SWC75
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Everybody is talking about next year’s team, which figures to be heavily impacted by no less than six newcomers. Improvement by returning players will probably be at least as important, (I think DaJuan Coleman, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney will be significant factors next year). But I decided to take a good look at the six new guys and see what I could determine by viewing their highlights on U-Tube. Some of these have been posted before, I’m sure but this is the first time I’ve decided to extensively comment on them. I’m not putting this on the recruiting Board because we’ve already recruited these guys.
Our board only lets a poster link one highlight tape per post so I’m going to make a separate post on each guy. If you look to the right hand column, (on U-Tube) there may be other highlight posts on the same player. Don’t forget that you can make the video full screen by clicking in the box in the lower right hand corner of the viewing screen.
I’m a sucker for a good highlight tape, (see Mike Jones in football and Deshonte Riley in basketball), so I need to remember and to stress that these highlights are against high school competition, (and they only show the good plays). These guys may not be ready to play like this against college competition when they get here.
Ron Patterson
“Buss” has been compared to Dion Waiters. He has a football player’s body but the long arms of a basketball player and, unlike Paul Harris, a basketball player’s skills. The video shows his outside shot, which has good range, his ability ro blow by defenders, (he has a low dribble and a strong handle), his ability to rise for dunks and follow-shots, his rebounding skills. Another video is entitled “Syracuse commit Ron Patterson: Best defender in the nation?” it starts out with mostly offensive plays but then shows a series of steals. He clearly has quick hands and can knock the ball away from a player with a swift strike. That plus the long arms should make him great out front in a zone. He could also be the sort of guy who could lock down a leading scorer so all you have to worry about is the other guys. If Trevor Cooney can’t find his legendary shot, “Buss” will pass by him like he was driving one.
Our board only lets a poster link one highlight tape per post so I’m going to make a separate post on each guy. If you look to the right hand column, (on U-Tube) there may be other highlight posts on the same player. Don’t forget that you can make the video full screen by clicking in the box in the lower right hand corner of the viewing screen.
I’m a sucker for a good highlight tape, (see Mike Jones in football and Deshonte Riley in basketball), so I need to remember and to stress that these highlights are against high school competition, (and they only show the good plays). These guys may not be ready to play like this against college competition when they get here.
Ron Patterson
“Buss” has been compared to Dion Waiters. He has a football player’s body but the long arms of a basketball player and, unlike Paul Harris, a basketball player’s skills. The video shows his outside shot, which has good range, his ability ro blow by defenders, (he has a low dribble and a strong handle), his ability to rise for dunks and follow-shots, his rebounding skills. Another video is entitled “Syracuse commit Ron Patterson: Best defender in the nation?” it starts out with mostly offensive plays but then shows a series of steals. He clearly has quick hands and can knock the ball away from a player with a swift strike. That plus the long arms should make him great out front in a zone. He could also be the sort of guy who could lock down a leading scorer so all you have to worry about is the other guys. If Trevor Cooney can’t find his legendary shot, “Buss” will pass by him like he was driving one.
