Looking Ahead: Ben Ball Depth Projections - Part I: Introduction & Roster
With another season of Ben Ball brand basketball just around the corner, just as we did with CRN’s offensive and defensive squads, it’s time to look at this season’s depth chart and project how our roster will look over the next two seasons.
As with the football projections, I think having this information broken down will help give us some perspective to gauge how our recruiting efforts are shaping up, see where we're going to need to get help down the line, and touch off a bit of discussion.
That said, although I have been promoted (although I'm still waiting for some of that cold hard cash), I still lack N’s chart and graph making abilities, so you’ll have to bear with me while I work out the kinks (such as SBN deleting more than half of my post not once, not twice, but three times).
Before I start, for the curious, you can read more about each of our Ben Ball warriors (including the lesser-known non-scholarship guys who work our warriors in practice day-in and day-out) in the official media guide.
By our standards, this year's squad has some serious question marks. Sure, it's true that 99% of the NCAA would kill to have our squad, but the fact we expect so much from this team should speak to the standard of excellence CBH has brought back to the nation's preeminent college basketball program. We’ll start with the current roster:
2008-2009 COMPLETE ROSTER
|
No. |
Name |
Position |
Height |
Weight |
Year |
Hometown |
|
0 |
Drew Gordon |
PF |
6’8" |
235 |
FR |
San Jose, CA |
|
1 |
Malcolm Lee |
PG/SG |
6’5" |
180 |
FR |
Riverside, CA |
|
2 |
Darren Collison |
PG |
6’0" |
160 |
SR |
Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
|
3 |
Josh Shipp |
SG/SF |
6’5" |
220 |
SR |
Los Angeles, CA |
|
4 |
Tyler Trapani (^) |
PG/SG |
6’0" |
185 |
FR |
Simi Valley, CA |
|
5 |
Jerime Anderson |
PG/SG |
6’1" |
165 |
FR |
Anaheim, CA |
|
10 |
Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (^) |
PG |
6’2" |
195 |
JR |
St. Louis, MO |
|
11 |
Spencer Soo (^) |
PG |
5’8" |
160 |
SO |
Fresno, CA |
|
12 |
Alfred Aboya |
PF/C |
6’9" |
245 |
SR |
Yaounde, Cameroon |
|
13 |
James Keefe |
PF |
6’8" |
231 |
JR |
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA |
|
15 |
Blake Arnet (^) |
PG/SG |
6’0" |
185 |
FR |
Laguna Niguel, CA |
|
20 |
Michael Roll |
SG/SF |
6’5" |
200 |
RS JR |
Aliso Viejo, CA |
|
21 |
Jrue Holiday |
SG |
6’3" |
180 |
FR |
North Hollywood, CA |
|
22 |
J’mison Morgan |
C |
6’10" |
248 |
FR |
Dallas, TX |
|
24 |
Matt DeMarcus (^) |
SG |
6’3" |
190 |
FR |
Solvang, CA |
|
30 |
Kevin Schmidt (^) |
PF |
6’8" |
220 |
JR |
San Jose, CA |
|
41 |
Nikola Dragovic |
SF/PF |
6’9" |
216 |
JR |
Belgrade, Serbia |
|
44 |
James Diefenbach (^) |
PF/C |
6’8" |
250 |
SR |
Newport Beach, CA |
(^) denotes non-scholarship player
In the next segments, we'll actually get into how our depth chart projects this season and the next two, starting with our backcourt, led by veteran floor general Darren Collison, veteran swingman Josh Shipp, and exciting, highly-touted freshman Jrue Holiday. The third segment will key in on our frontcourt depth, led by consummate Ben Ball warrior Alfred Aboya and veteran forward James Keefe.
This is a FanPost and does not necessarily reflect the views of BruinsNation's (BN) editors. It does reflect the views of this particular fan though, which is as important as the views of BN's editors.
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Was Abdul-Hamid given a scholarship?
According to BBR, Abdul-Hamid was given a scholarship this year. Just wanted to clarify, because BBR also says that we only have 11 scholarship players including Abdul-Hamid; by my count, that should make 12. So I guess the question is…does he have a scholarship or not?
Here’s the link to the BBR article.
By the way, congrats on being promoted.
by truebruin on Nov 3, 2008 12:03 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Mustafa was given a scholarship
We had a scholarship available and instead of letting it go to waste, CBH gave it to Mustafa as a reward/thank you for all the work he’s put in.
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Nov 3, 2008 12:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Good to know
from what I can tell, he deserves it. If I remember right, he chose to be a walk on here rather than take a scholarship to be Harvard’s starting PG.
by truebruin on Nov 3, 2008 9:53 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
He was
Rye is exactly correct: going into this season, we only had 11 scholarship guys, and so rather than letting another one sit around unused, CBH gave it to Abdul-Hamid. I marked him down as a non-scholarship guy since he is not a scholarship guy in the sense we use it in recruiting.
by Bellerophon on Nov 3, 2008 6:39 AM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for posting the current roster, very interesting
One note, AA2 is a Sr.
by bornagainbruin on Nov 3, 2008 7:57 AM PST reply actions 0 recs
Thanks for catching my typo
I accidentally put Keefe ahead of AA2 on the roster; when I made the switch, apparently, I forgot to change the year. Thanks for the catch!
by Bellerophon on Nov 3, 2008 7:30 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
























