God's Gift to St. John's

[OhioGoldenEagle]

Not that MU was a serious contender, but someone we have discussed as a possible target for months.

http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/ncb/news/story?id=6443546

Next!

[Rockmic87]

Haha, see I told you we can't recruit big men!

[OhioGoldenEagle]

9 new players will be joining Coach Lavin's program next season!  I suspect it's going to be tough for Lav to juggle all of that talent and keep them all happy.  Over/Under on how many of those 9 will finish their "careers" at St. Johns?  I'll set the O/U at 6.5

[Stretchdeltsig]

Not true.  Marquette has had a lot of big men!

[Rockmic87]

Not true.  Marquette has had a lot of big men!

Ooopps. I forgot, we've had an abundance of big men!

[leever]

Ooopps. I forgot, we've had an abundance of big men!

Seriously, there's a lot of "big men" out there at any given time.  There's no sense to just adding a "big man" if he can't play.  Do you think we need a "big man" to anchor the end of the bench?

I think Lavin is a good recruiter and probably a good judge of talent, but I really don't think God's Gift is going to see much playing time in his St John's career and he wouldn't have at MU either..

[muhoosier260]

Haha, see I told you we can't recruit big men!

i think you meant The Big Man. Great name, though on the court it will just invite derision.

[HoopsMalone]

And the enormous recruiting class at St. John's got even bigger.

[MarquetteDano]

We going to find out next year (and the year after) how good a coach(es) the Lavin/Keady combination is going to be.  Unbelievable amount of talent but extremely inexperienced.  They get a pass next year in terms of expectations but the year after should be interesting.  They should be an NCAA team that year on paper but time will tell.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

there are some that say that ZFFB was God's Gift to Marquette.

[4everwarriors]

there are some that say that ZFFB was God's Gift to Marquette.

Like who?

[reinko]

Like who?

ZFB, her perhaps?

[reinko]

9 new players will be joining Coach Lavin's program next season!  I suspect it's going to be tough for Lav to juggle all of that talent and keep them all happy.  Over/Under on how many of those 9 will finish their "careers" at St. Johns?  I'll set the O/U at 6.5

If by finish their careers, do you mean graduate from SJU?  If so, I am going waaaay under.

[OhioGoldenEagle]

If by finish their careers, do you mean graduate from SJU?  If so, I am going waaaay under.

Ha!  No, that's not what I meant.  To clarify, I meant their "basketball careers"......meaning St.Johns would be the only school they would play for, thus they would either enter the NBA draft early or use their full 4 years of eligibility there.

[Marquette84]

9 new players will be joining Coach Lavin's program next season!  I suspect it's going to be tough for Lav to juggle all of that talent and keep them all happy.  Over/Under on how many of those 9 will finish their "careers" at St. Johns?  I'll set the O/U at 6.5

Class of nine includes two jucos and seven frosh.

According to Buzz, on average 40% of freshmen will transfer. That makes 2.8 leaving and 4.2 finishing their careers at St Johns.  

Assuming neither JUCO transfers, your 6.5 prediction means a slightly better retention rate than expected.

If your point was that Lavin would have a hard time juggling all that talent because its in one class, wouldn't you expect a worse retention rate than average?

[WarriorHal]

Ha!  No, that's not what I meant.  To clarify, I meant their "basketball careers"......meaning St.Johns would be the only school they would play for, thus they would either enter the NBA draft early or use their full 4 years of eligibility there.

I think the phrase you're looking for is "exhaust their eligibility." Not to be confused with actually graduating.