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Good point, everyone has been talking about these new recruits but I don't think anyone has brought up the concerns with Crosby running the point next year.
Really? Every other thread on the board has been hijacked by someone who wants Crosby gone. I don't think more discussion is going to move the needle one way or the other. Let's just see how he plays the rest of the way.

As for me, I am still optimistic. There's a lot to like about Crosby. He just needs to slow down and put it all together.
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Originally Posted by frisco flyer View Post
Really? Every other thread on the board has been hijacked by someone who wants Crosby gone. I don't think more discussion is going to move the needle one way or the other. Let's just see how he plays the rest of the way.

As for me, I am still optimistic. There's a lot to like about Crosby. He just needs to slow down and put it all together.
Your inability to detect sarcasm is staggering. I'll try to lay it on a little thicker next time.
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In the message by Draft Express, he is referred to as a " huge pickup." That's better than a " good pickup" or even a " great get," I would imagine. So how good is this?
This really seems to Czech some blocks for Archie. I would think Matej is ahead of Kostas to start, but his ceiling is a tad short of Kostas. Seems to be a conflict over how tall he really is, but Arch is not recruiting midgets.
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If Archie makes the Sweet Sixteen with next year's team, he should be national coach of the year.

Don't you have to be in a P5 con to get this award?
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Originally Posted by San Diego Flyer View Post
This really seems to Czech some blocks for Archie. I would think Matej is ahead of Kostas to start, but his ceiling is a tad short of Kostas. Seems to be a conflict over how tall he really is, but Arch is not recruiting midgets.
What makes you say this? Kostas will have a year of practicing and experience in Archie's system under his belt by the time that Matej shows up on campus.
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Originally Posted by Gazoo View Post
I watched the first quarter of the linked video, he is most definitely NOT a big man. He didn't go near the paint in the video I watched. He's a guard all the way.
You were saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8H4CP08Ng
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Originally Posted by frisco flyer View Post
Really? Every other thread on the board has been hijacked by someone who wants Crosby gone. I don't think more discussion is going to move the needle one way or the other. Let's just see how he plays the rest of the way.

As for me, I am still optimistic. There's a lot to like about Crosby. He just needs to slow down and put it all together.
The posts have been driven by extreme frustration. He is obviously a gifted athlete who just is not using his head when he is playing. It is beyond frustrating when every time he enters a game we all expect the lead to dwindle.
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Originally Posted by ClaytonFlyerFan View Post
That is next year. Andre Gordon from Sidney, 6'1 point guard who they claim has a 42" vertical. Coworker sees most of his games and says the kid is a real stud. Our Flyers, OSU, WV, among others are all interested in him.
I've coached against him in football and seen him play basketball. He is a stud and may be over UD's head. Would love to be wrong with a high ranking local guy though.
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What makes you say this? Kostas will have a year of practicing and experience in Archie's system under his belt by the time that Matej shows up on campus.
I think with Matej's age and his international juniors experience he will walk in the door with more floor experience and maturity.

But I certainly could see your point. We'll see.
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Originally Posted by Swampy Meadows View Post
You were saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8H4CP08Ng
Did you hurt your Google finding that highlight?

I went to high school in farm country with guys that got higher than that, and were 5 inches shorter. I was (am) saying he doesn't look like a big man. And that's exactly what you quoted. Just because "this one time" he made a dunk (at 6'7"!!!) doesn't make him a lean, mean, inside scoring machine.

Honestly, I expect better from you, you've got much more basketball acumen than that.
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You were saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN8H4CP08Ng
Does Huelsman's 1 career dunk make him a great interior athlete as well?
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Does Huelsman's 1 career dunk make him a great interior athlete as well?
I was at that game at the dump known as Cintas. I happened to be sitting in a row in front of 5-6 UD students we all went bonkers together, incredulous to what we just saw. Absolutely out of nowhere. A true WTF moment.
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One game cannot tell the whole story. Did he not lead his team in rebounding with 8 per game? Heck if he can block out, we have a find.
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I was at that game at the dump known as Cintas. I happened to be sitting in a row in front of 5-6 UD students we all went bonkers together, incredulous to what we just saw. Absolutely out of nowhere. A true WTF moment.
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This really seems to Czech some blocks for Archie. I would think Matej is ahead of Kostas to start, but his ceiling is a tad short of Kostas. Seems to be a conflict over how tall he really is, but Arch is not recruiting midgets.
From another thread:

"Maturity may be the biggest strength. Svoboda is already 20yrs old and played in the FIBA U20 Euro Championships, establishing himself as one of the better overall players of the tournament. Svoboda's stock as an international recruit improved over the last 12 months. A year ago he had trouble standing out among top-flight competition and struggled to keep up. Several scouts wondered if his ceiling was modest at best. Then the U20 tournament came and he averaged 19ppg while shooting 50% from behind the international 3pt line." Per King Chris .

