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Date Posted: 22:42:57 03/06/02 Wed
Author: Lansing
Author Host/IP: pool-151-197-22-77.phil.east.verizon.net / 151.197.22.77
Subject: On the Rebound?

You can't get any more speculative than this, but just the same I hope that the Temple coaching staff will be monitoring the power forward situation down at UVA this spring where rumors are circulating that freshman Elton Brown is a transfer candidate from among several players mentioned.

You'll remember Brown's decision came down to Temple and UVA, with the home state school winning out. Despite that Temple offered the playing time advantage Brown chose to take his chances with the crowded UVA frontcourt rotation that included fellow freshman PF Jason Clark, soph PF JC Mathis, junior PF Travis Watson and senior combo forward Chris Williams (UVA plays without a center). Brown has struggled with his conditioning and has lost out on playing time to both Clark and Mathis - both of whom will potentially be at UVA for another two or more seasons. Watson is expected to return next season also - and Cal- big man transfer Nick Vanderlaan is expected to make the UVA frontcourt situation that much more crowded.

Expectations are that either Mathis or Brown won't be around next season.

Should Temple be interested? Definitely! Brown would immediately become the biggest and best power forward on the Temple roster and would add a scoring dimension to nicely complement the defensive/rebounding game of Keith Butler.

The red flag with this situation is that Brown has been fingered as somewhat of an attitude problem and has been referred to as a "crybaby". Whether there's much more to this than "scapegoatism" in the wake of UVA's amazing collapse this season, I don't know. But if it's just a matter of playing time, then you'd have to expect that that wouldn't be a problem with the Owls.

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Replies:

How tall is Brown? (NT) -- RickO, 00:07:57 03/07/02 Thu
- Brown was listed at 6-8, 240 in high school. (NT) -- Lansing, 15:11:52 03/07/02 Thu
He turned us down once before, that's enough for me. (I know the David Hawkins story, but this is different.) Besides, attitude problems and crybabies tend to fair poorly on North Broad Street, recent examples include Ron Blackshear and Carlton Aaron. (NT) -- NYCOwl, 11:32:13 03/08/02 Fri
How many PF's do we need? He would have to sit out a year and would still have 3 years of eligibility but if Ingram, Blackshear or Elliot develop he may not get his PT when he is eligible in 2003-2004. Although, if he wants to come it would be hard to turn down a bluechip player. (NT) -- Keith90, 12:56:46 03/08/02 Fri
- Keith: it's not quanity - it's quality. I've seen Brown, Elliott, M. Blackshear and Ingram play. Brown is easily the cream of that group. You need to look historically at how Temple has achieved success according to how it stacked up along the front line. There are warning signs that most everyone is missing. (NT) -- Lansing, 15:52:09 03/08/02 Fri
  - Lansing, I miss your board and insightful articles. Please elaborate on the warning signs that most of us are missing. (NT) -- NYCOwl, 12:35:21 03/10/02 Sun
    - I was intentionally vague on that point because I'd be more comfortable discussing this after the season is officially over. I have a ton of material to share on the Owls' recent past, present affairs and potential future, and I'll do that here if this board shows enough life in the near future. (NT) -- Lansing, 17:06:20 03/10/02 Sun
      - I think this board has an uphill battle. With the season we just had and an NIT berth, interest in the program will not be peaking. Nonetheless, I will remain optimistic about someday reading your commentary. BTW, what do you think of our match up with Fresno? (NT) -- NYCOwl, 12:23:46 03/11/02 Mon
        I haven't seen Fresno this season and don't know what to expect. My concern is whether the Owls will be into this enough to compete at a high level... (NT) -- Lansing, 16:06:01 03/12/02 Tue
  - I haven't seen all of them play (specifically I haven't seen Blackshear or Ingram) but based on what I have seen of Brown I have no doubt he is the best of the bunch. My concern was ..... (see inside) -- Keith90, 12:28:50 03/11/02 Mon
    - A couple points... -- Lansing, 00:20:34 03/12/02 Tue
      - More Responses Inside -- Keith90, 14:49:42 03/12/02 Tue
        RE: More Responses Inside -- Lansing, 16:01:01 03/12/02 Tue
        Lynn Greer!! (NT) -- Keith90, 16:08:24 03/12/02 Tue
        Wasn't Greer the Pennsylvania Player of the Year as a senior? -- Lansing, 20:18:28 03/12/02 Tue
        Response Inside -- Keith90, 11:28:53 03/13/02 Wed
        They think Robinson is a 3. We only have 3 PFs (plus I think Elliot may play some backup C as well). We would have 4 PFs if we brought in Brown, that was my initial point. Sorry about responding in two seperate posts. (NT) -- Keith90, 16:21:48 03/12/02 Tue
Brown -- moony, 13:57:20 03/23/02 Sat