Bball update

[Tommy Gadberry]

Russian player Mark Tikhonenko is playing ball in Spain.  Arkansas State transfer Jahmiah Simmons is playing in Virgin Islands.   Larry Wise is looking to be a very solid recruit and could get playing time early.   Team will be heading to Rome on August 12 returning from Florence on August 22.     They will play four games, three of them against lower level professional teams and one will be against an all-star team of Italians trying to land a spot on a pro team.  This should be of benefit for team to develop chemistry. 

[UNTLifer]

Thank you for the update.  I think I read where Simmons had 27 pts. and 12 boards in one of their Caribbean tournament games.  Excited to see what he a Tikho bring to the team.

[Tommy Gadberry]

I got a message asking about the post. Simmons is looking good. Has added muscle and strength in the off season.  He has worked on his shooting 3 pointers alot.  He will have a lot of open 3's in this offense.

[RiseUNT]

58 minutes ago, Tommy Gadberry said:

I got a message asking about the post. Simmons is looking good. Has added muscle and strength in the off season.  He has worked on his shooting 3 pointers alot.  He will have a lot of open 3's in this offense.

I would much rather him be the guy getting all the offensive rebounds that kick out from missed 3s. In the CBI he looked unstoppable on the glass. 

[UNTLifer]

36 minutes ago, RiseUNT said:

I would much rather him be the guy getting all the offensive rebounds that kick out from missed 3s. In the CBI he looked unstoppable on the glass. 

Jahmiah not Zach.

[RiseUNT]

7 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Jahmiah not Zach.

Well then that's awesome! Lol