New 2010 Warrior - 6'6" Jae Crowder

[Benny B]

The taller the hair, the taller the player.  We need every inch, eh.

I think we're on to something.  Get this guy a 2-foot "do" and that's as good as any defense we'd get from an 8-foot center.

(Sorry for the MS-Paint job)

[The Lens]

This appears to be our roster for next year.  In my opinion it seems balanced:

C 6'10, 7'2 (COT, Mbao)
F 6'6, 6'6, 6'6, 6'7, 6'7 (Butler, Jones, Crowder, Fulce, Williams)
G 6'0, 6'1, 6'2, 6'3, 6'3, 6'4 (Smith, Cadougan, DJO, Buycks, Blue, DJN)

[EDIT: I'm an idiot, I forgot about Reggie]

[kmwtrucks]

you forgot about 6-1 45" verticle Reggie Smith.

[AZWarrior]

Jump out o the gym Reggie!   

[Muhoops85]

Renaldo Balkman anyone?

Have you ever noticed that whenever our opponent has a player with hair like that they usually go off for 20+ pts and look like league MVP?  Kind of reminds me of Balkman or the guy from UD last year.
Finally, we have one of those guys!

[New Era Warriors]

love this commitment. how many years of eligibility will he have at Marquette?

[RawdogDX]

He's putting up 2.4 steals pergame.  That seems pretty solid.  Has to be pretty quick right?

[muwarrior87]

love this commitment. how many years of eligibility will he have at Marquette?

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[Warrior1969]

Love the roster for next year.  Deepest team i have ever seen at MU.  Our roster NEXT year is just about identical to Nova's THIS year.  they seem to be doing just fine the last year or two!

[PE8983]

Midland College coach also called him a "swingman"...

[chapman]

FWIW, Midland College coach Ross Hodge "believes 6-foot-6 sophomore swingman Jae Crowder (16.7 ppg, 10 rpg) is the best player in the country."

Buycks' coach also believed he was a lock for the NBA...not even close so far.

[GOMU1104]

Midland College coach also called him a "swingman"...

His own coach sees it differently.

[PuertoRicanNightmare]

More dreads  , Buycks and Crowder

I don't know much about hair, but I'd call Buycks hair cornrows, not dreadlocks. And I think when he gets older he'll look back on the rows with embarrassment.

[Knight Commission]

Does anyone know why he chose to go the JC route?  Where was he rated as a HS Senior?

[war1980rior]

This guy will be a great addition!  A lot of comments about not enough height, but considering he's running close to 6'7", and we're losing Lazar at 6'5", the height is an improvement.  Throw one of our centers on the court, and as a team we're not so short!

I like his numbers as well.  Puts up points from inside and out, gets rebounds.  Nothing wrong with this guy (on paper).  Would love to see him play, but something tells me Buzz knows better than most of us anyway!

Naysayers ... come back from the dark side ... get off the ledge!

[MU in Miami]

fwiw, Rivals' Juco junction has him ranked #16 on their top 150 list:

http://jucojunction.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?ra_key=2526

[chapman]

This guy will be a great addition!  A lot of comments about not enough height, but considering he's running close to 6'7", and we're losing Lazar at 6'5", the height is an improvement.  Throw one of our centers on the court, and as a team we're not so short!

I like his numbers as well.  Puts up points from inside and out, gets rebounds.  Nothing wrong with this guy (on paper).  Would love to see him play, but something tells me Buzz knows better than most of us anyway!

Naysayers ... come back from the dark side ... get off the ledge!

He will have the second most weight (Otule most) to throw around next year, unless Yous really starts eating some Twinkies.  Slightly bigger than Lazar, but we'll see if he can play like it.  Given that we would be lucky to have Otule and Yous not only be healthy but combine for 15 mpg, he's going to play as much five as four.  And given that not every team has multiple talented 6'10" 260 lb. players to throw at us for 40 minutes we could be in worse shape.  

[ChicosBailBonds]

Welcome to Marquette Mr. Crowder.....love the Midland, TX connection   


And just another example that you can't go down to the corner store and pick up quality bigs, as much as people on here implied that would be the case for the last 5 years.  Need to land one some day, have success and then it can go from there, but it's not easy.  

[Blackhat]

Yes baby!!!  Crowder is big time!!!!


Buzz will keep looking to add another PF most likely....

and Crowder is a rebounder with skills.

[martyconlonontherun]

Renaldo Balkman anyone?

Exactly what I was about to post.

[HoopsMalone]

So, it's arbitrary how I assigned it, but here is what is kind of happening.

Crowder replaces JMay
Jones replaces Lazar
Blue replaces Coobs
Smith replaces Acker
Newbill replaces Roseboro

Lose some beef and lots of intangibles going from Lazar to Jones.  But Jones sounds like he is going to be a great player one day considering he can shoot 3s and can defend multiple positions.

Blue/Smith any day over Acker/Coobs.  I am really starting to like how Acker and Cubillan are playing this year, but I am excited for these guys to come in and there is no doubt that they are upgrades.

Crowder replacing JMay could be a wash.  Who knows.

Newbill replaces Roseboro is the MU dilemma.  Do you take a project big or a talented guard?  It sounds like Buzz would rather have a Newbill, so hopefully he is right.

[NotAnAlum]

Welcome to Marquette Mr. Crowder.....love the Midland, TX connection   

And just another example that you can't go down to the corner store and pick up quality bigs, as much as people on here implied that would be the case for the last 5 years.  Need to land one some day, have success and then it can go from there, but it's not easy.  

If you check out the JucoJunction Site site which lists Crowder there are some 6'9" and above players still unsigned.  I like the Crowder signing based on his size, his game and the fact that he adds class balance.  Still a little surprised at the Newbill signing.  Crowder and another low post would have been a decent trade for J May and Mitchell from a basketball standpoint.  And they are still there to be had.

[Clam Crowder]

Yeah maybe there are some listed, but you never know what baggage those players come with. If Buzz chose this route there must be a reason for it.

[GOMU1104]

If you check out the JucoJunction Site site which lists Crowder there are some 6'9" and above players still unsigned.  I like the Crowder signing based on his size, his game and the fact that he adds class balance.  Still a little surprised at the Newbill signing.  Crowder and another low post would have been a decent trade for J May and Mitchell from a basketball standpoint.  And they are still there to be had.

Those rankings were done pre-season, and I am not sure if they ever update them.  It would be nice if they were updated, but what can you do?

That being said, Crowder has been described as the best JUCO PF in the country, and his coach said had he waited awhile, more schools would have come calling.

[RawdogDX]

He's player of the year for his conference. 

Team height rests on the centers we have being able to contribute.

5 - 6'10 7'2
3/4 - 6'6 6'7 6'6 6'6 6'6
2 - 6'2 6'3
1 - 6'1 6'2 6'0

That really isn't a short of a team.