Marquette offers 2015 PG Traci Carter

[GooooMarquette]

There is some irony there....actually a lot of it

Yep, two obsessive-compulsives who will absolutely NEVER admit when they are wrong.  Ners will rant at you if you don't agree to rip on his chosen scapegoats when things aren't going well...while Dodds can't tolerate when someone posts anything remotely negative about MU.  Should be quite a show....

[real chili 83]

Did Ners and tw get banned?

[Newsdreams]

Did Ners and tw get banned?

You've been away for a while, hey?

[Stretchdeltsig]

Who killed this post?

[NickelDimer]

Did Ners and tw get banned?

Hopefully a permaban. It's honestly best for this site and it's not even debatable. I can tolerate annoying posters, but Ners single handed my ruins this site

[brewcity77]

Who killed this post?

It would seem Ners, despite not being around. His powers of disruption are legendary. At least we aren't debating Derrick/Traci yet.

[real chili 83]

You've been away for a while, hey?

I must have missed the fanfare with this banning.  When he got his 30 day ban, rocky had it in lights.   

[MU82]

It would seem Ners, despite not being around. His powers of disruption are legendary. At least we aren't debating Derrick/Traci yet.

Obviously Derrick is superior. Stoopid Wojo hasn't played Traci one minute yet!

[Pakuni]

Slight Carter update.
At least he escaped Cincy without making a commitment.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/story/1522545-carter-visits-xavier-to-visit-others?s=75

[LAZER]

Slight Carter update.
At least he escaped Cincy without making a commitment.

http://scouthoops.scout.com/story/1522545-carter-visits-xavier-to-visit-others?s=75

It'll be impressive if Wojo can land him.

[Newsdreams]

Interesting the article says "tentative dates" for Uconn and Memphis.

[brewcity77]

At least he escaped Cincy without making a commitment.

As far as we know. Anim committed on campus but waited on his announcement. Though I agree that Carter scheduling other dates probably indicates he didn't make a secret commit to Xavier.

[BCHoopster]

As far as we know. Anim committed on campus but waited on his announcement. Though I agree that Carter scheduling other dates probably indicates he didn't make a secret commit to Xavier.

This will be a great recruiting job by Wojo, the team sucks, the crowd Saturday should be average.  X had a big crowd yesterday sold out, great game to watch.  Villy is really good, but not good enough to beat Kentucky, who is, but will be there at the end, really shoots the 3 well and has experience all over the place.  X has a senior point guard and only Davis and Stainbrook are seniors so he might get the ball right away there as well.  Wojo will have to sell Henry and a top 10 recruiting class so the kid will know there is playing time.  Should be interesting.  The city is better here with the Bucks, needs Jabari to help out, I am sure Sacre was impressed seeing the Bucks practice at the Al.

[Jay Bee]

This will be a great recruiting job by Wojo, the team sucks, the crowd Saturday should be average.  X had a big crowd yesterday sold out, great game to watch.  Villy is really good, but not good enough to beat Kentucky, who is, but will be there at the end, really shoots the 3 well and has experience all over the place.  X has a senior point guard and only Davis and Stainbrook are seniors so he might get the ball right away there as well.  Wojo will have to sell Henry and a top 10 recruiting class so the kid will know there is playing time.  Should be interesting.  The city is better here with the Bucks, needs Jabari to help out, I am sure Sacre was impressed seeing the Bucks practice at the Al.

[brewcity77]

I expect this to be the toughest recruiting battle of Wojo's young career. Xavier's PG is graduating and they have no experience at the position (though Sumner and Austin will be sophomores). UConn's Boatright is graduating and he plays virtually every minute of every game. They do have another 4-star PG coming in already but the position is wide-open and the coach is a former NBA PG with a NCAA title ring. Memphis seems the least worrying as they have 5 guys on the roster for next year that can play the point, but Pastner is a great recruiter (though as a game coach, not so much).

