Drew Thelwell visiting April 15 (6'3 guard; ONE Year Eligibility)
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Thelwell was the team leader at Morehead, which had a winning team. If anything Tony was the quitter. His play the last few games was remarkably poor, and he decided to pursue $$$, even if it meant playing on a lousy team.
Was agreeing with the sentiment on the new kid. Didn’t communicate it clearly. Meant to imply as long as the kid isn’t a quitter like the past guy.
Don’t poke the bear!
Good start for Fran. And he's a rock star too .. who knew.
It’s a step in the right direction. If we keep recruiting Howdy Doody’s, I’m going to staple my sack to the floor and filet my unit with a tomato slicer!
My guess was you've already done that
We now have two point guards, plus Dix who can manage the point. We have many forwards who either shoot the three or are low post (Dembele, Tadja, Koch). We need someone 6ft6in or bigger that's a slasher, high flying rim runner with defensive tenacity. Please.
Go find him Fran!
Go find him Fran!
Sorry, but I strongly disagree. Fran has ZERO excuse at this point. He recruited the current roster, and thats why we have NO other point guards.......
Fran won't be able to stop himself from starting Dix at pg by January.
He'll play Pryce and Payton as the other starters.
He'll play Pryce and Payton as the other starters.
I think it's important to note he shot 34% against Ohio Valley opponents. I wouldn't expect him to be much more than an average shooter at a higher level in the Big 10.
Scoring hasn't been our problem. I like the idea of a big PG that can get to the rim, finish with either hand and distribute well. Oh yeah, and defend. That's this kid.
Seems like a good pick up to fill a need. Hopefully, his assists translate to the Big Ten level and turnovers don't increase a bunch. One of the characteristics of these Fran teams is their low turnover rate. We have to continue to take care of the ball to have a chance against some of these more talented teams.
Mo is right. Drew was a better shooter than Tony from 3 and overall. I hope Drew's FT shooting (64.5%) won't be an issue.
Drew's assists to turnovers was better, too.
2023-24 Season:
Drew Thelwell: 34 GP, 34.4 min, 10.0 pts, 6.2 assts, 2.3 TO, 3.0 rebs, 33.8% from 3, 43.5% overall 64.5% FTs
Tony Perkins: 34 GP, 30.9 min, 14.0 pts, 4.6 assts, 1.9 TO, 4.4 rebs, 29.9% from 3, 43.2% overall 78.8% FTs
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We now have 11 on scholarship (you can have 13).
We now have 3 guards (Harding, Dix, Thelwell).
And Mulvey is not much of an option.
Current 2024-2025 Roster:
Freshmen: 2 players
6'7" PF Cooper Koch
6'8" PF Chris Tadjo
Sophomores: 4 players
6'10" C Owen Freeman
6'0" PG Brock Harding
6'7" PF Pryce Sandfort
6'8" PF Ladji Dembele
Juniors : 2 players
6'5" SG Josh Dix
6'11" C Riley Mulvey (***) -- on Nov 13, 2023 it was announced that Riley was redshirting the 2023-2024 season. He was originally scheduled to graduate in 2025.
Seniors: 3 players
6'7" F Payton Sandfort
6'9" F/C Even Brauns
6'3 PG Drew Thelwell
4 Notable Walk on players:
Freshmen: 1 player
Trey Buchanan—6’1, 175, combo guard, a preferred walk-on. Trey is the son of Indiana Pacers GM Chad Buchanan.
Sophomores: 1 player
Spencer Hutchison-- 6'4 guard; a walk on.
Juniors: 1 player
Carter Kingsbury--a 2021 6'5", 230 lb shooting guard; a preferred walk on.
Seniors: 1 player
Luc Laketa--a 2021 6'6" wing/forward; a preferred walk on.
Tony looked completely checked out in the NIT game, that's for sure
OMG.....LOL
AI is so scary......who was the artist originally in this clip where they put Fran in?
@skydog0784 and I had a discussion on AI in another thread. Crazy stuff.
here's the clip again:
Pryce Sandfort, Mulvey, and Brauns need to move on!
I think that's what Tumor meant.
Pryce is a power forward? I think he's more small forward, shooting guard. And I think we could play Payton the same if we need to go bigger with Freeman, Dembele, Kock/Tadjo Dix/Sandfort, pick a pg.
Don't disagree, although Tadja might bring some of that. Problem with your thought is that Payton is going to get almost all of the minutes at the 3, with his brother also getting minutes at 3. Koch is a 3/4, who will be really good, just not sure about his true freshman year. I think we will have a lot of firepower, with two true PGs to feed the scorers. We also should be better defensively via addition by subtraction and a year more of experience for Dembele and Freeman.We now have two point guards, plus Dix who can manage the point. We have many forwards who either shoot the three or are low post (Dembele, Tadja, Koch). We need someone 6ft6in or bigger that's a slasher, high flying rim runner with defensive tenacity. Please.
Go find him Fran!
