10-17-2019, 10:40 AM | #11 | |
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Jenifer was arguably our best 3 point shooter, Broome showed up in big moments. McNeal is a bad 3 point shooter and commits too many TO's, Jeavin is an excellent three point shooter, but not really a PG. Both are unproven at this level of play. We've got an excellent 3 players in Jarron, Williams and Scott. But teams need 8-9 players to contribute. I can see us being anywhere from an outside looking in bubble team, to a top 20 team. It depends on if the grad transfers can make the jump to the higher level (and with better stats then they put up at the lower levels in all cases but Jaevin) and how quickly the freshmen can contribute. I also think Moore and Diarra will be major factors. If we go small, Moore is one guy with the size and willingness to battle inside that we will need to succeed at small ball. Diarra providing quality minutes at C and backing up Scott will be huge. |
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10-17-2019, 10:49 AM | #12 | |
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Still I've maintained from the start that better recruiting is not what will make Brannen great, it will be doing more with the guys he does recruit (or honestly, just doing as well as Cronin and having more success in the NCAA tournament). I think this team is capable of beating OSU, but getting blown out by OSU would not surprise me. OSU has a quality center, which may give us major problems and I expect the team to take a while to gel. Much like last years team, I think we will be much better come March than we are in November. We may not get a high seed in the NCAA tournament, but we should be a team high-seeds don't want to play. |
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10-17-2019, 11:06 AM | #13 | |
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10-17-2019, 11:21 AM | #14 | |
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only 1 150+ player, but he was top 50. Also Gabe comes in the top 150 in some rankings. |
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10-17-2019, 11:23 AM | #15 | |
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He threw the farm at Madsen leading me to believe CJB sees higher value than his current rank. Probably especially or specifically for his system. I think Mason will end up surprising us some as well. But these two are dedicated gym rats and trending up. They will both work to get better and have tremendous attitudes. Saunders is super stoked to be here and that is important for chemistry. He is also trending up and outplayed some higher ranked guys along the way. If he can develop a 3 ball he's going to be a very very good get. Again, he fits the system to a T outside of his shooting. Speed at PG seems to be a big deal to the coach and this kid has speed for days. Speaking of the coach. He is a very smart, analytical and clever dude. Until we see these kids play in his system I have to trust he knows what he wants and why he wants them. I do worry about getting quality bigs but I am not dissapointed at all with guards and wings so far. And I don't think we are out on the two PF's just yet. Spring will also open up some new opportunities for transfers, late bloomers or yet unsigned kids. Let's see what happens and evaluate after it actually happens. |
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10-17-2019, 11:28 AM | #16 |
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Yes, but we also only got him because of his legal issues and late reclassify. So I don't really consider him to be a sign that Brannen can regularly get that level of player.
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10-17-2019, 11:28 AM | #17 | |
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Lets be real, before we hired a new coach, if I tell you we get Cumberland, a top 50, and a top 150 for the next year, everybody here would have been thrilled. I'm not sure how anybody could possibly be disappointed with that. |
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10-17-2019, 11:30 AM | #18 | |
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we haven't regularly recruited that level on player since huggins, but it is nice to see one come in. he could have gone other places, but he came here. |
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10-17-2019, 11:51 AM | #19 | |
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But outside of their ranks they have some intangibles that add value. Madsens will be the last one's in the gym and that can rub off by example on other players. Saunders wants to be here and seems to want to help other players to come here. That is worth something. Both of them seemed like no brainers for CJB so I would be pretty confident they pan out. |
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10-17-2019, 12:38 PM | #20 | |
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Its great for us. But not great for our recruiting potential as I don't think we want to fill out the rest of our roster with dudes no one else will take. Traynor seems like a moot point, as he is likely headed to Lousiville and Eason has some P5 schools that are closer to home after him. Our big situation is bad for next season. With Prince likely gone. Its Vogt and Diarra. We need the next gary clark or top 150 big at least. But its been tough to make that happen so far I was kinda hoping the Mick Cronin "meh" recruiting approach was done and we'd be getting top 30 classes, but as of today, I think his recruiting is actually below what Mick was pulling in. Obviously its early so no time to panic yet |
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