NC State, Pitt, BC, and Cal all look to have the PG position set for next year. I think the three above are the main competition, and it's really UConn and Xavier that look like the best fits. Hopefully Wojo can sell the arena, the Bucks, the recruiting class, the potential for PT, and his vision for the future. Still an uphill battle against schools with a better pedigree the past couple years, closer to home for Carter, and with PT of their own to offer.

[jsglow]

Sure hope we land Traci assuming that's Wojo's top choice.  I also hope he makes a decision relatively quickly such that we'll still have options if he decides to head elsewhere.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I expect this to be the toughest recruiting battle of Wojo's young career. Xavier's PG is graduating and they have no experience at the position (though Sumner and Austin will be sophomores). UConn's Boatright is graduating and he plays virtually every minute of every game. They do have another 4-star PG coming in already but the position is wide-open and the coach is a former NBA PG with a NCAA title ring. Memphis seems the least worrying as they have 5 guys on the roster for next year that can play the point, but Pastner is a great recruiter (though as a game coach, not so much).

NC State, Pitt, BC, and Cal all look to have the PG position set for next year. I think the three above are the main competition, and it's really UConn and Xavier that look like the best fits. Hopefully Wojo can sell the arena, the Bucks, the recruiting class, the potential for PT, and his vision for the future. Still an uphill battle against schools with a better pedigree the past couple years, closer to home for Carter, and with PT of their own to offer.

Xavier does have Brandon Randolph on the roster, but I'm sure Carter would be confident in his ability to pass him on the depth chart.

[brewcity77]

Sure hope we land Traci assuming that's Wojo's top choice.  I also hope he makes a decision relatively quickly such that we'll still have options if he decides to head elsewhere.

This is the drawback. Unless he commits next week, we could be waiting until after the tournament. How many backup options might be gone by the time Carter commits if he takes all his visits? Very tough and important recruiting battle.

[Golden Avalanche]

It'll be impressive if Wojo can land him.

More than impressive. It'd be a downright coup to land Carter.

[JakeBarnes]

Maybe now would be a good time to use the supposed Drake connection that Haanif has? Impromptu Drake concert at the Al with Jabari there?

Maybe a hot chocolate truck?

Have Wally teach him how to high jump?

[Norm]

This will be a great recruiting job by Wojo, the team sucks, the crowd Saturday should be average.  X had a big crowd yesterday sold out, great game to watch.  Villy is really good, but not good enough to beat Kentucky, who is, but will be there at the end, really shoots the 3 well and has experience all over the place.  X has a senior point guard and only Davis and Stainbrook are seniors so he might get the ball right away there as well.  Wojo will have to sell Henry and a top 10 recruiting class so the kid will know there is playing time.  Should be interesting.  The city is better here with the Bucks, needs Jabari to help out, I am sure Sacre was impressed seeing the Bucks practice at the Al.

With Nick no longer in the class, is it still considered a Top 10 class?

[willie warrior]

With Nick no longer in the class, is it still considered a Top 10 class?

Last I looked on ESPN, MU had dropped to 12th after NN, then moved up 1 spot to 11th  with Anim.
Don't think MU is even ranked that high in Rivals because Ellenson was about 13th there and Heldt and Cheatham were not highly ranked. These rankings do float a lot however.

[MuMark]

http://247sports.com/Season/2015-Basketball/CompositeTeamRankings

[jsglow]

This is the drawback. Unless he commits next week, we could be waiting until after the tournament. How many backup options might be gone by the time Carter commits if he takes all his visits? Very tough and important recruiting battle.

Trying not to read tea leaves but Dequon seems to be playing his cards close.  UT paid him another visit.  I think Wojo will have a decent feel on this by the end of the weekend.

[JakeBarnes]

Trying not to read tea leaves but Dequon seems to be playing his cards close.  UT paid him another visit.  I think Wojo will have a decent feel on this by the end of the weekend.

Would you mind covering what you mean here? Is he sort of using UT as a safety school and waiting to see what Wojo and/or Carter does? Hopefully Wojo pulls out the stops this weekend. I'd really love to see this team fill out and get a consistent roster here.