Kalif young to providence

[jesmu84]

Per twitter

https://twitter.com/youngkalif13/status/732967886596235264

[GGGG]

https://twitter.com/youngkalif13/status/732967886596235264

[Lacrosse218]

The funny thing is he can't even get the name of the school right, its Providence College, not University.

[jesmu84]

What's up with anonymous eagle tweeting out laughter and other snide comments regarding this result?

[The Lens]

I think we can still win (meaning an NCAA appearance) in 2017.  2018 scares the bejeebus out of me.

[MomofMUltiples]

Hmmm, maybe the Ellensons put a curse on the 13th scholarship?  After all, Henry was number 13 and Holly tweeted "smoke and mirrors" after it was announced that Wally was leaving the program...

(I really hope this didn't need to be teal...)

[brewcity77]

On paper not a big loss, but I sure hope there's a Plan C for that scholarship, because cutting your highest percentage defensive rebounder, then not filling the slot with someone that fills that same glaring need isn't a good look.

[MU82]

By all accounts he would have been a nice get, so it's disappointing of course.

Still happy with Wojo's second straight solid recruiting class. Still optimistic about the direction of the program.

And even if I were unhappy (which I'm not), it's out of my control so I refuse to get all mopey and dopey about it.

An 18-year-old kid made a decision. Plus, it's only basketball.

My life will go on very nicely, and I'm thinking the same is true for every other Scooper.

[CAGASS24]

By all accounts he would have been a nice get, so it's disappointing of course.

Still happy with Wojo's second straight solid recruiting class. Still optimistic about the direction of the program.

And even if I were unhappy (which I'm not), it's out of my control so I refuse to get all mopey and dopey about it.

An 18-year-old kid made a decision. Plus, it's only basketball.

My life will go on very nicely, and I'm thinking the same is true for every other Scooper.

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[real chili 83]

Time to move on.

[bradley center bat]

What's up with anonymous eagle tweeting out laughter and other snide comments regarding this result?

He is the biggest tool bag!

[MU_Beav]

By all accounts he would have been a nice get, so it's disappointing of course.

Still happy with Wojo's second straight solid recruiting class. Still optimistic about the direction of the program.

And even if I were unhappy (which I'm not), it's out of my control so I refuse to get all mopey and dopey about it.

An 18-year-old kid made a decision. Plus, it's only basketball.

My life will go on very nicely, and I'm thinking the same is true for every other Scooper.

Exactly. Would we trade classes with Providence? Certainly not. Cooley can recruit, but with two first round picks, one who could go as high as three, he won 1 NCAA tournament game and doesn't seem to know how to beat Marquette that often.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

What's up with anonymous eagle tweeting out laughter and other snide comments regarding this result?

The tweet right after was a picture of Young crystal ball which was 100% for MU. I think that's what the laughter was aimed at. Does Jay Bee control the AE twitter account?

[Loose Cannon]

     Que Sera Sera  Now more minutes for our other guys. 

[LAZER]

Exactly. Would we trade classes with Providence? Certainly not. Cooley can recruit, but with two first round picks, one who could go as high as three, he won 1 NCAA tournament game and doesn't seem to know how to beat Marquette that often.

The concern isn't MU vs PC, it's the serious lack of frontcourt depth in the upcoming years.

[dgies9156]

We'll be OK next year. Lots of pure shooting coming in.

Remember, we did well the the small team, the Amigos.

Al did well with short guys until Chones came along. We have to keep Big Fishy out of foul trouble.

[wadesworld]

Obviously would've rather got him than not, but certainly not going to lose any sleep over this one.

[mu03eng]

The tweet right after was a picture of Young crystal ball which was 100% for MU. I think that's what the laughter was aimed at. Does Jay Bee control the AE twitter account?

No, another (occasional) poster/lurker on the board does.

[Chigoldeneagle]

You have got to be kidding me.  Rebounding is going to be fun next year.

[bilsu]

At least with him going to Providence we will easily be able to see, if we missed out on a good recruit. I will not cry over this loss until Providence actually beats MU.

[Dawson Rental]

We'll be OK next year. Lots of pure shooting coming in.

Remember, we did well the the small team, the Amigos.

Al did well with short guys until Chones came along. We have to keep Big Fishy out of foul trouble.

Villanova did okay playing small ball last year, as well.

[bilsu]

Villanova did okay playing small ball last year, as well.

Villanova was not small. Their center out weighed Fischer by 45 pounds and at every position they were significantly stronger than MU.

[Stretchdeltsig]

Ratz!  Disappointed, but, agree, we are improved over last year with much better shooting. 

[willie warrior]

But wait, we have heard it here that Wojo  always gets his man. Guess we cooled on the kid.

[CTWarrior]

Villanova did okay playing small ball last year, as well.

Villanova at least had one banger/lane protector in Ochefu on the floor, not to mention a coach who has coached that way for a long time and built his roster accordingly.  I like Luke and he is a nice low post offensive option, but he is hardly a rim protector or a beast on the boards, and who knows if Heldt is even good enough to get minutes?  So what I worry about is who is going to protect the lane and where are the rebounds going to come from?