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Post by wsuairstrike on Apr 2, 2022 15:45:27 GMT -5
IMO Finke and Calvin looked good against all the Power 5 teams we played. That is probably in part because the other teams had to focus on Grant and Tranner but still they were more solid.
The transfers WSU has interest in, look pretty solid. It's critical we get those talented transfers. If we end up another dull transfer class it will be a lost season. No offense to some of the chatter of Alex H and Noel playing more but if we are expected them to contribute then next season will be rough.
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Post by wsuwillie on Apr 8, 2022 6:39:45 GMT -5
Is there any inside scoop on how Noel and Huby are re-habbing/healing-up?
Also, any opinions on the development of Welage? I really like that guy and think I see the potential in him - he needs to continue to add muscle. Can he be a starter with Calvin & Finke while also being a backup PG?
Does Carter have the bulk to be a starter as well? Curious how we fill the 4 spot.
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Post by SportsFan on Apr 8, 2022 7:05:30 GMT -5
Is there any inside scoop on how Noel and Huby are re-habbing/healing-up? Also, any opinions on the development of Welage? I really like that guy and think I see the potential in him - he needs to continue to add muscle. Can he be a starter with Calvin & Finke while also being a backup PG? Does Carter have the bulk to be a starter as well? Curious how we fill the 4 spot. 100% Agree on Welage. I really enjoy his game. If he adds a bit of muscle, he could be our best playmaker. |
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Post by Wolf on Apr 8, 2022 19:32:27 GMT -5
Is there any inside scoop on how Noel and Huby are re-habbing/healing-up? Both are fully participating in off season workouts. There is no reason to believe they won't both be 100% next season. |
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Post by wsuwillie on Apr 9, 2022 7:49:19 GMT -5
Is there any inside scoop on how Noel and Huby are re-habbing/healing-up? Also, any opinions on the development of Welage? I really like that guy and think I see the potential in him - he needs to continue to add muscle. Can he be a starter with Calvin & Finke while also being a backup PG? Does Carter have the bulk to be a starter as well? Curious how we fill the 4 spot. 100% Agree on Welage. I really enjoy his game. If he adds a bit of muscle, he could be our best playmaker. Did anyone see Welage play in High School? In what position(s) was he most effective/comfortable? |
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Post by Big D on Apr 9, 2022 8:47:15 GMT -5
Did anyone see Welage play in High School? In what position(s) was he most effective/comfortable? His best position is the 3 if he puts on more weight. He isn’t quick enough to defend the 2 against athletic guards. |
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Post by wsuwillie on Apr 11, 2022 6:41:23 GMT -5
Didn't know a better place to put this:
Grant and Tanner were certainly terrific players for us. They also seemed (logically) to be more-likely to be interviewed. I wonder who that person(s) will be next year and who fills the void in meeting with recruits?
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Post by wsuraider09 on Apr 11, 2022 11:49:26 GMT -5
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Post by Hoops Junkie on Apr 11, 2022 19:29:37 GMT -5
This is our updated roster after Blake Sisley's commitment today. We still have 2 scholarships available.
Seniors:
Trey Calvin
CJ Wilbourn
Tim Finke RS
Juniors:
Andrew Welage
Sophomores:
Keaton Norris
AJ Braun
Blake Sisley
Alex Huibregtse RS
Brandon Noel RS
Freshmen:
Logan Woods
Drey Carter
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Post by SportsFan on Apr 12, 2022 9:44:04 GMT -5
I am feeling better about the roster after adding Sisley. I think he along with Braun, Noel, Wilbourn, and maybe Carter can handle all of minutes and different matchups at the 4/5.
That leaves Calvin and Norris for all of the minutes at the 1, with Calvin playing some off-ball minutes at the 2 when Norris is also in.
For the remaining minutes at the 2/3, Finke will play as many as he can handle. That leaves Alex, Welage, Carter and Woods for the remaining.
