Great, great question. In HS, he did shoot elbow jumpers now and again. The form was good. I think our staff needs to get to work on jump hooks, and at least some jump shots, with this kid. Tomorrow morning would be the right time to get going on this.
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None of the guys were ready for the aggressive defense they were playing. Its amazing we stayed as close as we did.
He was pretty good last half of the season for them... don't just look at end of season stats...
blackdog
- Champaign
He did show some range in HS so it's not out of the realm of possibility for him to to start adding that to his game in the offseason.
The great part about having Tomi, Morez, and Z is that any combo of the 3 could be ok playing together. You always have two bigs on the floor with at least one capable of stretching the floor.
He shot the ball at a decent clip in high school
DICKnaggie
- Champaign
Not quite sure I buy the Big Z talk. Besides all the speculation about whether he would want the role of 3rd option, big man, he is going to want a very large bag to leave Arkansas. Can we make that work, and do we want/need to for a 3rd option at center? Is it worth paying high $ for Big Z when we might be able to find a serviceable backup center for less and put that money elsewhere?
Please be old!
He can shoot but wasn’t allowed to shoot beyond 5-8 feet this year
Seemed like the lights were bright when he was scoring 22 on Friday as well...
Big Jack
- Decatur
Would he want to play with his brother and OA
Aggressive? We were literally passing the ball too them and then chasing them down like Bobby Boucher in the waterboy after a turnover.
He had two athletic long bigs in the 6-10-6-11 range guarding him all night
I’ll take the young kid with the cajones to take the shot over the old head that won’t. Riley had a bad game, but he’s barely 18. He’s a shooter that knows when he’s hot; tonight he just wasn’t.
I mean, your not winning Xavier without Riley
What are your hopes for that team? Not good enough to win the Big or make a tourney run.
dude if Bruce Thornton is on our team next year I might fade the whole season. That’s so gross. wtf manid look at Kennard Davis Jr from SIU. dog. similar game to tre white.
@Indy Illini Fan any interest? already in the portal.
@Indy Illini Fan any interest? already in the portal.
Over and over again this year we ran into situations where having a third big would have helped. Brad needs to figure out how to build out and keep a full team roster without being able to hand out starting roles. Spots opened up by pushing the current team out the door. Coleman or Dain would have really helped this year. Suspect Coleman would have been much happier as well.
You have me at alpha. Lets go!
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
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If Z is definitely ok being the clear third option wirh Tomi and Morez far and away getting the major minutes, then that’s fine and great. But if Z coming in at all threatens Morez’s role then if I’m him I’m probably walking out that door. I don’t want any moves that shake up that plan of Tomi and Morez. But like I said, if Z is the bench guy that’s great.
I'd say it was worth it to wade through all the lame d*ck jokes to get to your post!
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