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Men's Basketball
College ChalkTalk catches up with Coach Schmidt
May 26, 2009
ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. - St. Bonaventure men's basketball coach Mark Schmidt caught up with College Chalktalk's Chris Disano this past weekend to give an inside look at Bonnies heading into his third season at the helm of the program. College Chalktalk: Can you briefly describe the newcomers to your program? Mark Schmidt: Demitrius Conger: 6-foot-6 from Brooklyn; Demitrius went to Covenant Christian Academy in Atlanta. Really athletic and long. Scorer's mentality... he went for 31 or 32 against Oak Hill Academy last year. Good defensive player. I'm not saying he's James Posey, who I coached at Xavier, but he has a similar body in that he's long, lean and athletic... and we're looking forward to having him contribute as a freshman. Ogo Adegboye: 6-0, 180 pounds. JUCO (Lamar Community College, CO). Great kid. Born in Nigeria and moved to London, England where spent his childhood. He's a very quick, athletic point guard. He can shoot the ball and can score, but he's really got a great head on his shoulders and can make other players around him better. When I saw him play at the national tournament, I hadn't even heard of Lamar, but the longer I watched this kid play the more impressed I was with him, just as a leader. So, we're really excited to have him... we struggled at the point guard position at times last year and we're hoping Ogo can be a guy that can come in and help us. Just a tremendous kid, a 4.0 student at Lamar. And then we obviously have Marquis Simmons, Jake Houseknecht and Lewis Leonard who sat out last year and will give us some production inside and outside.
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