Feed Jake my new favorite poster
This team is only going as far as Rohde can carry them.
Looking at Campbell:
Last season: 14-18 (8-10, 9th in CAA)
Key Losses:
SF Anthony DellāOrso | 19.5 Pts, 6.5 Reb, 1.9 Ast | Transferred to Arizona |
SF Laurynas Vaistaras | 10.8 Pts, 4.3 Reb, 3.1 Ast | Transferred to Mercer |
PF Alex Kotov | 3.8 Pts, 2.9 Reb, 1.1 Ast | Graduated |
Coach: Kevin McGeehan, 12th Season (All at Campbell), Career Record 169ā182 (84ā107)
Guards: Returning starting Sr G Jasin Sinani (10.4 ppg, 2.3 apg, 37.4% 3P%) and Sr G Tasos Cook (3.7 ppg, 0.8 apg), so two system vets up top. JR Elijah Walsh (7.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg) and 5th year Gediminas Mokseckas (6.3 ppg, 2.4 rpg) return on the wing. They do add one interesting transfer in St Francis (and 804 kid) wing Cam Gregory (13.4 ppg, 2.7 apg, 35.4% 3P% in the NEC). Just enough in the way of experience and depth to potentially surprise our rebuilt perimeter.
Bigs: Likely building around 5th year grad transfer Terren Frank, 6ā8" 230lb transfer from Idaho (started his career at TCU and Vanderbilt), 6.8 ppg last year, 10.0 ppg in an injury-shortened junior season. Likes to step out and shoot 3ās, maybe a better cover for Saunders. Will also likely use UNC-Wilmington transfer Eric Van Der Heijden, 6ā9 forward who averaged 1.8 ppg and 2.0 rpg last year after starting his career at Ole Miss. A couple other big guys but no one whoās really shown much, other than maybe DII (McKendree) grad transfer forward Caleb Zurliene (13.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg). Frank might be competent, but we should be able to overwhelm the rest.
āAnd Campbell starts the game with a 3 pointer from Sinaniā
cues up the New Coach thread
Iāve gotten hooked on gambling so Iām going to set a more or less for each player for the game. No idea how legit these lines are but fun thing to play around with anyway!
Dai Dai 3.5 assists (Iāll go more)
iMac 2.5 3PM (more)
Saunders 12.5 points (more)
Power 1.5 3PM (more)
Blake 5.5 rebounds (less)
Cofie 5.5 points (more)
Rohde 0.5 3PM (less)
Taine 4.5 points (less)
Bliss 1.5 assists (more)
Sharma 8.5 minutes (less)
ARob 2.5 rebounds (less)
I put my bets above
Someone make a spreadsheet. Winner gets a free bowl of soup
Crickets about Campbell smashing Pfeiffer 96-49 last night in front of 1,637 euphoric fans in Buies Creek, NC?
Who saw it on FloSports?
Doug Smith with 4 and 4 in 20 minutes for the Falcons
Picks
Game notes by UVA have a āpotential starting lineupā of Dai Dai iMac TJP Saunders Blake. Depth āoff the benchā is listed as Rohde Sharma Cofie Taine ARob.
Bliss
Iām holding out hope that heās just behind due to injury. But weāll see. Could be a coaching preference, no clue. Thought Bliss looked pretty talented but a step slow in the B/W scrimmage (shoutout @superhelix). Could certainly be because of the injury issues.
iām so excited to watch tj the traffic cone power play defense tmrw
Pbp: Corey Spector
Color: Mack McCarthy
Any injury at guard (or really at any position) and we are big time screwed. Would really really like some clarity on Bliss.
Desmond Roberts szn
Take the under
Yeah thatās definitely the biggest issue with losing Warley. Bliss being unable to play would certainly have them cutting it thin. But to clear I have 0 info on why Bliss isnāt listed. Just feels like a safe guess that he may be slow to start this year after everything weāve heard.