FGM	FGA	FG3M	FG3A	FTM	FTA	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
49	30	30	1029	171	397	95	245	59	75	26	86	103	88	31	2	92	496
48	34	0	468	33	74	16	42	17	30	12	33	57	25	18	0	35	99
Totals	64	30	1497	204	471	111	287	76	105	38	119	160	113	49	2	127	595

Conference Awards
2nd Team All-Conference once

National Awards
2nd Team All-American once

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	91	Average		Perimeter	94	Low
Speed	85	Average		Ball Handling	76	High
Rebounding	35	Average		Passing	69	Average
Defense	91	Average		Stamina	87	Low
Shot Blocking	15	High		Durability	73	Low
Low-post	28	Low		FT Shooting		Average

#1 PG, #11 Overall, *****; no promises.  Freund  will probably be starting for us right away.  His passing rating/potential leaves a bit to be desired in a PG, but that'll probably be his position anyways, though he could easily move to SG or SF.  I expect that he'll leave early, the question is whether it'll be as a sophomore or as a junior.

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	93	Low		Perimeter	57	High
Speed	84	Low		Ball Handling	71	High
Rebounding	22	Low		Passing	59	High
Defense	88	Average		Stamina	72	High
Shot Blocking	1	High		Durability	50	Average
Low-post	43	Low		FT Shooting		High

#9 PG, #38 Overall, *****; no promises...possibly redshirting.  Kincannon is a bit raw as a guard, but he's already a nice athlete and defender, so he wouldn't be a trainwreck as a player to see immediate playing time.  Still, he's supposed to be a great team player, per his evaluations, so there's a chance in spite of his very lofty rankings that he'll be willing to redshirt, and could possibly be a four-year player (due to his adequate but not superb speed).  He should, of course, develop very nicely.  I believe that his potential in Perimeter and Passing are much higher than 20 points from where they are now.

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	84	Low		Perimeter	92	Average
Speed	73	High		Ball Handling	75	Average
Rebounding	38	Low		Passing	56	High
Defense	95	Low		Stamina	67	High
Shot Blocking	19	Low		Durability	54	High
Low-post	63	Low		FT Shooting		High

#6 SG, #33 Overall, *****; no promises.  Juhl will probably start at some point this year, though I'm not sure if he's quite ready for the role.  He'd make a nice SF as well as a solid SG...maybe better to begin with as an SF and growing into an SG as he develops more speed and passing ability.  Regardless, he's ready to see the floor immediately in some fashion.

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	90	Average		Perimeter	83	Low
Speed	79	Low		Ball Handling	81	Low
Rebounding	41	High		Passing	86	Low
Defense	90	Average		Stamina	83	Average
Shot Blocking	25	Average		Durability	43	Low
Low-post	34	Low		FT Shooting		Low

#20 SG, #97 Overall, ***, JuCo Jr; no promises.  Carter is a perfect 2-year backup utility guard.  He'll probably backup the point position because immediately he's the best ballhandler and passer on the team (but doesn't have the potential to get much better).  I highly doubt he'll be drafted, but he should be a very valuable contributor to our team.

#124 SG, unranked overall, no stars, JuCo Jr;  no promises.  Jack Nutter is sort of a space filler, but he could see significant time as a junior (and he'll probably be supplanted by Kincannon as a senior).  Nutter is a prototypical spot-up jump shooter whose comes off the bench for a quick spark.  He's got some upside on defense but that's limited by his mediocre speed and athleticism.  His low ballhandling will mean that he has to have shots created for him, but he should be able to make most of the shots he gets off of passes.  He's very disposable, regardless, and could easily be the 12th man on the team.  Also, with that 2.0 GPA, there's no telling how much study hall he needs.

	Current Rating	Potential			Current Rating	Potential
Athleticism	93	Low		Perimeter	52	Low
Speed	60	Low		Ball Handling	58	Low
Rebounding	69	Average		Passing	59	Low
Defense	84	Average		Stamina	75	Average
Shot Blocking	67	Average		Durability	52	High
Low-post	90	Low		FT Shooting		High

#2 PF, #2 Overall, *****; no promises.  Allen Sheehan is a good, well rounded player with no real weaknesses besides FT shooting, but also no great strengths.  His rebounding leaves something to be desired, and he'll never be the best at anything, but he should prove to be a quality teammate and he should avoid many of the turnovers that one sees with many big men.  He should also get a fair share of fastbreak points, at least as far as that happens for PFs.  If his rebounding potential was High I would be singing his praises, but it isn't, and he'll be a bit of a liability on that statistic.