Kostas could just be about 12 months behind Matej.
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Originally Posted by San Diego Flyer View Post
From another thread:

"Maturity may be the biggest strength. Svoboda is already 20yrs old and played in the FIBA U20 Euro Championships, establishing himself as one of the better overall players of the tournament. Svoboda's stock as an international recruit improved over the last 12 months. A year ago he had trouble standing out among top-flight competition and struggled to keep up. Several scouts wondered if his ceiling was modest at best. Then the U20 tournament came and he averaged 19ppg while shooting 50% from behind the international 3pt line." Per King Chris .

Kostas could just be about 12 months behind Matej.

Watched some of the Czech U20 games on YouTube. Svoboda is a 2 guard, slashing to the basket and shooting 3s.
Not sure how Kostas will be used but his brother essentially runs the point for the Bucks while defending the 3 or 4 on defense. Assuming he doesn't quite have the handles, think Kostas will play the wing but capable of defending a big. Giannis has added to his game each offseason so hope his brother has taken the same work ethic and can train some with him this summer.
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Pierce, Williams and Kostas with Svoboda at 2 guard. That is serious size and length.
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From another thread:

"Maturity may be the biggest strength. Svoboda is already 20yrs old and played in the FIBA U20 Euro Championships, establishing himself as one of the better overall players of the tournament. Svoboda's stock as an international recruit improved over the last 12 months. A year ago he had trouble standing out among top-flight competition and struggled to keep up. Several scouts wondered if his ceiling was modest at best. Then the U20 tournament came and he averaged 19ppg while shooting 50% from behind the international 3pt line." Per King Chris .

Kostas could just be about 12 months behind Matej.
I tried to make sense of the EURO basketball by going to their website. I'm totally confused. Does anyone know if his team has competed against top flight EURO teams? It is possible that it is like soccer where the leagues and competition vary enormously.
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I tried to make sense of the EURO basketball by going to their website. I'm totally confused. Does anyone know if his team has competed against top flight EURO teams? It is possible that it is like soccer where the leagues and competition vary enormously.
I am not sure about his Euro team, but he did play in the U20 tournament, and he did go up against top talent in that event. It was U20 where he broke out and played really well.
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I tried to make sense of the EURO basketball by going to their website. I'm totally confused. Does anyone know if his team has competed against top flight EURO teams? It is possible that it is like soccer where the leagues and competition vary enormously.
The Euro U20 FIBA is the top tourney in Europe. It's the same one that Lari Markkenen played last year. Svoboda was the second leading scorer in the tourney to Markkenen. He also lead his team in rebounding.
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Watched some of the Czech U20 games on YouTube. Svoboda is a 2 guard, slashing to the basket and shooting 3s.
Not sure how Kostas will be used but his brother essentially runs the point for the Bucks while defending the 3 or 4 on defense. Assuming he doesn't quite have the handles, think Kostas will play the wing but capable of defending a big. Giannis has added to his game each offseason so hope his brother has taken the same work ethic and can train some with him this summer.
There is a lot of video on Kostos. Yes, he does handle the ball very well for a big man.
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I tried to make sense of the EURO basketball by going to their website. I'm totally confused. Does anyone know if his team has competed against top flight EURO teams? It is possible that it is like soccer where the leagues and competition vary enormously.
I think European basketball is similar to European soccer in that club teams can play in concurrent competitions (domestic and international) with varying levels of competition/quality (separate from national teams and those competitions).

Svoboda's club team (ČEZ Basketball Nymburk) plays domestically in the Czech Republic National Basketball League (which they apparently win all the time) and the Czech Basketball Cup. Internationally, I think they also played in the FIBA Europe Cup the previous season, which is maybe the lowest-level international club competition.

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Next year will be an interesting year, no matter who is playing point. It's tough to lose four seniors playing this many minutes and just reload at the same level. Just too young and inexperienced.

