Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:33 am
HandDownManDown wrote:Walker/Sears, Korver/House, and Funk/Tolliver all would have been top 3; Providence and X barely got in but those weren't even bubble teams, and Booker's POY season was on par with PC/X performancewise.
Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:14 am
Wizard of Westroads wrote:HandDownManDown wrote:Walker/Sears, Korver/House, and Funk/Tolliver all would have been top 3; Providence and X barely got in but those weren't even bubble teams, and Booker's POY season was on par with PC/X performancewise.
+1 Nova, Marquette and GT are top-flight programs, and we're playing catchup. But Butler, X and CU have been competing already at a higher level than the rest of the BE, but with lower-rated talent. Some other BE teams have made bigger runs in the tourney. but we beat them in consistency. Now we're stepping up our program and we have the new league to help us. I'm not sure CU has ever had a better run of recruiting than the last 12 months: Ronnie, LGIII, Mo, Cole, Kreklow, Justin. And we're not even done this year. McQuaid went to MSU. Move on.
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Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:42 am
Jet915 wrote:I feel real bad for the coaches. How long have we been recruiting McQuaid? Probably almost 2 years and he chooses another school which just started recruiting him in July. Really stinks.
Fact of the matter is, the staff has shown that they have a great eye for talent. They recruited Ellenson very early before almost everyone else. They got Ronnie Harrell and Justin Patton before they blew up and became top 100 talent. I'm hopeful the same for Stewart.
I think the next step is getting already highly coveted top 100 talent to come here. McQuaid would have been the man, same with Clarke (although I think he's a longshot). We've made 3 NCAAs in an row, we have a brand spankin new practice facility, a national POY and 17000 fans a night. If we are gonna land some top 100 talent against other "BCS" programs, I think now is the time which is why I can understand some people being frustrated. If it doesn't happen now, it may not happen for awhile. Truth is, we've struck out on almost all the top 100 players (Clarke and maybe Poyser is left??). The consolation is that we have Watson and Huff coming next year along with Patton and Stewart so we still have great talent coming in. So far however, we've beaten Albany, Missouri State, FIU and Bradley for our 2015 HS recruits. Getting under the radar talent is great but we can't rely on it if we wanna compete in the Big East.
Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:55 am
Jet915 wrote:I feel real bad for the coaches. How long have we been recruiting McQuaid? Probably almost 2 years and he chooses another school which just started recruiting him in July. Really stinks.
Fact of the matter is, the staff has shown that they have a great eye for talent. They recruited Ellenson very early before almost everyone else. They got Ronnie Harrell and Justin Patton before they blew up and became top 100 talent. I'm hopeful the same for Stewart.
I think the next step is getting already highly coveted top 100 talent to come here. McQuaid would have been the man, same with Clarke (although I think he's a longshot). We've made 3 NCAAs in an row, we have a brand spankin new practice facility, a national POY and 17000 fans a night. If we are gonna land some top 100 talent against other "BCS" programs, I think now is the time which is why I can understand some people being frustrated. If it doesn't happen now, it may not happen for awhile. Truth is, we've struck out on almost all the top 100 players (Clarke and maybe Poyser is left??). The consolation is that we have Watson and Huff coming next year along with Patton and Stewart so we still have great talent coming in. So far however, we've beaten Albany, Missouri State, FIU and Bradley for our 2015 HS recruits. Getting under the radar talent is great but we can't rely on it if we wanna compete in the Big East.
Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:46 pm
LJay wrote:Jet915 wrote:I feel real bad for the coaches. How long have we been recruiting McQuaid? Probably almost 2 years and he chooses another school which just started recruiting him in July. Really stinks.
Fact of the matter is, the staff has shown that they have a great eye for talent. They recruited Ellenson very early before almost everyone else. They got Ronnie Harrell and Justin Patton before they blew up and became top 100 talent. I'm hopeful the same for Stewart.
I think the next step is getting already highly coveted top 100 talent to come here. McQuaid would have been the man, same with Clarke (although I think he's a longshot). We've made 3 NCAAs in an row, we have a brand spankin new practice facility, a national POY and 17000 fans a night. If we are gonna land some top 100 talent against other "BCS" programs, I think now is the time which is why I can understand some people being frustrated. If it doesn't happen now, it may not happen for awhile. Truth is, we've struck out on almost all the top 100 players (Clarke and maybe Poyser is left??). The consolation is that we have Watson and Huff coming next year along with Patton and Stewart so we still have great talent coming in. So far however, we've beaten Albany, Missouri State, FIU and Bradley for our 2015 HS recruits. Getting under the radar talent is great but we can't rely on it if we wanna compete in the Big East.
Ask Bradley how they feel about Marlon Stewart. I guess shit really does flow downhill!!!
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