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[DoubleJayAlum]

SInce Valleytalk is down, I thought I'd place this here.

According to Jeff ******* at Fox, you guys open the tourney with Georgetown....

http://community.foxsports.com/blogs/goodmanonfox

[SubGod22]

G'Town is a tough first game for a young team. Who did they lose and who do they bring back?

[lawmaker]

Gtown will be young, but they have a lot coming in next year. At least they lost their big man Hibbard to the NBA.
Preseason rank will be around 15 or so.

[AG1219]

That Tennessee v Siena game should be a good one. I'm really looking forward to this tournament.

[Smooth007]

They lost 2 starters, Roy Hibbert and Jonathen Wallace, as well as Patrick Ewing Jr. (role player - 22mpg) and Tyler Crawford (limited PT).

[Smooth007]

I don't know much about their recruiting class but they return 3 very good players (Sapp - PG/SG), (Freemen - SG) and (Summers - PF). Both Sapp and Freemen can really stroke the 3. Well atleast they could before they moved the line back.

[SubGod22]

Hopefully the guys are ready to compete. I'd be a lot more scared of them if Hibbert were still around.

Can't wait for ShockerMadness to get a good look. That's too far away. Hopefully I'll catch some more summer games to get me even more excited than I already am.

I also look forward to seeing the Tenn/Siena game. That should be a good one. I believe Siena returns quite a bit.

[AG1219]

I also look forward to seeing the Tenn/Siena game. That should be a good one. I believe Siena returns quite a bit.

All 5 starters from a team that upset Vandy in the tourney. They could be dangerous.

[shocks771]

Siena only lost one player that played significant minutes for them last year. They will give Tennessee all they want and more.

[Hotel Paper]

Georgetown has the #1 in the class of 08: Greg Monroe

[fifbum]

Georgetown's style recently has been a slower pace, so if the Shockers can stay close anything can happen...

[SubGod22]

So if the Shox can get out and push 'em early, it could throw G'Town off their game??? We know Marshall wants to play good D to lead to easy baskets on fast breaks. And we have the athleticism to do it.

Sometimes, teams that don't like to get out and run can get very frustrated and fall apart when that's what they have to do. If our youngsters can do that to the Hoyas, who knows what could happen...

[ShockerFever]

Georgetown's style recently has been a slower pace, so if the Shockers can stay close anything can happen...

Yep. It's true. They're like the Southern Illinois of the Big East. They hardly blow anybody out, but they win.

I like the optimism regarding Shocker basketball in the next 2-3 years, but next year is still gonna be a difficult year on the ol' record. So please let's not get ahead of ourselves.

We'll be lucky to get a win in this thing.

I Wish this one and Maui were pushed one more year back..

[ShockerFever]

Siena only lost one player that played significant minutes for them last year. They will give Tennessee all they want and more.

Sounds familiar..

Maybe kinda like a certain Valley team from 06 going into 07.. :roll:

[shocks771]

Siena only lost one player that played significant minutes for them last year. They will give Tennessee all they want and more.

Sounds familiar..

Maybe kinda like a certain Valley team from 06 going into 07.. :roll:

Siena's team is completely different than WSU's was after our Sweet 16 run. Here are significant returners from last year's team and their stats.

Edwin Ubiles- 6'6" Jr. G/F- 17.0ppg, 4.4rpg
Kenny Hasbrouck- 6'3" Sr. G- 16.1ppg, 3.3rpg, 2.2apg
Alex Franklin- 6'5" Jr. F- 15.1ppg, 7.8rpg
Ronald Moore- 6'0" Jr. G- 8.6ppg, 4.1rpg, 5.3apg

The only players they lost were:
Tay Fisher- 5'9" G- 8.0ppg, 1.2rpg, 0.7apg
Chris De La Rosa- 5'9" G- 2.5ppg, 0.6rpg, 1.5apg

They return 86% of their scoring, 95% of their rebounding and 85% of their assist providers.

WSU lost our only inside presence when Paul Miller graduated. Sure we had Kyle Wilson and Ryan Martin, but Kyle always played better facing the basket and Ryan was undersized. We had no inside depth.

Height does appear to be Siena's weakness on paper as they have no players above 6'9" on their team. However, they did not have any height last year either and they did just fine. All I know is that they are a very good team that returns every starter from a NCAA team.