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Message: [QUOTE="Hey Adrien!, post: 4420967, member: 5787"] [B][SIZE=6]Boston University: 1-0[/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=6][B]Kenpom Rating: #235[/B][/SIZE] [B][SIZE=6]College Insider Preseason Mid-Major Ranking: 74th [/SIZE] First game played was Monday vs Northeastern: 72-63 win[/B] [LIST] [*]Walter Whyte w/ 27 points, 13 boards, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 6-9 from 3 [*]Jones Harper w/ 15 points, 4 assists, 7-10 from the line, 2 steals [/LIST] Entering his twelve season as the head coach at Boston University, Joe Jones (the younger brother of Yale head coach James Jones) has led a consistently solid Terriers team. Under Jones, the Terriers have an overall 187-157 record, only four losing seasons, two seasons finishing under .500 in conference play and one Patriot League championship in 2020. Two starters from that championship team, New Haven’s Walter Whyte and Stamford’s Jonas Harper, and two other rotation pieces from that championship team, Fletcher Tynen and Ethan Brittain-Watts make up four-fifths of this season’s starting lineup, providing the Terriers with a battle-tested veteran core for this season (Brittain-Watts did not play on Monday). Looking back at Jones’ tenure at BU, on offense, his teams play with a deliberate pace (five straight seasons with offenses slower than the top-200 in tempo), shoot effectively (top-100 nationally in fg% in eight of the last ten seasons) and crash the boards (top-103 in offensive rebounding rate in seven of the last nine seasons). In the last five seasons, Jones’ teams have been more iso-reliant (lower than top-270 in assist rate in each of the last five seasons) and shoot an average to below-average ratio of three-pointers. In general, BU teams under Jones are more efficient on offense than defense and this has been especially the case the last two seasons, with BU being a weak defensive team across that time, however they rebound well. [CENTER][B][SIZE=5]A Look at the Roster and Last Year’s Stats[/SIZE][/B] [/CENTER] [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/og_FFfWtZq1L0FRj0_TZhARU7cjeCIPB9WkQu5zXei8yEvMI7xdhXN0Sc6TBAj55yCJF8VRSEIoizlPR6X85aiyqxQUU0PlbocZTEnqJhD5V_gYi_q49FeaPbZGGQMsIlI-jbQXOwnhdyhNLt-SXVnC4nJNiXKNSWyaiyLY8SqX81uSleHWmg9TiTbOskw[/IMG] With top two scorers Javante McCoy (17.4p, 3.9r, 2.9a, 52.5 2p%, 42.5 3p%) and Sukhmail Mathon (15.1p, 10.2r, 53.5 2p%, 78.5 ft%) graduating after five years at BU, Jones is looking a few upperclassmen to step up in a scoring role alongside New Haven native Walter Whyte. [B][SIZE=5]The Box Score from their first game [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=1]via local CT company ESPN[/SIZE] [IMG]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/KYfd9HmV2dO3GdekZhpEo8UatLkUoUm9YIAD9GCRhqNGukuwBPLqb1dLwQJQzUnyRb0NqVRQcWYVW1SjbdQzgUhbDYDnmYXpTiv06HO2XCouOEwP9FLVYoyJNqFbJ-Q6QE0ky8NrwOw6hasn3fBx2AZsbYMLq-QSCVjZwJvn--HOMNX_TxBXUt7f3WmIMQ[/IMG] Whyte’s high school teammate and Stamford native Jonas Harper showed Monday he can be the top guard in Jones’ lineup, but unless BU can find a consistent third scoring option on Friday, UConn should be able focus easily on stopping Whyte and Harper. In addition to his improved scoring, Harper, a two-time Patriot League All-Defensive Team selection, will be a good defensive challenge for our new guards. [/QUOTE]

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