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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy

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I remember pike really wanted him

Free agency can be exciting if our coaches give it a try at least

 
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rufeelinit

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Kid can shoot. Not sure he would help a lot on the rebounding front despite his size.
 
SHUSource

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He's ... not great. I can't see him getting a ton of minutes at any good major conference program other than through injuries to others.
 
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cyrock3 said:
His minutes were cut down as the year wore down.

Go to the Nova boards and ask around if this loss is viewed as a blow to them.
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Very nice kid, but not a B1G caliber player on either end of the court.....doesn't handle the ball, requires everyone else in offense to set him up to score, not a capable defensive player. He's not leaving Nova because the system there doesn't provide everything a shooter needs....he can't play more minutes at Nova because they have very good 2 way players, who defend first and score 2nd.

Some kids project well when they earn a Top 150 ranking out of HS and others level off. Swider is going to give up more points than he scores at a Power 5 level. If he shot 40% in a robotic system and offense like Nova as the 5th option on the floor, those percentages drop off if you remove him from a Jay Wright offense with the amount of players around him.
 
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I wonder what Texas thought of Jacob Young. I'm guessing they didn't care all that much when he transfered.
 
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NewJerseyHawk

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CERU00 said:
I wonder what Texas thought of Jacob Young. I'm guessing they didn't care all that much when he transfered.
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Texas has 5 to 6 players at the guard positions as good or better than Jacob Young 3 years ago.......not exactly the same level of talent or athletic abilities we started the rebuild with at RU....Texas didn't blink when Young left. He was the perfect piece to the puzzle on what RU didn't have much of at guard, speed and quickness. We had departing Corey Sanders and the incoming frosh mixed with Peter Kiss.
 
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Cole, at 6'9, 225, would be a good share 40 minutes with Reiber at the stretch 4 spot, along side Cliff and the 5 that replaces Myles.
Big East doesn't have extended box scores like Rutgers, but...

Vs Texas +7 (19:30) won by 4
Vs Va Tech +1 (19:00) lost by 8
Vs BC +10 (16 min) won by 9
Vs Ariz St +9 (23:38) won by 9
Cole is a net positive player, like Reiber when he got extended minutes at the 4, from the limited box scores I could find.

cm_13 said:
Geo’s on it.
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Am I reading too much into the "Awww Man" from Geo as he is leaving Rutgers and wishes he could ball with Cole next year but knows he won't because he's not coming back.
 
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