Captain Kangaroo Posted January 21, 2007 Report Share Posted January 21, 2007 Click for Info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timsum1283 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Share Posted January 22, 2007 between akron, psu, and colgate. with a 3.8 gpa. this would be a great pick-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipboy Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Do we have a scholarship to give? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 He's currently a junior, so we'll have at least 4 to give next year (Dials, Middleton, Milum, Wood).There was some talk of the Rowdies putting together a road trip to visit Sweich. I'm thinking that Operation Land the Roo would be better off targeting a guy like this for next year's recruiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I have 3 questions:1 - This 48 points guy, can we have more statistics about him ? height, weight, position, and average points and rebounds per game rather than one game's stats.2 - Up to my knowledge, we are only loosing Dru and Romeo to graduation this year. How come we are giving 3 scholarships (Sweich, McKnight, and Steward).3 - With already 3 players on our team who play SF (Linhart, Conyers, and Rybak), and none of them graduating before 2 years, why did we offer another SF (Brett McKnight) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I have 3 questions:1 - This 48 points guy, can we have more statistics about him ? height, weight, position, and average points and rebounds per game rather than one game's stats.2 - Up to my knowledge, we are only loosing Dru and Romeo to graduation this year. How come we are giving 3 scholarships (Sweich, McKnight, and Steward).3 - With already 3 players on our team who play SF (Linhart, Conyers, and Rybak), and none of them graduating before 2 years, why did we offer another SF (Brett McKnight) ? 1. I agree .. would like to know more .. have not the time to look myself.2. The third scholi this year (for incoming guys you list) is from Bubba Walther. After Bubba left, KD did not fill the spot with an extra freshman this year. He had 3 from last year's seniors (Preston, Peterson, Futch) and just used those.3. My understanding / guess is that you're going to see a bigger lineup in the very near future. I've been told by people that McKnight may project more as a guard than a SF. I certainly think that of Conyers once he's comfortable in the system. He definitely has the quickness & athleticism to guard the 2 in this league. Perhaps Bret does as well.I think we need to be careful not to project MAC type of rosters onto the Zips for much longer. This is NOT to say winning the MAC is not a goal or that I don't like the current players. I'm simply saying that in order to move the program upstream, the days of the 6'1" shooting guard HAVE to end. KD needs to (and is) move to the 6-4 6-5 guards. It's a difficult recruit, but he's starting to get it done.The other thing to consider is that with Chris McKnight's quickness & outside touch, I think we could see him slide down a little and use some SF minutes. In the last 2 games there's been moments where he's switched out on the 2 against a pick, and had NO trouble keeping the guy in front of him. KD himself has referred several times to finding a way "down the road" to get Jimmy & Nate on the floor at the same time & I think we'll see some of that next year. Assuming that Swiech does NOT get red-shirted next year, I'd expect to see rotations with guys using positions something like:C: Wood / Swiech / BardoPF: Wood / Milum / CMcKnightSF: Linhart / CMcKnight / ConyersSG: Dials / Conyers / BMcKnightPG: Middleton / McNees / StewardI don't care to speculate about minutes / combination .. just show that I think KD's getting to the point where he has an EXTREMELY flexible & dynamic roster. We've all talked about wanting to get Bigger, Quicker & Stronger in recruiting for both sports. My observation is that it's gonna happen on the court in the next 2 seasons for the hoops Zips. Some of these guys we project as or consider as SF's are actually going to be SG's.So long as they can defend the position adequately .. it's a REALLY good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valpo Zip Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Thanks for the clarification ZW. By the way, did you guys look at Can't's 2007 class ? according to rivals, they have 2 *** players and 2 **. One of those ** players is a 7-0 center.Comparing that to our class of ** Ronnie steward and no stars sweich and McKnight, i am a bit worried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zip Watcher Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Scout has Swiech as *** and the 29th best center in the 07 class nationwide.Steward it has as **.Can't also has a 7-0 290# guy on their roster right now that never sees the floor. 3 of 4 of their guys coming in next year are JC transfers. I like KD's model of bringing in HS talent & building a program. Worry not Zips fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipboy Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Thanks for the clarification. I also notice KD getting really smart kids - both Swiech and Steward had stellar GPAs. McKnight may too, I just have not seen anything one way or the other. This kid has a 3.8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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