Scholarship table
Bart Lundy-MU Director of Operations was High Point's Head coach. Maybe he was familiar with Steadman.
A common misconception amongst MU fans about our Jucos...Even though they only spent 1 year at JUCO, neither DJO or Fulce were qualifiers out of HS. After 4 years in HS, both needed prep school before Juco.
They needed prep school, but they could have gone to a four-year school right out of prep school right? They didn't have to go Juco.
Nope, DJO needed to go to JUCO. From Jsonline:"A former all-state player in high school in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C., Johnson-Odom was forced to go to prep school after graduation because of academic concerns. When that wasn't enough to get him qualified, he moved on to Hutchinson."
It seems a "last in, first out" scenario with Newbill the most likely candidate. If not him, then Smith. We will also look to sign one more prospect and when that occurs Mbao will be leaving the program. If the three prospects left on the market turn us down, then Newbill and Smith don't need to worry about their prep year.Wrote this three days ago when I got slammed for hating on Buzz and MU.Noreen was the first of the three prospects remaining. He's out. Short is the second of the three prospects and its dubious whether he got a true offer but we'll see how Lundy plays this. If the third prospect doesn't show up, expect Newbill to prep and Mbao to stay.
Nope, DJO needed to go to JUCO. From Jsonline:"A former all-state player in high school in his hometown of Raleigh, N.C., Johnson-Odom was forced to go to prep school after graduation because of academic concerns. When that wasn't enough to get him qualified, he moved on to Hutchinson."As for Fulce...Not 100% sure really. He committed to play for Buzz at UNO in April 2007, then Buzz left for MU in July 2007 and Fulce ended up at Tyler JC for a year. I am not sure if it was because of academics or because it was his only option.
There has been speculation that Smith may not qualify, and if you recall, Gardener's coach was quoted as saying that "they are waiting on his test scores"...for all we know, Smith AND Gardener aren't qualifying???Who knows!? It'll all be sorted out within the next couple of weeks though...
I thought Fulce qualified out of high school and was ready to go to Texas A&M, but they did not have enough scholarships so he went to a prep school. Then was going to UNO, but Buzz left so he went JUCO one year.
So, now we're all getting a hard-on for a player nobody knew yesterday.
No not all of us. I am not, but it appears that McCheese might be, pointing out that he averaged 7 points as a Frosh at that stellar D1 program High Point.
We now have 14 players (assuming Gardner signed) for 13 spots and just offered another a spot we technically do not have. I'm more interested in how we are going to make room for potentially two more players.
And if we do somehow have room, why was Noreen given a "take it or leave it" offer? I'd rather have Noreen than this guy that no one on this board ever heard of before today.
Would you put High Point on the same level as UW-Mil or UW-GB? Would you slam a transfer from either of those two schools with those stats their freshman year? How many freshman big men at Marquette averaged 7 pts per game within the last 10 or 20 years? Novak, Lazar, Ooze, Amo? Again it's "In Buzz I trust." Hopefully they see a diamond in the rough with Steadman. On the downside, someone is not coming to or coming back to Marquette.
I'm amazed no one has made an Oprah joke yet...Where's ZFB?
No, I would not put High Point at the same level. And comparing what a frosh averaged at high point to what a frosh may not have averaged at MU is ridiculous.And the mantra of In Buzz I trust is getting old. Yes, he has made some good selections from the Juco ranks: DJO, Butler (unless you want to call that Crean's), and perhaps Bucyks, along with Crowder, but Buzz has had some misses on some of his drafts: Roseboro, maybe Williams, Monterale Clark; Maymon; etc., so if you waqnt to subscribe to the "in Buzz I trust" theory, that is your choice--sort of the "In Barack I trust" crowd. Just saying, we need to scrutinize these things with some degree of "what is going on?"