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Luke Nathan - Upgraded to Scholarship

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MLBash93

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Jan 23, 2012
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This is bad news moving forward, one we may not get a back up bid and two he isn't good enough to be a scholarship center as a backup.
 
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ColonelRutgers

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Dec 15, 2003
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Pikiell doesn't believe in using all 13 scholarships. He knows there is no way to keep that many scholarship players happy and he's made that clear a number of times. So giving a scholarship to a walk on fits in with that. Nathan isn't taking a scholarship from any potential contributor.
 
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Scarlet Blind_rivals

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OR maybe Luke has earned his scholarship, his skill set on the practice court and in practice have improved enough in his 5th year to compete for the 2nd or 3rd center in 2021-22. Congratulate Luke for earning it. Coach Pike believes he is one of the top 13 players on this team, I trust his opinion, Many other P6 programs have done this as a reward for exceptional on and off the court walk-ons that have developed into scholarship type players every year. You really only need 7-10 players to win games, stop worrying about a 11th to 13th players, our top 10 players are good enough to win a lot of games. The depth is only a concern if Geo or Ron, or both don't come back.
 
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Silvers88

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Douche post by OP, no need to denigrate our players. Luke is a good kid and a good teammate. The particular scholarship in question does not seem to be a problem; by my count Luke is the 10th scholarship on the current roster with two more for Miller and Hyatt. That leaves one open if Pike can find a viable backup center for this year (or heck, I will dream, a starting center). I assume it is just one year, so after this next season it is a non-issue. Why the hate???
 
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mikeyoc

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ColonelRutgers said:
Pikiell doesn't believe in using all 13 scholarships. He knows there is no way to keep that many scholarship players happy and he's made that clear a number of times. So giving a scholarship to a walk on fits in with that. Nathan isn't taking a scholarship from any potential contributor.
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Or playing time
 
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S.W.A.I.N

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Nov 23, 2004
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Mbash93 said:
This is bad news moving forward, one we may not get a back up bid and two he isn't good enough to be a scholarship center as a backup.
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It has zero bearing on getting a back up. Pike has done this every year. This literally has zero negative impact.
 
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