MBB: American Rivers Conference

hoops4ever13 · October 05, 2005, 05:25:58 PM

I hear that simpson has a major freshman recruit comming out of red oak, Iowa. SLUMP is his last name and hes already earned his starting job on varsity. This kid will make an impact this year for sure and easily win player of the year as a sophomore. Hes about 6'5 and has some of the best handles that ive seen at the D3 level. His shot is pretty good but hes more of a drive and dish sort of guy. When he want to he puts the team on his back and can lead his team wherever he wants. I once heard he dropped 60 in a high school game and didnt play the 4th quarter

True Basketball Fan · October 05, 2005, 05:59:45 PM

Sounds like a load of BS.

Pat Coleman · October 06, 2005, 09:39:59 PM

Any chance this guy's number is 13?

welseyanbulldog · October 07, 2005, 03:52:05 PM

I am telling you to watch out for BV, Wartburg, and the Norse!!!!!

sportsknight · October 08, 2005, 06:39:42 PM

Quote from: hoops4ever13 on October 05, 2005, 05:25:58 PM
I hear that simpson has a major freshman recruit comming out of red oak, Iowa. SLUMP is his last name and hes already earned his starting job on varsity. This kid will make an impact this year for sure and easily win player of the year as a sophomore.

Pretty interesting predictions considering practice doesn't start for another week. Also, if this kid was really all you're saying he is, I'm sure that some of the rest of us that visit this board pretty regularly would have heard of him by now.

pdmcgee · October 12, 2005, 11:34:38 AM

Um.... not to rain on anybody's parade but it really doesn't matter who simpson gets because the offense they run can be defended very easily if you have seen it every year year after year. They are too predictable and even though they have a lot of talent they underachieve every season. So, with that being said this slump guy sounds too good to be true. Like sportsknight said, we would have heard of him if he was this good.

Knights, Beavers this year just like the last five years.... everyone else is playing for 3rd on down. Thats just the way it is.

True Basketball Fan · October 13, 2005, 10:13:50 AM

Simpson is easy to guard, they run the same offense as Augustana, or vice versa. They run to the same spots every time, and there is only a few variations.

However, in both teams defense, it is a sound offense, as it gets people in the right spots to make plays. I get more excited about creativity and intinctive play, so I'm not a super fan of their offense.

keith45 · October 13, 2005, 11:42:55 AM

This Slump kid wasn't even the best player on his team, nor was he first team all conference...he played in NE..sounds like a decent scorer..listed as 6-3..so could he be the next superstar?

True Basketball Fan · October 14, 2005, 09:47:09 AM

I highly doubt it!

The person who posted this fabricated information on Slump is most likely the kid himself. I would hardly call it a nice try......not buying it.

pdmcgee · October 20, 2005, 09:50:57 AM

Word out of Knights Gymnasium is that Wartburg is going to be deep as ever this year and as talented as they have ever been in the last five or six years. They have tons of athletes and shooters and you know they are always coached well. Everyone is predicting them to be good, but I think they are going to surpass those expectations. There isn't gonna be very many teams who are going to be able to guard this team. The real test for this team will be their defending. They have guys that can guard and once they get the concept of team defense down you can pretty much forget about it. The Knights are for real and I don't see anyone winning the conference but them. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 16-0 this year.... it almost happened last year and they are more talented this year. Schmidt and steege are gonna be good no matter what but the supporting cast is gonna be great!!

keith45 · October 20, 2005, 01:53:27 PM

16-0..come on....they'LL lose at least 2 if not 3 (SPARTAN UPSET COULD BE #3) BV may get them, and maybe Loras..and since Wartburg only beat UD by 1 on one of Nick Thomas' off nights..UD may sneak one of those games

lorbec47 · October 20, 2005, 02:27:58 PM

Keith--
Wife (coaches at UD) told me yesterday that UD is looking sharp. She watched some of their practice in Stoltz (dang no extra facilities) and thought they looked sharp. They have a couple of juco bigs that run about 6'6, and are well built. Let's hope!!

keith45 · October 20, 2005, 02:45:05 PM

we can only hope..I stand by it..if they can get a consistent 15 and 10 from their 4 and 5 combo, they can hang with any team in the league, scoring and defensively..we'll see though..we come down and scrimmage them on 11-12, so we'll see how the bigs are.

pdmcgee · October 20, 2005, 11:23:23 PM

hey keith.... funny how Nick Thomas always had an "off" night against Wartburg. He never did a thing agianst the Knights. Furthermore, there is no way they will lose to any of the teams you listed and if they do happen to it'll be BV. Never UD or Loras, sorry. I'm telling you 15-1 last year is gonna turn into 16-0 and when it does I don't want to be the one to tell you so. Write it down and date this entry cause it's gonna happen.

keith45 · October 21, 2005, 09:34:11 AM

pdmcgee,
Now you know if you say that, I got to back myself up...Thomas has played Wartburg 4 times... He has averaged 17 points, shooting 8-17 from 3 and 10-12 from the line..so he has done "something" against the Knights..I stand by what I said, Wartburg will lose 2-3 games in conference..BV, Loras and a sleeper (UD, Simpson)..