If Archie makes the Sweet Sixteen with next year's team, he should be national coach of the year.
I thought the same could be said after the 2013-2014 elite 8 run. Losing Kavs, DMO, Vee, Gavs and Price we came pretty close to making the sweet 16 and did win two games in the dance. And that's before taking into account the loss of 4 more players expected to play key roles that upcoming season. While that year we had to depend heavily on a walkon, a freshman and 3 sophs who didn't have a lot playing time previously, next year we will be heavily dependent on 1 senior, 5 juniors and probably a soph who got hardly any playing time. And most likely a redshirt freshman and hopefully one or two other freshman. We won't have to worry about running out of bodies like we did 3 years prior.
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Is there any insight to how Kostas & Matej play D? Most comments are about the offensive side of the game (for good reasons), but we all know D comes first with Archie.
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Is there any insight to how Kostas & Matej play D? Most comments are about the offensive side of the game (for good reasons), but we all know D comes first with Archie.
The write up in the DDN about Kostas was pretty positive about his D. It mentioned one of the assistants saying he'd come out of nowhere for a block
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Since he verbally committed to UD, has anyone heard anything more about him? Has he been to campus, signed an official committment letter or been cleared by the NCAA? Just curious about his status and where we stand officially.
According to the DDN, he is expected to sign his LOI in the spring signing period - starts sometime in mid-April. Haven't heard anything about the clearinghouse.
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Since he verbally committed to UD, has anyone heard anything more about him? Has he been to campus, signed an official committment letter or been cleared by the NCAA? Just curious about his status and where we stand officially.
In a weird rule, you actually cannot sign while on campus. You have to fax it in. Also, he committed after the early signing period ended. As someone said above, he is not expected to sign until the spring period which opens April 12 and ends May 17.
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I thought the same could be said after the 2013-2014 elite 8 run. Losing Kavs, DMO, Vee, Gavs and Price we came pretty close to making the sweet 16 and did win two games in the dance. And that's before taking into account the loss of 4 more players expected to play key roles that upcoming season. While that year we had to depend heavily on a walkon, a freshman and 3 sophs who didn't have a lot playing time previously, next year we will be heavily dependent on 1 senior, 5 juniors and probably a soph who got hardly any playing time. And most likely a redshirt freshman and hopefully one or two other freshman. We won't have to worry about running out of bodies like we did 3 years prior.
Don't disagree. But with Sibert, Pierre, and Scoochie having played close to half the minutes down the stretch. Plus the dumb and dumber twins. There was a lot more returning who made major contributions.

DD and XW about all that's coming back that played major minutes late in the year. The only one I have decent confidence in is XW. And his ability to finish inside is a concern. Next year I think is question mark after question mark, whereas after the Elite 8 I think there were 4 or 5 knowns.
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In a weird rule, you actually cannot sign while on campus. You have to fax it in. Also, he committed after the early signing period ended. As someone said above, he is not expected to sign until the spring period which opens April 12 and ends May 17.
Are you positive you have to fax it in? This past signing period for football, some kid from Colerain drove up to Columbus and hand delivered his fax on the morning that the signing period began. It wasn't planed, he said he just got the inspiration late the night before and decided, what the heck. Perhaps he had to fax it in as well.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/spor...tate/97320944/
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In a weird rule, you actually cannot sign while on campus. You have to fax it in. Also, he committed after the early signing period ended. As someone said above, he is not expected to sign until the spring period which opens April 12 and ends May 17.
Fax it? Couldn't they send a telegram instead?
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Are you positive you have to fax it in? This past signing period for football, some kid from Colerain drove up to Columbus and hand delivered his fax on the morning that the signing period began. It wasn't planed, he said he just got the inspiration late the night before and decided, what the heck. Perhaps he had to fax it in as well.

http://www.cincinnati.com/story/spor...tate/97320944/
Yes, it has to be faxed in. He may have drove to deliver it, but OSU shouldn't have been able to accept it.

EDIT:

Here is an article where a kid that signed with Michigan had to leave from his visit to go home scan his NLI and fax it back to Michigan, when he left that day. Very bottom of the article.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/co...bins/97606364/

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Yes, it has to be faxed in. He may have drove to deliver it, but OSU shouldn't have been able to accept it.
They can also email them now.

http://www.nationalletter.org/freque...ngTheNli.html#

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Domo Arigato Matej Svoboda?

Mr. Roboto he may not be, but traditionally the European players are a bit more "robotic" in that they have great shooting mechanics, and they are often so fundamentally sound, that it's like they've been programmed to play basketball without the bad habits that Americans seem to pick up.

And that seems to fit what little we know about Svoboda. And that's basically, that he's a great shooter. Oh, and he's a bit older, and therefore we might expect more developed physically than the typical freshman. I'd assume he would have a have a leg up in terms of strength. Whereas most freshman really need the weight training, I see Svoboda coming in a little more game-ready in this sense.

My guess is that the primary area of adjustment will be to the speed of the American game. Dayton plays fast... likely faster than what he's accustomed. On the defensive end, that speed also may create problems, and I suspect he will need to work on defense to crack the rotation for meaningful minutes.
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Has he been to campus...
IINM he was on campus at some point over the last several months...and IINM he attended a game.
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Fax it? Couldn't they send a telegram instead?
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Fax it? Couldn't they send a telegram instead?
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