He will he’s has more offensive game than he was able to show. More min more opportunities now. I’m hearing carsen and Nojel looking good in that back court in practice. He’s putting a lot of work in his game this off season. Looking good.
Haarms and Wheeler are both really light come Big ten play. Is EB a thicker kid that can bang a little?
Was going to say the same. No offense to eifert but it's not a great sign if he's a starter.
Probably right but Eifert will have to play an important roll this year IMO if we're going to be a tourney team.
Carsen is obviously better, maybe Haarms, Maybe Nojel, and Wheeler as a big maybe depending on development. As of last year none of these players were better than Evan the year before he sat out, and I'd like to believe Evan got better as well. It's very possible all of these players improved tremendously, and are better, but 5th or 6th best? I would say Evan is as good as Vince as a sophomore if I had to estimate.
What I am hearing is that the biggest improvement is coming from simply having an offense built more to the strengths of Nojel and Haarms this season. Last year it was a bit of square peg/round hole and trying to make things happen when they could (ala: Nojel grabbing great offensive boards and playing great defense).
Question do you personally no any of these players and what they have been doing in the off season. Development what does that mean exactly just curious. What I no is this that they all have been putting in some major work on their games to get better and it will show. You or nobody else are in the gym with them late night practices weight room open gym they all grinding so just MAYBE they Nojel and wheeler are better than what you think . 12 min a game I’ll reiterate what did you really see from my son a kid who figured out a way to get more min by defending and rebounding this year he’ll get more min which will produce more production offensively thst you can believe he’s more than just a defender and rebounder he’s a basketball player that’s been putting a lot I mean a lot of work on his game and not just shooting. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
What I’m hearing is that Nojel shot is pure and he’s shootings FTs really well and making them. I’m hearing team offense will look different more spacing lots more ball screens we’ll see when season starts won’t we
Kids like Eifert in a transition season can make all the difference in the world IMO. Senior. Experience. Glue.
I think this is roughly right. Seems that CE, NE and MH are locks for the top five. Cline and EB are locks for the top eight. I’d hope that Wheeler is in the top eight, but the last two spots seem completely up for grabs.
Agree on Eifert. Kid plays his ass off and gave us some really productive minutes last year, but if you're starting a walk-on, then that's a red flag.
Guys that go to Dartmouth don't come to a top level B10 team and immediately become the 2nd or 3rd best player. There's a reason he was at Dartmouth.
Pretty sure he had P5 offers out of high school, though not from us.
He had some P5 offers but not from basketball schools. His top 3 offers were probably DePaul, Iowa and Iowa State.
If he doesn't have a big impact, we will be in trouble. At this point he is the best big from a scoring standpoint and the best rebounder. We need him to be as good as advertised.
Coming out of high school, Evan had offers from Penn State, Iowa, and Northwestern. Also Marquette, & DePaul. He was recruited by but did not get offers from MSU, UM, Purdue, and Wisconsin. Later He was ranked as the 13th-most complete player in college basketball for 2016-17 by Bleacher Report. But you know... he went to Dartmouth, so I'm sure he won't amount to much (TIC).
I would agree, IF Haarms has improved enough to become a three point shooter. We haven't seen that though. We have seen Evan shoot 40+% at the D1 level though. Williams may not even been ready to go Day 1. Too many questions marks around the other bigs not to think Evan will be our best scoring threat among bigs.
