Monday, November 08, 2004

Where are they now - Dean Keener

Looks like DK has his work cut out for him:

JAMES MADISON - The Dukes suffered through another embarrassing campaign in 2003-04 (7-21, 3-15 CAA) and it led to the firing of coach Sherman Dillard. New coach Dean Keener, a former assistant at Georgia Tech, takes over the reins for JMU, but he already has many factors stacked against him. Keener was not named the coach until late into the recruiting process and his frontcourt is one of the worst in the league. That being said, the Dukes should have a solid backcourt behind the play of guards Daniel Freeman and Ray Barbosa. Freeman averaged 11.6 ppg last year and shot a solid 43.7 percent from the floor, while also leading JMU in rebounding with 5.5 rpg. Barbosa contributed with 11.5 ppg and proved to be a competent three-point shooter for the Dukes, making 33.6 percent of his long range attempts. Keener needs Chris Cathlin (4.3 rpg) and David Cooper (4.2 rpg) to play with some fire in the low post or else his run-and-gun offensive approach could be a flop.