I think a lineup of Calvin, Finke, Welage, Sisley and Braun makes sense to start. Then have Norris, Alex, Noel, CJ and the freshmen playing most of the bench minutes.
I wonder if we will add any other impact transfers. An athletic wing would be ideal.
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Post by wsuraider09 on Apr 12, 2022 9:53:16 GMT -5
I am feeling better about the roster after adding Sisley. I think he along with Braun, Noel, Wilbourn, and maybe Carter can handle all of minutes and different matchups at the 4/5. That leaves Calvin and Norris for all of the minutes at the 1, with Calvin playing some off-ball minutes at the 2 when Norris is also in. For the remaining minutes at the 2/3, Finke will play as many as he can handle. That leaves Alex, Welage, Carter and Woods for the remaining. I think a lineup of Calvin, Finke, Welage, Sisley and Braun makes sense to start. Then have Norris, Alex, Noel, CJ and the freshmen playing most of the bench minutes. I wonder if we will add any other impact transfers. An athletic wing would be ideal. I think Sisley is an immediate impact guy, and is hopefully a day 1 starter. He was on the all-freshman team in the 11th best NET-ranked conference last season (HL was 27th). The big miss here is that, after several years of having an absolute game changing player inside, we simply don't have that threat right now. I'm still hopeful on one of these JUCO big men (Patrick Cartier looks like the best one I've seen, or Zion Griffin to some extent) will be the key for us to stay on the level we're on. The team certainly has the guards and shooters, but I still believe that the combo of AJ and CJ certainly bring our inside game down several notches from last season. |
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Post by Big D on Apr 12, 2022 11:08:01 GMT -5
I'm still hopeful on one of these JUCO big men (Patrick Cartier looks like the best one I've seen, or Zion Griffin to some extent) will be the key for us to stay on the level we're on. The team certainly has the guards and shooters, but I still believe that the combo of AJ and CJ certainly bring our inside game down several notches from last season. We are done recruiting bigs for next year. Look for us to add a SG and SF with our 2 remaining scholarships. Mak Manciel is our top option at SG and we have Durkin visiting this weekend. He may be our top choice at SF. |
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Post by wsuraider09 on Apr 12, 2022 13:26:12 GMT -5
I'm still hopeful on one of these JUCO big men (Patrick Cartier looks like the best one I've seen, or Zion Griffin to some extent) will be the key for us to stay on the level we're on. The team certainly has the guards and shooters, but I still believe that the combo of AJ and CJ certainly bring our inside game down several notches from last season. We are done recruiting bigs for next year. Look for us to add a SG and SF with our 2 remaining scholarships. Mak Manciel is our top option at SG and we have Durkin visiting this weekend. He may be our top choice at SF. I get wanting Manciel. He looks great on tape, don't get me wrong. Durkin looks good too. I just think that, if the discussion is over our 2022-2023 roster, we've got good pieces in the works for replacing the talent and skillset of Tanner; but we've not done a good job replacing the interior skill set of Grant, and I'm very hesitant to give Wilbourn or Braun Basile-like minutes based on their play last season. Braun could surprise us in the offseason, especially if he puts on weight, I just think we should have put our eggs in another basket to give Braun one more year to work his way into being our #1 inside option. I'm disappointed that the coaching staff doesn't see that as an issue with our roster moving forward. |
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Post by Big D on Apr 12, 2022 21:22:06 GMT -5
I get wanting Manciel. He looks great on tape, don't get me wrong. Durkin looks good too. I just think that, if the discussion is over our 2022-2023 roster, we've got good pieces in the works for replacing the talent and skillset of Tanner; but we've not done a good job replacing the interior skill set of Grant, and I'm very hesitant to give Wilbourn or Braun Basile-like minutes based on their play last season. Braun could surprise us in the offseason, especially if he puts on weight, I just think we should have put our eggs in another basket to give Braun one more year to work his way into being our #1 inside option. I'm disappointed that the coaching staff doesn't see that as an issue with our roster moving forward. A few thoughts: 1. I think our staff is very comfortable with our interior play next year. We are actually in much better