Seton Hall's Bryan Caver

[Halldan1]

Bryan Caver launches summer hoops league to rival JSBL

Jerry Carino, @NJHoopsHaven 6:03 a.m. EDT May 13, 2015

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His point guard instincts still sharp, Bryan Caver sees an opening -- and he’s going after it.

The former Seton Hall University playmaker is launching the Victory Sports Pro-Am Summer Basketball League, a Princeton-based rival and potential successor to the once-mighty but declining Jersey Shore Basketball League.

“Years ago we used to play at the Jersey Shore because it had NBA guys,..........

http://www.app.com/story/sports/college/2015/05/13/bryan-caver-jsbl-victory-sports/27220941/

 

[Seton75]

Good luck to Bryan. I have some vivid memories of him at JSBL.

 

[Halldan1]

Good luck to Bryan. I have some vivid memories of him at JSBL.

Betcha not as vivid as his coast to coast game winning drive at the buzzer to beat John Thompson and GTown!!!!

LOL

 

[Hall91]

Caver was one of the more talented players to come to SHU who probably was one of the players that you can say was mishandled by PJ. A 2 guard who PJ tried to convert to a PG. I don't think either side was ever happy with one another. But Caver definitely had some nice moments at SHU.
The coast to coast drive against GTown being the major one.

Best of luck to him.

 

[statenman]

Pro and college players want to stay in shape and improve their game and JSBL only did one of those 2 things. If they could incorporate a summer league with skills coaching, I think it would be ideal.

 

[cernjSHU]

Caver was one of the more talented players to come to SHU who probably was one of the players that you can say was mishandled by PJ. A 2 guard who PJ tried to convert to a PG. I don't think either side was ever happy with one another. But Caver definitely had some nice moments at SHU.
The coast to coast drive against GTown being the major one.

Best of luck to him.

Caver was a 2G? I always thought Caver was a point guard. As a matter of fact, Caver had a great handle. I do agree with you that Caver was the one player that PJ mishandled. Caver had a lot of creativity to his game and PJ stifled it. PJ also hurt Caver by playing Hurley over Caver. In my opinion, Caver was the better point guard. For what ever reason, once Hurley arrived, PJ decided to give more minutes to Hurley.

I remember on one drive, Caver was on the break dribbling the ball at full speed down the court. Without breaking his stride he went around his back and passed the ball from his back through his legs and scored. One of the most athletic and skillful moves I have ever seen.

 

[batts]

I remember watching Bryan playing in a couple of College AllStar / NBA tryout type of games. Bryan played against Charlie Ward, the point guard and quarterback of FSU. Caver matched up well against Ward ball handling, athleticism and passing, but Bryan's outside shooting skills were sub par.

 

[SHUTAPS76]

Caver was a 2G? I always thought Caver was a point guard. As a matter of fact, Caver had a great handle. I do agree with you that Caver was the one player that PJ mishandled. Caver had a lot of creativity to his game and PJ stifled it. PJ also hurt Caver by playing Hurley over Caver. In my opinion, Caver was the better point guard. For what ever reason, once Hurley arrived, PJ decided to give more minutes to Hurley.

I remember on one drive, Caver was on the break dribbling the ball at full speed down the court. Without breaking his stride he went around his back and passed the ball from his back through his legs and scored. One of the most athletic and skillful moves I have ever seen.

You are correct....Bryan was always a PG......one of my favorite players......PJ handled him just fine....they didn't always see eye to eye, but that happens...it was never a disaster or even a distraction....Bryan was able to laugh about it at the end

 

[Seton75]

How about in that tournament game I think in 93 when he was falling out of bounds, and seemed to get his balance back by taking the ball around his back...at least that is what Billy Packer thought. In 93, two schools had 4 CBS games on Saturday afternoon, Duke and Seton Hall. Then amazingly bad management of the program when PJ left pissed it all away.

 

[400SOAVE]

Caver's teams went to the Dance four times. They won two Big East Tournament championships, in addition to a Big East Regular Season championship.

He was a great dribbler and passer. Caver could throw down dunks as if he was a 6-8 power forward.

However, as I always point out, the slightest mistake and PJ would scream and sit him down. I thought it was ridiculous Nevertheless, he had a great and productive career. I'm not sure if he played pro ball, but I'm sure he could have somewhere.

Good luck, Mr. Caver. You are one of my all-time favorites.

 

[hallgrad80]

Bryan was also one of my favorite players and I kept going back and forth during his career whether his best position was at the point or at the 2G and what his best position was was the subject of a fair amount of debate among SH fans.

When I saw this thread I couldn't help but wonder if Kevin and his staff reach out to the former SH basketball player community to provide a resource to help in the rebuilding of our basketball program. We know that Jerry Walker and a few others are close to the program but does SH make a concerted effort to do so as many other programs do.

 

[garyshu71]

OMG, what a defender and rebounder. Take another like him in a flat second.

 

[Rimas]

Willard couldn't recruit the guy who washes Caver's Jock.

