Graves County 2014/2015

[gold sunrise]

Basketball season for 2014/2015 should provide another exciting year. What should we expect from Graves County Remember, please be constructive.

[lovin_war]

With a new coach and all but 1 player with any varsity experience gone, this could be a rebuilding year for Graves. They do return Andrew Smith which is a good ball player and should finally get his time to shine. They also have incoming sophomore 6'9" Chris Vogt that should be hard for most teams to match up with. I don't think Hannan is going to play basketball this year but he would for sure help them. Other than those 2 not real sure who will fill out the rest of their starting line ups. They did have a good JV team last year but not much varsity experience returning. They seem to also be competitive in region 1 but this year probably wont be a favorite.

[Swishenator]

With a new coach and all but 1 player with any varsity experience gone, this could be a rebuilding year for Graves. They do return Andrew Smith which is a good ball player and should finally get his time to shine. They also have incoming sophomore 6'9" Chris Vogt that should be hard for most teams to match up with. I don't think Hannan is going to play basketball this year but he would for sure help them. Other than those 2 not real sure who will fill out the rest of their starting line ups. They did have a good JV team last year but not much varsity experience returning. They seem to also be competitive in region 1 but this year probably wont be a favorite.

 

Agree with this assessment. The top four teams will likely be Calloway, Marshall, McCracken and Tilghman with Murray, Graves and Mayfield in the second tier. Graves had a several year run of a lot of talent and experience. Now they rebuild. Vogt is huge and has good shot blocking instincts but from at least what I saw last year may get pushed around until he bulks up.

[truecardinalfan]

I think Mayfield will surprise some this year. They have some scary quick guards that were relentless on defense and forced alot of turnovers and run outs this summer when they played a few local teams. They are going to really frustrate some big guys being up under them this year on D.

[truecardinalfan]

Agree with this assessment. The top four teams will likely be Calloway, Marshall, McCracken and Tilghman with Murray, Graves and Mayfield in the second tier. Graves had a several year run of a lot of talent and experience. Now they rebuild. Vogt is huge and has good shot blocking instincts but from at least what I saw last year may get pushed around until he bulks up.

 

Vogt is being recruited on height alone and his upside due to height...not his playing ability now.

[lovin_war]

I found this on prephoopskentucky.com:

Graves County

Head Coach: Joshua Frick

 

District: 3rd

 

Record last year: 27-5 (14-3*)

 

Summary: The Eagles lost 6 seniors from a year ago including their top two players Peyton Puckett and Jake Williams. They return one starter in Senior Guard Andrew Smith. They return two other seniors in Eamon Hannan, a top baseball player, and 6’5” Forward Myles Avent. They have four junior that Coach Frick will county on to play, Hunter Grant, Jordan Jones, Lucas Murphey and Christian Gough. They’ll feature one of the top sophomores in the state with 6’10” Center Chris Vogt, who already has offers from Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State and Tulsa. They will play two other sophomores in Point Guard Brady Wetherington and Jace Wiggins.

 

Graves County will host their own tournament before Christmas and travel to Martin, Tennessee for another tournament after Christmas. They also play in the Marshall County Hoopfest and have out of region games schedules against Ohio County and Hopkinsville. Coach Frick says although his schedule is difficulty, he thinks it’ll pay off come late February and March.

 

Getting better every day will be the mantra for Graves County this season. Coach Frick thinks it wouldn’t be wise for teams to count them out this season and believes his team will be a tough out around postseason tournament time.

[lovin_war]

I heard this weekend that Graves is having open tryouts this week and some players that used to play but for whatever reason quit are going to try out. Not sure who it will be or if any will make it or even make a difference but could give them some depth. I've heard that Hannan is not playing but I've seen him listed on rosters and on others previews. If he plays he will be the top player on the team and should be in the top 10 in the region.

[lovin_war]

Even with the open try out yesterday, they started at 6:00 am so didn't bring many new faces out for Graves. Not sure if they will have any additions. It will be interesting to see who will be in their starting 5 with only 1 contributor returning form last year.

[lovin_war]

I found this on prephoopskentucky.com:

Graves County

Head Coach: Joshua Frick

 

District: 3rd

 

Record last year: 27-5 (14-3*)

 

Summary: The Eagles lost 6 seniors from a year ago including their top two players Peyton Puckett and Jake Williams. They return one starter in Senior Guard Andrew Smith. They return two other seniors in Eamon Hannan, a top baseball player, and 6’5” Forward Myles Avent. They have four junior that Coach Frick will county on to play, Hunter Grant, Jordan Jones, Lucas Murphey and Christian Gough. They’ll feature one of the top sophomores in the state with 6’10” Center Chris Vogt, who already has offers from Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee State and Tulsa. They will play two other sophomores in Point Guard Brady Wetherington and Jace Wiggins.

 

Graves County will host their own tournament before Christmas and travel to Martin, Tennessee for another tournament after Christmas. They also play in the Marshall County Hoopfest and have out of region games schedules against Ohio County and Hopkinsville. Coach Frick says although his schedule is difficulty, he thinks it’ll pay off come late February and March.

 

Getting better every day will be the mantra for Graves County this season. Coach Frick thinks it wouldn’t be wise for teams to count them out this season and believes his team will be a tough out around postseason tournament time.

 

After tryouts and new roster posted online, Eamon Hannan is not playing this year. Big lose to a inexperienced Eagle squad. So as stated before it will be Smith and the rest will be getting their first real taste of varsity. For the first time in several years Graves doesn't have any player in the preseason top 10 for the region. We will get to see how good Frick is as he takes the reigns.