Key to a Tourney Bid: Cadougan or Fulce?

[bma725]

Disappointed to learn that Junior was a "hit or miss" guy depending on the day you saw him. That he was not even judged as a "good" point guard is troubling. I confess I was expecting at least a "good" player.

I think mostly the reviews of him being that way had more to do with how the people viewing him viewed his body, rather than his game.

Some talent scouts just flat out don't like guys that aren't good athletic specimens.  So with Junior you always see comments about "if he can get his weight under control" or "once he gets in the gym and loses 10-15 pounds".

No one thought that he didn't have the talent to be a good if not great player.  But a lot of the HS scouting guys put quite a bit of stock into the measurables...how high does he jump, how fast does he run, does his body look etc rather than watching how he's playing on the court. 

I think they've gotten rid of free access to it, but if you go back and read the scouting reports on ESPN Insider, nearly every single one of them has some sort of qualification about his playing saying that he plays well, but his body is a problem.

[GoldenWarrior]

I think the conversation regarding if Junior should play this year or just keep the red shirt going and then comparing his situation to Dominic or Travis is a bit like comparing apples to oranges in a sense...

Travis and Dominic did have the early season schedule to go through to make proper "adjustments" to their game and to pick up on the pace of the college level game before they hit conference play and the toughest parts of the schedule.  Now some may argue that we are past the toughest part having already played 'Nova twice, G'Town and West Virginia, but we still have the gamete of the BE in general, which we all know if tough.