ramster wrote: ↑6 months ago
Jersey77 wrote: ↑6 months ago
Besides us, 2 other A10 games that may be of interest.
St. Joe's @ Charleston 7:00pm Flo Hoops
UMass vs. Georgia Tech 9:00pm Diamond Head Classic, Hawaii
C of C is -1.5 over St Joseph's. St Joe's looked powerful in their win over 83-58 win over Iona last Saturday At UBS Arena. St Joseph's was very quick. Several good shooters and play tenacious defense. St Joseph's hit 15-30 3Ps vs Iona Saturday. Reynolds hit 6-8 and brown hit 5-9. Rahseer Fleming looked strong, quick and improved from last season while Kacper Klaczek looked significantly improved as well..
77, you and I have been commenting on the talent Billy Lange has been accumulating the past 2 years and he has also kept key players from transferring. Lange has brought in some good freshmen to go with the returning core. Wouldn't be surprised to see St Joseph's win this game decisively.
UMASS vs Georgia Tech is a good one with UMASS favored by 1.5. Winner plays the winner of Portland - Hawaii. Other 4 teams are TCU, Old Dominion, Temple and Nevada.
UMASS (6-2) beat West Virginia last game 87-79 led by their big men. Josh Cohen 6'10" 220 lb had 19P/7R while Matt Cross 6'7" 230 lb had 13P/13R. Freshman Robert Davis Jr 6'6" went 6-8 3P in 17 minutes for 18 points off the bench.
Interesting is that Tafara Gapare 6'9" 206 lb Sophomore for Ga Tech transferred from UMASS this season. Gapare had a breakout game last game in a 82-81 OT win one Penn State. Gapare came off the bench playing 28 minutes, 7-16 FG, 3-6 3P, 3-4 FT for 20 points plus 6 rebounds.
Yes Ramster, remember when Lange's seat was getting very warm after a couple of seasons.
He then gets a top recruiting class and was rewarded with a contract extension.
They have a nice balance of youth and veterans, along with plenty of talent and size.
They are definitely contenders this season.
At the UBS arena, their freshman big Essandoko was wearing a boot.
Talking to some of their fans they said some days he is available and other days he is resting.
They do have other options so no need to rush him.
Have to be impressed by the frontcourt at UMass with Cohen and Cross, putting up impressive numbers.
Diggins and Thompson also look solid in the backcourt.
They have 4 freshmen averaging 15+ minutes/game.