Friday, December 18, 2009

Teams need to 'be like a Duke to beat us.'


Ian Andersen and walkon Kyle Church are the only two seniors on the Charlotte 49ers's roster who have spent four seasons with the 49ers. I asked Andersen before practice on Friday to talk about the different teams he's been a part of during his career at Charlotte. He was very candid in his assessment and in the potential of this year's team, which is 8-1 heading into Sunday's game at Winthrop.

"My freshman year, that team just didn't have good chemistry. So that was a bad year in terms of team chemistry. Last year was a good year in terms of chemistry, we just had bad year with injuries and so forth. We just didn't do the right things all the time, but I thought we played hard and played pretty unselfishly.

"My sophomore year, that was special. Lee (Goldwire) had a great year. We really found Leemire. This team is different. On this team we just have more firepower. Two years ago, we knew Lee had to get off; Lee had to be good for us to be competitive - and he was. And the games he didn't, most of them we lost.

"This year, Shamari (Spears) can dominate a game but if we have a game where people throw two or three guys on him, there are other guys who can step up. This is definitely the deepest team I've been a part of here. That's exciting.

"A team is going to have be like a Duke to beat us. Duke played great and they are a great team, but we played poorly in that game. That is what teams are going to bring to beat us - a lot of athleticism, size, aggressiveness. We just have too much firepower."

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sitting on a Park Bench...dadada

Anonymous said...

Hey Anon, how is Davidson this year? Where are all those good recruits that were going to flock to Davidson b/c of Stephen Curry. bahahahahhaha

tcollie said...

I like Ian's moxy

Anonymous said...

Ian has SWAGGER

Freedom Huggins said...

let's bring it!

Anonymous said...

Great article on Ian but I don't see it in the printed version. THis woulod have been a front page story if it had been about a UNC player.

Anonymous said...

Like you buy the paper 9:08

Ft.Mill 49er said...

It is hard to find a great seat at Halton with the 49ers playing so well. However, at Winthrop plenty of excellent seats are available for today's (Sunday) 49er game at 4pm. Check it out on ticketreturn. See you in Rock Hill.