Until a few years ago 2/3 of Duke's team were white guys and nobody said a word.
Yeah, having a bunch of talented freshmen looks great on paper but when they're having to compete against guys already in their 20s, some 23, 24, and up, it just makes things difficult for the 18-year-olds to compete. They may well be more talented, but there is much more involved with being a great player than just pure talent. Reed was a rare player as a freshman because of his strength, great hands, great instincts, and steady play. (even he had freshman struggles at key times, though) Dillingham is another rare guy as a freshman- he could dominate at times. But there again we all saw his freshman struggles. It's even more important, in my opinion, for freshman forwards and centers. Lack of muscle mass and lack of strength are just par for the course with 18-year-olds. A guy like Cousins who came in at 6-11 270 is a rare thing. Most of them look like the freshmen UK had this season- tall, skinny, and weak. I don't care how talented you are, if you're 7-1 210 competing against 23-year-olds who are 7-0 245 or something similar, you're losing that matchup. We struggled defending big men and rebounding this season for that very reason.
73 this year, tell me about it!!!!😂😂
No it wouldn't. I am excited for the new beginning, but that squad would NOT be anywhere near a top 15 team. A star (Reed), a seldom used bench player (Burks), a young freshman (Perry), a 20 year old freshman who hasn't played organized ball in 2 years (Chandler), A very average Drexel slow big man, and other freshmen would not be very good. If THIS is the team we end up with, I will be very concerned. But not surprised, this was to be expected replacing a coach so late in the game. I think we get a couple very solid portal guys who can score and with some seasoning, another BYU kid or two, Reed coming back is the BIG domino. If he comes back, I think he can pull some talent from the portal. A lot of these big name small school kids, transfer to have a shot at winning. No Reed and it will be tough as they will look at that roster and think, "I have a better chance elsewhere."
Amari Williams is slow?
…also recruiting players who will be here for years and not just an 8-month touch & go.
Please NO! 38% FG shooter, 62% FT shooter, BAD rebounder, and cannot defend away from the basket. He can pass, and isn't horrible shooting 3's.
You aren't taking Williams for his quickness. He's 3-time conference DEF POY, he rebounds, he can score a few, and at 250-260 he won't get pushed around/bullied.
I really wanted us to land this guy. Now I'm even more pumped. Great get.
I was hoping we would get this kid.
And they wouldn't have said anything if it was them that faced Texas Western instead of us either.
It's a good thing Cal didn't recruit McNeely, all of Cals recruits are gone. Don't try to twist my post into me being a Cal follower. I simply said that roster is not top 15 and it's not. You do know McNeely is a freshman ? Thought we wanted to get away from depending heavily on freshmen??? The Drexler center is a solid rotation player, but he is NOT a type of player we need to depend on as our top 2 or 3 players. He just isn't that.
Pope's offense is amazing for post scorers. He allows them to take 3-4 dribbles in the paint. And the defense can't double team the post because it's an easy 3. Go watch some vids on Pope's offense. A good post scorer would put up numbers here in bunches.
Looks like he's got two years of training on most freshmen already!
Seeing lots of people still saying hes 175 pounds... That looks really light. LOL
You can train anywhere if you want to, I certainly hope Pope would not accept an untrained out of shape player, him being the captain on the 96 squad that is not very likely! High demand guy for certain and I love that.
It depends. I've had a friend do a mission in Australia and it was pretty Australian. Had dude I vaguely knew that did a mission trip to South Korea and he was not doing lots of stuff outside the church. Lots of guys do their mission trip in the US or in countries that have modern convenience. It's not all 3rd world countries with no electric.
Reed isn't coming back, man. Just get the heartbreak over with.
Well that isn't good... LOL. i guess he can duck bullets?
I'm old and I still lift weights and throw logs around my backyard for fun. Any athlete loves to train well, I hope 😀
What year? I can’t think of a single one that fits that description, in the last few years. The 2010 title team was but that’s about the only one I can think of
