You figure as a UVA and Bennett guy, Shayok is not going to have holes in this game. He might not do anything spectacularly, but he will do everything well.
I hope he pulls an, "Look at me, I'm the captain now," on the rest of the team, too.
Expectations for 2018-2019
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You figure as a UVA and Bennett guy, Shayok is not going to have holes in this game. He might not do anything spectacularly, but he will do everything well.
I hope he pulls an, "Look at me, I'm the captain now," on the rest of the team, too.
I would say "more well rounded" than DJ. DJ gives you mostly outside shooting. Shayok has better size, better strength and is a better defender (and can shoot acceptably well outside). Unfortunately for DJ, we haven't had those other scorers that forced teams to help off him, so he's been blanketed and effectively removed from the offense in several games. Shayok is probably far less likely to give you 25, but also far less likely to give you 3, and will be helped by the fact that we should have more options next year.
This was a team this year that easily could been NIT team if weren’t for some worst injury luck I’ve seen in while. WTS, LW will refine his game in year 2 as will Lard and with a healthy Babb that Trio is a pretty darn good trio.
Now take away Beverly and Brase, 2 guys who honestly aren’t Big 12 material and replace them with Shayok who was 6th man on top 10 VA team who can score...a lot...and plays darn good D as well as Jacobsen who averaged 7pts and 6reb a game in the BIG....Now throw in 2 HS kids in THT and Griffin who both will play and one might be best recruit we’ve gotten here since Niang and you have yourself more than a bubble team IMO.
Now take away Beverly and Brase, 2 guys who honestly aren’t Big 12 material and replace them with Shayok who was 6th man on top 10 VA team who can score...a lot...and plays darn good D as well as Jacobsen who averaged 7pts and 6reb a game in the BIG....Now throw in 2 HS kids in THT and Griffin who both will play and one might be best recruit we’ve gotten here since Niang and you have yourself more than a bubble team IMO.
Shayok should be a great addition, a definite gain on defense, but on offense he may not work as efficiently with Wigginton and NWB imo. Shayok and Wigginton have usage percentages that are high and efficiency numbers low, but with Shayok having a much lower 3P attempt rate in 16-17. Shayok in his last year at UVa needed the ball in his hands. Of course, Deandre Kane was similar at Marshall, but there was a lot of backcourt usage available when he came to ISU.
Imo our biggest weakness on offense is how inefficient our high usage guards are. Hopefully that gets better next year.
Imo our biggest weakness on offense is how inefficient our high usage guards are. Hopefully that gets better next year.
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Yeah, I know its old 'should forget about it' news, but just think if we would have had Juiston instead of Beverly or Brase. He only had 23 pts. and 18 rebounds the other night. Guy is a rebounding machine. Prohm sure had the guy pegged he wanted, put in the tireless work, just not the 'UNLV lure' I guess. But cheers for hopefully a great improvement with next year's crew.
Depends whether we have Steve or Jeff coaching next year.
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Depends whether we have Steve or Jeff coaching next year.
Some announcer gave Prohm another name, too. Anyone remember the 3rd Prohm?
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Whether they used that or not, Brad feels like it should be right. Let's keep that one around.
If both a runner up finish AND a 'bring Fred back' thread happen there might be a compromise and those needing to argue and put down others might be lost.
Depends whether we have Steve or Jeff coaching next year.
Can we trust Jeff though? What if he steals your girlfriend and then cheats on her while no one points out that he's an older dude dating high schoolers?
What is everyone's best guess for All Big 12 next year?
Kansas: Azubuike, Newman, Vick, Lawson (transfer: Memphis)
Texas: Roach, Jones
Tech: Smith
Baylor: No clear cut candidates
Okie State: No clear cut candidates
K-State: Brown, Wade, Stokes
West Virginia: Konate, Ahmad
TCU: Fisher
OU: James
Iowa State: Wigginton, Lard, Shayok
Kansas: Azubuike, Newman, Vick, Lawson (transfer: Memphis)
Texas: Roach, Jones
Tech: Smith
Baylor: No clear cut candidates
Okie State: No clear cut candidates
K-State: Brown, Wade, Stokes
West Virginia: Konate, Ahmad
TCU: Fisher
OU: James
Iowa State: Wigginton, Lard, Shayok
There’s a lot of returning talent. More possibilities:
TT: Culver
Baylor: Clark
Okie St: McGriff
TCU: Robinson, Miller, Bane, Noi
OU: Manek
Iowa State: NWB
Really? I think both are back. Especially Ahmad.
Put me down for Brown (Kstate), Wigginton (ISU), Lawson (KU), Konate (WV), Azubuike (KU)
K-State is pretty dang loaded next year along woth KU. Baylor and Okie State could have tough years.
We are absolutely in the tournament if Wigginton made first-team all-Big 12. They would not put him that high unless the team was in the top half.
Most people have said it already. Improvement in average level of talent, improvement in starting 5, more bench strength (I expect way more than the 3 to 7 bench points we got in most games this year) and more experience. My big question marks are health (will Babb and Young really be healthy next year) and my biggest question by far, who will the team leader be? Who will be the Ejim, the Mitrou-Long, the Morris, etc. That was clearly lacking this year. My less big question will be Lard's focus. If he could control his emotions a bit better, then I think this team will be very, very hard to beat - top 3 maybe. But if he is up and down, we are only top 50%.
Having said that, I can't even predict which grocery line will be fastest, so anything I predict is worth about nadda!!
Having said that, I can't even predict which grocery line will be fastest, so anything I predict is worth about nadda!!
It will be interesting to see where WV goes for offense without Carter and Miles. They've struggled even with them as two of their best offensive players.
I think i'm with you on Azubuike because I think at this point he is what he is but I haven't seen him showing up on any mock drafts. I think Esa Ahmad will almost certainly be back.
his name is jordan mccabe. that kid is going to drive us and everyone else in the big 12 crazy.