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Today's Practice
The informal practice started today on the main floor at Koch around 4:30 PM. Gabe Blair wasn' back yet & I eventually found out that Stuz was away working on a paper for a summer school class. I didn't see Ellis either. The most important thing I saw is that Joe Ragland is the real deal. He is super quick, can shoot from the outside & is a good passer. He looks quick on defense, too.
Since I know about the roster players, I was interested in the 2 new walk-ons, Josh Walker, the 6-8, 245 lb transfer from Pittsburgh State & Randall Vautravers, who can both shoot. Vautravers looks to be at least 6-5. We saw him walk by Tyler Richardson who is 6-4, and Vautravers looks taller than him.
The players rotated in and out, so when Hatch was out, I sat with him awhile. He graduated from Mesa High the year we moved from there to Wichita, so I see him occasionally and talk basketball. He said that the K in Orupke is silent. Orupke was sort of reserved for his 1st rotation on the floor, but for the 2nd one, he became much more active - rebounding, making a few dunks & playing defense.
JT Durley put on quite an awesome display of offense both inside & outside. Toure did a lot of driving. Demetric Williams and Joe Ragland are going to give the Shocks a lot of speed and quickness at point guard. Ben Smith looks strong and should be an able backup to Graham Hatch who drained a lot of 3's today, made some of his patented drives to the basket and looked a step quicker.
We talked a bit to David Kyles after the scrimmage. He looks thicker in the shoulders now. He said he is pretty excited about next season.
The informal practice started today on the main floor at Koch around 4:30 PM. Gabe Blair wasn' back yet & I eventually found out that Stuz was away working on a paper for a summer school class. I didn't see Ellis either. The most important thing I saw is that Joe Ragland is the real deal. He is super quick, can shoot from the outside & is a good passer. He looks quick on defense, too.
Since I know about the roster players, I was interested in the 2 new walk-ons, Josh Walker, the 6-8, 245 lb transfer from Pittsburgh State & Randall Vautravers, who can both shoot. Vautravers looks to be at least 6-5. We saw him walk by Tyler Richardson who is 6-4, and Vautravers looks taller than him.
The players rotated in and out, so when Hatch was out, I sat with him awhile. He graduated from Mesa High the year we moved from there to Wichita, so I see him occasionally and talk basketball. He said that the K in Orupke is silent. Orupke was sort of reserved for his 1st rotation on the floor, but for the 2nd one, he became much more active - rebounding, making a few dunks & playing defense.
JT Durley put on quite an awesome display of offense both inside & outside. Toure did a lot of driving. Demetric Williams and Joe Ragland are going to give the Shocks a lot of speed and quickness at point guard. Ben Smith looks strong and should be an able backup to Graham Hatch who drained a lot of 3's today, made some of his patented drives to the basket and looked a step quicker.
We talked a bit to David Kyles after the scrimmage. He looks thicker in the shoulders now. He said he is pretty excited about next season.
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