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Basketball recruiting update - 4/16/11

KidA23 said:
I generally agree Texas, but I'd add the following:

I could be wrong, but I think [Redacted] was an advance scout, not a college scout. As such, he really wasn't tasked with "identifying" college talent so much as watching players on other NBA teams and documenting their tendencies, habits, etc. for future matchups. Obviously that experience would help him identify talent, too, but I think it's worth noting.

And it should go without saying that scouting is just one component of the broader notion of "recruiting." Whether [Redacted] is correct in thinking Andre Washington will be a good college center is one thing; whether WF should use one of its (few) available scholarships on him vis-a-vis every other prospect is entirely another and requires consideration of a host of other basketball and non-basketball related factors.

Either way, the fact that scouts and recruiting analysts are starting to like CMM, Rountree, and Washington as much as [Redacted] does should only make us more excited for the future.
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Can't disagree with any of this. The recruiting/scouting distinction is a very clear one, and it's the question for which we're still waiting an answer.
 
TexasDeac10 said:
Can't disagree with any of this. The recruiting/scouting distinction is a very clear one, and it's the question for which we're still waiting an answer.
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Also, IAI points out that [Redacted] did some college scouting, too, which bolsters your point--at least so far, scouting prospects is looking more and more like a definite strength of his.
 
Here is one of the scout.com guy's latest eval on Arnaud Moto, the other 2 star 2012 guy many were questioning why we offered so early.

Arnaud Moto, SF, Team Takeover – His performance at the EYBL was absolutely no joke. Moto once again came to play, and showed that he is one of the best wings in the entire country. His strength, athleticism, and ability to finish around the rim is well known, but Moto was also knocking in jumpers. With him showing that in the arsenal, it is just scary to think about how good he can be.
 
Is it possible that Bz is some sort of evil genius when it comes to evaluating HS sophomores and juniors? That would be cool. Kneel before Bz.
 
Say Hey Deac said:
Is it possible that Bz is some sort of evil genius when it comes to evaluating HS sophomores and juniors? That would be cool. Kneel before Bz.
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I'm probably more of a Bzz waiter, but damn, I am impressed by all of these recent scouting reports.
 
TWDeac said:
I'm probably more of a Bzz waiter, but damn, I am impressed by all of these recent scouting reports.
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I'm certainly encouraged by the acknowledgement our commits have been getting this summer, but I'll be impressed when our W-L column gets a little less lopsided. Or lopsided on the correct side.
 
Another Bz offer Robert Carter is doing great this weekend. He's already a 4 star but Evan Daniels said his stock will go way up after this weekend. Very impressed with his hook shots.
 
Robert Carter -- 6'9", 240 lbs., PF/C, 4 stars on ESPN and Scout

Looks like exactly what we need but neither has him listed as interested in us.
 
DeaconKing said:
2011

- Eric Katenda is at Notre Dame this weekend. It seems like Iowa is out of the picture. I expect him to make his decision in the next week or so. The longer he waits, the better our chances. The closer to Sunday, the better Notre Dame’s.
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I don't know how it was in South Bend, but it snowed here in Chicago yesterday. Only flurries that didn't stick, but still snow.
 
gray cold and rainy at the ND spring game yday as seen on Versus.
 
This offseason > last season

Nice work, fellas. Thanks for the updates.
 
In the semifinal Aaron guarded the other team's best player and held him to 4 points. Tree had 15 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

In the final Tree had 12 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a block.
 
Huge man crush on Rountree already. He sounds like he has the game of the old white dude wearing rec specs and 1980's gym shorts at the YMCA, but he's 6'8" and athletic. Can't wait.
 
Getting excited about these recruits.
 
For the stalkers out there, Katenda just joined Twitter several days ago. He (allegedly) gained 5 pounds yesterday while at Notre Dame.
 
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