Briscoe #10
Matthews #48
http://sports.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/rankings/rank-rivals150/2015
Matthews #48
http://sports.yahoo.com/basketballrecruiting/basketball/recruiting/rankings/rank-rivals150/2015
New Rivals top 150 released (Skal new #1)
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So right now we have #1, #10, and #48, and are in serious running for #5? That's awful.
All the while returning 3 McDonald's All American's and two former top 200 players according to 24/7. (Willis 131 4* & Hawkins 193 3*)
IIRC, Willis was a top 30 player when he committed to UK. He had a terrible senior year which resulted in his fall to #131.
Looks good to me. Just need to grab Mulder and one of those remaining top ten guys and UK will be set.
Always interesting to see the criteria and explanation for these. If they're projections, Skal is absolutely number one. If it's a reward or evaluation of play, Simmons takes the top spot. Can't have a much better career than that kid against elite competition.
I like this way of doing it though. You're basically judging their talent and ability when you rank players, and I think they did a good job of doing that for once.
I think Trier and Ellenson belong higher on the list, and think Maker is too high for what he is right now, but again, if we're talking talent and upside then 9 is actually too low for him.
I like this way of doing it though. You're basically judging their talent and ability when you rank players, and I think they did a good job of doing that for once.
I think Trier and Ellenson belong higher on the list, and think Maker is too high for what he is right now, but again, if we're talking talent and upside then 9 is actually too low for him.
And you gotta wonder where Murray would be if he was included. 5 star for sure.
I'm not sure that matters to the NCAA. Kanter was the #3 ranked player in his class and the NCAA bent over backwards to make sure he never played a minute.
I only saw the one game he played a couple of weeks back, but in that game he was the best player...not just best guard. I'm not sure how that game relates to his other games, but the dude was legit. Just hope he comes to UK if he does go to 2015.
This is such a different situation, it's hardly comparable. Kanter played professional ball overseas. It made sense for him not to play. Doesn't make sense for them to keep Skal out.
The beauty of adding Murray is that it would allow us to not necessarily need another big. You could play Poythress at his true position and then rotate Lee in for either starter.
Mix in a couple minutes of Willis at the four and that lineup can work as well as it did when Eloy Vargas was our lone bench big.
Add Diallo too, or even the kid from Carolina just for a body, and that squad can make a run in a down year. The key is getting Murray though.
Mix in a couple minutes of Willis at the four and that lineup can work as well as it did when Eloy Vargas was our lone bench big.
Add Diallo too, or even the kid from Carolina just for a body, and that squad can make a run in a down year. The key is getting Murray though.
I personally would love that 3 guard lineup with an athletic AP and Skal. Skal can stretch the floor with his shot too. I do like Diello's motor and wished he would come too. He and Murray could really start making us thinking title year again.
Ben Roberts@NextCats · 2h2 hours ago
Skal Labissiere is John Calipari's first recruit since John Wall in 2009 to get #1 ranking from Rivals. ... Davis, Randle, Noel all were #2.
Skal Labissiere is John Calipari's first recruit since John Wall in 2009 to get #1 ranking from Rivals. ... Davis, Randle, Noel all were #2.
The GREAT Austin Rivers, of course.
Didn't ESPN rank Avery Bradley ahead of Wall in 09?
And then you add Wynyard in January for some extra muscle.
I'll take Diallo (duh), but I just can't help but think that a lineup of Skal, Diallo, Poythress, and whoever at guard, while theoretically intimidating on D, would lead to some serious clogged-toilet offense.
G Ulis
G Briscoe
G Murray
F Poythress
F Labissiere
That would be a fun team to watch. Poythress has struggled on the offensive end when he is at the 3. He is best suited at the 4. He would thrive there with with those guards and Labissiere at the 5.
That team runs the DDMO to perfection, IMHO. Three penetrating guards, all decent shooters, plus a couple of athletic bigs.
Add in Diallo as well and we are even better.
G Briscoe
G Murray
F Poythress
F Labissiere
That would be a fun team to watch. Poythress has struggled on the offensive end when he is at the 3. He is best suited at the 4. He would thrive there with with those guards and Labissiere at the 5.
That team runs the DDMO to perfection, IMHO. Three penetrating guards, all decent shooters, plus a couple of athletic bigs.
Add in Diallo as well and we are even better.
It seems unreal now that Shabazz was ranked over Nerlens. If he had not torn his ACL Nerlens would have gone #1 no doubt and he started killing it the last part of the season for the sixers.
