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Posted: 12/15/2011 1:30 PM

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Belton is one (this year) and done, no?

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Posted: 12/15/2011 1:48 PM

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But I don't think Belton is the guy. Maybe you'll get a good 3 min stretch from him here and there, but that's it. Hate to say it, but if he was any good, he wouldn't be here, the need for even modestly talented big men (6'10"+) throughout all of college basketball being what it is.

Bruce, Kenny fell into our lap. He was originally at UC and had interest from a number of high-major schools. He was the #7 player at his position in North Carolina in high school. We got him because he's been hurt. He has the talent.

However, last night he looked really slow. It's going to take him a while to get up to speed. You can see the potential, though.

Actually, I think he was the #7 player overall regardless of position in his high school class in NC. That's good. He originally verballed to Maryland but then decommitted and signed with UC.

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Posted: 12/15/2011 3:37 PM

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I don't see any downside to having a guy with his size battle with the other team's biggest player for 3-6 minutes...especialy if OHIO has foul problems. Sounds like too me that he can be more of factor mid-way through the MAC season if he can get in shape.

No downside to our guys practicing against him, either.

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Posted: 12/15/2011 5:11 PM

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As mentioned in the front page story, he just practiced full-court contact for the first time Tuesday. Groce said he wanted to give him more minutes, but he knew wasn't in shape. He told Belton to give everything he's got for the last 2:20. Groce said it looked like he hit a wall with about 45 seconds left, so that tells you his conditioning needs to go a long way if he's out of gas after a minute and a half. But for that minute and a half, he did a really good job.

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Posted: 12/15/2011 10:00 PM

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Belton is one (this year) and done, no?

Not necessarily. Trying to get an injury waiver so he can play next year.

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Posted: 12/15/2011 10:56 PM

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Belton is one (this year) and done, no?

Not necessarily. Trying to get an injury waiver so he can play next year.

Good news. Thanks for the info.

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Posted: 12/16/2011 9:09 AM

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Trying to get an injury waiver so he can play next year.

This seems like a no brainer to me for the NCAA. He played 140 minutes his freshman year and has not played since. If there was ever a situation to grant an injury waiver, this would be it.

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