Rutgers/Zagoria Article re. Paulicap
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Looks like he mostly played the 5 at both DePaul and Manhattan, and definitely needs to work on defending without fouling. I'm curious if that's why his min/game was as low as it was, given his production.
As a RS Sr, he fouled about as often as Omoruyi (5.2/40 min).... for comparison, Mathis was 4.5/40 and Johnson was 4.2/40 this year.
He also averaged 12.9 pts/40 last year, which is the same as Johnson.
Would we be looking at him for the 4, or as a 5?
As a RS Sr, he fouled about as often as Omoruyi (5.2/40 min).... for comparison, Mathis was 4.5/40 and Johnson was 4.2/40 this year.
He also averaged 12.9 pts/40 last year, which is the same as Johnson.
Would we be looking at him for the 4, or as a 5?
On that assessment: Zoom went the strings of my heart .
But seriously , as a grad transfer he'd provide an experience big man to the bench
and RU needs that badly.
He gave us troubles in both of our matchups last year, blue collar player who plays with effort
So did I.
When, where and against who is not important.
Wow, I missed both those games Rutgers had against DePaul last year. Did we win?
We did NOT beat DePaul last year.
Dude - the poster who said that has Seton Hall in his name. Geez.
They only won 5 games but all except 4 losses were within 10 points. DePaul crushed their two non-conference opponents (one was Valpo - who beat drake and lost to Loyola by 2). They were undersized and had no bench at all. But they weren’t uncompetitive.
Agree. Bash people when they deserve it. This guy brought good info.
Valpo was 193 in kenpom this year, going 10-18 (7-11 MVC). Their other non-conference game was Western Illinois... 290 in kenpom, going 7-15 (5-9 Summit). Not exactly two wins to hang your hat on.
Obviously DePaul wasn’t a good team. But Pauly was basically the only big they had and they managed to keep many games close. His stats aren’t like those of a 15 ppg player on a bad team where “someone” has to score on a zillion attempts and often in garbage time. It’s not like that. He’s a good defensive player, who is limited on offense but seems to know his limitations and doesn’t take bad shots. I feel confident we a) will not be able to bring in 4 better players than him and b) do not need more than one frosh or JUCO addition to this class who is a long term project - we already have Jones, Cliff, Miller, Mag, and Oscar in the class. And we’ll likely add one more (or a project JUCO) and still have 2 spots. If you disagree - I don’t know what to tell you. We’re likely to return 3 starters, a 6 man big whose a lock to start, CM (who started often too). We are not landing 3+ guys who are plug in starters. No chance.
Guy is so busy trying to be an *** with every reply that this time he stumbled over himself in the process.
"He’s a good defensive player, who is limited on offense but seems to know his limitations and doesn’t take bad shots." - he's a big who shot .554 against a schedule not chock full with strong defensive centers... either he's taking bad shots, or he's not finishing.
I don't know how his game will translate from the BE to the B1G - and it's possible that by mid-year Reiber passes him on the depth chart. If given the choice between Paulicap or Harrar as a 15-18 min backup to Cliff (not saying that choice is even on the table), I think a guy like Harrar would give us more.
I think Paulicap is more of a Pike guy which is why we are positioned how we are. I do agree Harrar is a more proven commodity against B1G competition, but I don’t think Paulicap is some slouch either.
I doubt we are done adding either even if we get either of them.
But the thing is - it’s probably not “between Harrar and Paulicap” in the way you are describing. Harrar played almost 25 minutes per game on an NIT caliber team out of the BIG. I highly doubt he’s going to commit somewhere that he’s a) likely to be used as a utility player and b) it’s not a slam dunk that he’s making the tourney (which is unfortunately going to be the case unless we land a stud who makes it even less likely Harrar would start). Bottom line is - Harrar probably only chooses RU if the other 3 we go with are frosh out of high school or JUCOs (who likely need a year to develop before seeing meaningful time). Even then - he wouldn’t be a lock to beat out PM or CM for a starting position.
Harr has a lot more competition.
PP fouls a lot, but has had some good games. Who knows, coaches here might be able to speak to him about that as they have had success with getting big men to foul less.
Would be a good backup, and more of an oldschool center. Has never taken a 3.
Take him and feel better about the depth.
PP fouls a lot, but has had some good games. Who knows, coaches here might be able to speak to him about that as they have had success with getting big men to foul less.
Would be a good backup, and more of an oldschool center. Has never taken a 3.
Take him and feel better about the depth.
I would welcome him and see him as a step above the level of transfer I was expecting pikiell to pull..but if he's the headliner of our transfer class, we are in trouble.
Here's the view on Pauly. Do we think he can give us at least as much on both ends of the floor as Shaq Carter did last year (which wasn't a lot). His performance seems to indicate he can, so we should add him if we can, and not stop there w big men because right now we have Cliff. Period. Need to beef up the front line to free up Ron.
I like him for his offensive rebounds and toughness. I would clearly take more him and Harrar if we have the option. Without myles, rebounding was not very good. Let’s start with landing one and go from there. We have 4 slots to fill. The other two need to be shooters with a driving point guard who is fast and can score.
Not as big as Shaq, but I personally believe a better player, more mobile and won't play stiff. Pauly is not going to be some massive offensive contributor but DePaul's roster is so bad with Charlie Moore having an awful season and the least amount of assists/worst Ast/TO in the conference.
We need 2 front court players. I'd prefer Paulicap over Harrar. The second guy needs to be a guy like Gethro Muscadin, 6'10 220, from Kansas or maybe that 5 from Fordham Joel Soriano, 6'11 250, just entered the transfer portal, 10 pts 9 reb. last yr. 8 double doubles in the A10 started to figure it out at the end of 2019-20, freshman year.
Let’s put it this way - I feel like we could potentially get both Pauly and someone like the Jayden kid from East Carolina. That would be amazing. I see almost zero chance Harrar would come with that kid also choosing us. Ideal situation would be that EC kid, Pauly, SG in portal with decent percentage from 3, and then take one chance on a JUCO.
Unfortunately we were not in the ECU kids too five so would need to be the 'someone like' part
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