College Basketball "off-season" Thread (players leaving/coaching changes/recruiting)

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by allen3xis

A square without a center

In due time...

I mean, this Center drought can't continue forever....Can it?

Or will he have eligibility still?

 

[allen3xis]

At least in the ACC you can get away with it.

IDK tho...I see Hairston being Lance Thomas'd down there..

but he's a better player who could handle playing outa position

<<< and Henry gona have Zoubek runnin in circles the next 2 years in the match ups

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by allen3xis

K needs to step on the gas in this pursuit of Ros... We need a player of his caliber on our wing

Gona be selfish now, huh?

Thornton, Dawkins, Roscoe and Hairston...1-4 in the same class would be

*Cues Slum Village "Selfish" * You got damnit right I want em all... matter fact...

Originally Posted by allen3xis

Or will he have eligibility still?

This was a low blow G

But the acquistion of this young man would ease my pains

 

[juicy j 32]

Originally Posted by dreClark

'Scoe know damn well he needs to go ahead and come to Durham

Make a left off Exit 270 and head towards the promised land...

 

[lnmymind]

Originally Posted by dreClark

Originally Posted by lnMyMind

I caught Roscoe balling up here with the guys a few times this summer...he's coming. Unless something very strange happens

You got to G-Town? Or do you go to Mason or some %@%#?

I went to Georgetown...I go to Mason.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Yeah.

I mean, it won't be as bad as Lance, since he is more skilled. Way more skilled.

I think Coach K can get a lot more out of him then we'll get out of Lance offensively.

Defensively, we'll see.

I'm never worried about Duke's D, esp effort wise. But I'm worried about defensive rebounding and Post defense.

And we seem to be getting more athletic, which is always a good thing. As we are prone to getting beat off the dribble on occasion.

But I dunno man. I'm treating this like I treat FSU and Jimbo Fisher. I got faith in the coaches.

Coach K seems to be getting away, at least a little bit, from not going after kids who could possibly be one and done.

But man. We just need a serviceable big man, I would be enthused.

I thought Zoo was gonna be serviceable...But he's too injury prone and he seems kinda soft.

Originally Posted by Juicy J 32

Originally Posted by dreClark

'Scoe know damn well he needs to go ahead and come to Durham

Make a left off Exit 270 and head towards the promised land...

#%** outta here.

If he get off 270, He better be heading to CH to go clubbing or something...

He need to hop right on 147/Durham Freeway and head towards downtown Durham

I went to Georgetown...I go to Mason.
Oh...

You hooped?

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

 

[allen3xis]

If yall add one more piece to that '10 class...that group would play in a final four or maybe 2, no doubt.

 

[seymore cake]

Allen I sincerely believe that to be so. Dre and Ric... If we could only have one of the two who would you pick...

A) Roscoe

B) Josh

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With all the abuse we've endured in the paint you Bastards better say Josh

 

[allen3xis]

B.

Definitely. He's appears to be a monster.

1 and done tho, definitely. Might squeeze two years outa Roscoe.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Definitely Josh, Cake.

Because, There are definitely more quality wings out there than quality bigs me.

If we could get a good 2 years (a la Elton Brand) out of dude, then that would be Gravy.

If we were to get him. Which will probably prove to be difficult.

But I prefer Option C.

Roscoe and Josh, and they, along w/ Dre, Hairston and Ty and all make a pact to stay 4 years.

 

[allen3xis]

make a pact to stay 4 years.
On that note..the greatest moment of this coming season will be whenever Hansbrough plays that final game...and leaves without a title.

And can have the title of the greatest competitor in college to not win one.

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by dreClark

Definitely Josh, Cake.

Because, There are definitely more quality wings out there than quality bigs me.

If we could get a good 2 years (a la Elton Brand) out of dude, then that would be Gravy.

If we were to get him. Which will probably prove to be difficult.

But I prefer Option C.

Roscoe and Josh, and they, along w/ Dre, Hairston and Ty and all make a pact to stay 4 years.

Originally Posted by allen3xis

make a pact to stay 4 years.

On that note..the greatest moment of this coming season will be whenever Hansbrough plays that final game...and leaves without a title.

And can have the title of the greatest competitor in college to not win one.

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

Originally Posted by allen3xis

make a pact to stay 4 years.

On that note..the greatest moment of this coming season will be whenever Hansbrough plays that final game...and leaves without a title.

And can have the title of the greatest competitor in college to not win one.

