RE: Just Curious

From: Harris, Derek C
Date: 13 Sep 2004 - 01:52 PM EST

I just bought the Athlon College
Basketball Annual for this season
and they have Roy Bright listed as
the 11th best incoming freshmen in
the country and Banks as the 44th best.
Andy Kennedy is listed as being one
of the top eight assistant coaches in
college basketball.
D/Taylor Mill

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Johnson [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 12:24 PM
To: address@hidden; Keith Wedinger
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Just Curious

PG - Chadd (experience in Huggs' system gives him the
edge)
SG - Nick (looked much better at the 2, very talented,
will be MIP this season)
SF - open between Armein and Flight
PFs - Eric and Max (this is a no-brainer)

--- Keith Wedinger <address@hidden> wrote:

This year's team really lacks a true center so I
would not surprised
to see UC switch between 2 guards/3 forwards and 3
guards/2 forwards.
I think Hicks and Max will be the starting front
court players. They
need to contribute 20 points and 15 boards combined
per game at a
minimum.
I really don't see Souley contributing much so if he
does, it will be
a pleasant and welcome surprise. Pilgrim, White and
Kirland will
probably be used as backups to Max and Hicks.

At the point guard spot, Moore and Muhammad really
need to step up and
make the PG position a strength for UC. It's OK
for White to spell
these two at the point but I really don't think
White is the answer at
PG.

At the shooting guard spot, UC has a lot of options.
Nick Williams
showed a really nice shooting touch at the end of
last season. White,
Kirkland and Banks will also see playing time there.
This is probably
the most crowded position for UC which may result in
UC sometimes
going with 4 guards.

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:33:13 -0500, Harris, Derek C
<address@hidden> wrote:

With Midnight Madness just over
30 days away, I was curious to know
who you think will be are starting
five for the 2004-05 season. I know
Maxiell, White, and Hicks probably will
be starting but the PG spot and SG spot
can be debated. From what I have heard
Chadd is playing at 100% and no longer
has the lingering back problems. I could
see him starting the season, but Jihad could
end up starting by seasons end. The Shooting
guard spot is my main area of concern. We
have 3 potential starters in Williams, Banks,
and Kirkland. Nick was very disappointing
last season and hopefully he can have a Tony
like senior year. He never looked very
comfortable last year. Kirkland might start
due to the overall lack of height on this
team. We may need him to grab some boards
for us, but he needs to make his 3point shoots
to keep the defenses honest. The wild card is
Vincent Banks. He is capable of putting up
big numbers in a hurry and can create his own
shot. With the lack of outside threats on this
team he may play 20 minutes a game and possibly
start against some teams. Again, I am curious
to find out what everyone else thinks. 34 days
and counting until midnight madness.
D/Taylor Mill

-----Original Message-----
From: tj1cj2 [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 8:35 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Contact Period

I love that thinking however, looks like Davis is

a long shot. We do need a

C to make your class complete. Huggs will find a

way.

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil Carmen <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden

<address@hidden>

Date: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 10:20 PM
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Contact Period

If I was Huggs, I wouldn't want Downey, Eaton,

and Clemente because that's

3

point guards and Eaton wouldn't like that. If I

had the chance to pick any

four players to finish the class of 2005, it

would have to be: Byron Eaton,

Denis Clemente, Gary Flowers, and James Davis. I

think that team would fit

UC most and Clemente might be the next Francisco

Garcia (UofL) and could

maybe play wing. It seems to me that Eaton will

be Mickey D's AA and

Clemente might be one of the best under rated

players. Davis is 7'0 and it

looks like he could be the starter over Soully.

I can also see Flowers

being (hopefully) the next Maxiell. I think this

would be one of the best

classes, but that's just my 2 cents...
--Phil

From: "Harris, Derek C"

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Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Contact Period
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 16:29:28 -0500

Magnum Rolle is off the board.
He committed to LSU today.
D/Taylor Mill

-----Original Message-----
From: Harris, Derek C

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Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:03 PM
To: 'address@hidden'
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Contact Period

Rolle I believe we are a long shot at
landing, plus he has a lot of academic
issues that need to be resolved. Madsen
I have not heard to much on, but
he did not have an impressive summer. I
know he has some offers on the table, but
this is UC. We have an opening spot in the
post for next year. A year when we will
be playing in the best basketball conference
ever. I would hope we could land a player with
more credentials then a guy who averaged

13points

and 7 reb in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio.
Maybe he is a late bloomer...I think Gause and
Madsen are 3rd to 4th options at this point.
D

-----Original Message-----
From: oleskl [mailto:address@hidden
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:52 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [UC Basketball] Contact Period

Jovan Adams committed to UNLV. You also left

Magnum

Rolle and Madsen off the list.

Huggs rarely makes his in-home visit schedule

public.

--- "Harris, Derek C"
<address@hidden> wrote:

Tomorrow begins the open contact period
for coaches to make in home visits with
potential recruits and I wanted to make a
few comments in regards to who we are
actively recruiting. Looking at the list
of present recruits on this website, three
of them have made verbal commitments to
other schools. Tyler Smith verballed to
Tennessee this past weekend, Ben McCauley
committed to NC State, and Ryan Boyd
committed to Southwest Missouri State last
week. UC has 4 scholarships to give out to

the

class of 2005. One has already been given to
Tyree Evans and one needs to go to a point

guard,

but
which one is the millions dollar question.

For

those of
you that have a computer that allows you to

play

video's
off the internet rivals.com has video on

Eaton,

Clemente,
Downey, and Flowers. Watching the three

potential

point guard recruits I would have to say that

would

fit
UC's system best at this moment. Watching

Dennis

Clemente's video I am not sure there is

enough balls

to share between Banks, Bright, Evans, and

Clemente.

Offense would not be a problem with this

group, but

I

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