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Post by phoenixphan87 on Jul 13, 2015 20:17:24 GMT -6
From Pepperdine bio his two year there
PEPPERDINE 2014-15: Averaged 1.8 points and 1.7 rebounds as a sophomore ... Played in 24 games, starting one, and averaged 11.1 minutes ... Made 52.9% of his field goal attempts ... Had a season-high six points twice, at Saint Mary's (1/31) and vs. San Diego (2/7) ... Other season highs were six rebounds and 20 minutes played at San Francisco (1/22), two assists vs. Gonzaga (3/9) and two blocks vs. Portland (1/17) ... Played at least 10 minutes 15 times.
PEPPERDINE 2013-14: Averaged 1.3 points and 1.8 rebounds as a freshman ... Appeared in 25 games and averaged 9.3 minutes ... Made his first and only start vs. Green Bay in the Great Alaska Shootout (11/28) and posted his best single-game numbers of the season: eight points and 12 rebounds in 29 minutes ... Played at least 20 minutes four times and at least 10 minutes on nine occasions ... Best output in a WCC game was four points vs. Santa Clara (3/1) ... Grabbed five rebounds at BYU (1/9) ... Other season highs were three blocks vs. Gonzaga (1/16) and two assists at Gonzaga (2/13
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Post by stillaphoenixphan on Jul 13, 2015 21:22:22 GMT -6
Interesting case, with one year practicing can he be a force or solid backup the next 2 years? Here's his bio from 2 years ago.
May 21, 2013
MALIBU, Calif. - Pepperdine men's basketball coach Marty Wilson added another promising young student-athlete to the roster on Tuesday when he announced that David Jesperson, a 6-foot-8 forward from Merrill (Wis.) High School, has signed a letter-of-intent.
ESPN.com rated Jesperson as the state of Wisconsin's 10th-best recruit, while WisSports.net had him as the #15 senior in the class of 2013.
"David is a very skilled player for his size with all-around abilities to handle the ball, pass it and score from inside and out," Wilson said. "He has a high basketball IQ and plays the game with a great deal of confidence at both ends."
Jesperson, who visited Pepperdine last week, said: "I really felt comfortable with everyone at Pepperdine, and I liked how close they were. If I was going to go far from home I wanted to have a good relationship with the coaches and players. I liked the setup of the campus, everything was very nice."
He was named to the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association Division 2 all-state first team as a senior, and also received all-state honorable mention notice from the Associated Press. Jesperson averaged 19.8 points, 11.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists and shot 55.3% from the field, 38.2% on three-pointers and 81.4% from the free throw line. After the season, he was selected to play in the WBCA All-Star Game.
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Jul 14, 2015 7:16:02 GMT -6
Welcome to GB. I suppose a big guy who can shoot from the outside probably is needed in a system that takes a lot of outside shots. I have watched him play but I don't remember being wowed. I hope he has more of an impact than Clayton Heuer did.
This likely isn't the right place to put this but it is on my mind right now. Linc has now brought in 2 Juco's, 2 HS seniors and one D1 transfer. That is going to take some getting used to for me. One thing I liked about Wardle was he pretty much recruited high school players and only went for the Juco or D1 guys to supplement. Using the last scholarship on Jesperson seems like a let down after waiting to July to fill the spot. If you waited this long why not wait for someone with a higher ceiling to come along? The other coaches in the HL who use a lot of JUCO or D1 transfers seem to put together decent teams but not dominant teams. This roster and style are looking more Oakland, Milwaukee and YSU to me and I am not sure I am that juiced about it right now. I hope to be very wrong.
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Post by gbbrl97 on Jul 14, 2015 8:06:59 GMT -6
If Linc thinks Jesperson's skillset as a stretch-4 will benefit in his system, then it's a good add, as Fouse will be graduated, and Hendo, Botz, Hurdle, and Lowe will be seniors when he is eligible in 16-17 and will need another experienced big man to go with Kanter going into 17-18. He would have struggled under BW and his system. Hopefully, he isn't a defensive liability.
Hopefully the reliance on JUCO's and D1 transfers is only for the short-term. It does resemble the early years of the TK Era somewhat, but we are also dealing with a veteran head coach with a D2 tourney and championship pedigree with 2 of 3 assistant coaches who also have been HC's at the D2 and JUCO levels. I feel a little more comfortable in that sense than the beginning of the TK Era where he was a first time HC, with a lead assistant (a former D2 HC in Dale Race) who was pulled out of retirement, and 2 young guys with little experience overall (one of which was a young Gary Grzesk).