****Hops out of chair at work****

 

[messiahchild]

[h2]Cheek's Villanova In-Home Visit
Posted on Sep 24, 2008 11:18 am[/h2]

I'm still trying to get some comments from St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley on last night's in-home visit with the Villanova coaches and Dominic Cheek.

But here's what we know.

The meeting took place at Coach Hurley's home in Jersey City, just as all the others have. Villanova head coach Jay Wright brought assistants Pat Chambers and Doug West. Cheek, his uncle, Omari Knight, and his wife were also there.

By all accounts, the meeting went well although no official visit date has been set.

Villanova has long been considered a strong candidate to land Cheek. He has visited the school on several occasions and is also friendly with Villanova recruit Maalik Wayns, who teamed with Cheek on the USA U-18 National Team this summer in Argentina.

"That's my boy," Cheek said of Wayns this summer.

"I told him he would be the man, his show," Wayns said of Cheek.

Cheek is also friendly with a number of Nova players, including Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes, who played at St. Patrick and St. Benedict's, respectively.

"I played against most of them and I know them," Cheek said this summer. "I've been down there. I talked to them. They told me it's a great fit for me and everything."

Cheek has now had in-homes with Seton Hall, Kansas, Indiana, Rutgers and Villanova, with Pitt (Sept. 2 and Memphis (Sept. 30) coming up later this month. Wake Forest and Tennessee are also in the mix.

Hurley previously said Cheek would take officials to Kansas, Villanova and Wake Forest, and Knight indicated he would also visit Tennessee.

I'll update later if I know more…

His final two will probably be Nova and Kansas (Going to their Midnight Madness), but I honestly do not trust Bruce Pearlthough....

 

[twistprep86]

Man ya'll got me rolling

 

[jamesonnt]

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[allen3xis]

picked up Lindys preseason mag today..

Top 25
1. UNC
2. Uconn
3. Pitt
4. Duke
5. MSU
6. Ville
7. Oklahoma
8. UCLA
9. ND
10. Tenn
11. Zaga
12. Purdue
13. ASU
14. Texas
15. Davidson -- sorry 1 player is not this good
16. Memphis
17. Marquette
18. Miami
19. Nova
20. Wisconsin
21. Texas A&M
22. G'Town
23. Va Tech
24. OSU
25. Arizona

Also did top 25 players at each position..ill post that if anyone wants

 

[im so fresh 3]

Post it

 

[N41D]

Finally, I can stop screaming that Oklahoma is the best team in the BigXII...

ESPN's guys not even having the Sooners in the Top 25 was a joke.

 

[seymore cake]

Originally Posted by allen3xis

Also did top 25 players at each position..ill post that if anyone wants

 

[haiti5]

Head Coach Thad Matta, And Ohio State University Strike Again In Illinois, Land Class Of 2010 Zion-Benton Star Lenzelle Smith, Jr. Of Team NLP


Brian Stinnette




Head coach Thad Matta, and Ohio State University have once again struck in the state of Illinois, and have landed Class of 2010 Zion-Benton star Lenzelle Smith, Jr. of Team NLP. Smith currently rates as the ChicagoHoops.com #2-ranked Class of 2010 prospect in Illinois.
Smith, a highly versatile 6'3" guard/forward, burst onto the national scene after a strong run on the travel team circuit with Team NLP. Smith also sent his national stock soaring with strong efforts both at the Reebok Breakout Underclass Camp in June, and also at the Reebok All-American Camp in July.

Last year, as a sophomore, Smith led Zion-Benton all the way to the Class 4A state championship game. He is a tough and hard-nosed competitor on the basketball court who refuses to lose. Smith is also a stellar student in the classroom, and also rates as one of the top students academically in his class at Zion-Benton.

On Team NLP, Smith teamed with Illinois-bound Class of 2009 Warren Township star Brandon Paul, Colin Nickerson and 6'7" Markus Yarbrough (Zion-Benton) to form a strong nucleas for a team that finished 6th in the country at the AAU National Tournament. Dickey Simpkins of Team NLP noted that Smith brought intensity, scoring, strong rebounding, and was a player who was a fierce competitor on the basketball court.

The Ohio State roster currently includes former St. Joseph star Evan Turner, and former Chicago Von Steuben star Jeremie Simmons. Smith continues Ohio State's pipeline of talent from the state of Illinois, and joins an Ohio State 2010 recruiting class that may well ultimately be the top recruiting class in the country.

