Next years team

[DCWV4life]

Next year’s team:

Williams is obvious leader, but who on this list can take over a game????

PG:

· Paige, sr. Averaged 13 minutes a game. Had 10 starts. Decent 3pt shooter. Not great but decent. Not a good FT shooter. He is not a distributor. Had a negative assist to turnover ratio. Had 37 steals.

· Phillip, so. Averaged 13 a game as well. Good shooter from the field unless he is shooting 3pt’ers. Made just 6 of those all year. Also a poor distributer. Had 38 steas.

· Boldon, fr. 27th ranked PG. Under 6 foot. More of a scoring PG.


SG:

· Carter, so. 3rd on the team in scoring. Led the team in steals with 67 steals. Streaky player. Didn’t have the best shooting percentages but could catch on fire for stretches. Had more assists than turnovers. It’s possible he could end up playing PG.

· Miles, so. 38 steals. Decent 3pt shooter. Not a good FT shooter. Started all 35 games. More assists than turnovers. But a player that could disappear in games. That being said he does have some upside.

· Myers, jr. Averaged 25 points and shot 45% from the field at the JUCO level. Some listed him as a top-5 JUCO player. But he is just about 6-1 or 6-2.

· Conner, jr. Walk-on shooting specialist. Hit more 3’s than Holton, Phillip, Adrian, and BillyDee. Not deadly accurate but competent. Complete defensive liability but he did have 11 steals in 122 minutes. Watkins and BillyDee had a combined 9 in 285 minutes.


SF:

· Ahmad, fr. 8th ranked SF in the country. Supposed to a be a good rebounder for a SF but needs to improve his ball handling. That sounds to similar to Holton and Billy Dee.

· BillyDee, sr. Season started off bad with a facial fracture. Never really caught up. Played in just 18 games and didn’t shoot as advertised. He is athletic. He is one of the few guys on the team that could be a 6-6 perimeter defender. This is a guy that could make a big leap from season 1 to season 2 after coming in from a JUCO. Or he could be a complete non factor. Attempted 1 FT all year.


F:

· Holton, sr. The team plays better when he is on the floor. Has to stay out of foul trouble. Led the team in blocked shots, 2nd in steals, and 2nd in rebounds. Led the team in offensive rebounds. He actually had more offensive boards than defensive. Averaged 7.5 points. Those numbers would go up if he stayed out of foul trouble. He could be the focus of the offense if he could do two things. First, improve his ball handling so he can get to the rim. Second, get his 3pt % up from 20% to 35%.

· Adrian, jr. Good passer for a big guy. Gets steals. But he regressed so much offensively that he was not even attempting shots at the end of the year. Just over 30% from the field and just 17% from 3pt land. Averaged less than 0.5 free throws made per game. Doesn’t rebound well. He needs to at least play like he did as a freshman or he will ride the pine next year. If nothing else, put on some muscle and be a Cam Thoroughman hustle guy. Get under the other teams’ skin. Something.


PF:

· Williams, jr. Averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds. He is consistent and he plays hard. But he is a below the rim player because he is shorter than his listed 6-9 and can’t jump at all. But he uses his thickness to bully defenders and he draws fouls. He is not a shot blocking threat. I would like to see him be more consistent with that 17 footer he has to space out the defense.

· Macon, so. Sat out his first year with injuries and eligibility issue. He brings some size. Still raw. Really no offensive game other than put backs. His overall game needs to improve. If it does then he has the chance to go up from just 13 a game. Game is a little similar to Williams. Got to the line in limited minutes. Needs to knock down the FT though. Just a 51% shooter from the line.

· Watkins, jr. Missed the beginning of the season with an illness. Played in 23 of 35 games. Just 7 minutes a game. One of the better shot blockers on the game but I’m not sure about his basketball IQ because he doesn’t play good team defense and screws up the offensive flow. Only made 6 FT all year.

 

[mad2mc]

No height again. 2 tallest players will be 6'9". Will anybody be able to hit the broadside of a barn? Will we be playing "crazy hustle" for our offense, as well as, our defense? After glancing at your bio's, I'm hoping that DieHard can provide a positive spin on this. My illusion of rainbows and unicorns for next year kind of went to sit after last night's game.

 

[Slaton10]

Next year’s team:

Williams is obvious leader, but who on this list can take over a game????

PG:

· Paige, sr. Averaged 13 minutes a game. Had 10 starts. Decent 3pt shooter. Not great but decent. Not a good FT shooter. He is not a distributor. Had a negative assist to turnover ratio. Had 37 steals.

· Phillip, so. Averaged 13 a game as well. Good shooter from the field unless he is shooting 3pt’ers. Made just 6 of those all year. Also a poor distributer. Had 38 steas.

· Boldon, fr. 27th ranked PG. Under 6 foot. More of a scoring PG.


