New Film Project

Leigh and I made a video about basketball in Silver Spring for this assignment. For us basketball is life during the winter months. We have games and practices almost every day, so it really is important to us. In the film we show various clips. They are from an outdoor court that Leigh and I shot at today, a scrimmage the boys JV team at Blair had against the varsity girls, and a series of interviews with players on the girls varsity team. We didn't really know what we were going to do with this project, but we had a lot of fun making it. This is probably the most work I have put into any of these outside of school film projects. I still hope that we can get an in-class project like this one because then I could use final cut pro and nice cameras, instead of YouTube video editor and outdated iPhones. Here's the video, "Ball is Life."

WVU basketball has been particularly inconsistent and bad this year. The team has only two seniors who play, Deniz Kilicli and Dominic Rutledge, and the teams lack of experience has proved to be its downfall. I enjoy watching the team play because you never know who will play well on any given day, Aaric Murray could be a force in the paint, Juwan Staten could make the defense look slow, Terry Henderson could make it rain from the three point line, or any other member of the team could step up. At times though it can be extremely tough to watch this team play games, they turn the ball over a lot, miss shots, and lose they focus on defense. What I have decided is that this year I am watching this year's team to anticipate next year's team. What I mean by that is I am basically waiting for next year.
Next year could be a great year. Junior center Aaric Murray will have played for coach Huggins for a year and know the system well. With his length and athleticism he could turn into a superstar down low. Sophomore guards, Jabarie Hinds, Juwan Staten, and Gary Brown will have even more experience and will devlop chemistry with each other. Freshman, Eron Harris and Terry Henderson, who are the team's best shooters, will have even more experience under their belt. Finally, two high caliber fowards Devin Williams and Elijah Macon will join the Mountaineers from their high school teams. Check out their high school highlights.

I can't wait to watch those two join the team next year. Next years lineup could have three guards in it, and not too many bigmen, or it could have many bigmen and few guards. The choice is up to Coach Huggins. Next year he will have a very deep and interesting team. I trust him to be able to guide the team in the right direction. With the amount of talent and experience that the Mountaineers are going to bring back, watch out because come next year they will make a lot of noise. I am not saying that I anticipate I a Final Four run next year, but I do anticipate a great team that competes for a Big 12 Championship, and makes its mark on the NCAA Tournament.