Deep sez our basketball transfer made

[coach66]

20 straight 3 pt shots in workouts today. They believe he is gonna be special. This is the kid from Madison.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

Why didn't Ray sign this guy? Serious questions. In-state guy with length and hops. Plays above the rim. And he signs Dunlap who needs a stool to dunk the ball.

 

[coach66]

One of the reasons he lives in Missouri

Now.

 

[JacksonDevilDog]

Obvious sarcasm there.

I meant when we were playing with a limited roster and had him in our state and we pass. We sign Black. He is processed by Howland. We sign Dunlap. He is processed by Howland. He signs Ndoye and Howland almost processed him. This guy plays one year (I believe) at LaTech and is exploding as a player.

 

[57stratdawg]

Workouts at MSU? He already on campus?

 

[coach66]

I think so.

Nm

 

[msstate7]

Workouts at MSU?

I don't think so. I haven't heard about a knee or back injury*

 

[coach66]

He also said Stapleton is legit 6'7 now.

Mm

 

[57stratdawg]

Does he still have to sit out? I saw a thread saying La Tech had softened their stance on him transferring.

 

[engie]

Does he still have to sit out? I saw a thread saying La Tech had softened their stance on him transferring.

Softened on who they were blocking him to. He still has to sit out one -- just can go onto scholarship immediately...

 

[mstateglfr]

I meant when we were playing with a limited roster and had him in our state and we pass. We sign Black. He is processed by Howland. We sign Dunlap. He is processed by Howland. He signs Ndoye and Howland almost processed him. This guy plays one year (I believe) at LaTech and is exploding as a player.

Take a step back. Yes, he appears to be further along after 1 year than some of Ray’s signees, but its not like this guy was some sure thing who was just ignored by the staff. Nobody of note offered him out of HS.
Also, look at his stats after 1 year- they are decent, but hardly incredible.
36 games played 15.5 minutes per game. 41% shooting. 29% 3pt shooting 12 assists for the year. 2 rebounds per game. 6.7 points per game.


Based on his stats, his freshman year can be summed up like this- He was an inefficient shooter who was given erratic minutes off the bench(sometimes 30mpg and more often 10) who didn’t make plays for others.

Im not knocking him, he was a true freshman who was a 3* coming out of HS- what he accomplished was more than many. But it really isnt like Ray missed big time here. If you are going to argue that, then all the major colleges in the region missed big time by failing to sign him.

 

[17thebears]

Or either they had a full roster.

If you are going to argue that, then all the major colleges in the region missed big time by failing to sign him.

nm

 

[patdog]

He can't be any worse than a lot of the guys Howland inherited. But I'm with you, I'm holding off on counting on him being an impact player till I see it on the court. Not a terrible true FR season, but nothing to get too excited about.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

Watch some of his highlights (multiple SportsCenter top 10s), I'm pretty excited to have a solid finisher in terms of taking it to the hoop. It's been awhile since we have had players with decent size (over 6'5") that can actually jump/finish with power. Also, he did earn a CUSA Freshman of the week last season.

He can't be any worse than a lot of the guys Howland inherited. But I'm with you, I'm holding off on counting on him being an impact player till I see it on the court. Not a terrible true FR season, but nothing to get too excited about.

 

[engie]

He has to be good enough that we can't pass him up for us to accept him as a transfer at the 3 at this juncture IMO. We've got decent depth and future prospects at that position. Houston is our only returning player there next season -- but will most likely be adding Kegler to the mix for that spot as well. So, we'll most likely end up with three very good options at the 3.

We badly need to do work at the center position. It's the clear weakness to me going forward. We're stacked pretty well at the 4, but have nothing at the 5 unless we try to convert one of the PFs. James Banks is a huge need.

This 2016 class has a chance to be a monster...

 

[mstateglfr]

Well that's just a terrible response seeing as how programs all over the country push players out for incoming players. Programs make room for those who cant miss.

...this only further supports my comments that he wasn't some cant miss prospect that was a big time miss by Ray.