Re: Next Season. What, already?

by Guest Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:04 pm

Welcome to PN, TRO. I would think basketball would be pretty low on the radar right now, given your Bobcats are 7 - 0 and already bowl eligible in football. Is the Miami game a big rivalry?

by oh brody Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:23 pm

At 6’4” 210 lbs, Oskars is not particularly fast, but because he is very physical, he IS able to create his own shot and go to the rim. He CAN back down his defender and work his way into the paint for the short shots.

He’s not as quick or athletic as Kevin Bailey, but I look forward to seeing them in the backcourt together. They should have some size, speed, and range advantage against some of teams we play this year. I believe Oskars needs to work some on his maturity (who doesn’t?) but he just turned 18 years-old last March....so he's got a lot of potential for physical growth and more strength; let's hope with work his quickness and on court maturity will develop.

He tends to turn the ball over and could probably have better court vision, but face it; he's still to settle-in with the system and his teammates. It seems clear defense has not been a priority with him to this point, but HE's LEARNING!! We'll just have to see if Derrick has developed any kind of shot, or David develops into a PG, or Tanner gets so hot he can't be kept out of the lineup.

At the moment it's almost as if we have an offensive team and a defensive team.....great for football. It's early, Oskars will do fine, and should be close to starting by January.....but that's a long way off, and anything can happen.

DD, Thanks for your assessment of Oskars. With his size and some of the recruitment hype, I couldn't help from thinking (maybe it was more hoping) that he could be a Dellavedova-esq player for us right from the get-go. Based on your assessment perhaps I should temper my expectations a bit. It does sound like Oskars has a lot potential - it may just take a bit of time for the reasons you described. I'm still hyped for the season to get started.

by The Real O-H-I-O Thu Oct 18, 2012 6:26 pm

up7587 wrote:Welcome to PN, TRO. I would think basketball would be pretty low on the radar right now, given your Bobcats are 7 - 0 and already bowl eligible in football. Is the Miami game a big rivalry?

Miami is our archrival to put it lightly. Sunday was also our first AP top 25 ranking since 1968.

I am absolutely full go for Bobcats football. One reason I have time to care about basketball early is because I am a Cleveland pro fan.. The last couple years I've just moved all my time caring about professional sports over to bonus time for the Bobcats. The other reason is how excited most Bobcats are for this basketball season. My expectations are higher than where our football team is right now, if that is believable.

by Rochin54 Thu Oct 18, 2012 11:22 pm

up7587 wrote:Welcome to PN, TRO. I would think basketball would be pretty low on the radar right now, given your Bobcats are 7 - 0 and already bowl eligible in football. Is the Miami game a big rivalry?

Now hold on Mr. or Ms. "Ohio." I'm questioning your authenticity here. I thought it was "O-H!!" - "I-O!!" Sloopy would would want you to hang on and represent for us northwest folks! Very Happy

by DoubleDipper Fri Oct 19, 2012 12:12 pm

As most pundits are predicting the Pilots will finish 8th in the WCC this season, I thought I'd take a look at who the newcomers are that are making each team better this year:

(Notes: 1) There is a larger presence of players from outside the US lead by GU's Karnowski (who's VERY large), 2) there's a very familiar Portland name coming to LMU, and 3) I'm thinking it's going to be quite entertaining watching the two Dutchmen, and Canarius grads, Kok of USD van der Mars from UP go against each other).

Brigham Young Cougars
Agustin Ambrosino PF 6-8/225 JR Cordoba, Argentina (San Jose/Salt Lake City (UT) CC/Gulf Coast (FL) JC)
Cory Calvert SG 6-3/185 FR Parker, CO (Chaparral)
Raul Delgado SG 6-2/195 JR Chihuahua, Mexico (Springville/Western Nebraska JC)

Gonzaga Bulldogs
Drew Barham SF 6-6/195 JR Memphis, TN (Christian Brothers/Memphis)
Przemek Karnowski C 7-1/305 FR Torun, Poland (Nicolaus Copernicus)

Loyola Marymount Lions
Taj Adams SF 6-7/180 FR Los Angeles, CA (Fairfax)
Adam Drexler SF 6-5/185 FR Houston, TX (Northland Christian)
Chase Flint PG 6-1/180 SO Kaysville, UT (Davis/College of Eastern Utah)
Marin Mornar PF 6-9/185 FR Croatia (Consortium College Prep)
Nick Stover SF 6-6/200 FR Los Angeles, CA (Windward)

Pepperdine Waves
Stacy Davis PF 6-6/240 FR Tolleson, AZ (Tolleson/Fairfax)
Malte Kramer SG 6-6/215 JR Frieburg, Germany (Droste-Huelshoff Gum/Cuesta (CA) CC)
Brendan Lane PF 6-9/225 SR Rocklin, CA (Rocklin/UCLA)
Jett Raines SF 6-7/195 FR Coppell, TX (Coppell)
Atif Russell SG 6-4/200 FR Katy, TX (Seven Lakes)

