Player Profile: Ryan Appleby

This is my first installment of UW player profiles, I haven't fully fleshed out my playing time/stat predictions, but I will go back and edit them when I am done if they seem lacking. Appleby is first because, well, his name starts with A.

Ryan was a transfer from Florida and a former all state performer from Stanwood, WA. 05/06 was his first year with the Huskies, and he has 2 more years of eligibility. His primary role was to fill it up from outside, acting as an ultra poor man's Tre Simmons. Ryan had some scoring outbursts in big games (both Arizona games and @Cal), but struggled with consistency and had problems with turnovers. He isn't really a defender, and for the most part that is not his role. However, he must show that he can hold his own against the athletic Pac 10 in order to stay on the court, and keep me from losing my mind.

UW lost a large chunk of it's three point shooting from last year, when Roy, Jones and Jensen accounted for nearly 44% (96 total) of the teams made 3's (Jamaal Williams made one too). With Dentmon and Joel Smith not having a great history of stroking the three (both under 30% last year), Appleby will be relied upon to stretch defenses and keep teams from packing the lane to deal with our bruising frontcourt combo of Brockman and Hawes. If he can avoid costly turnovers and shoot solidly, Ryan should be able to get starters minutes on this squad.

Memorable highlight from last year: Draining a late three from the "W" at home against Arizona.

Memorable lowlight:Getting knocked the fuck out in the conference playoffs against Oregon.

Stats from last year:
Min: 23.0
FG:43.8% (85-194), 42.4% (70-165) from 3
FT:80% (20-25)
Reb:1.4
A:62 (1.9 per)
TO:51 (1.6 per)
Stl:17 (.5 per)
PPG:7.9

Expected stats this year:
Min: 28.0
A: 2.5 per
TO: 1.4 per
Stl: 0.8
PPG: 12.5