Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Updated 2008-09 Basketball Roster

Next year should be a tremendous improvement for the NIU Huskie men's basketball team. This past year was a transition year playing with the mess that injuries and Judson left us. Remember, Division I basketball teams have a max of 13 scholarships to hand out.

Since my last report, players transferred and players signed on and it was a big mess. 10 players have departed. 5 seniors left and then 2 would-be SRs, a JR, a SO and a FR all transferred.

We will also be seeing 8 eligible new players on the NIU Basketball team this upcoming season. So here is the updated NIU Basketball roster:


'08 Seniors leaving
25 F Shaun Logan, 6'7" 206
21 F Egan Grafel, 6'10" 229
33 G/F Ben Rand, 6'7" 175
10 G Ryan Paradise, 6'0" 168
44 F Michael Hart, 6'7" 209

Transfers:
15 G/F Zach Pancratz, 6'4" 199 (D-II Rollins College, FL) SR
3 G Jarvis Nichols, 6'2" 219 (D-II Emporia State, KS) SR
31 F Bristan Kelley, 6'6" 244 (D-II Towson State Football, MO) JR

Kicked-off players:
22 G Cody Yelder, 6'1" 177 SO
14 F Darrius Gaters, 6'6" 209 FR

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'09 Seniors:
12 F Sean Smith, 6'7" 215

'10 Juniors:
15 C Ante Dzepina, 6'8" 235 (JUCO)
2 F Najul Ervin, 6'5" 207
SG Dominique Johnson, 6'5" 190 (JUCO, DNQ)
SG Jerwin Callaway, 6'2" 195 (JUCO, DNQ)


'11 Sophomores:
32 G Darion "Jake" Anderson, 6'2" 200
41 C Sean Kowal, 6'11" 240 (Colorado transfer)
24 G Jeremy Landers, 6'2" 184
4 G Michael Patton, 5'10" 177 (Walk-On)
13 G Xavier Silas, 6'5" 195 (JR Colorado Transfer, has to sit year out)

'12 Redshirt Freshmen:
55 C Michael Fakuade, 6'7" 218 (Walk-On)
30 F Lee Fisher, 6'5" 197 (Walk-On)

'12 True Freshmen:
44 SF Tyler Storm, 6'7" 210
11 PG Mike Dinunno, 5'11" 160
1 PG Bryan Hall, 6'1" 170
10 PG Keith Smith, 5'5" 135


Total previous D-I experience that the 2007-08 team had:
6
(Rand - 3, Logan - 1, Grafel - 1, Kelley - 1)

Total previous D-I experience the 2008-09 team will have: 6
(Anderson - 1, Smith - 1, Patton - 1, Landers - 1, Ervin - 1, Kowal - 1)


Starters returning:

G Jake Anderson (19 starts, 74% of minutes played)
G Michael Patton (11 starts, 44.5% of minutes played)
F Sean Smith (9 starts, 45.2% of minutes played)
G Jeremy Landers (8 starts, 31.5% of minutes played)
F Najul Ervin (2 starts, 23.8% of minutes played)

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