5/1: #4 preseason. #5 recruiting class.
5/29: We lose a big guy who wouldn’t have played. 2 open roster spots. We want 2 bigs or 1 and 1. We offer to a PF.
6/2: We get the PF and he’ll start.
We offer to another PF.
6/5: We get him.
6/25: We’ll go to the usual camps.
6/26: 4 scholarships. We want 1 guard and 3 bigs.
The kids don’t go to full day school in the “summer” but there are lots of learning opportunities available to them and nearly all of the kids take advantage.
Matt Baly goes at #16, Wes Ando #30.
7/11: Recruiting is going well.
7/31: We offer to a PG, a PF, and 2 Cs.
8/7: Troy Gray is #13 on the Norton list and Jem Moye is #43.
I have 2 kids who want to build their own ship to go exploring in space. Hm…
9/2: School is back in. I asked the kids who want to build a rocket to start working on the design.
9/11: We lose a PF. He was our #1. We offer to another very good PF. Long shot.
9/18: We get 2, lose 2, We get a PG, #33, and a CF, #49.
Going to the Paradise Invitational. Tough schedule.
9/25: We lose a big man.
10/2: Got a C, #49. Lost one. Still trying to get one more big man.
1st day of practice. We’re going to be good. Not sure how good.
10/9: We lose yet another big man.
10/30: We finally get the last recruit, a C, #86.
11/14: The season starts tomorrow with #11 UCLA here.
Here’s the lineup:
Junior Josh Grow moves from SG to PG, his natural position. He’s looked good in practice.
Frosh Jay Pebb is at SG. His D could be better but he looks like a good one.
#3 guard is soph Kea Toms. His issue is D as well, if it were better he’d start. Next is soph Nate Joon, who is a pretty good defender. Then it’s frosh Jon Reed, a very good scorer and passer. Finally it’s soph Mano Rami, who has been disappointing.
Senior Troy Gray is back at SF. He can play!
Soph Jem Moye started for Xavier last year. He does a lot of things well.
Senior Jed Mile is back in the middle. He’s a terrific defender and a very good rebounder.
1st big man off the bench is senior Cory Feld and he’ll get about equal time with the starters. Junior Cris Wren started for Iowa last season and we’ll try to find him minutes.
The two students who want to build a rocket ship to explore space presented me with their first set of complete plans. I handed it over to the robot who knows the most about this stuff. Let’s see what it thinks.