Clevin Hannah Update Thread

[WuDrWu]

61% from 3 gets it done at any level. Even in an empty gym.


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[WstateU]

Hopefully we'll get to watch him live during the March '08 NJCAA tournament in Hutch.
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[SubGod22]

If he makes it up here I may have to make the trek to Hutch to see that.

[Indy23]

Anybody else notice Okie State castoff Gary Flowers is on this team?

[shockermo]

:wsu_posters: sounds like this kid is the real deal.

[RoyalShock]

While he's putting up decent numbers on a great team, sometimes having those great teammates means he gets less focus from the defense. Not to say he isn't going to be a good player for us but with all those great players Chipola is a two-sided coin.

[wu_shizzle]

While he's putting up decent numbers on a great team, sometimes having those great teammates means he gets less focus from the defense. Not to say he isn't going to be a good player for us but with all those great players Chipola is a two-sided coin.

So he's putting up numbers, even though he's not the main focus on offense. That sounds good to me.

Wouldn't you say that's exactly what his role will be here next year?

[wufan]

Being the PG, he will almost certainly have the other teams PG manning up on him. If he can put those numbers up as a role player against other JUCO players, I'll take it! He should be a fantastic replacement for MB next year. Hopefully his defense will be up to snuff.

[Snapshot9]

Just what I have been thinking, that Clevin could step right into MB shoes, especially with his stats he puts up. GM, GH, AJ seem like SG's, so the need for a true PG is there for Clevin.

Don't know that much about Murry, but see next year as more of a training year for him.

[Denny Crane]

Clevin Hannah

More thoughts from last night:

On Hannah:

-Beautiful stroke....nice arch and rotation. Never had the feeling he was going to miss when he shot.
-Good, not great handles, but excellent court vision and awareness.
-While his natural position is PG, could be a two especially against a zone because he can light it up.
-Typical JUCO D-needs work, but athletic enough it will come.
-Very composed and mature, natural leader. In control of emotions at all times.
-Best comparison I can make is Tony Bennett, from Bradley a couple of years ago, although I think Hannah strokes it better from outside.

On Chipola:

-Including the women's players from the early game, cheerleaders and hecklers from the Chipola baseball team (they were actually pretty funny), there was about 300 people there. Guess on Friday night in the fall in Florida, HS football is still king.
-Gym is new and nice but not overly spectacular or large.
-Little will be a good player for KU. Reminds me of the big rawboned guards Self had at Illinois. Doubt if this kid has touched many weights, but when he does, look out.
-Flowers and Kreft that Royal referred to are physically talented players with lots of baggage off the court. Kreft had a felony cocaine charge in high school and Flowers was booted off the Oklahoma State roster last year. Hope both of these kids get it straightened out, but right now I would pass on them. I'm sure Huggins knows about both. Flowers starts, Kreft doesn't, but plays a lot of minutes.
-Most of the rest of their team that are sophomores are at least mid-major recruits. The starting 2G, Mario Edwards, is getting looks from a lot of schools. One sophomore, Malik Allen, is a cat quick transfer from UTEP who comes off the bench to spell Hannah. He is somebody that could be a steal for a mid-major.
-Almost all of their freshman were D-1 recruits that didn't pan out for one reason or another. The most intriguing of them , from a recruiting perspective, is Casey Mitchell, a "power guard" from Savannah. This guy would be a beast in the Valley.
He is 6-4, 220 with ups and an aggressive streak a mile wild.
-Hard to tell how good Chipola was. The team they were playing was a prep school who had only one or two big time players. One of them was a guy named Swopshire who verballed to Louisville.

Other thoughts:
-Tonight Chipola plays Motlow State. If I had been paying attention this is the game I should have attended. But didn't want to miss the Shocks on the radio through the internet. Motlow is loaded too with Huggins recruit Tyree Evans (remember Randy Smithson booted him at Butler) and preseason JC All American Demarco Stepter who the Shocks are looking at. The also have a couple of brothers, Isaiah and Israel Kirk, both 6-7 that are interesting prospects.
-Didn't see anybody that looked like recruiters in the stands. Is is a quiet period now for game scouting?
-For $5.00 was a nice nights entertainment.

Any questions?

Went back through an old thread to see what I said about Hannah when I saw him play a year ago? Any concurrence or disagreement?

[Snapshot9]

From all the info so far about Hannah, he seems to be the real deal as to what was advertised by his Juco performances. I am anxious to see him play. He seems fast and smart, and his 9 made 3 point shots in 30 seconds at Shocker Madness was impressive.