Texas Tech ball:
Three Ruddy Marauders enter exchange entry
Within the wake of Chris Beard’s flight from the Texas Tech ball program, three individuals of the current group have entered the exchange entry. (Note:
This article has been upgraded to rectify an mistake. Kevin McCullar has however to put his title within the transfer portal.)
Anytime there’s a alter within the authority of a program, there’s aiming to be turnover on the list. That’s certainly the case with the Texas Tech ball program as three individuals of the current roster have entered the exchange entrance within the wake of Chris Beard’s takeoff.
The primary was junior Kyler Edwards, who was rumored to be fascinated by a exchange long some time recently the Whiskers to Texas adventure started. In this way, his choice, which was reported fair minutes after Beard’s move got to be known, was no shock.
This past year, Edwards was a lightning bar for Texas Tech ball fans. A strong player who found the middle value of 10.1 focuses and 4.8 bounce back per diversion, he begun 26 of 29 diversions this past season.
But Edwards was at times a gigantic disillusionment, particularly when confronting great groups. In fact, in 12 diversions against positioned groups this year, he found the middle value of fair 7.6 focuses per amusement.
Still, he affected the amusement in other ways, particularly on defense where he was one of Tech’s best border shields. He had a cautious rating of 94.1, which was amazing given how frequently he had to check one of the contradicting team’s best hostile weapons.
Another strong cautious player who has put his title into the exchange entrance is senior Marcus Santos-Silva, who clearly will utilize the additional year of qualification that the NCAA has allowed all players due to the COVID-19 widespread.
Playing as it were one year as a Ruddy Pillager after exchanging from Virginia Commonwealth, he found the middle value of 8.3 focuses and 6.4 bounce back per amusement whereas beginning all 29 challenges. In spite of being as it were 6-foot-7, he demonstrated to be a strong moo post guard who may hold his possess against greater players.
But he is greatly constrained as an hostile player. With no similarity of a hop shot and no genuine ball-handling abilities, he was restricted to being a back-to-the-basket player and at times, he constrained what Tech might do on offense, which is why the Ruddy Marauders so regularly went to a small-ball lineup with Santos-Silva on the seat when in require of scoring.
Talking of upsettingly constrained players, first year recruit forward Micah Peavy has moreover put his title within the entrance. He found the middle value of 5.7 focuses and 3.1 bounce back per amusement whereas making 25 begins this year.
One of the highest-rated initiates to ever sign with the Ruddy Looters, Peavy completely bought into what the past coaching staff lectured approximately playing difficult and being forceful in all viewpoints of the amusement. He was not perplexed to blend it up on the glass or to get many floor burns whereas engaging for a free ball. That was reviving to see from such a highly-touted player.
Of course, all of these players seem select to return to Lubbock on the off chance that they feel comfortable with whoever is enlisted as the following head coach. But for presently, this mass departure from the program is to some degree concerning and as it were includes more horror for Ruddy Looter ball fans.