Portland Pilots
David Ahern PG 6-0/180 FR Novato, CA (Marin Catholic)
Jake Ehlers SF 6-7/200 FR Corvallis, OR (Corvallis)
Bryce Pressley SG 6-4/190 FR Sacramento, CA (Jesuit)
Oskars Reinfelds SG 6-4/205 FR Riga, Latvia (Oakley/Canarias Basketball Academy)

St. Mary's Gaels
Matt Hodgson C 6-11/255 JR Booval, Australia (Ipswich Grammar/Southern Utah)
Chris Reyes PF 6-7/205 FR LaVerne, CA (Damien)
James Walker SG 6-3/185 JR Long Beach, CA (Los Alamitos/Citrus (CA) CC/Utah State)

San Diego Toreros
Mike Davis SG 6-2/200 JR Houston, TX (St. Piux X/Phillis Wheatley/West Texas JC/Texas Tech)
Trey Guidry SF 6-6/215 FR Houston, TX (St. Pius X)
Jito Kok PF 6-9/230 FR Wageningen, Netherlands (Canarias Basketball Academy)
Duda Sanadze SG 6-5/185 FR Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia

San Francisco Dons
Matt Christiansen PF 6-9/235 FR Oklahoma City, OK (Bishop McGuinness)
Tim Derksen SG 6-3/185 FR Tucson, AZ (Amphitheater)
Joe Edmonds SG 6-5/195 FR Oklahoma City, OK (Bishop McGuinness)
Avry Holmes SG 6-2/170 FR Salem, OR (North Salem)
De'End Parker SG 6-6/215 JR San Francisco, CA (Lincoln/City College of San Francisco/UCLA)
Frank Rogers PF 6-9/210 SO Salinas, CA (Salinas/Cabrillo (CA) CC)
Tao Xu C 6-11/260 FR Qingdao City, China (Haverford School)

Santa Clara Broncos
Nate Kratch PF 6-6/215 FR Watertown, MN (Watertown-Mayer)

by NoPoNeighbor Fri Oct 19, 2012 1:39 pm

At some point I saw a post somewhere (I think on Pilot Nation) about an African player who had signed with LMU. What happened there?

by Guest Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:06 pm

Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Australia, The Netherlands, Georgia, and China. Only Santa Clara fails to add a foreign player. Truly an international approach by the WCC teams.

Doing the jobs Americans won't do? Razz

by DoubleDipper Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:09 pm

NoPoNeighbor wrote:At some point I saw a post somewhere (I think on Pilot Nation) about an African player who had signed with LMU. What happened there?

Good memory. Shocked

Patson Siame, a native of Zambia, did make a verbal commitment to LMU for this coming season, but has now made a verbal for the 2013-14 season after deciding to spend another year playing at the Impact Basketball Academy in Las Vegas to improve his classroom and court skills. Already at 6'11'' and 225lbs, Siame is apparently still growing and learning in Las Vegas.

Mike LaPlante of ESPN says, “Although he still has work to do, Patson is more advanced offensively and has a better feel for the game than the usual young African big men that come to play in the States.” In a statement that might be a little over-the-top, LaPlante also wrote, "He has he potential to be the biggest impact for the school's basketball program since Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble arrived on campus."

Stayed tuned!

by DoubleDipper Fri Oct 19, 2012 3:15 pm

up7587 wrote:Argentina, Mexico, Poland, Croatia, Germany, Latvia, Australia, The Netherlands, Georgia, and China. Only Santa Clara fails to add a foreign player. Truly an international approach by the WCC teams.

Doing the jobs Americans won't do?

However, SCU does have a player from the Cameroon and two Canadians on the roster, including potenital All-WCC Marc Trasolini, returning for his senior year.

by onetouchfutbol Fri Oct 19, 2012 5:40 pm

Yeeks! So, Adam Drexler coming to LMU really is the son of Clyde. Not bad bloodlines... The future of shooting guards in the WCC looks darn good... Our guys are going to have to continue to improve.

by DoubleDipper Sat Oct 20, 2012 3:11 pm

NoPoNeighbor wrote:Another question raised by the Farmer article is that of potential redshirts. Based on Reveno's comments in the article, sounds like Pressley and Reinfelds are expected to make key contributions, indicating that they are not redshirt candidates. What about Ahern and Ehlers?

Spoke briefly with Pressley this morning...he likely will see very limited action or not play at all in this afternoon's US Bank Puruple and White game due to a "strained groin."

He's anxious to show his stuff, but knows the long term is more important than a scrimmage.

by RiseUP Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:10 pm

The Real O-H-I-O wrote:Anyone planning on making the trip to middle of nowhere Athens, Ohio?

