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Post by jerseyhoya34 on Mar 16, 2008 14:49:30 GMT -5
Braswell is going to surprise some of our fans if he qualifies. He's a great rebounder and sees the floor extremely well. JT3 will turn him into a versatile player after a couple years as more of a specialist on the glass. The key for him is to focus on his grades now that his season is over.
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Post by idhoya on Mar 16, 2008 15:16:09 GMT -5
I think Henry will surprise too.
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Mar 19, 2008 20:27:31 GMT -5
I have a question to anyone, ANYONE, who attended the Alhambra tournament. The paper in the city that I live, Salt Lake, is saying that a local kid there, Noel Hollingsworth, dominated Henry in the middle game of the tournament. The columnist is saying that Hollingsworth scored 34 points, insinutated all of them came against Henry and basically said Henry got dominated. I've seen this kid, Hollingsworth. He's 6-9 and 240. But he's a doofus if I've ever seen one. He couldn't jump over a phone book and he's going to Brown because nobody else in division I basketball wanted him. If this is true, this bodes very badly because as I said, Hollingsworth's game is trash from the word go. I'm just dying to know whether or not this is an accurate depiction. here's the link to the column www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_8622477
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Mar 19, 2008 21:15:17 GMT -5
We have a recruit from Judge - but she is on the track team.
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Post by MCIGuy on Mar 19, 2008 21:48:59 GMT -5
I have a question to anyone, ANYONE, who attended the Alhambra tournament. The paper in the city that I live, Salt Lake, is saying that a local kid there, Noel Hollingsworth, dominated Henry in the middle game of the tournament. The columnist is saying that Hollingsworth scored 34 points, insinutated all of them came against Henry and basically said Henry got dominated. I've seen this kid, Hollingsworth. He's 6-9 and 240. But he's a doofus if I've ever seen one. He couldn't jump over a phone book and he's going to Brown because nobody else in division I basketball wanted him. If this is true, this bodes very badly because as I said, Hollingsworth's game is trash from the word go. I'm just dying to know whether or not this is an accurate depiction. here's the link to the column www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_8622477Sims has proven himself against top level competeition since the summer of 2007. He was dominant against Oak Hill this season and was co-player of the year in Baltimore. But he gets outplayed by another big guy who is considered a nobody and it bodes badly for his Hoya career or something? Respectfully Lets not jump to conclusions. Besides the same player dominated top ten recruit Ed Davis who is headed to UNC in this same tournament. Who knows? Maybe Hollingsworth is better than you think.
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Post by bmartin on Mar 19, 2008 21:55:21 GMT -5
Cumberland Times www.times-news.com/localsports/local_story_075000304.htmlHollingsworth and Mt. St. Joe’s Henry Sims, who is bound for Georgetown University, engaged in the contest’s most intriguing battles. Hollingsworth is listed as 6-foot-9, was named to the All-State team in Nevada and has signed with Brown University. With a surprisingly soft touch, and nice looking hook shot, Hollingsworth scored the first nine points for the Bulldogs and even drained a pair of three-pointers. While his defensive numbers weren’t impressive (three rebounds, no blocks or steals) he kept Sims in check. The 6-11 Sims was 4-for-7 from the floor, and drained six-of-seven foul shots to finish with 14 points. He got the best of Hollingsworth defensively by grabbing eight rebounds, swatting three shots and adding two steals.
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Post by daytonahoya31 on Mar 19, 2008 23:20:46 GMT -5
MCI,
respectfully, I have to disagree with you on that. Hollingsworth really isn't that good at all. I've seen him multiple times. He's not athletic at all. He can't run the floor and he should have problems with anyone that has any kind of length.
He does have good footwork and he does have a nice hook shot. But he's not even the best player on his own team, and in terms of upside he's not even the SECOND best player on his team. He's one of the least athletic big guys that I've ever seen. And I know that you know basketball, if you saw this kid you would think the exact same thing.
Now maybe Henry didn't play well. I haven't seen him play, except for a youtube clip here and there. But this cat Hollingsworth is not good. If he were, he'd be going somewhere other than Brown. Trust me on that.
And whoever wrote that article from the Cumberland Times needs to do much more fact checking. Hollingsworth is from Utah, not Nevada. And he hasn't been named to anyone's all-state team, because they haven't come out yet.
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Post by arlingtonhoya05 on Mar 20, 2008 0:16:44 GMT -5
I was at the Tourney, and Sims was unimpressive. He looks extremely skilled, but he was lazy. He was utterly dominated by Hollingsworth. Even after Hollingsworth hit back to back 3's, Sims continued to be slow coming out to guard him on the perimeter. Hollingsworth is goofy. During warm-ups he looked as if he couldn't have been any less interested in the game, then came out for the tip and dominated Sims. Sims is clearly the better player, however he might have some motivational issues. He had 13 or 14 against O'Connell I believe, but still didn't assert himself whatsoever. O'Connell was playing without Ben-Eze(knee) and Sims was being guarded by 6-6 and 6-5 sophomore forwards. I expected him to do more. On the defensive end he showed his talents, he had close to 10 blocks. He was the only high major senior not to make the 1st or 2nd all tourney team. That being said, he's played very well this season against strong competition, maybe he just didn't have his head in this tournament.
