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shot at the end of a clock, and he scores at all three levels. He can drill threes, he's got a great midrange, he's got a great floater, he's a crafty finisher and he's sneaky athletic. He's about 6-2, 6-3. He went and dunked on John [Harrar] one time. John was like, "Whoa, where did that come from?" So those three guys. And then D.K. is a 6-7 point-forward who is shooting the ball really well, has a high IQ , and he's so tall that he can just see over everything and make any pass. So these four guys we're excited about. BWI How about St. Bonaventure trans- fer Izaiah Brockington? CHAMBERS Izaiah is doing great. He's going to replace Josh with his athleti- cism. He jumps higher than Josh, which is crazy. And he's still working on devel- oping his three. Although he shot well last year, a good percentage, he didn't take a lot of threes. But he's working on that and he does so many good things. BWI Do you feel comfortable with the personnel you have to replace the 3- point production of Shep and Tony? CHAMBERS Here's the interesting thing: Last year, we only averaged six threes per game. I don't think anybody realized that over the season because it seemed like we made so many threes. And we did. In the Big Ten tournament, we averaged 10. In the NIT, we averaged a lot. It was eight to 10. So it was kind of misleading. But throughout the year, Tony shot in the 50s in the first 10 games of the season. Shep was shooting well above 40. So you're thinking, "Wow." Right before the season, the question was, "How are you going to make threes? You're in big trouble." We ended up making threes. But in reality, we made six. Lamar and Josh shot over 50 percent in the NIT from three. BWI The point, though, is that those were important games for you guys, and threes were a big part of that success. CHAMBERS They were huge. We beat Temple, Marquette, Notre Dame, Mis- sissippi State and Utah. And Tony Carr shot 27 percent from three. So I think the four freshmen are all multigame 3- point makers. And if Lamar and Josh can get back to the way they shot at the end of the season, I think we have enough to make eight threes per game. BWI With Lamar specifically, it seems that's been his trajectory for some time: back to the basket, to the elbow, to now moving out to three. CHAMBERS And I don't want him to go away from that. I don't. Because he's a mismatch nightmare for anybody in the Big Ten. He really is. They throw multi- ple guys at him every game, and he seems to find a way. I go back to the Michigan game. He brings us single- handedly back, and we go up in the sec- ond half because Lamar did so many great things. He had 30 at Marquette, he had 28 in the championship game. I mean, he scored on every single level. But let's remember what our bread and butter is. We're going to post you up, NO NAME POS YR HT WT HOME SCHOOL 0 Myreon Jones G Fr. 6-3 170 Birmingham, Ala. Lincoln Academy 1 Deivis Zemgulis F Sr. 6-6 220 Kaunas, Lithuania St. Mary Ryken (Md.) 2 Myles Dread G Fr. 6-4 215 Detroit, Mich. Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) 3 Satchel Pierce F Sr. 7-0 255 Barberton, Ohio Kiski School (Pa.) 4 Daniil Kasatkin G Fr. 6-7 215 Vichuga, Russia Mountain Mission 5 Jamari Wheeler G So. 6-1 170 Live Oak, Fla. The Rock School 10 Kyle McCloskey G Fr. 6-5 210 Lower Gwynedd, Pa. Germantown Academy 11 Lamar Stevens F Jr. 6-8 230 North Wales, Pa. Roman Catholic 12 Izaiah Brockington G So. 6-4 195 Philadelphia, Pa. Archibishop Ryan 13 Rasir Bolton G Fr. 6-2 180 Petersburg, Va. Massanutten Academy 20 Taylor Nussbaum G So. 6-2 175 South Salem, N.Y. Cheshire Academy (Conn.) 21 John Harrar F So. 6-9 243 Wallingford, Pa. Strath Haven 22 Grant Hazle F Jr. 6-6 194 Kingwood, Texas Westbury Christian 23 Josh Reaves G Sr. 6-5 214 Fairfax, Va. Oak Hill Academy (Va.) 24 Mike Watkins F R-Jr. 6-9 254 Philadelphia, Pa. Phelps School 35 Trent Buttrick F So. 6-8 234 Bloomsburg, Pa. Community School of Naples (Fla.) 2 0 1 8 - 1 9 R O S T E R

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