MBB: St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

hopefan · August 15, 2015, 12:32:06 PM

A brief analysis:
Top Returning Top Leaving

Blackburn Jamie Moore 7.6 ppg Chris Davis 15 ppg

Eureka Ian Saathoff 11.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg Greg Kent 7.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 4.4 apg

Fontbonne Jared Greenlee 12.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg Darius Rucker 8.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg

Greenville Tim Daniel 12.8 ppg Ron Harris 14 ppg, 8.7 rpg

Iowa Wesleyan Chris Fowler 13.5 ppg, 4 apg NONE

MacMurray Deavis Johnson 11.6 ppg, 9.9 rpg Clayton Whitlock 17.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg

Principia Parker Davidson 15.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg Larry Patterson ? 13.4 ppg, 3.7 apg

Spalding Brandon Goeing 15.1 ppg Brandon Gabriel 14.6 ppg

Webster Hunter Ward 13.0 ppg Ahmad Smith 15.9 ppg

Westminster Matt Murphy 9.0 ppg Brandon Moore 11.5 ppg

Of course this doesn't address depth at all... that's another analysis, another day....

hopefan · August 15, 2015, 11:46:52 PM

A slight schedule change at Fontbonne.... Illinois Tech dropped from original Schedule, replaced by Morthland

Morthland, not Northland

I looked Morthland up and flipped when I saw their coach was a famous name in these parts... Rich Herrin.... who coached Okawville HS to over 500 wins, then moved on to SIUC and had several Missouri Valley Championships in the 90's...

Lo and behold, Morthland had 19 wins last year under Herrin's leadership, against mostly USCAA teams.... Coach Herrin is likely one of the senior-most citizens coaching college basketball at age 82... it will be a privilege to have a chance to say hi to him at Fontbonne....

hopefan · August 16, 2015, 12:17:32 PM

So, we want to ponder a preseason All Conference team of returning players... 5 guys only...let's do it with positions too, a point, a shooting guard, small fwd, power fwd, and a middle man..... let's burn up this room with discussion from all the rabid SLIAC fans..

To me:
Point Chris Fowler, Iowa Wesleyan.... he wowed me with his quickness, creativity... has to take care of the ball better this year

Shooting guard Brandon Goeing, Spalding.... Steaky shooter, engine that doesn't quit... needs to be more consistent scorer with Brandon Gabriel gone.. has been fun to watch how far Goeing has come in four years..

3 spot - small forward Parker Davidson, Principia.... the double edged sword I like.. shoots well AND goes to the basket... Hoping Prin can get a point guard who gives the ball to Davidson at the right times...

Power Forward.... Deavis Johnson, MacMurray.... Good grief, his scoring average should double with Whitlock and Guthrie graduation... Mac has to quit taking bad shots from the perimeter and find Johnson

Middle... Justin Ball, Prin.... With Whitlock, Griffin, Harris graduating, it comes down to Ball or Greenlee, and Ball is just so much bigger in the middle... if Prin gets him the ball low, he'll be tough to stop...

y_jack_lok · August 16, 2015, 02:09:17 PM

Nothing to discuss. I think you nailed it.

Denny McKinney · August 16, 2015, 08:11:40 PM

I'm surprised you could pick 5 without mentioning Hunter Ward. Went from sure fire D2 to know mention in the SLIAC. Wow

y_jack_lok · August 16, 2015, 08:29:15 PM

Quote from: Denny McKinney on August 16, 2015, 08:11:40 PM
I'm surprised you could pick 5 without mentioning Hunter Ward. Went from sure fire D2 to know mention in the SLIAC. Wow

This is a pre-season projection and is certainly based on last year's performances. It's well within the realm of possibility that Hunter Ward could be on hopefan's list by the end of the season.

CoachM · August 16, 2015, 11:16:27 PM

Rich Herrin actually coached high school at Benton prior to his going to SIU.

hopefan · August 17, 2015, 07:05:38 AM

Quote from: CoachM on August 16, 2015, 11:16:27 PM
Rich Herrin actually coached high school at Benton prior to his going to SIU.

Thanks CoachM.... that wasn't mentioned on the Morthland site, only the Okawville record was brought up.. I was curious, Did he coach between his SIUC years and Morthland?

CoachM · August 18, 2015, 01:56:24 AM

Rich Herrin coached at Marion High between SIU and Morthland. Rich was at Benton forever. He coached Doug Collins amongst others and the gym at Benton is the Rich Herrin Gym I believe. It appears there is a typo on the website as I don't believe he ever coached at Okawville.

hopefan · August 18, 2015, 11:39:14 AM

Quote from: CoachM on August 18, 2015, 01:56:24 AM
Rich Herrin coached at Marion High between SIU and Morthland. Rich was at Benton forever. He coached Doug Collins amongst others and the gym at Benton is the Rich Herrin Gym I believe. It appears there is a typo on the website as I don't believe he ever coached at Okawville.

Amusing... it is now corrected...started at Okawville, then went to Benton....

ecreddevils · August 18, 2015, 04:32:24 PM

Quote from: hopefan on August 15, 2015, 12:32:06 PM
A brief analysis:
Top Returning Top Leaving

Eureka Ian Saathoff 11.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg Greg Kent 7.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 4.4 apg

Just a note, Greg Kent is back for his Senior year.

hopefan · August 19, 2015, 12:24:45 AM

Quote from: ecreddevils on August 18, 2015, 04:32:24 PM
Quote from: hopefan on August 15, 2015, 12:32:06 PM
A brief analysis:
Top Returning Top Leaving

Eureka Ian Saathoff 11.6 ppg, 5.4 rpg Greg Kent 7.4 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 4.4 apg

Thanks ECred... as usual, my mistake... and that obviously is a big plus for Eureka!!

Just a note, Greg Kent is back for his Senior year.

hopefan · August 27, 2015, 11:18:59 AM

Kudos to Webster Head Coach Chris Bunch and Sports Information Director Niel DeVasto for putting a review of incoming recruits on the school's site... I won't copy the writeup, but here is where it is:

http://www.websterathletics.com/news/2015/8/26/MBB_0826153730.aspx

I fail to understand why all SLIAC schools don't publicize newcomers like this, if not in the summer, at least when classes start and there is certainty that the players have truly arrived on campus. Only Greenville and MacMurray have done this in the past. One or two coaches have been willing to share names with me in emails, but several others are usually pretty tight lipped. I just think a writeup like this is so positive... it gets the kids fired up, it gets the fans fired up... WHY don't all the schools report it? Seems like a no-brainer to me.....

hopefan · August 31, 2015, 12:31:52 PM

Most SLIAC schedules are posted as the school year starts... still looking for Spalding and Blackburn!!! Come on guys!! Neither of you has football to worry about!!

hopefan · August 31, 2015, 08:41:57 PM

Quote from: hopefan on August 31, 2015, 12:31:52 PM
Most SLIAC schedules are posted as the school year starts... still looking for Spalding and Blackburn!!! Come on guys!! Neither of you has football to worry about!!

WOO HOO Spalding is posted...Only need Blackburn, then I'll do my annual 'Rate the Schedules'!!!