We are not like most MAC schools, we actually have a very very strong fanbase in basketball and a nice arena. The Sweet 16 banners from last year are going up against Portland and we are expecting a sellout crowd. 13,000+... Shocking for a school in our conference, I know. Should be a great college basketball environment to be a part of.

As mentioned, we return the entire team that played in the Sweet 16, but did lose our head coach. Still, we are expecting big things this season. Even in down years, we hardly ever lose in home OOC games. If you guys were able to come into this atmosphere and win you would impress and anger many Bobcat fans.

I will be there but that's because I live in Cleveland.

by The Real O-H-I-O Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:58 am

RiseUP wrote:
The Real O-H-I-O wrote:Anyone planning on making the trip to middle of nowhere Athens, Ohio?

We are not like most MAC schools, we actually have a very very strong fanbase in basketball and a nice arena. The Sweet 16 banners from last year are going up against Portland and we are expecting a sellout crowd. 13,000+... Shocking for a school in our conference, I know. Should be a great college basketball environment to be a part of.

As mentioned, we return the entire team that played in the Sweet 16, but did lose our head coach. Still, we are expecting big things this season. Even in down years, we hardly ever lose in home OOC games. If you guys were able to come into this atmosphere and win you would impress and anger many Bobcat fans.

I will be there but that's because I live in Cleveland.

To be safe, you may want to get tickets early. According to our athletic department only 1700 remain as of yesterday. Very Happy

by oldtimer Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:15 am

Ohio- I was looking on your teams website and did not see any link that would indicate that the game would be streamed (video). Do you guys not do that within your program or am I just not looking in the right place?

by DoubleDipper Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:59 am

oldtimer wrote:Ohio- I was looking on your teams website and did not see any link that would indicate that the game would be streamed (video). Do you guys not do that within your program or am I just not looking in the right place?

oldtimer, I just checked with the Ohio U Athletic Department. They have "no plans to stream the game on their website." You can listen to the game on their website, but you can also hear Bill Johnson on 800 AM.

Ha, ha, "You're calling all the way from Portland?” the lady from Ohio U asked. Caught a little flat-footed, I told her "yea, we don't need satellites out here; we bounce the signal off the tree tops" rimshot

by The Real O-H-I-O Mon Nov 05, 2012 12:38 pm

Not sure who you talked to with the AD, but we have streamed all our games online the past couple years. I would be shocked if it wasn't streamed. My guess is whoever you talked to has no clue what they're talking about... That certainly wouldn't surprise me. Some Ohio fans around the country would likely riot if our games weren't streamed after being done so at a decent quality level the last couple years.

It will be here. I don't think a "watch" link will show up until near gametime.
http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ohio.portal

by Guest Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:54 pm

I want to see if this thing really works...

O! H!

by OhioPilot Mon Nov 05, 2012 2:52 pm

RipCityPilot wrote:I want to see if this thing really works...

O! H!

You must be confusing us with our younger brother Ohio state.

by Geezaldinho Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:07 pm

OhioPilot wrote:
RipCityPilot wrote:I want to see if this thing really works...

O! H!

You must be confusing us with our younger brother Ohio state.

by DoubleDipper Mon Nov 05, 2012 3:32 pm

The Real O-H-I-O wrote:Not sure who you talked to with the AD, but we have streamed all our games online the past couple years. I would be shocked if it wasn't streamed. My guess is whoever you talked to has no clue what they're talking about... That certainly wouldn't surprise me. Some Ohio fans around the country would likely riot if our games weren't streamed after being done so at a decent quality level the last couple years.

It will be here. I don't think a "watch" link will show up until near gametime.
http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/ohio.portal

Thanks for the heads up.

I told the woman I spoke with that the stretchinternet site just read "listen," not "watch," and she said, "Well, that's all we'll provide for the Portland game, then."

We'll look for the late posting of the "watch" link.

We love Ohio U so much our dance team chose to shake green pom poms last year, but have now switched back to purple just in time for the season to begin. tongue

Next Season. What, already? - Page 6 Ohio_u11

by ShipstadPilot11 Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:06 pm

DoubleDipper wrote:

I couldn't agree more.

by Geezaldinho Mon Nov 05, 2012 4:08 pm

ShipstadPilot11 wrote:
DoubleDipper wrote:
I couldn't agree more.

Aw hell.

I just want to make sure that picture gets posted again

by dholcombe Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:01 pm

Think she'll switch to purple for us? We had green pom poms at the OHIO game last year which is how that came up in the first place, right?

by DoubleDipper Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:36 pm

dholcombe wrote:Think she'll switch to purple for us? We had green pom poms at the OHIO game last year which is how that came up in the first place, right?

Ha ha, yea it all started here: OHIO