Green/White thoughts

Hard to gauge much from an intrasquad game, but the Titans looked OK last night...especially considering how many key players were not in uniform. There were about five legitimate starting candidates out with injury.

A few random thoughts...

* 6-5 freshman 3/4 Josh Sutton is going to be a very good player someday. He is pretty raw, but I'm starting to think he has a good chance to be in the varsity rotation this year.

* 6-5 center Brett Chamernik really worked hard in the off-season and has put on 15-20 pounds of muscle. He is undersized at the 5, where the CCIW is typically loaded with 6-7 and 6-8 players, but he is very strong. I think he will be an important player for the Titans this year, either as a starter or coming off the bench.

* IWU will struggle a little at the point until Travis Rosenkranz and Sean Dwyer are back. Freshman Sean Johnson does OK at the 1, but you can tell he is not used to playing there...he is a shooting guard, and a very good one at that. Johnson's time at the point in the early going will help him in the longrun though.

* Kevin Bryant has worked as hard as anybody for 4 years and is going to fight his way into the rotation due to his ability to shoot the basketball. I see him coming off the bench at the 2.

* Andrew Gilmore started and played about 10 minutes, which was the plan. He looked great out there...the question is, how do those knees feel today?

* Freshman Matt Schick is just as advertised -- steady and solid. Does a lot of things to help a team win.

* 6-7 freshman Edmond O'Callaghan isn't very polished, but he is going to be a good player...he can jump out of the gym.


If the Titans can get healthy, they'll be a very competitive team by CCIW time. There is a lot of raw talent on this IWU squad.