Keenan Henderson Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Any thoughts on the past season? Maybe your favorite game, player or moment. What worked or did not work for the Golden Eagles? Keep the faith in tough times: Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen, it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU GRAD Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 3/19/2020 at 10:27 PM, Keenan Henderson said: Any thoughts on the past season? Maybe your favorite game, player or moment. What worked or did not work for the Golden Eagles? Keep the faith in tough times: Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen, it gives us assurance about things we cannot see. Well, I guess I will start this discussion. This season has been full of surprises. Some positive and some negative. I will start with the negative to end on a positive note. 1. Loss of D.J at the beginning of the season. 2. Terrible non-conference home schedule with very little competition and cream puffs. 3. Poor senior transfer from Oklahoma (Wasted Scholarship) 4. Terrible loss to Denver with a few seconds on the clock and foul on three point shot to help lose that game that would have given us a 10-6 record for the conference. 5. On road win/loss record was 4-13. 1.The great transfer point guard Dre Burns. 2. The unexpected addition of Freshman recruit Max Abmas 3. Addition of Elijah Lufile with big future upside 4. Nice game against Omaha in the Summit League Tournament especially the last half. 5 Eman had a great season overall. Hopefully a good recruiting year for 20-21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Would agree with you ORU grad. The only thing to maybe add is that RJ really came on strong at the end of the year. He had a 3 to 1 assist to turnover ratio, which I think was first in the league. He may not be a great shooter or scorer but if RJ stays healthy he should be a leader next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU GRAD Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 11 hours ago, Keenan Henderson said: Would agree with you ORU grad. The only thing to maybe add is that RJ really came on strong at the end of the year. He had a 3 to 1 assist to turnover ratio, which I think was first in the league. He may not be a great shooter or scorer but if RJ stays healthy he should be a leader next year. Yes, the last game of the season he showed up big for a small guard. He has the grit of a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUJason Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 RJ is quick and tenacious and he stayed healthy for most of last year. He has grown in confidence, ability, and understanding how to use his speed to push the fast break and force opponent’s turnovers. Hopefully he can stay healthy next year and continue to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 TheEagleman loves RJ....he will be welcomed back.....also DJ Weaver will help to replace E-man.....Abmas was huge...gonna be a good one.....will Elijah start at Center??? or do we have someone coming in?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleManiac Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 RJ is arguably the best guard on the court. He's got basketball IQ that nobody on the team even comes close to (Abmas will get there). I'll be interested to see if KO comes back next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted March 25, 2020 Author Share Posted March 25, 2020 32 minutes ago, EagleManiac said: RJ is arguably the best guard on the court. He's got basketball IQ that nobody on the team even comes close to (Abmas will get there). I'll be interested to see if KO comes back next year. KO should be back because he already used his red shirt season, so if he transferred then he would lose a season. Thinking next year's starting five (unless they find a really good graduate transfer or someone gets injured): RJ, Max, DJ, K.O., and Lufile. Still unsure about recruiting: seems like the Eagles have commitments from Stevens and the high school center from Texas (6'8 Clover) but still no official signings. If they do sign those two then you would think that they would both be ready to help off the bench. Clover is rated highly in Texas high school basketball ( top 20-25), around where DJ was when he came to ORU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU GRAD Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Keenan Henderson said: KO should be back because he already used his red shirt season, so if he transferred then he would lose a season. Thinking next year's starting five (unless they find a really good graduate transfer or someone gets injured): RJ, Max, DJ, K.O., and Lufile. Still unsure about recruiting: seems like the Eagles have commitments from Stevens and the high school center from Texas (6'8 Clover) but still no official signings. If they do sign those two then you would think that they would both be ready to help off the bench. Clover is rated highly in Texas high school basketball ( top 20-25), around where DJ was when he came to ORU. Add Kereem Thompson From East Central. Looks to be a great shooter and good height at 6' 6". Would come in with 3 years of elgibility. Like what I saw on video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORUTerry Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I heard from a good source that Stevens and Clover signed LOI’s in the Fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU GRAD Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, ORUTerry said: I heard from a good source that Stevens and Clover signed LOI’s in the Fall. With Thompson verbally committed we still have two more scholarships available. Maybe a Dre replacement and big. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, ORUTerry said: I heard from a good source that Stevens and Clover signed LOI’s in the Fall. Would love to hear from your good source why that news was, for all intents & purposes, buried at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 6 hours ago, ORU GRAD said: Add Kereem Thompson From East Central. Looks to be a great shooter and good height at 6' 6". Would come in with 3 years of elgibility. Like what I saw on video. From what I saw, he’s Hunter McLintock 2.0... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cornelius Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Old Titan said: From what I saw, he’s Hunter McLintock 2.0... McClintock's video did have superior music. All these YouTube highlight videos should be taken with a boulder of salt... I do think Thompson will fare a little better though. He scores in a variety of ways and has size at 6'6" which is something we have lacked in a guard for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORU GRAD Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Dr. Cornelius said: McClintock's video did have superior music. All these YouTube highlight videos should be taken with a boulder of salt... I do think Thompson will fare a little better though. He scores in a variety of ways and has size at 6'6" which is something we have lacked in a guard for a while. Solo is a pretty good judge of talent. Dre was pretty decent talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theeagleman5 Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 Hunter McLintock….LOL....any oldie but goodie.....I had forgotten about him.....probably a fine insurance salesman or HS Ass't coach right now..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Henderson Posted March 27, 2020 Author Share Posted March 27, 2020 Getting back to the year in review. The Eagles had talent, experience (5 seniors) and potential but never jelled together. We saw signs of it in three games: at IPFW (24 point blowout that was not even that close), South Dakota (15 point win agaisnt a 20 game winner), and the Omaha game in the tournament (27 point blowout). Not sure why the pieces just never seemed to come together but that is the difference between a good team and a great team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Titan Posted March 27, 2020 Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Keenan Henderson said: Not sure why the pieces just never seemed to come together but that is the difference between a good team and a great team. Actually, it’s the difference between a team whose identity is obsessed by 3-point shooting instead of consistent defense. Maybe some day this coaching staff will simply amass enough offensive firepower to overcome their annual defensive shortcomings. But, don’t hold your breath... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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