DePaul, Mon. Jan. 16, 4:30pm, FS1/970AM
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Ellison was wide open. Ahmed 's shot was contested.
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Didn't both Harvey and Scott have to sit out a year before they played their senior years? I know Harvey did but I think Scott as well. Maybe that is the ticket. Someone pull a Tonya Harding on Ahmed and we will really have something in two years.
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Boo Harvey sat out following his junior year for academic reasons. Michael Porter was thrown out of school following his junior campaign. I thought Hardy demonstrated the ability to be terrific as a junior. Inexplicably, Roberts refused to play him significant minutes. I particularly remember a game against Nova where Hardy had an incredible first half and Roberts sat him for a good portion to start the second half. Brownlee also didn't play significant minutes as a junior.
I could be wrong, but I recall James Scott playing two straight years and being rather disappointing for both.
Hatten was terrific right out of the gates as was Bootsy.
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Scott played two consecutive seasons but his 2nd season he was much better. Team did not have a true point guard or would have been much better. Supposedly Scott and Lopez did not get along though.
boo haarvey
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My memory must be getting hazy, but I didn't think Scott and Lopez played together. I thought Scott graduated before Lopez arrived.
JackofVirginia
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As long as we have Ponds, Lovett, and Ellison in the starting lineup we need Ahmed to score and rebound. I ask you,"Who on the bench can do both?"
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4 guys that made the pros and Charles Minlend shouldn't equal 14-14. No point guard and bad coach
A big test of just how far we've improved will come Sat. when we play a local rival who has wiped the floor with us several times in the recent past, on the road after they got their clock cleaned by the # 1 team in the country, who they are trying to move up and out of the middle of the pack from.
WRT Ahmed I generally sympathize with Logen but agree with Fun. Ahmed is enormously frustrating to watch. He has talent but is not a team player, and has a tendency to be a team killer. He is just as apt to shoot you out of a game as into it.
For all that, he is really the only scoring option with some size on the team. And like many JUCO players, he is used to being the first, second and third option and succeeding on pure ability and athleticism. That does not work at this level, and it takes many of them a year to figure it out.
Bottom line is he is needed despite the frustration level he causes. We can hope for better next year. And he could still use the occasional benching as reinforcement, which is happening.
For all that, he is really the only scoring option with some size on the team. And like many JUCO players, he is used to being the first, second and third option and succeeding on pure ability and athleticism. That does not work at this level, and it takes many of them a year to figure it out.
Bottom line is he is needed despite the frustration level he causes. We can hope for better next year. And he could still use the occasional benching as reinforcement, which is happening.
