Going to be Ransik according to Yahoo Sports
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Given recent injury history and guys we currently have, I’m good with that fr
These morons just go with who they think is the most popular, and try to get their likes by trashing the other.
If we got both. It would be a significant upgrade from last year. One is good, both is better.
I agree, Moreno is the only frontcourt player we currently have, we need another center and 2 PFs. I guess that James Madison guy can be the backup but we still need a center. Dont give me Potter.
I’ll take either or both. They both have very high upsides. I actually think they can play multiple positions as well. You can keep them on the court irrespective of who else is on the court.
Once again, an example of someone that knows nothing about basketball. We need both these guys.
Rancik would make a nice back up. He has some skill and size. Absolutely can not settle for him starting with a Mcbride type backing him up. That's a disaster waiting to happen. Need both Freeman and Rancik.
I would just as soon have him to be honest.
I would like both, but you don't find too many bigs in college with his level of skill with the ball. His fundamentals are off the charts
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The staff is putting those 2 as equals. May not have the money for both of we get stokes
He's visited St. John's, Kansas, Louisville and Miami in the last few days. Thought he'd be a great fit for us but that ship has probably sailed.
I was wondering that myself as there doesn't seem to be much movement with him.
I love this
Diallo - PG
Wilkins - PG/2G
Kam Williams - SF/2G
B Hawthorne - SF/PF
Rancik - PF
Moreno - C
Mason Williams - Frosh PG
Trent Noah - SF
Potter - C
Land Rancik and that looks pretty good.
Sorry but I don’t want my 6’11 big man shooting 40% from the floor and only grabbing 5 rebounds a game.
LycosSports and AskjevesSports beg to differ...
Honestly, although Freeman is rated higher I really like Rancik for this team. I’m happy with either or obviously both, but I think Rancik’s game lends itself more to Pope’s offense. Freeman could be great, but his two injuries in the same foot are concerning and his efficiency declined last year when he was given more freedom. All that said, as a fan I’m not getting picky here. Either would be fantastic. I just give a slight edge to Rancik mostly due to the fit and lesser injury history.
Freeman is basically Carr offensively. (Lower conversion rate inside and just slightly worse from outside but grabs a couple more boards which should make it all balance out.) Won’t be a star but will be a serviceable workhorse. Looks better than Carr defensively. So a fine value just if we need him to be our star we’ll be in trouble.
I’ll be the first to say I’m under the impression it definitely isn’t either or and could most definitely be we land both. We will see soon enough but if Matt said we only get one I believe him to be wrong about that from everything I’m hearing.
That's a mid SEC roster at best, and maybe bottom half.
Diallo and Wilkins are good pickups but neither are strong 3pt shooters. Not even sure about their defense.
Kam was rough to watch most of the year and scored in double digits 4 times.
Noah was literally unplayable most of the year.
Potter and Hawthorne couldn't even play on last years shi tty team.
Freshman Williams is here because we wanted his dad and likely will need a couple of years to be a contributor.
Freeman would be our best player but has injury concerns.
Rancik would be a backup.
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I imagine these two players having very different costs, which has me perplexed with MJ’s tweet a bit.
It might sound weird to say but if you told me we already had Stokes, I’d be much more pro Rancik. If you told me Stokes wasn’t coming, I’d be much more on the have to get another potential stud in Freeman.
It might sound weird to say but if you told me we already had Stokes, I’d be much more pro Rancik. If you told me Stokes wasn’t coming, I’d be much more on the have to get another potential stud in Freeman.
This is my take as well. Rancik is a better fit and probably helps the team the most. Freeman is the better look to the national stage and casual fans due to his higher ranking. We get them both and they can play together when Moreno is out and one of them slides to the 5.
And we can certainly use both. We will need some big guys that can rebound to compete with the, “overload on big men, throw it up and go get it” trend.
Kevin Durant is 6’11. Shoots 41% from 3 and grans 5.5 rebounds per game. You wouldn’t want him?
*not saying Rancik is on KD’s level
I was making a point about a 6’11 guy shooting 3’s. Not comparing their game.
Because neither wanna be a backup and you can’t play them both together. Have you not been paying attention? Potter is Morenos backup. He’s better than we all think. (Yeah, he’ll get bent in the SEC and anyone with a clue gets that)