How long til hoops season???

[BeaverPoke]

With the football team being 0-3, I am ready for some hoops!
Well, that and oregon state football is decent, but im ready for poke bball!

We have about two months to go til the real season starts.
I'm expecting only 1 loss going into confence play. And maybe a top 3 in conferance. MWC tourney champs. Sweet 16. Top 25. 25 wins.

 

[J-Rod]

Haha but BeaverPoke, I thought Wyoming was going 12-0 in football?

Schyatt has a good team this year, but its the same deal as usual. This team will be defined by how they do against UNLV, SDSU, and UNM. All three should be good, SDSU and Vegas VERY good.

I think Wyoming finishes 4th, but I wouldn't be shocked if the program takes a huge jump in year #2.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Haha but BeaverPoke, I thought Wyoming was going 12-0 in football?

Schyatt has a good team this year, but its the same deal as usual. This team will be defined by how they do against UNLV, SDSU, and UNM. All three should be good, SDSU and Vegas VERY good.

I think Wyoming finishes 4th, but I wouldn't be shocked if the program takes a huge jump in year #2.

Haha the team WAS supposed to go 12-0, they just got a mix up when i sent the memo out. They are aiming for 0-12 now. lol

But yeah NM, SDSU, and UNLV are going to be the big ones to get, but I agree we can get 4th, but at the same time, I think we go 3-3 against those guys this year, not 1-5. Plus we did take SDSU to OT on the road.

I think we hold home court pretty well this year, and don't slip up to teams like AFA and CSU and TCU.
Yes I think we slipped up against CSU in foco, I was there at the moby dick gym and we had that game in our pocket and lost it. CSU w/out tim miles will not be able to beat the pokes this year.

 

[wyocowboy2014]

Even though I think we will be good lets not make the standards too high ha. I thought we'd be 2-1 at this point too.

 

[Bryoming]

I personally can't wait for basketball season to tip off. I haven't been this excited to watch Wyoming basketball in a long time.

 

[Adv8RU12]

And maybe a top 3 in conferance

You mean like the football team was expected to do?

 

[BeaverPoke]

And maybe a top 3 in conferance

You mean like the football team was expected to do?

Lol, indeed man, indeed. But at the same time, there is a total difference between our bball team and our football team.
Kinda like there are differences between apples and oranges.

But to keep this bball thread going, because pretty much screw wyo football right now... let's debate the starting lineup

I say... the first game will not represent our true starting line up by the time the season starts so I am going with the "real" starting line up. Not game 1 line up.

by MWC ball it goes...
PG- Josh Adams....kids a freakin baller
SC- Luke Martinez....again, the kids a freakin baller
SF- Leonard Washington....he can play from the wing, and take you down low inside.
PF- Larry Nance... he is huge and a bad ass
C- Matt Sellers... he is going to step in and replace wadell's productivity, because it wasn't that much

 

[J-Rod]

Hey man, I gave you guys tons of reasons why this years football team would disappoint (a lot of which came true). You all just didn't want to listen.

I can't find many holes with this basketball team. Like I said, it really comes down to how well Wyoming does against the big three in the conference. I think the team at worst enters conference play 11-2. Can't discount the possibility of Schyatt's team taking off in year #2.

 

[BeaverPoke]

Hey man, I gave you guys tons of reasons why this years football team would disappoint (a lot of which came to). You all just didn't want to listen.

I can't find many holes with this basketball team. Like I said, it really comes down to how well Wyoming does against the big three in the conference. I think the team at worst enters conference play 11-2. Can't discount the possibility of Schyatt's team taking off in year #2.

I totally agree with the year 2 thing, look at the football team. And it wasn't just ACS ya know what i mean?
Sophomore slump can be applied to the second year of a team in general, not just sophomores on the team.

Think about the confidence players like leonard, and luke must be feeling after last year
"oh yeah, we sucked before then we win 21 games...shiiiiit we are gonna win 30 this year"

then they get mad at eachother, not themselves when we lose. then the chemistry goes down and yeah we are looking at another 3-9 type year. obviously not 3-9 cuz its bball, but you get my point? 10-20? 8-22?

But I do not think that shyatt is the coach to let that happen.

 

[Bryoming]

the first game will not represent our true starting line up by the time the season starts so I am going with the "real" starting line up. Not game 1 line up.

by MWC ball it goes...
PG- Josh Adams....kids a freakin baller
SC- Luke Martinez....again, the kids a freakin baller
SF- Leonard Washington....he can play from the wing, and take you down low inside.
PF- Larry Nance... he is huge and a bad ass
C- Matt Sellers... he is going to step in and replace wadell's productivity, because it wasn't that much

I think we'll be going with a smaller lineup by then:

PG - Gilmore (Adams is good, but senior > freshman)
SG - Martinez (Hope he's been working on bringing up his 3 pt %)
SF - McManamen (He's been getting better and better at a crazy fast clip)
PF - Nance (Really looking forward to watching him play this season)
C - Washington (He's not tall for a center, but he can bang inside)

 

[BeaverPoke]

the first game will not represent our true starting line up by the time the season starts so I am going with the "real" starting line up. Not game 1 line up.

by MWC ball it goes...
PG- Josh Adams....kids a freakin baller
SC- Luke Martinez....again, the kids a freakin baller
SF- Leonard Washington....he can play from the wing, and take you down low inside.
PF- Larry Nance... he is huge and a bad ass
C- Matt Sellers... he is going to step in and replace wadell's productivity, because it wasn't that much

