O'tule just checked in to Humphrey

[pbiflyer]

Yeah, what do we want with a couple big men, that would only get scholly offers from a school like Rider? It's not like a big only recruited like a school as small and insignificant as Rider is going to grab a big man that is going to be drafted 12th in the NBA....... Oh wait, never mind.

[Phi Iota Gamma 84]

1. So is the apostrophe in his name or not? O'tule, O'Tule, Otule?

2. If the reports on McMorrow are accurate Buzz may be just as loose with his open scholarships as Crean.

Buzz pronounced it O-too-lay

spelled Otule no apostrophe

[MUFan71]

Buzz pronounced it O-too-lay

spelled Otule no apostrophe

I heard him say that too. He also said all three signe's up until this point will be on campus Thursday. Sounds almost like a reference to another 08 recruit. Liam possibly?

[chapman]

I can back the person on the scout board that said McMorrow is listed in the student directory, so he's enrolled. 
Really little info on him, and strange that there's no news release or anything from Rosiak.

[jmayer1]

I heard him say that too. He also said all three signe's up until this point will be on campus Thursday. Sounds almost like a reference to another 08 recruit. Liam possibly?

Wouldn't that be referring to Otule, Fulce, and Butler?

[MUFan71]

Wouldn't that be referring to Otule, Fulce, and Butler?

 Yes but he made it sound like there could be more than three. The interview is on espn 540.

[Markusquette]

We're not going to find many guys 6'11 or 7'0 easily that want to come here.  So I think the pickup is fine.  We need some height for this season while the big three are still here.

[yellow chickens]

so let me get this straight. Is he going to be eligible to play this year? or does he have to sit out a year after transferring?

[downtown85]

so let me get this straight. Is he going to be eligible to play this year? or does he have to sit out a year after transferring?

Yeah.  Do NCAA rules apply to transfers from non-NCAA schools? If not, and he is academically eligible, he should be able to play next year.  It would be nice to get some clarity on that.

[77ncaachamps]

Otule should STRONGLY consider changing his name legally to O'Tule...then opening up a bar on Wells across the street from the Al after he graduates.

The man will be a millionaire! 

[bilsu]

I think it helps a 6"10" player to practice against a 6'11" player every day vs practicing against a 6'7" player.

[Niv Berkowitz]

I think you are right. Just look how good we turned out to be!

Sincerely,

Chris Grimm and Mike Kinsella

[Pakuni]

Yeah.  Do NCAA rules apply to transfers from non-NCAA schools? If not, and he is academically eligible, he should be able to play next year.  It would be nice to get some clarity on that.

As best as I can tell from reading these rules, kids transferring from foreign schools are, for the NCAA's purposes, the same as kids transferring from American four-year schools, and thereby required to sit out a year.

"Note: If you are a foreign student and attend a school outside of the
United States, go to the rules for athletes who are now in a four-year school on Page 19, even if you are in a two-year school."

On Page 19:
"If you transfer from a four-year school to another four-year school, generally you are
not eligible to play at another four-year school until you sit out a year."

http://www.ncaa.org/library/general/transfer_guide/2007-08/2007-08_transfer_guide.pdf

[nola03]

We're not going to find many guys 6'11 or 7'0 easily that want to come here.  So I think the pickup is fine.  We need some height for this season while the big three are still here.

If that was the case, I think the guarded optimism would be unshackled a bit. However, it seems like he has to sit out a year and will miss playing with DJ, JM, and WM where it counts.

Does MU still have a club hockey team?



EDIT: btw, have one of the Scout people confirmed that 31 May article from the Iowa State site on Buycks?

[jce]

OK, this guy Liam takes up a scholarship slot and does fit a bigman need.  Hopefully someone has some background info on him because I am sure the majority of us have no clue.  So that leaves one scholarship left for 2009?  With a point guard the mandatory position, that means bye-bye Jamil?  Hopefully Buzz knows something we don't. 

I don't think that is necessarily the case.  You have Buycks who can fill in at the point meaning that we can wait until 2010.  I

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

If that was the case, I think the guarded optimism would be unshackled a bit. However, it seems like he has to sit out a year and will miss playing with DJ, JM, and WM where it counts.

Does MU still have a club hockey team?

Yes they still do.  They play at the ice arena right off 94 and I think you can buy beer there too.  Haven't heard off any opposing teams getting in fights with students in the stands since I left though.

[Rollout-the-Barrel]

I think you are right. Just look how good we turned out to be!

Sincerely,

Chris Grimm and Mike Kinsella

Hey. Don't forget that one Pittsnoggle game Kinsella had!

[muwarrior87]

from Liam himself, he will sit out next year and then be eligible to play after that. At least we have another big athletic body for practice. It pays to work at Humphrey sometimes.

[Pakuni]

If that was the case, I think the guarded optimism would be unshackled a bit. However, it seems like he has to sit out a year and will miss playing with DJ, JM, and WM where it counts.

So seasons after the one upcoming don't count? Hmmmm.

The need for a big this upcoming season isn't as great as it will be in 2009-10 because of the presence of Dwight Burke. The real issue, and the gap McMorrow presumably will fill, is in the following season when Mbakwe and Otule will be the only "bigs"  on the roster.
With Hayward presumably coming back with Mbakwe, and the addition of Williams and Maymon, MU should have enough frontcourt scoring in 2009-10. The bigger issue will be rebounding and defense. Hopefully Otule and McMorrow can form a two-headed monster to fill that role.

[rocky_warrior]

Wow, thanks for the scoop on McMorrow guys.  Scholarship table updated.

Looking forward to another update with Cadougan

http://www.muscoop.com/index.php?page=8

[1990Warrior]

Can someone remind me if transfers loose a year of eligibility.

[rocky_warrior]

Can someone remind me if transfers loose a year of eligibility.

They have to sit out a year, but it doesn't count against their eligibility. Think Mo Acker - played as a frosh @ ball state in 05-06, sat out 06-07, was a "sophomore" eligibility wise this past season.

http://www.muscoop.com/wiki/doku.php/men_s_basketball/maurice_acker

[bma725]

EDIT: btw, have one of the Scout people confirmed that 31 May article from the Iowa State site on Buycks?

That is what the article says, but it is directly in conflict with an article from the Iowa State Rivals site on 6/11/08 which said: "Ottumwa (Iowa) guard Dwight Buycks has numerous scholarship offers on his plate from high majors all over the country. The problem is he's not exactly sure who those schools are. But he does know that Iowa State is one."

You can choose to believe whichever one fits your agenda.

[Big Papi]

Who cares who offered the kid.  The point is that he is considered one of the best guards if not the best in juco and that schools like Memphis were at least interested in the kid.  I will take Memphis scraps and leftovers any day of the week.  The kid has always had Big East talent, he just didn't have the grades for some schools to look at him seriously.

[jce]

Wow, thanks for the scoop on McMorrow guys.  Scholarship table updated.

So even if he cannot play, he still takes up a scholarship?