(2021) G Luke Brown to Ball State

[Alford Bailey]

Gonna try to catch Blackford at Randolph Southern in January.

[Stuhoo]

3 hours ago, MikeRoberts said:

A kid that will get good grades, stay out of trouble and bust his butt in practice and makes the most of his minutes when he gets them, that sounds great


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Are we talking about Tim Priller here?

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

9 hours ago, ebridges24 said:

That's a long drive for a small school game. Is it a tournament? I would love to go, but work gets in the way. Looking forward to your report.

Ok so here’s the run down ....I was dejected at halftime because Blackford had around 18 points and it was Luke’s worst individual shooting performance and it was even worse than that as a group.  The Montgomery kid from south ridge is TOUGH.  The only redeeming part of the first half of this game was Luke’s defense ( yes you heard me right and yes that  Probably  hasnt  ever been said before ).  The biggest knock on the kid is his size and how that might make him a defensive liability.  I’m one of his biggest pushers and I have written a million posts with similar sentiment myself.  From the start of the game Blackford played man to man  ( they spend most of their time in a 2-3 zone or full or half court trap ). Luke face guardEs the 6’5 Montgomery who is their primary ball handler and I haven’t been able to check the final number but he took a taller and athletic opponent with shooting touch and deep range and essentially shut him down .  I was impressed.  The only easy buckets Montgomery got the whole Game were during the 3-5 minute stretch they put a second defender on him and he showed why he scored 41 last game.  Blackford sped the game up with an aggressive full court trap and Luke forced the issue on offense and scored 24 in the fourth and overtime.  You can watch the game on YouTube if you have time but watch the first half defense of Montgomery if you’re critiquing, he impressed me in an area I previously was critical of.  Showed he can effect the game when his shot isn’t falling and he also showed that burning it at both ends of the floor he can still take a game over.  The real test will be Friday against either barr Reeve or brownstown

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Gonna try to catch Blackford at Randolph Southern in January.

I’ll be there ....I think it’s AT Blackford this year though 

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

4 hours ago, TheWatShot said:

Blackford won in OT after being down 11 with 4 minutes left. Brown had 12 at the end of the third quarter and finished with 36. 

Did you get to go ?? Was an exciting finish !

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

9 hours ago, InArchWeTrust said:

You'll get a chance to check out Colson Montgomery with Southridge.  He's coming off a 41 pt. performance his last night out.  

He was a stud ...I was shocked they put Luke on him instead of Stoble ...I was even more shocked it worked ! Kid looked frustrated 

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

4 hours ago, MikeRoberts said:

I don’t like a class where this kid is one that is asked/expected to play right away but if we already have 2 kids that we feel are that, maybe 4* and 5* players already locked up, let’s grab him.

A kid that will get good grades, stay out of trouble and bust his butt in practice and makes the most of his minutes when he gets them, that sounds great


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I’d be great with that approach !

[SlamaJamaSisley]

11 minutes ago, IU/Butler/Notre Dame said:

He was a stud ...I was shocked they put Luke on him instead of Stoble ...I was even more shocked it worked ! Kid looked frustrated 

 

[MikeRoberts]

Are we talking about Tim Priller here?

We’re talking about an in-state kid that will likely be the highest scorer in Indiana history that just outplayed Colson Montgomery


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[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

11 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

We’re talking about an in-state kid that will likely be the highest scorer in Indiana history that just outplayed Colson Montgomery


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I didn’t know the Montgomery kid before last night ....I was impressed with him ...they had another good player also who was crafty inside and played hard ...their coach was awful rough on them given their effort level .......does the Montgomery kid have any college attention ?

[MikeRoberts]

I didn’t know the Montgomery kid before last night ....I was impressed with him ...they had another good player also who was crafty inside and played hard ...their coach was awful rough on them given their effort level .......does the Montgomery kid have any college attention ?

Yes, indiana and others


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[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

47 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

Yes, indiana and others


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Really? I was completely unaware ...does he have any formal offers or just attention ? Now I really would encourage people if they watch the game to pay attention the the first half defense 

[Uspshoosier]

Really? I was completely unaware ...does he have any formal offers or just attention ? Now I really would encourage people if they watch the game to pay attention the the first half defense 

IU really hasn’t been actively recruiting him but I’m guessing mid-majors are looking closely. He is definitely a high major D-1 baseball recruit from what I have seen written by others


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[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

15 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

IU really hasn’t been actively recruiting him but I’m guessing mid-majors are looking closely. He is definitely a high major D-1 baseball recruit from what I have seen written by others


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I was really impressed with him in person and I spent most of the morning reading up and now I like him even more ...seems like a great kid and a hard worker.  Looks like he could have his pick but his brightest future may be on the baseball diamond.  The fact that Louisville had a basketball visit with him is eye opening.

[VO5]

3 hours ago, MikeRoberts said:

We’re talking about an in-state kid that will likely be the highest scorer in Indiana history that just outplayed Colson Montgomery


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Outplayed? He took 29 shots to Colson’s 17. The parading around for this kid by some is incredibly silly.

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

7 minutes ago, VO5 said:

Outplayed? He took 29 shots to Colson’s 17. The parading around for this kid by some is incredibly silly.

oh boy more of the usual ....Weren’t you the same one that said he wouldn’t get any D1 offers ? My guess is the other guy actually took the time to watch the game and saw that Brown guarded him man to man the entire first half and basically shut him down.  Also they never committed two defenders to brown ....you won’t see him shoot 2-11 from 3 very often if ever again and you’ll definitely never see him miss 4 free throws again ....that could have been a 50 point game very easily and again he did his part shutting down a taller skilled offensive player ....you should honestly watch some games you might stop doubting 

[ebridges24]

27 minutes ago, VO5 said:

Outplayed? He took 29 shots to Colson’s 17. The parading around for this kid by some is incredibly silly.

The knocking of him is silly also.

[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

Just now, ebridges24 said:

The knocking of him is silly also.

Knocking either of those kids would be silly !

[MikeRoberts]

Outplayed? He took 29 shots to Colson’s 17. The parading around for this kid by some is incredibly silly.

You have little to nothing to argue a point with here. Seems more that you are just negative on this kid and anyone that supports him.

He put up almost twice as many points at Montgomery while shooting a higher percentage than Montgomery and they guarded each other.

More importantly than any of that, his team won the game.

What is your argument exactly?


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[IU/Butler/Notre Dame]

9 minutes ago, MikeRoberts said:

You have little to nothing to argue a point with here. Seems more that you are just negative on this kid and anyone that supports him.

He put up almost twice as many points at Montgomery while shooting a higher percentage than Montgomery and they guarded each other.

More importantly than any of that, his team won the game.

What is your argument exactly?


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I agree with everything you said by far ...only exception is they didn’t put Montgomery on brown they let number 4 and their smaller guard chase him most of the night I assume to keep Montgomery out of risk of quick foul trouble but brown did play Montgomery all but about five minutes of the game and Montgomery had  8 of his points during that stretch