2010 - 2011 Opening Comments

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First, I need to post a few comments about Eric Hayes' performance in the three-point shoot-out at last year's Final Four. He dominated the competition. Here is a run-down of his four rounds; Z = Miss; O = Make.

Round 1:
OOOOO OOOOO OOZZO OOZOO OOOZZ = 20 for 25, 4 for 5 on money balls = 24 points

Round 2:
ZOZOO ZOOZO ZOZOZ OOOOO OZZZO = 15 for 25, 4 for 5 on money balls = 19 points

Round 3:
ZOZOZ OZZZO ZZZOO ZZOOO OOZOO = 13 for 25, 4 for 5 on money balls = 17 points

Round 4:
OOOZO ZZZOO OOOOZ OOOOO ZOZOO = 18 for 25, 4 for 5 on money balls = 22 points

Overall: 66 for 100, 16 for 20 on money balls

Amazing performance. I said it for the past three years; MD did not find a way to get him enough shots. He averaged just over four per game for his last three years; should have been 7 or 8. He was 45% last year (4.3 attempts per game).

The great site, "Maryland Basketball: Where are they now?" provided the following information on Hayes and Milbourne:

- Hayes will play for El Leche Río Breogán in Spain; sponsored by El Leche Rio (Milk River).

- Landon Milbourne will play with S.O.M. Boulogne in France.

Grevis is on the Memphis Grizzlies bench. I still have a bet with a reader in the ATL that he will play more than 82 games in his NBA career. Easy money.

Now, a few comments on this year's team:

An East Coast correspondent was at the Terps' practice tonight and said that GW was working extensively on conditioning. Good to hear that. He also said that Jordan Williams will be much improved at the line. I would buy 65% right now and be happy with it.

Looks like the starting five will be:
- Bowie
- Tucker
- Mosley
- Williams
- Gregory

Three freshman will see PT off the bench; Parker, Stoglin, and Howard. Padgett will play a big role filling in for Gregory when he gets in foul trouble. Nine deep.

I have seen predictions anywhere from fifth to seventh in the ACC.

I think Tucker is the most important piece to the puzzle. A big year from him would mean a top 3 finish in the ACC. A down year means bubble time in March.

Lastly, here are a few stats from previous NBA draft combines:

Vasquez (2010):
- Maxed out with ONE rep of 185 on the bench (for comparison, Booker did 22; Schenscher tied Grevis with 1 in 2005)
- Sprint time: 3.48 seconds (Felton was 3.06)
- Agility time: 11.13 seconds (Felton: 10.5)
- 28-inch vertical
- 8.6% body fat (was 6.9% last year)

Milbourne (2010):
- 4 inch differential between height and wingspan (Jay Bilas' favorite stat)
- No other stats available

Gist (2008):
- 9-inch differential between height and wingspan (7'4 span)
- 5 reps of 185 on the bench
- Sprint time: 3.14 seconds
- Agility time: 11.37 seconds
- 35-inch vertical
- 4.8% body fat

Strawberry (2007):
- 1.5-inch differential between height and wingspan
- 21 reps of 185 on the bench
- Sprint time: 3.14 seconds
- Agility time: 10.87 seconds
- 35-inch vertical
- 4.5% body fat

Caner-Medley (2006): He did very well in the combine.
- 17 reps of 185 on the bench
- Sprint time: 3.21 seconds
- Agility time: 10.57 seconds
- 36-inch vertical (0.5 inch higher than D-Wade; had to be a typo)
- 9.6% body fat

Gilchrist (2005):
- 8-inch differential between height and wingspan
- 12 reps of 185 on the bench
- Sprint time: 3.14 seconds
- Agility time: 11.48 seconds
- 36.5-inch vertical

Wilcox (2002):
- 5-inch differential between height and wingspan
- 20 reps of 185 on the bench
- Sprint time: 3.16 seconds
- Agility time: 11.43 seconds
- 35-inch vertical (max vertical reach of 11'10)

Baxter (2002):
- 7-inch differential between height and wingspan
- 14 reps of 185 on the bench (must of had a bad day)
- Sprint time: 3.21 seconds
- Agility time: 11.77 seconds
- 33-inch vertical (max vertical reach of 11'10)

A few other stats:

- Nate Robinson (43.5) and Vince Carter (43) did well in max vert
- Vasquez's 28 inch vertical put him in the bottom 10%-ile of the database
- Oliver Miller (22%) didn't fare well in the body-fat category
- Dahntay Jones (Duke; 2003) had the lowest in the database (2.6%)
- Sprint times ranged from 2.91 to 3.80.
- Nate Robinson ran a 2.96
- Schenscher ran a 3.47 (0.01 faster than Grevis)
- Agility times ranged from 9.65 to 14.45.

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