A good reason why we also struggled last year, not having anybody as old as him on our team and of course, also not having a point guard
I was about to say. That’s a grown ass man!
He’s also fearless on the court in what many consider the top pro league in the world outside of the NBA. That’s a good change from our bigs from the last two years. None of them looked comfortable doing anything when they had the ball, especially Buchanan who seemed to panic when passed the ball inside.
My first thought was:
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“De Ridder” translates to “The Knight” in Flemish… not sure if anyone else has shared that yet… but essential for cheering/nicknaming this coming season.
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I believe our resident European correspondent @jazznutUVA has told us this
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Fun fact… Flemish and Dutch are the same language. Folks in Belgium just call it Flemish.
Also… not sure if I posted what De Ridder meant… but “die Ritter” in German is “the Knight” and Flemish/Dutch is a Germanic language.
Ritter Sport is a brand of mass produced German chocolate you can find in the US too…
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I loved visiting Belgium. Awesome food, huge difference between the northern and southern parts, and a really good location to train to other places as well.
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Belgium is worth a trip just for Delirium in Brussels alone
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@Cuts_from_The_Corner You could call the overseas guys’ threads “Crossing Over” instead of “Tracking a Transfer”. It might make them sound like they died however. 
You’ll have to cover the slight differences in FIBA courts in relation to NCAA courts… When the Euro players are missing FTs long… you will know why.
Key Width is quite different too…
| Feature | NCAA | FIBA |
|---|---|---|
| Court Length | 94 ft (28.65 m) | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
| Court Width | 50 ft (15.24 m) | 15 m (49 ft 3 in) |
| Three-Point Line Distance | 22 ft 1¾ in (6.75 m) | 6.75 m (22 ft 1¾ in) |
| Key Width | 12 ft (3.66 m) | 4.9 m (approx. 16 ft) |
| Restricted Area Arc | Men: 4 ft (1.22 m). Women: 9 in (22.9 cm) | 1.25 m (4 ft 1.2 in) |
| Free Throw Line Distance | 15 ft (4.57 m) | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Backboard Distance | 4 ft (1.22 m) | 1.20 m (3 ft 11 in) |
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91 feet and 10 inches, with Jacque Bilas…
… for real tho, that rim interference rule is the biggy. (Can’t you grab it off the rim in FIBA?)
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hopefully means Grünloh and De Ridder won’t be stepping out of bounds on corner 3s. I feel like I’ve seen so many college players do that more often recently.
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Ball is live once it hits the rim (and as long as it’s not passing through the net). I think the FIBA rule is strictly better than the NCAA/NBA rule. It makes for symmetry between what the offense and defense can do once the ball hits the rim and it means we never have to hear anyone talk about an imaginary cylinder again, as if it is something that is very easy to visualize in real time (and game intensity).
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Haha - I didn’t actually know this about the NCAA and FIBA re: free throw line. Okay - opportunity for feedback. Given the trend into international waters, I was thinking about doing a different alliteration for each new country. For example, “Boosting A Belgian” and then I would only use it again if we signed another Belgian down the road - ancillary way to track internationals by country as well.
I could just do an overall International series, though. The problem is - there’s tons of good video for De Ridder but I haven’t found anything of a similar quality for Grünloh… and I’m skeptical there’s going to be the same level of full tape among most. I like uniformity to the series as well… so I’m going to try to keep it shorter for De Ridder but still show what I’m most excited about - like maybe similar to the Mallory piece.
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We seemed to do that quite a bit … Devon Hall and Rohde come to mind.
You can, and I just watched TDR do it effortlessly. It was glorious!
Get ready for some goaltends!
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I had no idea the FT distance was different. It’s not like 4.6 meters is some sort of round number that was desirable. I could understand 4.5 meters maybe.
Also interesting that the NCAA just adopted the FIBA 3 point line even though it’s a non-round number distance. I mean, just make it 22 feet.
Women’s restricted circle arc distance seems odd.
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I think the biggest issue with Grünloh and De Ridder will be defending without fouling. They both had fairly high foul rates, normal for young big guys. But it’ll be harder here. The spacing of the college game is a lot worse, more ball screen/iso/driving aggressive play and more bodies nearby…more opportunity for fouls.
No concern at all about De Ridder’s skillset translating, just keeping him on the floor. For Grünloh it’s the same thing multiplied. Only in his case, he’s probably not going to be asked to play as much anyway.
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