| Show Recruiting a i Key for Mens Men's Basketball By Kelly Genessy Staff Writer Recruiting was the major factor in choosing the Mens Men's basketball team this year at Seventeen players have accepted to play and only two are returning from last seasons squad Fifteen brand new players and two veterans are what Head Coach Norm Noun Parrish and Assistant Coach Weber have to work with in hi the early stage of the new season Weber stated having only two returnees is something new for him usually six or seven return from the previous year and this season they will make the adjustment Parrish and Weber are very excited and confident in their recruiting decisions decisions decisions deci deci- and feel they have a team to carry the Bruins to another winning season Jason Hastings returns to the team from last season The 67 forward started every game last year Also returning is Chukwuma is a center Norris Bell a transfer from plays wing position and is 66 Andre Bovell out of Northridge 65 swing- swing man Doug Carlson out of Woods Cross plays forward and is 66 Carlson was the states leading scorer this past season Tim Erickson a 63 guard transferred transferred transferred trans trans- from SUU Eddie Gill is a transfer from CEU and is a 60 point guard Gill was was- awarded Freshman of the year award last season Nick Harrop o out t of Weber is a 64 guard Nathan Miller transferred from Weber State Miller is a 64 guard Troy out of Granger is a 69 forward Micah Peterson out of Brighton is isa isa isa a guard and is 62 Andrew from Australia is a 69 forward Jason Robinson from Taylorsville is a 65 J Jakub also is a and is 66 Casey Smith from Northridge is 60 point guard K Kendall Soares is a 64 guard Soares also was voted player of the year in Nevada Lamar Wright signed from Texas Texas' and resigned to as of this year Wright is a 69 forward Last season the team finished with u a 21 10 record They also ranked ninth in the nation in free throw and 3 point percentages Their season post-season play ended with a loss to North Idaho which finished fourth at Nationals Nov 1 is the mens men's first preseason game at Hill Air Force Base They later play a few tournaments at Wyoming and San Antonio After the day 20 road trip trip- they return home to play the tournament Then they hit the road again playing the tournament CEU and Back home they play five games against Ricks North Idaho Air Force Western Wyoming and for their longest home stretch of the year They play Dixie and Snow c back to back Jan 16 and 17 to signal the mid season The Bruins come home for games with and Then they play playon on the road for three games with North Idaho Ricks and Dixie and Snow come to for games The Bruins then play at and The Bruins end the season with and CEU Bruins Mens Men's Basketball Schedule Nov 1 at Hill Air Force TEA Nov 8 6 at West Wyoming Tournament TEA Nov 15 14 at Mt San Antonio Tournament TEA Nov 22 21 Tournament Nov 29 28 at TEA Dec Dee 5 at Eastern Utah Dec Dee 6 at Colorado Northwestern Dec Dee 12 Ricks College r t 7 0 Dec Dee 13 North Idaho Idaho jJ Dec Dee 19 Air Force Academy Jan 5 Western Wyoming t j Jan 10 N Jan 16 at Snow College Jan 17 at Dixie College Y 8 pm p.m. Jan 23 College of Southern Idaho Jan 24 Treasure Valley Jan 29 at North Idaho Jan 31 at Ricks College L. L j 1 Feb 7 at t K Feb 13 Dixie College 4 Feb 14 Snow College v. v V Feb 20 at Treasure Valley Feb 21 at College of Southern Idaho V 8 pm p.m. Feb 27 Colorado Northwestern 8 pm p.m. Feb 28 Eastern Utah 8 pm p.m. Mar 7 4 Region 18 Tournament TEA Mar 21 17 National Tournament TEA |
