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we love putting him in ball-screening situations. "I told him this morning in practice, 'You know what's amazing … how you've learned to move without the ball. You were a stander and a watcher.' He kind of laughed and said, 'I've come a long way.'" According to Brey, the backcourt is not only a strength because of the senior duo of Grant and point guard Eric Atkins, but also due to the energy of freshman Demetrius Jackson. "Our freshman class as a whole, and him specifically, handled this summer like young men — academically, meetings, win streak, fitting in with an older group," Brey said. "I think right now he defers a little too much to the older guys, but that's okay. There's an energy he gives, the ability to pressure the ball defensively when he gets in the game, the ability to get to the lane. He's going to get fouled a lot throughout his career here, so there's ✦ 2013-14 Numerical Roster No. 0 1 3 4 11 15 20 22 23 24 25 30 32 35 Name Eric Atkins Cam Biedscheid V.J. Beachem Patrick Crowley Garrick Sherman Eric Katenda Austin Burgett Jerian Grant Demetrius Jackson Pat Connaughton Tom Knight Zach Auguste Steve Vasturia Austin Torres Pos. G F F G C F F G G G/F F F G F Ht. 6-2 6-7 6-8 6-3 6-11 6-9 6-9 6-5 6-1 6-5 6-10 6-10 6-6 6-7 Wt. 182 186 187 201 255 230 227 203 195 214 258 242 207 218 Cl. Sr. So. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Fr. Jr. Gr. So. Fr. Fr. some juice here in another gear that we haven't really had in this program in a long, long time." Outside of the backcourt trio, forwards Tom Knight, Garrick Sherman and Zach Auguste and guard/forward Pat Connaughton are all guaranteed to be in Brey's rotation. Sophomore forward Cam Biedscheid contributed 17.4 minutes per game a year ago, but the 2013-14 Irish are deeper and minutes might be tougher to earn. "Cam's had a really good summer, and he needed to have a really big summer," Brey said. "He's had a good summer and a good fall, and he's made good progress, gotten stronger. With Cam it's always been, 'Are you easy to play with, are you easier to play with?' and knowing what a good shot is and having more of a defensive presence — all improvement in those areas. "When you look at the perimeter, Hometown (High School) Columbia, Md. (Mount St. Joseph) St. Louis (Cardinal Ritter College Prep) Fort Wayne, Ind. (New Haven) Los Gatos, Calif. (St. Francis) Kenton, Ohio (Kenton) Paris, France (Sunrise Christian Academy [Kan.]) Avon, Ind. (Avon) Bowie, Md. (DeMatha) Mishawaka, Ind. (Marian) Arlington, Mass. (St. John's Prep) Dixfield, Maine (Dirigo) Marlborough, Mass. (New Hampton School) Medford, N.J. (St. Joseph's Prep) Granger, Ind. (Penn)