WindsorHawk
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He looked good in the game yesterday on ESPNU...played about half the game. They won so he will be on again today at 4 p.m. our time. I believe it's ESPN2 today.
This definitely required a new thread. At least throw his stats in there.
Every time I see him play he reminds me of a young Matt Gatens. Both are shooters and have similar builds. I was most impressed with his passing ability yesterday. He fed the post pretty well and found a couple of cutters despite his teammates fumbling the ball a few times.
Watched the first half of the final game today. Flemming got in for a couple minutes in the second quarter. Hard to evaluate on that but my impression is limited skills and athletic ability. Hung out at the three point line and made one three and threw up one brick. I would think he will be a role player if he can hit threes.
A combination of Matt Gatens and Jeff Horner?
Wow, I like that combo of smart, tough guard play
Fleming looks bigger than Gatens to me. I read where he was 6 ft 6. I don't think they really played team basketball at Oak Hill Academy, at least it didn't look like it. He is going to be a good player for Iowa. It will be interesting how it all works out. He is going to face a lot of competition for minutes next year. I think he will be one of many three point shooters Iowa will have available next year.
He's not 6'6 he's closer to 6'4. I think he'll be a great fit at Iowa too. I wonder who if any of the frosh coming in RS. They have 3 SGs in this class with Moss, Fleming and Williams. All 3 of them are between 6'4 and 6'6. With Ellingson having redshirted I don't see how the mins get dolled out. Letting one of em redshirt might be best but I doubt they do it unless one of em gets hurt...
The Bacon kid that is going to FSU is a ball hog and has no clue what the difference between a good and bad shot it. HS ball is so hard to watch sometimes because I think they only actually run an offense every 5th trip down the court if that. It's who gets the ball jacks it up. Fleming could have done a lot more for that team if say they ran an offense and got him more touches. He pretty much gets lost in the shuffle on a team like that since he's not asked to be a ball handler.
If freshman Marble was on this year's team, he might not have played a minute and he ended his career 1st team Big 10. It's dumb to write kids off after one year. We aren't a terrible team anymore. Most freshmen won't see a ton of minutes.