[JoeWolf1]

I was watching the MIssouri State v Creighton game last night and for those who aren’t familiar with the MVC, those two teams have serious upset potential in the NCAA tournament this year.  The MVC conference as a whole is really good, Wichita State and Indiana State are also capable of making an NCAA tournament birth as well.  So far, this season, the MVC is 9-2 against power 6 conferences and 4-1 and the Big 10 in specific.

This was a great game, and I wanted to see Doug McDermott and Weems matchup head to head.  Most of us know McDermott, but I seriously think Weems is a legit canidate for the draft or to make a roster as a free agent.  He’s the conference MVP from last year and plays SF, but has NBA 3 point range and could probably play some 2 guard in the NBA.  He’s 6’6” so he is a little undersized at SF, but he’s an athletic guy and well built at 235 lbs.  

He is just a well balanced college veteran who, despite being in a mid major, has played a lot good level competition over the years, including this year when the Bears took West Virginia into over time and lost a nail biter to Oklahoma State ( Weems dropped 24).  He was off to a bit of a slow start this season, but has really turned it on lately.  He’s just one of those players that does everything pretty well, including perimeter and post defense.  He did a good job on McDermott in the post and he is a very hard guy to slow down due to his very high motor.  

I think he is worthy of a late 2nd round pick, but if he doesn’t get picked up I think he is a guy who is good enough to make an NBA roster.

[providencefriars1Participant]

Ya I think he will have to take a Jimmy Butler route and go off in the PIT. He is a really solid player but there are a lot of those especially with mid major players this year.

[JoeWolf1]

 Yeah, agreed, the NCAA tournament will be a "potential" big boost if they make it.  A big performance against a major conference opponent, especially in a victory, usually always helps the mid major guys out.  Missouri State is good so that’s definately a possibility.

[JoeWolf1]

 I was kind of spacing out over the Porstmouth, apparently, and did not notice Kyle Weems was playing there. I stumbled upon his athletic and size tests from the tournament today…

As of right now, I think it’s a long shot he’ll get drafted, but he tested very well athletically at 6’5.5” with no shoes, 223 lbs a 6’10” wingspan and a 34.8” no step vertical.

He averaged a very respectable 13 ppg 4.7 rpg 1 apg and 3.3 spg over the tournament.  Probably not enough to get vaulted into the the top 60, but I certainly think he’s a relevant player to keep on your radar because there actually will be a summer league this year.  

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