Ben Gold Commits

[Uncle Rico]

So... Joey Hauser? *ducks*

I stand by a rule of 4 when comparing Caucasian basketballers.  Someone had to be cut

[Chili]

Kinsella in a blender

[BCHoopster]

Always like to see who is MU recruiting against, not impressed besting Loyola and Washington St., time will tell.  Still need a physical big or maybe 2

[MU82]

Looking forward to seeing Ben swish a bunch of 3s for Marquette for several years.

[The Sultan]

Always like to see who is MU recruiting against, not impressed besting Loyola and Washington St., time will tell.  Still need a physical big or maybe 2

[GoldenDieners32]

Where else did he hold offers from? couldn't find anything

[tower912]

10.  Always excited about new recruits.

[MUeng]

Seems like a good get. Awesome. Might have some trademark issues with Ben Folds Five though, i can see the memes now

[tower912]

Ben Gold's 3?   Don't want to hear anything about a 'Brick'.

[StillWarriors]

Mixtape or not, the shooting stroke is smooth and pure and he moves well for someone that size. Agree we still need to add muscle to the roster, but the ability to knock down shots is always valuable.

[Johnny B]

He looks promising.    So on a scale of 1-10, how excited are we to get Ben?

2. who else even offered. could be a diamond in the rough who knows.

[Scoop Snoop]

He looks promising.    So on a scale of 1-10, how excited are we to get Ben?

Same as anybody Shaka recruits....10.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

2. who else even offered. could be a diamond in the rough who knows.

He also visited Washington State and Loyola (Chicago).

[brewcity77]

Always like to see who is MU recruiting against, not impressed besting Loyola and Washington St., time will tell.  Still need a physical big or maybe 2

I feel like international prospects are very hit or miss. Arizona is thriving because they found guys few others were in on.

Also, Kyle Smith at Washington State is doing great with international recruiting, so that's actually one of the programs you want to beat out. They were in on Bennedict Mathurin & found some productive, high efficiency imports in Efe Abogidi & Andrej Jakimovski. Seeing Wazzu in there is a good sign.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Always like to see who is MU recruiting against, not impressed besting Loyola and Washington St., time will tell.  Still need a physical big or maybe 2

Your takes continue to be...quite something.

[BCHoopster]

I feel like international prospects are very hit or miss. Arizona is thriving because they found guys few others were in on.

Also, Kyle Smith at Washington State is doing great with international recruiting, so that's actually one of the programs you want to beat out. They were in on Bennedict Mathurin & found some productive, high efficiency imports in Efe Abogidi & Andrej Jakimovski. Seeing Wazzu in there is a good sign.

good stuff, thanks

[GB Warrior]

Choose your warrior:

[CAGASS24]

Stroke looks good - could stand to get a little quicker and higher release tho .. here's hoping Shaka has better eye for players like this

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

[panda]

Always like to see who is MU recruiting against, not impressed besting Loyola and Washington St., time will tell.  Still need a physical big or maybe 2

You're wildly misguided in your criticism.

International recruiting is 100% relationship and trust based. Most times, coaches may only see the guy play live maybe once. Otherwise it's mostly second hand info from coaches, scouts etc.

Most programs don't have international ties so they choose not to blindly go into the market.

[oilcan]

Shaka recruited the kid so I'm expecting good things. He's not playing for a highschool team in New Zeland, he's playing for an international team, much of the time in the U.S. He's 6'10. After Kur leaves MU only has 2 players at 6'9". He looks like an 18 year old dorky kid whose never been outside a gym. Shaka will give him minutes and he will develop and surely be a reliable player in his third year.

[mileskishnish72]

Is he our first-ever Kiwi?

[JWags85]

This dude is used to Christmas being the middle of summer and a generally mild/warm climate.  January is gonna hit him like a freight train.  Seems like a gym rat so that will serve him well.

[oilcan]

My friend Nathan always says "Expect the worst, and hope for the best". He could be Sean Marks (a kiwi at Cal), or he could be Larry Bird. Larry played high school bb in French Lick. I think that's in France, right outside Paris. Not that I was ever good in geography.

[#UnleashSean]

No idea on the level of competition in the video, but liked what I saw. I'm sure some will see some Novak comp's, I really liked his awareness, especially without the ball.

Level of comp doesn't matter to much for that video.

• he can shoot from nba range in game action
• he can run the floor
• he can dribble[/il]
  

Already better then what a majority of our bigs can do. The question will be if his body can hold up vs big east bigs.