SG:

· Carter, so. 3rd on the team in scoring. Led the team in steals with 67 steals. Streaky player. Didn’t have the best shooting percentages but could catch on fire for stretches. Had more assists than turnovers. It’s possible he could end up playing PG.

· Miles, so. 38 steals. Decent 3pt shooter. Not a good FT shooter. Started all 35 games. More assists than turnovers. But a player that could disappear in games. That being said he does have some upside.

· Myers, jr. Averaged 25 points and shot 45% from the field at the JUCO level. Some listed him as a top-5 JUCO player. But he is just about 6-1 or 6-2.

· Conner, jr. Walk-on shooting specialist. Hit more 3’s than Holton, Phillip, Adrian, and BillyDee. Not deadly accurate but competent. Complete defensive liability but he did have 11 steals in 122 minutes. Watkins and BillyDee had a combined 9 in 285 minutes.


SF:

· Ahmad, fr. 8th ranked SF in the country. Supposed to a be a good rebounder for a SF but needs to improve his ball handling. That sounds to similar to Holton and Billy Dee.

· BillyDee, sr. Season started off bad with a facial fracture. Never really caught up. Played in just 18 games and didn’t shoot as advertised. He is athletic. He is one of the few guys on the team that could be a 6-6 perimeter defender. This is a guy that could make a big leap from season 1 to season 2 after coming in from a JUCO. Or he could be a complete non factor. Attempted 1 FT all year.


F:

· Holton, sr. The team plays better when he is on the floor. Has to stay out of foul trouble. Led the team in blocked shots, 2nd in steals, and 2nd in rebounds. Led the team in offensive rebounds. He actually had more offensive boards than defensive. Averaged 7.5 points. Those numbers would go up if he stayed out of foul trouble. He could be the focus of the offense if he could do two things. First, improve his ball handling so he can get to the rim. Second, get his 3pt % up from 20% to 35%.

· Adrian, jr. Good passer for a big guy. Gets steals. But he regressed so much offensively that he was not even attempting shots at the end of the year. Just over 30% from the field and just 17% from 3pt land. Averaged less than 0.5 free throws made per game. Doesn’t rebound well. He needs to at least play like he did as a freshman or he will ride the pine next year. If nothing else, put on some muscle and be a Cam Thoroughman hustle guy. Get under the other teams’ skin. Something.


PF:

· Williams, jr. Averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds. He is consistent and he plays hard. But he is a below the rim player because he is shorter than his listed 6-9 and can’t jump at all. But he uses his thickness to bully defenders and he draws fouls. He is not a shot blocking threat. I would like to see him be more consistent with that 17 footer he has to space out the defense.

· Macon, so. Sat out his first year with injuries and eligibility issue. He brings some size. Still raw. Really no offensive game other than put backs. His overall game needs to improve. If it does then he has the chance to go up from just 13 a game. Game is a little similar to Williams. Got to the line in limited minutes. Needs to knock down the FT though. Just a 51% shooter from the line.

· Watkins, jr. Missed the beginning of the season with an illness. Played in 23 of 35 games. Just 7 minutes a game. One of the better shot blockers on the game but I’m not sure about his basketball IQ because he doesn’t play good team defense and screws up the offensive flow. Only made 6 FT all year.

LOL!! seems to be a theme in your assesment brother!..can't shoot and not tall enough!!..

 

[DCWV4life]

I never give up on the fact they can grow into good players, just going to take a lot of work in the offseason to get there. Holton needs to stay on the court next season or I think we are in big trouble.

 

[bbwvfan]

PG - Phillip, Carter, Beetle
SG- Miles, Carter, Myers, Paige, Connor
SF - Ahmad, Miles, Adrian, BD Williams
F - Holton, Macon, Watkins, Adrian, BD Williams
PF- Williams, Macon, Watkins

WVU has recruited the #1 scorer in JUCO… Myers. They have a top 100 player in Ahmad. And the #3 player out of Kentucky… an ESPN 4 star PG in Bolden.

Myers and Carter demonstrated they could lead the team when forced to replace an injured Browne and Staten. Not sure if Watkins will have to redshirt next year as he will have to have surgery on his torn ACL.

I expect Williams and Macon's games to improve.

Things look very good for next year.

 

[GoldRusher]

I agree, I'm excited to see the team next year assuming everything goes as planned as far as development for everyone. I like Macons size if he can get better and earn PT and like the combo of DW, Watkins and Holton, I think if they stay focused and continue to develop that we could be very good in the frontcourt.
IMO our biggest problem with our lack of size inside is not having that deadly threat outside to open it up.
I'm hoping the combo of the development of the guys we have on the roster now plus the new faces bb listed give our back court a different look next year for the better.

 

[Anotherwvufan]

IMO our biggest problem with our lack of size inside is not having that deadly threat outside to open it up.

You got it right there. We have no size, we have no shooters, at least we have a coach who knows what to do with it