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2011, 2012 recruiting classes crippling Marquette rotation

Al McGuire said it perfectly, that "the best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores." McGuire's quote likely could have extended to sophomores becoming juniors, and juniors becoming seniors. There's a natural progression that all Division I basketball players go through, and coaching staffs do their best to move that along as quickly and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=painttouches.com&blog=28348875&post=9943&subd=painttouches&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" />

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This is pretty much dead-on.  Good work.

Quote from: Warrior of Law on December 10, 2013, 03:05:47 PM
This is pretty much dead-on.  Good work.

+1 Excellent stuff.

I'm a little puzzled that recruiting misses can happen after NCAA tournament appearances

The 2011 & 2012 classes would not matter this year if 2010 Blue & Smith were the starting guards on this team. So it is really three years recruiting classes that are hurting this team.

Finally, something rational worth reading on this board.  Nice analysis.