I watched this kid play in the state tourney hes like a cuttino mobley dude so smooth

 

[allen3xis]

Some players are outa position and some are just flat out wrong like Ginyard > Twill

PG
1. Collison
2. Rice
3. Price
4. Lawson
5. Pargo
6. Fields
7. Flynn
8. Maynor
9.Calathes
10.Patty Mills
11.Dominic Clanks....
12.Sherron Collins
13.Ron Steele
14.Deonta Vaughn
15.Devan Downey -- 15? where's gunna

16.Hackett
17.Vasquez
18.Jerrells
19.Chris Warren
20.Greg Paulus
21.Taylor Rochestie
22.Byron Eaton
23.Kalin Lucas
24.Toney Douglas
25.Chris Kramer

SG
1.Curry
2.Vaden
3.Dionte Christmas --sorry, like the kid...but I can't get the images of the MSU game outa my head

4.Jrue Holiday
5.Jack McClinton
6.Ellington
7.Lester Hudson
8.Tyreke Evans
9.Josh Young
10.Patrick Christopher
11.Jerel McNeal -- #1b(curry) SG in the country to me

12.Wink Adams

13.AJ Abrams
14.KC Rivers
15.Stefon Jackson
16.Kyle McAlarney
17.Donovan Morris
18.Josh Akognon
19.Shootie Reynolds
20.Brandon Ewing

21.Marcus Thornton
22.Steven Gray
23.Antonio Anderson

24.E'Twaun Moore
25.Jon Scheyer

SF
1.James Harden
2.Tyler Smith
3.Sam Young
4.Dajuan Summers..I hope so

5.Lee Cummard
6.Gerald Henderson
7.Austin Daye
8.Chase Budinger
9.DeMar Derozan
10.Alonzo Gee
11.Paul Harris
12.James Anderson

13.Scotty Hopson
14.AD Vassallo
15.Robbie Hummell
16.Marcus Ginyard-better than Tasmin Mitchell, Eddie, and T Will?

...how's he even better than Danny Green?
17.Terrence Williams

18.Josh Shipp
19.Tasmin Mitchell
20.Josh Carter
21.Joe Krabbenhoft
22.Edwin Ubiles

23.Danny Green
24.Quincy Pondexter
25.Lorenzo Wade

PF
1.Tyler Hansbrough
2.Luke Harangody
3.Jon Brackman
4.The Black Tyler Hansbrough aka DeJaun Blar
5.Kyle Singler
6.Jeff Adrein
7.James Johnson - HUH?
8.Greg Monroe

9.Earl Clark

10.Damion James

11.Derrick Brown

12.Raymar Morgan

13.Geoff McDermott

14.Trevor Booker
15.Robert Dozier
16.Farouq Aminu
17.Jeff Allen
18.Mason JR
19.Matt Howard
20.Korvotney Barber
21.Lawerence Hill
22.Bryan Davis
23.Chris Wright
24.DaSean Butler
25.Diamon Simpson

C
1.Blake Griffin
2.Pat Patterson
3.BJ Mullens
4.Hasheem Thabeet

5.Andrew Ogilivy
6.Taj Gibson
7.Cole Aldrich

8.Jeff Pendergraph
9.Jordan Hill
10.Aron Baynes
11.Luke Nevill
12.Josh Heytvelt

-literally
13.Samardo Samuels
14.Craig Brickins
15.Deon Thompson
16.JaMychal Green

17.Ahmad Nivins
18.Mac Koshwal
19.Jerome Jordan
20.Gyno Pomare
21.Goran Sutton
22.Jarvis Varnado

23.Connor Atchley
24.Wayne Chism
25.Chris Johnson


Top 10 Backcourts
UCLA
UNC
Marquette
ND
Memphis
Gonzaga
Uconn
Duke
Baylor
Davidson

Top 10 Frontcourts
Uconn
UNC
Pitt
MSU
Oklahoma
Texas
Zona
ND
Louisville
Wake Forest

 

[ThaxbyChamblis]

2. Rice
You see it....

5. Pargo

10.Patty Mills
Olympics REALLY raised his stock

11.Dominic Clanks....
I assume this is Dom James...and if so.....

12.Sherron Collins
My dude

13.Ron Steele
I hope the kid can stay healthy....

16.Hackett
DJ

17.Vasquez

20.Greg Paulus
Hate all y'all want....But GP made a HUGE improvement last year

23.Kalin Lucas
The Goods.

24.Toney Douglas
Boy is fast as *!+$ and I hate playing against him. Scoring machine

 

[shannonscrooks]

PG
1. Collison

I don't see it.