AU Athletics did a little sprucing up to the men's basketball page today. What with posting a video (see previous entry) and updating the roster. Everyone has a number now (run out and get your 2009-10 AU Eagles tattoos with the do-it-yourself kit available at the Eagle's Nest) which is a bonus. In addition to numbers, the roster also expanded, by 25% no less! There are now fifteen Eagles on the roster, though Vlad Moldoveanu doesn't become eligible to play until January, and I'm not particularly sure about Troy Brewer (I'll check into that). Vlad should be a force at 6'10" 215lb (GMU's site lists him at 224lb), hopefully he'll spend the fall putting on some muscle; he just never got the minutes to have a breakout season at GMU, but in a future post we'll detail his impressive play in his native Romania.
Everyone else on the roster are the expected suspects, until you get to 6'7" 215lb freshman Daniel Fisher out of Melbourne Grammar in Melbourne, Australia. I've had trouble finding much information about him on the interwebs, but I'll be sure to try to get some from the ever-growing list of things I need to research.
What is particularly exciting about the roster is that the average size of the team is now a little under 6'5" and boasts no one listed at under 6'0". That kind of size will definitely help us in the non-conference portion of the schedule, but it would still be good to see some of our big men put on 5-10 lbs. of muscle (when you're 6'7"+ 200-210 lbs. isn't all that much anymore). At this point having six players over 6'6" gives us plenty of options down low, and I just hope that Coach Jones will adjust his playbook accordingly. We've played basically a perimeter game the past two seasons, but we may be able to pound it inside this season (assuming and God willing that these guys have good hands), which will open up Hendra and Joe Hill and Simon McCormack from the outside.
Anyway, those are the updates on the roster. We should have a ton of new content coming soon because I've found a co-contributor who will be introducing himself this weekend. Get excited. I am!
Pro deo et patria and GO EAGLES!
I don't remember the details, but I read something over the summer on Brewer. As I recall, he's just a straight summer transfer, making him eligible next fall.
ReplyDeleteHere is Brewer's profile page from Georgia:
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It looks like he's a big three-point shooter. Also it appears that he has two years of eligibility left, although he could just decide to graduate in 4 years and not use that extra year.
Two years of eligibility would be nice; would provide some leadership for after Hendra and Luptak graduate next year. He and Lumpkins could make a good inside-outside duo
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