Zach Auguste Final Four

[drbeauch]

@TheRecruitScoopAlex Kline


Zach Auguste, a 2012 PF from New Hampton (NH), down to Florida, Georgia Tech, West Virginia & Marquette, with a spot open for a 5th.

[esotericmindguy]

http://www.tigernet.com/view/recruit_update.do?id=2465

[brewcity77]

Really glad to hear this, especially since it seemed Notre Dame was the favorite. Auguste would be a great get with our last schollie.

[MattyWarrior]

We made a cut to four. Great, hes got like twenty offers.I still like the 7-footer.

[GGGG]

Why would you want a 7'0" prospect that is rated below the 6'10" one?  Do you think those two inches make a significant difference?

[MattyWarrior]

They both look good to me, and it sounds like they both need to get stronger and tougher.
I'll take either one and the rankings are subjective at this point.

[77ncaachamps]

If the 6'10"er fits our program and style of play more than the 7'0"er, then let's go get him.

The same would apply if the recruits were reversed in the above example.

[brewcity77]

We missed out on the top-50 types like Cleare, Poythress, and Hammons. Depending on the service, both Auguste and Mbargorba are right around that #100 rating with potential. Buzz has done great with lesser regarded recruits like Otule and Gardner, I'd be happy to land either of these two.

EDIT: I think it's awesome we can debate over which guy we'd rather have. According to ESPN, Mbargorba is a 4-star and #98 overall prospect, Auguste is a 3-star and just outside the top 100 (#25 PF, the #24 PF Charles Mitchell is #100 overall). According to Rivals, Auguste is the top-100 prospect at #94 while Mbargorba hasn't been rated. And according to Scout, both are 3-star prospects and 4 position spots outside the top-100 (Auguste #25 PF, #21 PF Wannah Bail is #97; Mbargorba #27 C, #23 C Chris Washburn is #100).

Regardless, we are in good position with a pair of quality big men ranked right on the fringe of the top-100, if we are able to get either of them, it will be great for the program. Buzz has come a long way from the days of Dwight Burke and Lazar Hayward at center in just a few years. I can't wait to see what he can do as the years go by.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Do we know when he will decide?

[GGGG]

My guess is that he is going to be making all of his official visits (which is why he says he has room for a fifth school.)  They start in September.  So my guess is that when we know his visit schedule, it would probably be between the end of his final visit and the November signing period. 

[brewcity77]

Do we know when he will decide?

Auguste said he'd make a decision within the next few months. My guess is we'll know by the early signing period.

[tower912]

Would love to have him.    The larger question becomes, would you rather have a 6'10, spot-up 4, or a 7' raw center?    Approximately equally ranked.   What a great conundrum to have.     I will happily take either.   

[mr.MUskie]

Would love to have him.    The larger question becomes, would you rather have a 6'10, spot-up 4, or a 7' raw center?    Approximately equally ranked.   What a great conundrum to have.     I will happily take either.   

Both.

[ATWizJr]

It's only awesome if we sign one of them.

[TedBaxter]

Auguste would be my choice of the prospects MU seems to be in on at this point and this is nothing against other players. 

Built along the lines of Scott Merritt with a somewhat similar skill set to Scott, I think Auguste is a better athlete and may be a little longer than Scott.  Has the type of body that could put on 10-15 pounds and not lose quickness and he seems to understand the game well from game video's.

His New Hampton coach, Peter Hutchins, played ball at New Hampton with Todd Townsend and prior to coming back to New Hampton, Hutchins was an assistant to Wausau native and current Bucknell coach Dave Paulsen at Williams College.

Auguste mentor, Togo Palazzi, was a former Boston Celtic and played at Holy Cross, a Jesuit school and Marquette is the only private school currently on his list.  Does Togo know Doc Rivers well?

I'm reaching for positives for Marquette I know, but this young man may be just what MU needs in this class.  A versatile 4/5.

Schools like to schedule officials around football weekends and both West Virginia and Georgia Tech have done that.  Florida will only have September dates available in football with September 17th being a strong option as Tennessee is in town and look for MU to push for the Madness weekend.

[DomJamesToTheBasket]

Phillip Nolan is another borderline top 100 we are on....like it or not.  Nolan actually would be my preference.  Any way you cut it,  MU has a great chance of landing our highest rated big guy in a decade. 

[bilsu]

Phillip Nolan is another borderline top 100 we are on....like it or not.  Nolan actually would be my preference.  Any way you cut it,  MU has a great chance of landing our highest rated big guy in a decade. 

I only know what I read on these boards and there have been several posts saying we are no longer recruiting Nolan.

[Tulsa Warrior]

Nolan is playing his senior year in Milwaukee.  My bet is the staff will be monitoring him and he'll be seeing a lot of coverage of Marquette in the Journal Sentinel. 

[Earl Tatum]

Auguste would be a great get. Reminds me of Bo Ellis and a player from Al's era Larry McNeil. Both could run and play the game. Let's go for Nolan also. Even if we would be over by one.

[MuMark]

Auguste is set to visit next weekend.

[TedBaxter]

Auguste would be a great get. Reminds me of Bo Ellis and a player from Al's era Larry McNeil. Both could run and play the game. Let's go for Nolan also. Even if we would be over by one.

Buzz won't oversign in the fall, even if he could get both 2 of Auguste, Mbargorba or Nolan.  If one remains unsigned he would probably monitor him, but you wouldn't see anything unless someone decides to leave in the spring.

[bilsu]

Buzz won't oversign in the fall, even if he could get both 2 of Auguste, Mbargorba or Nolan.  If one remains unsigned he would probably monitor him, but you wouldn't see anything unless someone decides to leave in the spring.

Are you stating your opinion or do you actually know he will not oversign?

[TedBaxter]

I'm stating an opinion based on what is going on with the athletic department. 

Whether you people like to believe it or not, oversigning is not a popular avenue to go with many fans, alums, boosters and especially people within a university and this program has been scrutinized lately enough without bringing more negative attention to itself.

As of right now there are no players on the roster who would entertain leaving early for the NBA and without even starting the year, you don't oversign expecting someone to leave.  Now, when it becomes next April when you pretty much know the intentions of your returning players, signing someone in the spring isn't oversigning in my book if you know a player isn't coming back.

[MUMac]

I'm stating an opinion based on what is going on with the athletic department. 

Whether you people like to believe it or not, oversigning is not a popular avenue to go with many fans, alums, boosters and especially people within a university and this program has been scrutinized lately enough without bringing more negative attention to itself.

As of right now there are no players on the roster who would entertain leaving early for the NBA and without even starting the year, you don't oversign expecting someone to leave.  Now, when it becomes next April when you pretty much know the intentions of your returning players, signing someone in the spring isn't oversigning in my book if you know a player isn't coming back.

+1  What he said!

[brewcity77]

I agree with Ted. Had we landed Dunn and Cleare, I think we would have gladly oversigned simply because you don't pass on a top-40 PG and C. These guys are good prospects, but they aren't the borderline five-star guys we were rumored with. I think you take any one of the three but don't put yourself in an awkward position by oversigning without expecting anyone to leave.