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Post by RDF on Mar 20, 2008 0:22:51 GMT -5
Sims also was injured in the final of the MIAA Conference Tournament--pulled groin--and played in the BCL and Alhambra with the injury. That doesn't make an excuse for him being "lazy" but he was injured late in season--and only thing I can say from following his games is his numbers dropped once he was injured.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 20, 2008 9:15:58 GMT -5
Gotta love how people can make value judgements on player motivations after watching one or two games. Awesome.
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Post by arlingtonhoya05 on Mar 20, 2008 9:29:45 GMT -5
Hopefully it was his injury. Notes on other players from Alhambra... Unfortunately Maryland has themselves a great player in Sean Mosley for next season. He was fantastic and in my opinion the most impressive player at the tourney. Ed Davis(UNC) was also terrific. He can do everything on the court. It's too bad we lost that recruiting battle. Jason Clark is going to be special. He's the type of guy who will prob stay 4 years and be very good by his Jr/Sr season. He's thin but very long for his height. He's tough on D, and can handle himself very well offensively. Imagine a defensive stopper who can shoot, drive, and rebound...I'm pumped.
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Post by kchoya on Mar 20, 2008 9:41:22 GMT -5
I have a question to anyone, ANYONE, who attended the Alhambra tournament. The paper in the city that I live, Salt Lake, is saying that a local kid there, Noel Hollingsworth, dominated Henry in the middle game of the tournament. The columnist is saying that Hollingsworth scored 34 points, insinutated all of them came against Henry and basically said Henry got dominated. I've seen this kid, Hollingsworth. He's 6-9 and 240. But he's a doofus if I've ever seen one. He couldn't jump over a phone book and he's going to Brown because nobody else in division I basketball wanted him. If this is true, this bodes very badly because as I said, Hollingsworth's game is trash from the word go. I'm just dying to know whether or not this is an accurate depiction. here's the link to the column www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_8622477You should know better than to take Monson seriously. In fact, all the local columnists overhype all the prep players. you'd think BYU would win the national title every year with the insane amount of talent they have coming in every season (according to the local papers).
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Post by hoyasexy on Mar 20, 2008 10:08:33 GMT -5
Unfortunately Maryland has themselves a great player in Sean Mosley for next season. He was fantastic and in my opinion the most impressive player at the tourney. Not just your opinion. He was named the tournament's MOP (as opposed to the MVP, which went to Gonzaga's Ian Hummer).
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Post by sleepyjackson21 on Mar 20, 2008 10:43:14 GMT -5
The one constant with Sims by virtually every so called recruiting guru is that the kid plays hard and has a strong motor. The one thing he hasn't been called is lazy. Maybe he was lazy in this game or maybe it was his injury slowing him down. Regardless, i'm sure once he's in a Georgetown uniform the kid will give his best.
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Post by idhoya on Mar 20, 2008 10:46:52 GMT -5
Henry dominated Ty Walker earlier this season too. Ty is part of Wake's #1 class next year. Had to be the groin. As for Ed, GU showed look warm interest for the longest then tried to play catch up late and fell short. They were recruiting Ed harder his junior season. Mosely is a good cat, who I happen to like alot. He's a tweener and gets most out of what he has. He doesn't do one thing great, but alot well. That said, GU was on him early, but sorta slowed their interest in the middle and towards the end. Sean is not a great athlete, but a good one with strength and hoops smarts. Will be good at MD if they use him properly.
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Post by RDF on Mar 20, 2008 11:35:59 GMT -5
Ed Davis would've been an awful fit for Georgetown--he chose the best program for his skills/game. He runs the floor-isn't very skilled but is a great athlete. For those who don't like Vernon Macklin or think he fits what Hoyas do--Davis is a less polished version at the HS level then Ticket was--Davis chose the right program for him--and will do well. He's a less talented Brandan Wright and when he faces other bigs--he usually has problems--he was not impressive at all against Samardo Samuels and Greg Echenique. Those who trashed Monroe's performance against them--didn't say a negative word about Davis against them--and only time he scored--garbage hoops/cherry picking or when it didn't matter as game was over--he racked up about 4-6 pts after Samuels/Echenique were pulled. If you like 6'8 guys who can't shoot, dribble, or pass--Ed Davis is your man. He's a good fit at UNC--because he'll be an undersized post-run the floor--his strength and get some garbage hoops in their transition style.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Mar 20, 2008 14:23:30 GMT -5
Sims' game against this guy wasn't even that bad. So his opponent had a strong offensive game -- which was admittedly described as hitting everything he shot. Maybe his opponent is pretty good and was hot. Sims shot well, outrebounded him, had more steals and blocks, and oh, his team won by double digits.
He's dominated Oak Hill and Ty Walker. He was co-player of the year in Baltimore, not a bad city to do so. He's been seen by our staff a hundred times, I'm sure. And he was a Top 75 player before all this happened.
Having someone go for 30 on you -- when you didn't even play that poorly -- is nothing to be concerned about.
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