Drew Viney

by David Piper on Apr 18, 2008 12:39 PM PDT in Oregon Ducks Basketball

As was noted by pointguard10 in the diaries, Drew Viney has received his release and will look to transfer to his school in Southern California.

The R-G confirmed today that Kamyron Brown will stay at Oregon, despite some thoughts to the contrary.

I had pegged Viney as a big part of our team next year. Not only can Viney shoot, but the only guys bigger than him on the roster next year are Dunigan, Crittle, and Frantz (who is no longer playing football, BTW). And, as I'm not sure Frantz and Crittle are going to contribute a whole lot next year, Viney would've been huge.

That means our roster is likely to have seven new players next year--thats over half the team. And with EK on the hot seat, that might not be good for him. We have two open scholarships--so expect to see two new players signed in a few weeks. We are recruiting two PGs--Brad Tinsley out of Oregon City, and Garrett Sim out of Sunset, so expect us to land one of those. I'm sure EK doesn't want two point guards, so expect him to scan the leftovers out there for someone with some size, maybe out of the JUCO rosters. JUCOs can be hit or miss, but if we could find a Robert Johnson out there on the scrap heap again, we really need a player like that.

This is our roster for next year as it stands now:

Dorsainvil	C	Sr.
Odia	SG	Jr.
Porter	SG	Jr.
Catron	PF	Jr.
Voogd	PG	Jr.
Longmire	SF	So.
Brown	PG	So.
Dunigan	C	Fr.
Crittle	PF	Fr.
Williams	SG	Fr.
Humphrey	SF	Fr.
Wiley	SF	Fr.
Tinsley/Sim	PG	Fr.
JUCOForward?	PF	?

That's a whole ton of freshmen. And, of the upper classmen, I don't see Frantz or Voogd contributing a whole lot. And we know that nothing much happens when Odia's in the game either. This could be our starting lineup:

Dunigan, Catron, Odia, Porter, Brown.

Ugh.

It could be a long season, especially with our brutal non-conference schedule. The good news is we don't lose anything except Frantz after next year, so the team will have some time to grow. The question is, will EK have that leeway?

We understand Drew's wish to be closer to his family, however, and wish him the best in his future endeavors. There is no restrictions on where he could go and, although I hope he doesn't go to USC or UCLA, they are open options for him. Especially as UCLA is going to have some open scholarships with KLove's declaration.

Update [2008-4-19 19:5:41 by Dave]: It was pointed out that I can't count and was off by a scholarship. I guess Tinsley or Sim will be our only addition (no JUCO PF). Perhaps EK knew Drew was thinking about leaving before he did (otherwise why was he still recruiting). Anyway, this leaves us even smaller.

GO DUCKS!!!

--Dave

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Nick

how do I make my roster list nice and pretty? I've forgotten since we've done the scoreboards.

by David Piper on Apr 18, 2008 12:41 PM PDT reply actions

html table

I went ahead and inserted the necessary html code.

by ntrebon on Apr 18, 2008 1:12 PM PDT up reply actions

nerd

by bradLL99 on Apr 18, 2008 3:34 PM PDT up reply actions

oh

we are going to suck.

by coolconman on Apr 18, 2008 6:19 PM PDT reply actions

Drew Viney

Dave;

13 - 1 = 12. 12 + 1 = 13. How do you come up with 2 scholarships available?

Do you really think Odia will start over Longmire?

How many practices have you observed Voogd at?

True Duck Fan

by blfitz91 on Apr 19, 2008 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

Thanks for catching that

what a big error, and it really changes a lot of what I was thinking.

I really do think that Odia will start over Longmire, at least early on. LeKendric is obviouly the better player, though, and should win out in the end.

I'm basing my evaluation of Voogd on his SEC play and the two practices I've seen him at. Admittedly, that's not a very good baseline, and here's hoping that he's improved significantly since his SEC days. We need some contributions out of him.

by David Piper on Apr 19, 2008 4:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Voogd

I saw Ben Voogd shooting at the Rec center one day and he can shoot the ball. Granted he wasn't playing anyone with pac-10 caliber but he was tearing the nets apart. I'm not from Oregon so I never saw him play in high school so I don't know how good he is or can become.

By the Way, Dunigan is playing in the Jordan Brand Classic which is on right now on ESPN 2. It's an all star game so big men do not normally look very good because the game is so guard oriented.

by pointguard10 on Apr 19, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions

Viney

Sorry I meant to include this according to someone I know Drew Viney had been thinking of transferring during the season. From what I understand, he was never planning on leaving during the season.

Sorry if I am confusing anyone but I guess he had been thinking of leaving before the start of the off season but if he was going to transfer it was going to be after the season ended which is what ended up happening.

by pointguard10 on Apr 19, 2008 7:05 PM PDT up reply actions