shape inside next year than we were this year. This year we only really played 2 interior guys for 8-9 minutes a game together. Grant averaged 32.6 minutes a game. AJ averaged 14.9 minutes. Wilbourn was seldomly used. We actually played 4 guards much more often than we played 2 posts. This year we actually have 3 legit post options and the potential of Wilbourn being a 4th option. You obviously aren't very high on AJ if you don't think he will be ready to step into major minutes next year. Personally, I think he is going to be the best post player in the HL next season. He was a true freshman this year and he played most of the season with a breathing problem after he got Covid and he still made the All Freshmen team in the HL. His minutes were limited because he was having so much trouble with his conditioning because of his breathing. He was also a TRUE freshman trying to adjust to the speed of the college game. He was thinking when he should have been reacting during games. That isn't going to be a problem for him next year. He is going to be bigger, stronger, quicker, and more confident. I have no doubt he is going to take his game to the next level. If you have paid any attention to the way Nagy develops post players, you should know that is going to happen under his tutelage. I think Sisley will start at PF and be an absolute stud too. His coach at Evansville was a moron for not playing him more all season. Through the last dozen games of the year he started giving him extended playing time and he averaged double digits in those games. I think AJ and Blake could be a 2 headed monster in the paint all by themselves. What I'm really excited to see is Brandon Noel get his chance. He was looking great his true freshman year and the staff planned to play him in the rotation with Love and Basile before he tore his ACL. He has had 2 years to bulk up in the weight room and I think he is going to compete with AJ and Blake for one of the starting spots and worse case, he is going to be in the rotation with them. If they split the minutes available between PF/C they each will play 26 minutes a game. I don't think that is far fetched by any stretch of the imagination. The wild card is Wilbourn. Like most Raider fans, I was not impressed at all with him this year. The thing is, he is still on our roster. He played hurt the entire year with multiple small injuries which limited his ability to practice, condition, or gel with his teammates. If our coaches didn't think he had the potential to help next year, I don't think he would still be on the roster. I think they would have suggested he find a new home at his end of the year meeting with Nagy. The fact that he is still here makes me believe our staff thinks they can make something of him. 2. Our biggest weakness this season (besides our lack of depth) was our lack of having an athletic SG that could create his own shot and knock down 3s. We played against zone defenses almost every game because of that. We aren't worried about replacing Tanner with our last scholarships. We are trying to add an elite athletic guard and a wing that can shoot from outside at an elite level. Manciel would be a huge get for us. If we add him, he will immediately be challenging for a starting spot at SG and more importantly, that will allow us to play Finke at his more natural position of SF. 3. If we land Manciel and a SF like Bobby Durkin, we will actually have really good quality and experienced depth next year. At PG, we have Calvin/Norris. At SG, we would have Manciel/Huibregtse. At SF, we have Finke/Welage. At PF/C, we have the 3 headed monster of Braun/Sisley/Noel and potentially Wilbourn. After that we would have 3 true freshmen that we can work into the rotation as they develop: Woods, Carter, and Durkin. That added depth will keep our players healthier/fresher, improve our defense, and improve our outside shooting. Guys like Finke really suffered from playing crazy minutes last year. He had dead legs most of the year and that really affected his jump shot. His shots were flat line drives a lot of the time. That is a sign of fatigue. You eliminate the fatigue, you improve our shooting. Having 3 guards on the court at all times that can knock down 3s and 2 legit posts on the court at all times will make us a very very dangerous team next year. I just hope we can land Manciel and Durkin or another talented wing that can knock down 3s. |
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Post by CincyDrummer on Apr 25, 2022 21:11:48 GMT -5
"Wright State stays local and fills a PG spot with Anthony Jackson, a Firebird prospect that averaged 19 points in the middle of the season this year." Attachments:
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