 

[anon_x0d8d0dquuo4t]

First time I heard about him, he netted 40+ in a TOC game as a soph. at McCorristin. I was blown away when he inked with the PirateS later on. I didn't see many games then, but I did catch the end of an NCAA game VS Arizona when he sank two clutch foul shots at the end. Zona guy, Brian Williams, started talking smack to Caver. Jerry W got in Williams' face and he then encouraged Caver, and the rest is history. I hope he's successful with his new gig.

 

[Seton75]

We knocked a smug smile off of Lute's mug that night Mike, just like we did when Dre's team beat then 8 years later. Both of those Zona NCAA games were terrific. The first one, not so much, thanks to Steve Kerr and Sean Elliot...ugh...our first ever NCAA loss.

BTW, that was not really Brian Williams in that game, though he later told Letterman it was..................

 

[BayonneRay]

Willard couldn't recruit the guy who washes Caver's Jock.

Rimas- Your comment has nothing to do with Bryan Caver, his creation of a new summer league and the memories of Caver's play at the Hall. It shows no relevance to the subject matter at hand. If you want to make this irrelevant comment start a new thread so many of the readers of this board can ignore if they care to and move on to something more informative and entertaining.

 

[Shuathelete]

Those jerseys are SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. Those alone could out recruit Willard. Why arent we wearing those... thats the winning ticket. NEED THEM.

 

[garyshu71]

Those jerseys are SICKKKKKKKKKKKKKK. Those alone could out recruit Willard. Why arent we wearing those... thats the winning ticket. NEED THEM.

And the LOGO.

 

[Halldan1]

Jerry Carino @NJHoopsHaven · 12m 12 minutes ago

Princeton has joined Rider as the second D-1 team in Bryan Caver's new summer pro-am league: http://on.app.com/1HgxUsb via @AsburyParkPress

 

[Halldan1]

Josh Newman @Joshua_Newman · 10m 10 minutes ago


A bad look for the JSBL. Rider guys stopped showing up around 2007 or 2008, Princeton had guys at JSBL sporadically

 

[NJ4life]

Thank you Dan for posting this...I will just add that in open gym, Caver was the best player on the team. During the games if he didn't get Terry D the ball right away, PJ would yell and scream. LOL

 

[Halldan1]

For those that don't know NJ4Life was a HS teammate of Caver.

 

[Seton75]

Thank you Dan for posting this...I will just add that in open gym, Caver was the best player on the team. During the games if he didn't get Terry D the ball right away, PJ would yell and scream. LOL

NJ4 is one of my favorite posters, but Dehere was an amazing player. Bryan was good too. But come on. I would yell and scream if Terry didn't have the ball at every major turn of our games. And he always got the ball, and he almost always made the big bucket.

 

[HALL85]

Can you imagine if Jeff Robinson played for PJ?? lol

 

[NJ4life]

NJ4 is one of my favorite posters, but Dehere was an amazing player. Bryan was good too. But come on. I would yell and scream if Terry didn't have the ball at every major turn of our games. And he always got the ball, and he almost always made the big bucket.

I didn't say TD wasn't the best player. Not at all...In open gym he was not. But he was way more talented than he showed in the games at the hall. That was a good group.

 

[SnakeTom]

Caver's teams went to the Dance four times. They won two Big East Tournament championships, in addition to a Big East Regular Season championship.

He was a great dribbler and passer. Caver could throw down dunks as if he was a 6-8 power forward.

However, as I always point out, the slightest mistake and PJ would scream and sit him down. I thought it was ridiculous Nevertheless, he had a great and productive career. I'm not sure if he played pro ball, but I'm sure he could have somewhere.

Good luck, Mr. Caver. You are one of my all-time favorites.

During Caver's four years at SHU we went to the NCAA Tourney 4 times. We won two BE Tournaments 1991 and 1993, and won two Big East regular season Championships 1992 and 1993. Brian was an outstanding player. And just as an aside I see Kadeem Carrington as a very similar player. I think he can be that good or even better in time.

Tom K

 

[400SOAVE]

During Caver's four years at SHU we went to the NCAA Tourney 4 times. We won two BE Tournaments 1991 and 1993, and won two Big East regular season Championships 1992 and 1993. Brian was an outstanding player. And just as an aside I see Kadeem Carrington as a very similar player. I think he can be that good or even better in time.

Tom K

Snake, that's a very interesting observation about Carrington that I never thought of. He may be that good.

The adjustment from HS to college is so great that it's very difficult to judge freshmen. There are multiple factors (within and beyond a player's control) that can impact their performance.

However, I strongly believe that Carrington, Rodriguez, Whitehead and Delgado are going to become First Team All-Big East caliber players, perhaps as early as next season.

That's a great foursome to build a team around. I think they are showing a great attitude this off-season. They seem determined to improve and lead the team to a turnaround.

 

[bobojcd]

I often thought that had Caver played on a less talented team (like Shaheen had to do) he would have been able to carry them. As someone who followed the team closely back then, it comes as no surprise that Caver would look like the best player on the floor during an open run.