Kolek planning to go pro
It's a shame Black went to Memphis... that would have been the perfect last piece to the class.Never know what can happen with coaching changes, transfers, etc. Not saying it will happen, but what if Ernie gets the ax at Oregon, and Jamil Wilson wants to transfer? I'd definitely want that scholarship available. Again, just a hypothetical, but it's a good thing to have a scholly open in the Spring, just in case.
I don't understand why it had been soooo hard for us to sign a legit PF or C? You'd think at this point, they would look at our roster and see that they would have a great chance of coming in as a freshman and starting.
I don't think it's that hard to understand. Law of supply and demand. How many of the top 100 recruits are legit PF's or C per year? My ball park guess is under 20. So you take those 20, and spread them around to the the top 3 or most well known schools in the BE, ACC, SEC, PAC 10, Big 10, and Big 12...not much left.
We still have never really landed a quality big man, except for Robert Jackson who was a transfer! Like it has never happened, and you'd think a big man would see this as an opportunity to be the star right away at a BE school.
Hopefully there's a Texas big hiding at a JUCO who could be a Jimmy Butler type surprise.
Like Reinko said, there just aren't many to go around. In total there were 8 true centers that are considered to be consensus Top 100 players this year. Three of them committed before Buzz even took the MU job, one committed with a few months of that. Three others committed to historical top programs like UCLA, Syracuse and Michigan State. So that leaves a grand total of one center that is a true post player, ranked in the top 100, and uncommitted. Unforunately, he will likely never play collegiate basketball due to amateurism issues.
Nice job Buzz. Let Reggie and Junior fight it out for starting pg, may the best man win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGQCLxVenw4
I'm taking Smith over Fulce in next years dunk contest.http://www.youtube.com/v/NGQCLxVenw4&hl=en_US&fs=1&
It is hard to sign a good bigman, because we will be recruting against other top programs.I think Cadougan will be backing up Blue.
Smith wont be battling anyone for a starting spot.
Based on your in depth scouting of all our incoming guards?