School officially started two and a half weeks ago and all of the guys that we expected are there. I'm really looking forward to this year's team because it will be the most talented and deepest team Hamline has had in years. As of right now, we will have 22 guys trying out. Though, we will have a JV team, there is no way we will keep everyone. There could be some interesting cuts.
Speaking of JV team, we are planning on playing a full JV schedule with 13 games this year. It will be the first time we have had a JV in my time at Hamline. We will use JV as a stepping stone to varsity just like they do in high school. Here is the almighty question for us as a coaching staff. Would we rather have a kid play 5 to 10 minutes on varsity compared to 30+ minutes on JV? That is something we are going handle in our own way. One thing about the JV team is that kids can only play 25 total regular season games. That basically means that if they play in a JV game they won't be able to play varsity. There is a little leeway in that but not in the total amount of games. We could possibly have some guys that played minutes for us last season get some JV time.
As far as recruiting goes, here is our freshmen class for this year.
Sam Gullickson - Academy of Holy Angels
Tim Markoe - Hill-Murray School
Joey Osinski - South Kitsap HS (Seattle, WA)
Tyler Pannell - Centennial HS (Portland, OR)
Josh Pratt - St. Anthony Village HS
By the way, for those people that think that basketball coaches don't do anything during the summer, here is my schedule from this past summer.
Greece - May 23 - June 5
Mr. Basketball Showcase - Sioux Falls, SD - June 20-23
Chicago Summer Classic - Chicago, IL - July 9-11
All Sports Camp - July 12-15
All Sports Camp - July 19-22
Fab 48, Adidas Super 64, Center Stage - Las Vegas, NV - July 22-26 (no, sitting in a gym for 12 hours a day is not a vacation like many people think Vegas is)
