[Husker] Marcus Perry Out Against Rutgers

[NUStLNorris at aol.com]

I read this in one of the papers today.  He's not making the  trip.  Stress 
fracture in the foot.  He was fresh off of a knee  scope as it was.
 
Center Aleks Maric is operating with stress fractures in the hip.  
 
Marcus Perry is, I think, potentially a great three-point shooter.   Last 
year, he made just enough that you could see his potential and ultimate  value to 
the team, but he didn't just go off on anyone either.  Had some of  his 
better games late and shot well in the back-to-back wins in the BIG XII  tourney, 
if I recall correctly.  He's not a great ball-handler, doesn't  create his own 
shot a lot, and he doesn't go to the hole very often.   But he's got a great 
release on his shot, and he's going to get better shots in  Sadler's system.  
Marcus has a "shooters mentality" too ... never met  a jumper he didn't like.  
Get healthy and keep firin' it, Marc.
 
This team isn't deep and can't afford any long-term  injuries.  Maric, 
Richardson, Jamel White, Perry and now,  freshman Ryan Anderson, are going to have 
to log some serious minutes.  You  won't see eight or nine players getting 
between 11 and 22 minutes like  you did with Collier.  At least not this year.  
The coach is  running these guys to death because they have to be in way better 
shape  than ever before to play Doc's way.  And they WILL play Doc's way.
 
Even without Perry, I've seen enough to be pretty confident that the five  
Sadler does put out on the floor will be bustin' it for all it's worth.   Perry 
will be missed, however.
 
Here's another option for the NU-Scarlet Knights hoops broadcast at 3 p.m.  
tomorrow, for those who are so inclined:
 
_http://www.scarletknights.com/webcasts/webcasts.asp_ 
(http://www.scarletknights.com/webcasts/webcasts.asp) 
 
Here's to hoping that tomorrow's a great day in the hearts of Husker  
football, basketball and volleyball fans.  Cheers.
 
Dave Norris