Freshman Will Start at Point for Notre Dame

Here’s the situation. Tory Jackson, the current point guard for the Notre Dame basketball team, is a junior. He’s the only pure point guard on the roster, and there are no pure point guards coming onto the team in the next freshman class. All of the other guards are either combo guards or shooting guards.

This could be a problem- especially in the college game, where it’s more important to have a floor general out there than in the pros. Plus, Coach Mike Brey clearly likes to use a traditional “pass first” decision making point guard in his schemes.

The solution: Brey has recently attracted Maryland high school junior point guard Eric Atkins to Notre Dame. Since he’s a junior, he won’t be on the team next season, but the year after next he’s projected to start. Atkins seems like a good player, so we’ll have to keep an eye on him in his senior season.

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Posted in General on April 29, 2009

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