No junior varsity schedules this year for anyone?

Quote from: hopefan on August 31, 2016, 12:06:43 AM

Quote from: TRI_STATE_ATHLETICS on August 29, 2016, 01:14:57 PM
New to  the group. Following SLIAC this year and Greenville. A freshman at Greenville this year played in an All-Star game for us last two years and I've been following him ever since and what college would pick him up.

What teams look strong for the SLIAC this year and how are the teams new recruits looking?

Tri State... I'm, assuming your freshman of interest is 6'5 Josh Anders... as I see it, there is quite an opening for Anders or sevral of the other new faces to fill this year.  Greenville's only true inside presence last year, Andrew Scott, graduated.  GC's second unit middle man was usually Jamal Daniels, who was only 6'1, but showed ability to score with his back to the basket...  There was NO other size on the varsity roster last year, as 12-13 perimeter players rotated in and out using the system... Competition for playing time for big men will all be new faces, 7 recruits 6'4" or taller.... Using the system, big men have to be able to go hard up and down the court 2 or 3  minutes at a time, and be able to score from the paint as opposing defenses spread to defend the 3 point line....

I've seen Anders play as also. Looking at him the past season he seemed ready to make the transition to help out immediately. Although I haven't seen the other big men play as much and some not at all live.  The actual freshman of interest was the small guard LaRon Anderson. He played in All-Star games in the wabash valley area of Illinois the last two years. He's a 1A player so immediately I doubted what he would bring to the games when typically large school 3A and above HS players in Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky are only invited. But his numbers his junior and senior year warranted an invite and seeing him play on film vs ranked 1A and some 2A teams. We were impressed. He's a southpaw and his quickness was unmatched on the floor. It's one thing to be a fast player and its another to be fast and not lose a step dribbling and be under control the entire length of the floor.  Lateral quickness was impressive. The height was the issue 5'9". I sat along Wabash Valley Coach, Eastern Illinois, SIUE, SIUC, Murray, Campbellsville, Southern Indiana as well as other JUCO schools all saying the same thing about Anderson, if he was 6'3" or taller he'd be a D1 lock. Hate to hear and not one to believe it after what Tyler Ulis a 5'10 guard did for Kentucky last two years all because he's ability to be controlled, pass, and drive to the basket and still score. Anderson scored last year I believe 38pts and was 6-7 from 3pt range and maybe missed 4-5 shots the entire game. Again controlled and drives to the basket when he knows he can score. His profile the school sends in to the all-star game said he's lead Illinois in all classes in scoring last two years averaging 27+ppg and broke the HS school record with over 1,700pts. Again 1A inflated stats but impressive in person.

Kyler Stork the 6'7" saw him play in Bloomington area and was impressed with this game against good competition. Needs work on being tougher inside but has good fundamentals for the game. Raw and will get good coaching to transition well. 

Kealin McLean 6'4" could contribute right away. Grinder on the court and does the dirty work of ripping rebounds and kicking it out. Has to finish at the rim this year on offensive glass.

New to  the group. Following SLIAC this year and Greenville. A freshman at Greenville this year played in an All-Star game for us last two years and I've been following him ever since and what college would pick him up.

What teams look strong for the SLIAC this year and how are the teams new recruits looking?