I think we'll be going with a smaller lineup by then:

PG - Gilmore (Adams is good, but senior > freshman)
SG - Martinez (Hope he's been working on bringing up his 3 pt %)
SF - McManamen (He's been getting better and better at a crazy fast clip)
PF - Nance (Really looking forward to watching him play this season)
C - Washington (He's not tall for a center, but he can bang inside)

I could see mcmanamen getting the starting job because we really don't have another 3 do we? Unless you played leonard at the 3, and there is no way that we put 6'7 leonard at C and have 6'11 nance playing pf..
I think that adams takes the starting job from gillmore after the first 9-12 games. either way, we have either adams and/or mcmanamen with a very good chance at starting jobs. the very least they will definitely be getting significant playing time

 

[wyo 1]

the first game will not represent our true starting line up by the time the season starts so I am going with the "real" starting line up. Not game 1 line up.

by MWC ball it goes...
PG- Josh Adams....kids a freakin baller
SC- Luke Martinez....again, the kids a freakin baller
SF- Leonard Washington....he can play from the wing, and take you down low inside.
PF- Larry Nance... he is huge and a bad ass
C- Matt Sellers... he is going to step in and replace wadell's productivity, because it wasn't that much

I think we'll be going with a smaller lineup by then:

PG - Gilmore (Adams is good, but senior > freshman)
SG - Martinez (Hope he's been working on bringing up his 3 pt %)
SF - McManamen (He's been getting better and better at a crazy fast clip)
PF - Nance (Really looking forward to watching him play this season)
C - Washington (He's not tall for a center, but he can bang inside)

I could see even smaller than that with:

PG - Gilmore
SG - Adams
SF - Martinez
PF - Washington
F/C - Nance

 

[WYCowboy]

What is great is having this many options. Whoever starts is not that important because that will change from game to game depending on the match-ups.

 

[BeaverPoke]

What is great is having this many options. Whoever starts is not that important because that will change from game to game depending on the match-ups.

Totally agreed.
The only guarantees are luke martinez nance and washington starting. but who even knows about leonard really?
And who knows about the positions they will be at?
So much untapped talent with sellers adams mcmanamen and the cooke kid. AAAh yeah let's get to the AA for the season!

 

[gopokes1399]

Sellers won't start, he is just tall not thick, and not that great from what I have seen dudes will eat him up
Gilmore
Luke
Toss Up (Cooke? Haldorson? Sobey?)
Nance
Washington


It is too bad Hankerson can't play because we woudl

 

[BeaverPoke]

Sellers won't start, he is just tall not thick, and not that great from what I have seen dudes will eat him up
Gilmore
Luke
Toss Up (Cooke? Haldorson? Sobey?)
Nance
Washington


It is too bad Hankerson can't play because we woudl

Apparently I am the only one that thinks the 6'7 person is not going to be a center over our 6'11 player???
Leonard is more of a 3 than a 5. 6'7 guys... not a center.

 

[NowherePoke]

Sellers won't start, he is just tall not thick, and not that great from what I have seen dudes will eat him up
Gilmore
Luke
Toss Up (Cooke? Haldorson? Sobey?)
Nance
Washington


It is too bad Hankerson can't play because we woudl

Agree with this. Four of the starters are pretty much set in stone:

PG - Gilmore
SG - Martinez
SF - ??
PF - Washington
C -Nance

Not sure who starts at the 3. McManamen played well in Canada, but that's a fairly low level of competition. Sobey has more experience at a relatively decent level at an AZ JC. Either way we will be very small.

I expect Cooke to play a lot of minutes in relief of both Washington and Nance at the 4 and 5. Not sure who else gets minutes in the backcourt between Smith, Grabau, and Adams.

 

[NowherePoke]

Sellers won't start, he is just tall not thick, and not that great from what I have seen dudes will eat him up
Gilmore
Luke
Toss Up (Cooke? Haldorson? Sobey?)
Nance
Washington


It is too bad Hankerson can't play because we woudl

Apparently I am the only one that thinks the 6'7 person is not going to be a center over our 6'11 player???
Leonard is more of a 3 than a 5. 6'7 guys... not a center.

Nance will play the 5 most likely, not Leonard. Cooke will also see minutes there. Both are undersized, especially in terms of bulk, but that's where we stand. All indications are that Sellers is just not ready to be a feature player at this level.

 

[Bryoming]

there is no way that we put 6'7 leonard at C and have 6'11 nance playing pf..

Good God, I didn't realize that Nance had shot up to 6'11". That's a hell of a growth spurt!

 

[BeaverPoke]

there is no way that we put 6'7 leonard at C and have 6'11 nance playing pf..

Good God, I didn't realize that Nance had shot up to 6'11". That's a hell of a growth spurt!

Yes indeed! He might not be 6'11 but he is 6'10 at worst. So even then we still don't put a 6'7 guy at C, and 6'10 guy playing pf.

I think that if sellers could play C (if he was ready) having nance at pf and leonard at sf would be great!
I've said this before and a lot of people argued with me about it, but I think leonard at SF could play like lebron does at the SF
He can shoot the 3, mid range game is solid. Can most definitely back people down, and can grab boards all day from the wing. And he is fast enough to guard the 3's in the MWC, and big enough to be a huge advantage on them.

But apparently if sellers isn't d1 C ready right now, then put nance there.