It will be fun to watch us go up the rankings through the season.

SFAJack_76 said:

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Any word from the secret, not so secret, scrimmage?

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Word is that the Jacks didn't play well (with 9 new guys) but still won by 7. Lots of things that need to be corrected.

For what it's worth (not much), Troy is rated 277 on Kenpom. Rice scrimmage on Saturday.

Rutgers is the joke of that rating. They have been trash for years. Why rank them high?

SFA Jack Fanatic said:

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SFAJack_76 said:

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Any word from the secret, not so secret, scrimmage?

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Word is that the Jacks didn't play well (with 9 new guys) but still won by 7. Lots of things that need to be corrected.

For what it's worth (not much), Troy is rated 277 on Kenpom. Rice scrimmage on Saturday.

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Troy is where former UTA head coach, and TCU assistant, Scott Cross landed this year. They are picked to be about middle of the Sun Belt conference. Relying on some high level Juco transfers. Probably was solid competition.

Beating Duke is really gonna help our ranking.

SFA Jack Fanatic said:

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SFAJack_76 said:

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Any word from the secret, not so secret, scrimmage?

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Word is that the Jacks didn't play well (with 9 new guys) but still won by 7. Lots of things that need to be corrected.

For what it's worth (not much), Troy is rated 277 on Kenpom. Rice scrimmage on Saturday.

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I can add that there were no injuries in the super secret scrimmage with Troy.

Unrelated to the scrimmage, Bain has not been practicing due to a knee issue. He returned to light work today. Think he will be okay.

No injuries is the best news from the scrimmage....

We attended the annual meet the Jacks and Ladyjacks Rotary Club sponsored catfish dinner last night. Record crowd of 444 people. $15 per person. Dr. Gordon was there taking tickets. The funds go toward paying for summer school for the student athletes. Summer classes are not covered by the scholarship.

Last year, there were knee braces, arm slings, boots, and crutches. None of that this year for either team. Bain seemed to be moving fine. (He has a full beard. Doesn't matter, just an observation.) Relative to Bain, Keller thanked those that contributed to the fund for his family in the Bahamas, and asked for those that have not contributed to consider helping.

All fifteen Jacks were there. Thirteen scholarship kids and two walk-ons. Comeaux carries himself like a senior leader. We sat near Hart and Ware. Both were reserved and polite. Ware said he chose SFA because it felt like home. Small town. He likes to get out, fish, etc. Mason was not there. Keller said he is doing well, but needs to get rest when he can. There were wallet size schedules on the tables. Both studied them like they had not seen or payed attention to the schedule. "Oh, our first four games are at home, then Rutgers."

Ten of the thirteen Ladyjacks were there. Bri and Riley each had a class. One of the freshmen was out due to a death in the family. We sat near Mariia Semenichenko and Aaliyah Johnson. Both are well spoken, polite, bright young women. Mariia is every bit of the posted 6'4". Imani Johnson is teaching in Nacogdoches, so all three Johnson sisters are still around. Their parents moved to Houston a year or so ago, to be nearer their girls. They have a super secret scrimmage at La Tech this Saturday. Kellogg commented that they have good players working on playing together.

SFAJack_76 said:

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All fifteen Jacks were there. Thirteen scholarship kids and two walk-ons.

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The current roster shows sixteen players. I think thirteen scholarship and three walk-ons. I'm not sure what the rules are. I recall you can have as many walk-ons as you want, but you can only suit up fifteen players at a time. I'm not sure about this though.

Scholarship Players
Sama'zha Hart
Kevon Harris
Roti Ware
Cameron Johnson
David Kachelries
John Comeaux
Oddyst Walker
Charlie Daniels
Calvin Solomon
Gavin Kensmil
Kharee McDaniel
Nathan Bain
Demiere Brown

Walk-ons
Landon Badgley
Tyler Zivney
Gabe Matturro

Correct. I think one of the scholarship guys was not there. Don't recall who. Maybe Solomon.

Just a note on the early season schedule: Niagara and Drexel will both play Rutgers, then play SFA, then SFA travels to Rutgers. We should have a very good idea how we stack up against the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers lost their leading scorer who also happened to be their best rebounder. They also lost a key bench piece. I think, based on what I've seen so far on the Spain trip and the Troy scrimmage, we have a good chance of stealing a road win against a Big Ten opponent.