Can Rimmer or Djitte be factors in the ACC as frosh?
Is Rimmer as good as Devin or Cav? 13 bigs are nowhere near as deep as 12 was.
How about announcement tomorrow from Davon?
This is a very weak class of bigs. Some don't like the position I've taken on these boards for the past twenty plus years, but it is solid. It's quite direct. You don't give out a scholarship (especially when we are short) just to fill a slot if the player isn't that good.
You wait for someone who is more likely to contribute.
My point is that Ndiaye goes to high school on the west coast, and it would be tough for Wake to start recruiting him now and get him to come here. Georgetown would be a bigger lure to come all the way to the east coast because 1) They have been recruiting him longer and 2) They are a better program right now than Wake
That would be incorrect. Georgetown is in an imploding conference. The draw would be that Georgetown and dc have more foreign students and residents than just about anywhere else. Gtech would be a possibility for the same reason
Building on that, Georgetown has a reputation for developing raw, particularly but hardly limited to international, big men, as well. Most of their bigs that stay four years get an NBA paycheck in some form or another.
Nikita Mescheriakov just signed to play with Acegas Trieste of the Italian League!
We're looking at a one big in 2014 according to Scout, a skinny 6'9, 210 Kentucky PF named Shane Hall. Has anybody heard anything? Seems out of our league, but I'm wondering if there's any substance to our "interest."
He holds an offer from Butler with interest from Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana, Texas, Purdue, Tennessee, Wake, Virginia Tech, Xavier, West Virginia, Cincy, and Alabama.
4* - Scout (#64 overall/#14 PF)
4* - Rivals (#86 overall/UR)
3* ESPN (UR/#19 PF)
Shane took an unofficial visit to Wake last spring.
Self-authenticating. Smooth.This is a very weak class of bigs. Some don't like the position I've taken on these boards for the past twenty plus years, but it is solid. It's quite direct. You don't give out a scholarship (especially when we are short) just to fill a slot if the player isn't that good.
You wait for someone who is more likely to contribute.
Thanks for the info. Any word as to our interest? It seems like the most interested schools on his list are Butler and Cincy, with the rest lurking to see how he pans out.
I've never seen Shane play, but I talked to a scout who has, and he said that he sees him more as MM/MM+ prospect simply due to the fact that he's fairly undersized at the 4 position. He's listed by some services as 6'9" but apparently is only around 6'7". His athleticism and jumping ability make up for some of that, but he's apparently not a natural post 4 man. He may very well outplay that MM/MM+ designation, as it does appear he has interest from a few high majors, but you probably hit the nail on the head when you said they are all waiting to see how he develops/if he grows anymore.
I've never seen Shane play, but I talked to a scout who has, and he said that he sees him more as MM/MM+ prospect simply due to the fact that he's fairly undersized at the 4 position. He's listed by some services as 6'9" but apparently is only around 6'7". His athleticism and jumping ability make up for some of that, but he's apparently not a natural post 4 man. He may very well outplay that MM/MM+ designation, as it does appear he has interest from a few high majors, but you probably hit the nail on the head when you said they are all waiting to see how he develops/if he grows anymore.
What makes you think he won't play?