This past New Year’s Eve, I was out with some friends. So, I began paying much closer attention to the few local reporters that covered us and how they interacted with us while covering our team. Mid-way through that year I strongly considered, then ultimately would, give up playing ball at seasons end to allow myself to begin focusing on my broadcasting career. That year we would win the Mid American Conference and play Lonzo Ball and UCLA in round one of the NCAA Tournament. A conversation I had with Noah Freidelīack in 2017, I was sophomore on the Kent State men’s basketball team. While the talent is obvious, he also seems to be the ultimate calming presence on the court. He should put a patent on his 8-12 foot mid-range fadeaway. He isn’t quickest guard in the gym but finds unconventional ways to create angles and get exactly where he wants to be at on the floor. Scheierman makes such good use of his large frame. They both score at all three levels of the floor, both prefer making a sweet pass to a teammate rather than putting up a shot and both have such unorthodox playing styles. Ginobili spent more time off the ball as a wing than Scheierman does and he was probably a bit more athletic than the third-year sophomore. How crafty he is with the ball in his hands, the touches of flair he adds with a quick no look or behind the back pass, how he always seems to be playing at his own relaxed and calm pace, his vision and the way he sees a play unfold just a bit before others do, the way he effects the game in almost every facet, to his almost identical 6’6, 205 pounds lefty frame: I’m not saying he’s on this players level, but watching Baylor Scheierman live… It wasn’t anything crazy but I didn’t know he could jump like that. That’s something I’ve known for quite some time.īut watching him in the pregame lay-up line… huh? He was getting up and at one point even threw down a baby windmill. Matt Dentlinger is a solid post with good touch who can score on the low block. I saw him make several nice passes to teammates for open shots.
#Eight thoughts free
They make up their mind during a possession that they’re going to try and score or get to the free throw line, no matter what. There’s plenty of players in today’s game who have that aggressive mindset, but force the action. He’s so quick in small spaces and is just relentless when he begins his offensive attack. If you were in a lab creating the ideal pick and roll type of forward, Wilson wouldn’t be far off from your prototype. He plays with downhill ferocity, yet he’s a very agile athlete. His body control is uncanny, especially while airborne. He has such an intense physicality to his game but also sneaky good footwork.
I don’t know that I’ve ever seen someone play quite the way he does. Maybe the only thing more impressive than that shot, and the way he’s played all season, is the way that kid carries himself, freshman or not. It’s no accident they’re on pace to score over 3,000 points this season, the most in Division I basketball.īut to posses the ability to allow your mind to work that freely with your body to a point where you’re comfortable reacting in a spilt second to what’s in front of you, attempting a shot you don’t practice all that much, is something that only comes from hundreds of hours working on your craft when no one else is watching.
#Eight thoughts plus
With any of the Jacks starting five, including Luke Appel, you can tell them to go get a bucket and they can.īy the way, Matt Dentlinger had 25 points in a game this season, Noah Freidel has dropped 20 plus seven times this year and Matt Mims has shown himself to be a capable play maker when called upon. You’ll see it occasionally with some of the very best teams in the country, but most teams have a wing who’s nothing more than a spot-up shooter or a big who isn’t too polished and can really only score off an offensive put back. Something you won’t find on many college basketball teams, let alone at the mid-major level, is a team that can put five guys on the court who can all create their own shot (and also create for others). They’re a locked-in group of young men and their 30-4 record speaks for itself, but the attention to detail and focus was worn on their sleeves. But watch the Jacks starting five as their names are announced they don’t even break smile. Just watch their bench after a made bucket or go back and watch some of the post-game celebration. No need to draw any more attention to ones self.
To me, the body language told the story of a kid who was doing his job and doing it well. There isn’t much showboating after a made three ball, when a good play or basket was made.
There’s not a whole lot of jawing with opponents. One of the very first things I noticed was the workman-like attitude the whole team seems to have adopted.
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