On at least one occasion, he pulled down a board and scored right after while being in the lane with all five Tigers.ĥ.) Josh Jackson can still do plenty of damage while he remedies his foul trouble problems.

In his first men’s college basketball regular season game in two seasons, Mika dominated a more than solid and physically imposing Princeton side to the tune of 26 points, 12-of-13 shooting from the charity stripe, eighteen rebounds and two blocks for Brigham Young. The next time out, the Minutemen got their hands on what was undoubtedly a résumé gem of a victory over Temple.Ĥ.) Eric Mika did not lose a step on his Mormon mission.

In losing to Mississippi by just a pair of points, four-star backcourt recruit DeJon Jarreau went off for a game-high 25 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Derek Kellogg and his staff dropped quite a few jaws when they corralled a top-thirty Class of 2016 recruiting class. Former California complementary backcourt player Jordan Mathews shot 5-of-7 from behind the arc en route to a game-high seventeen points against the Aztecs.ģ.) Massachusetts may not be a year away. The most impressive skill he displayed versus the Aztecs though may have been his head-turning end-to-end speed for someone standing 6-10 – and the fluidity with which it was executed.Ģ.) Despite many a concern coming into this season on the topic, Gonzaga may actually have a go-to scorer at its disposal this time around like Adam Morrison, Kevin Pangos and Kyle Wiltjer in years past. He had eight points, ten rebounds, three steals and a block against San Diego State. Ten Things We Learned from the 2016 College Hoops Tip-Off Marathonġ.) Killian Tillie could have as good of a freshman campaign for Gonzaga in terms of players coming right to men’s college basketball with the Bulldogs from overseas as Domantas Sabonis had. Matt Trabold ( his weekly Trabs Files, CoBL national analyst Matt Trabold takes a look around the national college landscape, both in the week that was and the week to come:

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