Andy "the bus driver" Katz interviews Coach Pikes about Jersey Jam

[SoCal_Knight]

 

[GRU23]

"Got a couple guys with some injuries, but they're kind of heading in that direction where they'll have a chance to play in that game too" Well that is encouraging. Wouldn't be surprised to see Mag out there. Ogbole may even return sooner than expected, this coincides with the ESPN report linked here that he may return soon. Great to hear.

 

[Knight Owl]

"Got a couple guys with some injuries, but they're kind of heading in that direction where they'll have a chance to play in that game too" Well that is encouraging. Wouldn't be surprised to see Mag out there. Ogbole may even return sooner than expected, this coincides with the ESPN report linked here that he may return soon. Great to hear.

Ogbole could be a huge factor especially defensively/rebounding off the bench in some of the more physical games this season.

 

[NJDOVES]

This is really encouraging because you know Pike wants to put an emphasis on defense and these two guys in particular will have a huge impact ! Great news

 

[RUtrumpet92]

I hope he is correct on the outside shooting being greatly improved. That's a concern with Spencer gone. Fully expect to see Fernandes and Griffiths hit them from deep, we will see about the others in game conditions.

 

[WhichReligionIsRight]

 

[BillyC80]

I hope he is correct on the outside shooting being greatly improved. That's a concern with Spencer gone. Fully expect to see Fernandes and Griffiths hit them from deep, we will see about the others in game conditions.

Coach also gave a shout out to Chol as a shooter, so hopefully we’ll see him step up this year.

 

[SoCal_Knight]

Coach also gave a shout out to Chol as a shooter, so hopefully we’ll see him step up this year.

He's named Chol as a great outside shooter at least 3 or 4 times during press conferences so lets hope this is his breakthrough year.

 

[RUtrumpet92]

Coach also gave a shout out to Chol as a shooter, so hopefully we’ll see him step up this year.

Yes, and he named Hyatt as another one, which makes me wonder what the reality will be once the season starts. Hyatt is very streaky but was only 30.6% from 3 last year and 28.6% over his entire college career. That's not a good % at all. If he somehow gets to 35+%, fine, but I'm not optimistic that will happen.

So that's why I'm not sure we will see Chol bombing away at a high rate this season. We shall see.

 

[toby83]

Hyatt is not a shooter

Sounds like a pre season puff piece