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Post by skeller6 on Sept 15, 2024 7:43:44 GMT -5
Is our French pro enrolled and on campus?
No sign of him on our roster as of today, what's up with this situation?
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Post by 78francis302 on Sept 15, 2024 10:12:54 GMT -5
Is our French pro enrolled and on campus? No sign of him on our roster as of today, what's up with this situation? Je ne sais pas.
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Post by Chuck on Sept 20, 2024 17:39:33 GMT -5
Lindy has picked Bona for 11th in the A-10. What a difference from last season, where Lindy had the Bonnies finishing 2nd, calling Bona “one of the best mid-majors in the nation.” They had Charles Pride 1st team, Daryl Banks 2nd and Chad Venning on 3rd. Difficult to imagine now as they had Charles among the best A-10 transfers and among A-10 best newcomers “most likely to wear an NBA uniform first.” Wow what a disappointing season.
The team was disappointing but the reality is it was good season. — Bonnies had a 20 win season (20-13). Out of Schmidt’s 17 seasons at Bona, it was just 1 of 6 times he had 20 wins at Bona. — Bonnies finished with a solid 87 NET. Very well might have been invited to the NIT. Bonnies had a better NET than St. Joseph (NET 92) and Loyola made NIT with a NET barely better at 85. — Bona had the 6th best NET in A-10 and finished tied for 7th in A-10. Only 2 wins from being tied for 4th place. — Bonnies were better than what we remember.
Comments from Lindy’s article on the Bonnies. — “So many new faces and front court questions spell a 2nd division finish, but Schmidt is here, so upside is too.” — “Really stung by the loss of Chad Venning, who was one of the best big men in the A-10.” — “Schmidt did an admirable job landing a quartet of transfer portal imports with Melvin Council, Jaxon Edwards, Dasonte Bowen and Chance Moore. Additions are all perimeter players.” — “While the backcourt and wings were restocked the front court has questions with the lone returning piece, Noel Brown 14 mpg off the bench.”
Under section of recruiting and newcomers: — Will take you by surprise “Lajae Jones should be one of the best all-around players in the A-10 immediately for St. Bonaventure.” — Best Shot at All-Conference “mentioning anyone but Robbie Avila here wouldn’t be honest. But Lajae Jones could have the kind of impact this season that lands him on the All-Atlantic 10 team too.”
Disagree with Lindy on the following. — “Really stung by the loss of Chad.” Chad is a significant loss, but Noel is more than a suitable replacement. There were many times the team became too focus on getting the ball inside to Chad. It disrupted the chemistry of the team. Many times the offense looked better with Noel on the court. How about the following stats. Per 40 minutes played Noel averaged 17.6 ppg, 2nd highest on the team or 7 times Noel scored double digit points and Bona won all 7 of these games. Noel also scored these double digit points in the natural flow of the offense and not being the focus of the offense like Chad. Noel has looked great this summer. Center remains a strength of this team. Mike is a quality backup. Limited on offense, but solid rebounder and solid interior defender. — “Additions are all perimeter players.” Lajae has a solid outside shot, but also has a solid offensive game on the low blocks. He is a rugged rebounder and physical defender in the paint. I think Lajae is going to be the starting PF. — “The front court has questions.” From what I’ve watched this summer, I think Bona has a solid front court with Noel, Lajae, Noah, Duane and Chance. 3 of the 4 best jump shooters on the team are the forwards with Lajae, Noah and Duane. My concern is more with the backcourt. Melvin and Dasonte are solid play makers along with solid man defenders, but jump shooting is a weakness. Of the guards only Jonah has a solid jump shot and I think he’ll be more of a role player as a shooter off the bench.
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Post by wgt on Sept 21, 2024 10:11:11 GMT -5
Chuck's thorough analysis of our players and team strategy is unmatched by any of many astute posters. His insight would be a useful resource for any college prognosticator attempting to rank Bona with other A10 teams in this age of player musical chairs.
"Bonnies were better than what we remember." Chuck presents a strong case in spite of our overall disappointment, especially if we bought into the 2nd place prediction.
I strongly agree that Noel "...is more than a suitable replacement" for CHAD. He often scored immediately upon entering the game & shot an incredible 71% from the floor (on 107 shots) compared to CHAD's 53%. One area he must improve on is his propensity to foul. He committed one every 6.4 mins even worse than CHAD's 7.9 mins of play. He fouled out 3 times while averaging 14 mpg while CHAD fouled out 4 times.
My bet is that WOJ enjoys CHUCK's keen insightful postings.
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