siudawgs wrote:underdawg wrote:Starters for SIU Salukis:
WE will be a heavily upperclassman team but here goes
PG 6'4" 176 Marcus Bartley--transfer from St. Louis--all stater from Decatur McAuther--can also shoot three well.
Guard: 6'5" 215 lb SEan Lloyd Mt. Zion prep--came on strong last year and averaged 8.7 ppg 3.3 Rbs--is a defensive stopper
Guard: 6'4" 190 lb Armon Fletcher 11.1 ppg last season
PF: 6' 8" 200 Thik Bol--9.1 ppg/ 6.8 rpg/ 2.3 blocks per game
C: 6' 10" 220 Kavion Pippen 10.5 ppg/ 7.3 rpg/ 1.9 Blocks per game
Other contributors: Red-shirt senior 6' 4" 198 Guard Tyler Smith Peters redshirted last year for injury--shot .405 from three; 6'6" 200 guard Jonathan Wiley; 6'3" Ed McGill averaged 11.6 ppg/ 5.6 assists/ 3.4 rbs starting on Panola Tx Juco Nationl tournament team
Under the radar may be 6' 6" guard Brendan Gooch (RS-Frosh) who started on Belleville Althoff State Championship team two years ago
Of course we'll miss Sean O'Brien
Left off soph guard Aaron Cook, who showed flashes of being a ball-hawking defender as a freshman. I'd like to see him crack the starting lineup sooner than later.
Re: Pippen, those stats obviously are JUCO stats, and there have been rumblings his eligibility is not a lock. Key for Southern will be if Fletcher can take another step forward and whether Bartley/Cook make PG play a strength. Guessing Salukis will be picked middle of the pack - right in Barry's comfort zone.
Just an Update: two key JUCO players Pippen and McGill are both here and eligible---and according to inside source BOTH may start. Pippen is 6-10 shot blocker-- so good luck to opponents trying to go inside against him and 6-8 Thik Bol. In a mild surprise I was told that 6-3 PG Eric McGill of Panola Tx JUCO will most probably start, against common wisdom that 6-4 St. Louis Transfer PG Marcus Bartley would be the number one spot---SIU now has one of the best sets of 1-3 spots in the League.
McGill 6-3, 185 great assist man that can also hit three--5.6 apg. Had 11 assists in one game at Panola
Bartley 6-4, 180 --will battle it out for PG and can hit three--may end up playing some 2 spot too
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Junior, Sean Lloyd 6-5 215--tough defensive stopper, three star high school player who showed last year he can score some too
Armon Fletcher--has grown to 6-6 as the starting three spot, weight lifting program has him at 215 pounds
Tyler Smithpeters--6-4 200, great three point shooter and surprisingly good passer--fifth year Senior
Brendon Gooch--6-6, 201--good three point shooter and rebounder
Aaron Cook--6-1, 180--another great Defensive player--scored big time in high school