Brass Cannon

It might make us more attractive to Thon, but gotta think it makes him less of a priority for us

Gotta think this will help us with Brown and Alkins.

While I think that Watford and Zeller will likely be better than Davis and Bryant we have a real oppurtunity to put more solid guards around them.  If we can get Brown and Alkins that team will be really sick. 

3 Observations.   1 - Thank god it was us.  2 - That was some absolutely horrid video and audio work 3 - Hes on a leash

I think they likely would play because I think Thon is very overrated and not nearly ready to leave after 1 year.  But all it takes is somebody making promises into his ear to trick him

  Hes going to be a solid player for 3 years, that we have made a priority.  At this point losing Davis is less about losing a good player and more an indictment of our ability to recruit.    And the Vonleh recruitment was very different. 

  Agreed, my guess is 3 years

  Agree completely.  Yogi was overwhelmed by the concept of the zone.  Hulls did much better at running the offense but his shot was still off from being injured sadly. 

While the Zeller team may be deeper college basketball is so guard dominated this team might honestly have a better shot of getting hot and winning some tournaments. 

  Perhaps Davis was wanting him to come here really badly?

Perhaps its time to stop being mean to goats and the World Series will return.  Perhaps consider letting them graze on the field during every 7th inning stretch. 

If after all the work we have put in on Davis if we lost him because of negative recruitment there can really only be 2 options.  Give Crean another ridiculous contract guaranteeing hes here to stay for another 3 to 4 years or get a new coach.    We outworked EVERYBODY on Davis, we have better facilities better everything we can not be losing so soundly.  And with so little effort from other schools.  

This team is not treading up. Or even if they are it won't matter because next year we will be going back down.

It's hard to beat not having to go to class.

  The reason I singled out JBJ over Yogi was mostly because I think that with Yogis physical tools, his defensive potential is limited.  JBJ has so many physical tools he isn't utilizing.  But honestly Yogi, Troy, Rojo and JBJ all could stand to improve on that front and had things they could do to improve.  JBJ just has the most room. 

I think for the most part rankings are more of an indicator of a players ability to contribute right off the bat assuming quality coaching.  Not which one is going to be the better player down the road.  Their were dozens of players better than Oladipo his Freshmen and Sophomore years.    Most 3 stars aren't ready to do that their freshman year(Trey Burke is a really good example of an exception).  Most 5 stars are.    In regards to us, we do need highly ranked guys next year.  Cujo probably isn't ready to contribute starting next year.  Certainly not 30+ minutes a game. 

JBJ I think is the key, if he can play some legit defense that he is more than capable of playing from a physical standpoint it will help the team in so many way. 

  Serious question here, would that belong on the General board or the recruiting board.  My guess would be general board because recruiting board is so far only player topics.  But just want clarification. 

  Yeah but they had years to mature around better players because Izzo had a solid team, and thus could recruit projects and potential guys.  We don't have that next year.  We are almost certainly losing 4 of our starters.    We need guys that can contribute in some meaningful way as freshman. 

  Izzo had those ranked classes because he didn't have playing time to offer.  The top 6 minute guys on the 2013-14 team were all already at school.  We have tons of PT up for grabs next year us and Mississippi are in the same boat, lots of contributors leaving plenty of PT available and yet we are losing to them.  That really is unacceptable.  Go to a MSU board they don't give a damn about basketball I would bet money that football topics outweigh basketball 20-1.  They are the inverse of us, even during football season we have more topics about basketball.   Its ok to have a average class when you are returning your entire team for next year.  Thats when you take on projects and guys that have potential.  If they don't work out you can easily promise playing time the next year if they do, great you landed a diamond in the rough.    And just to point out didn't Michigan State lose in the elite 8 in 2014?

Even if he just cancel his MSU that could give us some momentum

Hopefully Davis sees it as more competition there and it's just him sealing the deal. Fingers crossed

Was this planned? Does it have anything to do with the Schnider decision?

Wow admirable.

And Yet Wilson with his more talented teams can't even win more games.