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Post by FSCMocFan on Jul 14, 2015 8:42:05 GMT -6
Time to take a deep breath. Linc generally knows what he's doing.
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Post by knightlife920 on Jul 14, 2015 10:50:33 GMT -6
I'm fine with this signing, decent size and it sounds like he really wants to be here. Now, a bunch more signings like this, by which I mean strictly local guys that can only shoot the ball will eventually be a problem... TK was only a few years ago, we should all remember how this story goes.
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Post by FSCMocFan on Jul 14, 2015 11:52:15 GMT -6
Playing defense is pretty much a requirement with Linc.
Jesperson has a year to learn, condition and lift weights. I bet he does all of those things.
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Post by thetulsawarrior on Jul 14, 2015 12:04:18 GMT -6
Jesperson sound and looks a lot like a Mike Schachtner 2.0. That's not a knock against either player. Jesperson is young for his class. A year to learn the system and develop his skill set is a good idea. He's already a solid outside shooter. Darner seems to want multiple quick slashing perimeter players on the court at the same time. Jesperson could create space for those players by being an outside scoring threat.
As to recruiting -- Darner and Company did what they could do on the recruiting trail considering the late start. They needed some game ready players with the departure of Sykes and Francis -- to say nothing of the defection of the incoming players that defected when Wardle left.
Cooper and Hurdle should be able to contribute immediately. The Brown Twins offer immediate depth for the new gameplan being implemented. We won't have a true read on recruiting philosophy and ability for at least two full recruiting cycles.
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Post by fansincebuss on Jul 14, 2015 19:32:14 GMT -6
I think the signing of Jesperson is good and the year to get acclimated is also good. As for the mix between JUCO, freshman and transfers, given the number of openings I think it is a good mix. With the loss of three starters to graduation and a key reserve, some experience as part of the mix should help. Mike Schachtner like free throw shooting would be nice to see.
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Post by GBPhoenix1 on Jul 18, 2015 6:43:55 GMT -6
I will concede that Linc seems to have several solid high school recruits on the radar for 16 and 17, I want to see him close on these offers. I just don't want to see a roster of slow WI shooters.
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Post by Fanforever on Jul 20, 2015 14:50:35 GMT -6
Linc wants to play an up-tempo game so I would be shocked if he filled the roster with slow WI Shooters. Although I think last years team would have benefitted greatly from a show WI shooter as they would have spread the floor and out slashers would of had more room. Imagine if last year's team had Ben Berlowski gunning from the outside what that would have done for Keifer and co.
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Post by gbbrl97 on Jul 21, 2015 6:22:25 GMT -6
A Ben Berlowski would have pushed last year's team over the top.......Heck, I would have even settled for a Troy Cotton, Bry Perine, or even a Sultan Muhammad or Cam Cerroni...... We had NO consistent perimeter shooters on last year's team.
This coming season will be obviously of transition. I think initially, we will see a bigger lineup with a Lowe, Hurdle, and Fouse frontcourt. But eventually, as Linc gets more of his players in the program and as the guards on the roster develop, we will consistently see 3 guards on the floor.
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Post by FSCMocFan on Jul 22, 2015 12:44:25 GMT -6
I'd be very surprised to see a three "big" lineup as a regular feature.
Key to the "Linc" game is conditioning, speed and defense. Back that up with 3-pt shooting / spread floor / penetration. If he has three bigs at least two of whom can can do those key things then maybe. Last year he had one. (6'8") That was enough.
The basic idea is to overwhelm the opposition, outplay them if possible - if not out-condition them, keep it close and seal the deal in the endgame when they are worn down and foul troubled. Ability to shoot fouls is crucial. I hope each and every player is working on this daily! Many games were won on foul shooting last year. (The Moc's were also out rebounded pretty often. Not the end of the world if the pressure/chaos/rate of play is high enough.)
One other thing: NO TURNOVERS! The +/- on turnovers MUST be positive and hopefully well positive.
If you do simple things fast enough and well enough it's pretty hard for the other team to think their way out of it. When things were clicking last year even pre-knowledge of what was coming wasn't enough. The Moc's lost to the #2 team in the conference in their first meeting (the only loss) and beat them twice after that including the SSC championship. They beat #3 team in the conference four times including the NCAA D2 South Region championship. They also beat Bellarmine twice, on Bellarmine's home court and a neutral site in the NCAA D2 semi-final. These teams were competent, well aware of what was coming and just couldn't do much about it.
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