Monday, August 11, 2014

WHO SHOULD START? Center

To me this is a no-brainer.

Chili Nephawe was the most improved player for last year's team and I think as a senior he should play center alongside a true power forward type. Whether or not that's how the Aggies coaches see it, we will determine in a couple months, but early indications were they want to put one of their many athletic forward types on the floor to free up some space and perhaps open up the Aggies offense we have seen the past couple years.

The obvious question with Nephawe is was his improvement simply a result of teams focusing on Sim Bhullar? It certainly freed Nephawe up for one on one action most of the time, but he scored against Bairstow from New Mexico who is in the NBA now. His rebounding 7.8 and blocks 1.4 were both career highs, which to me were the biggest things he needed to address, especially in conference play. With freshmen playing behind him, the center spot should be his


Tanveer Bhullar is a mystery, but he will certainly contribute. Whether or not he could pass Nephawe on the depth chart probably depends on how he looks when school starts. When Nephawe and Sim Bhullar played together, Sim was actually the power forward because he's such a good passer and he was the last player down the court at the high post. I imagine both posts will play together for spells with Tanveer playing a similar role to his brother, but at least to start the season, Bhullar could be coming off the bench.

Friday, August 8, 2014

Schedule: What do you think?

I'll get into the schedule a bit later on, but here it is. What do you think? Predictions??

Nov. 14 @ Wichita State TBA
Nov. 17 @ Saint Mary’s 1 a.m.
Nov. 19 Northern Colorado 7 p.m.
Nov. 22 @ UTEP TBA
Nov. 24 Stetson 7 p.m.
Nov. 26 Florida A&M 7 p.m.
Nov. 29 @ Wyoming TBA
Dec. 3 @ New Mexico TBA
Dec. 6 UTEP 7 p.m.
Dec. 13 @ Oral Roberts TBA
Dec. 17 @ Baylor TBA
Dec. 20 New Mexico 7 p.m.
Dec. 22 Northern New Mexico 7 p.m.
Dec. 27 Colorado State 7 p.m.
Dec. 30 Texas Southern 7 p.m.
Jan. 3, 2015 California-Irvine 7 p.m.
Jan. 6, 2015 New Mexico Highlands 7 p.m.
Jan. 10, 2015 UMKC * TBA
Jan. 15, 2015 @ Bakersfield * TBA
Jan. 17, 2015 @ Seattle * TBA
Jan. 22, 2015 Grand Canyon * 7 p.m.
Jan. 24, 2015 Utah Valley * 7 p.m.
Jan. 31, 2015 Texas-Pan American * 7 p.m.
Feb. 5, 2015 @ Chicago State * TBA
Feb. 7, 2015 @ UMKC * TBA
Feb. 12, 2015 Seattle * 7 p.m.
Feb. 14, 2015 Bakersfield * 7 p.m.
Feb. 19, 2015 @ Utah Valley * TBA
Feb. 21, 2015 @ Grand Canyon * TBA
Feb. 28, 2015 @ Texas-Pan American TBA
March 7, 2015 Chicago State 7 p.m.
March 12, 2015 WAC Tournament TBA