Also, a shout out to whoever is responsible. I really love the videos.
If you have 15 minutes, go to the youtube channel and listen to Coach Pennell talk about these guys without having to click through the videos here.
Use
this playlist. Coach Pennell is just good to listen to. I haven't been excited about men's basketball in a long time, but as little as I know about these players, I am pretty pumped about the future. Go watch the video of Otas (Oh-tass, won't even try his last name).
It sounds like we have plans to sign a couple more at some point.
We have Jeff Lowery and Justin Foreman who will be sitting next season.
That means these are the guys we are depending on to make the progress on the court next season.
Returning (class listed is what they will be in 2014):
Ethan Lee - Sophomore 6-7/190 forward; averaged 17 minutes, 4.7p/g, 2.8reb/g, good FG%; started and scored 16 against NwSt in March; started 8 games in 2013
DuShaun Rice - Sophomore 6-0/165 guard; averaged 16 minutes, 4.3p/g, 1.4a/g; started final 11 games of the season after only playing scarcely most of the season.
Newcomers:
Jordan Howard - true freshman 5-11/180 point guard
Otas Iyekekpolor - true freshman 6-8/220 combo forward
Michael Milligan - true freshman (?) 6-6/195 small foward; played at prep school which I don't think counts as an NCAA eligibility year.
Thatch Unruh - true freshman (?) 6-5/190 shooting guard; Quakerdale Prep
Derreck Brooks - redshirt sophomore 6-5/190 combo guard; redshirted at GCU, played last season at Phoenix College
Mike Martin - junior 6-0/190 guard; two years at Coffeyville
Joel Fiegler - junior 6-10/200 forward; two years at Phoenix College
That gives us 9 guys to suit up and a great mix of eligibility. And all of those guys will be able to play at least two seasons.
Here's a pretty good write-up of Brooks and Fiegler from Phoenix College.
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For the season, Brooks was never out of the top five in the conference in either rebounding (7.8 RPG, 5th ACCAC) or blocks (1.4 BPG, T-5th) the entire year. He also knew how to get his teammates involved, finishing 3rd on the team in assists with 1.9 per game. And when he had the chance to score, he did it well from everywhere, since he was 2nd in the ACCAC in 3-point shooting (46.7%) and 10th-best in free throw shooting (80.3%). He was also 2nd on the team in scoring at 16.7 points per contest (14th ACCAC).
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...it was the postseason that truly saw Feigler come into his own as he averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds in the Region I Playoffs; and his presence in the middle during the four games at the NJCAA Tournament last month was a game-changer each night. While many stat-hounds will remember his 17-point performance in the NJCAA Championship, many Bears’ fans may consider the biggest part of Feigler’s PC legacy as his blocked shot with three seconds left that helped the Bears preserve a 73-72 win over Central CC-Columbus in the NJCAA Semifinals. That was no accident, since Feigler was the team’s blocked shots champ (and 5th in the ACCAC) at 1.5 per game. He also led the team in field goal percentage (63.2%), and was 4th-best in both scoring (6.4 points per game) and rebounding (4.4 RPG).