Does anyone really think this incoming recruiting class will be that good?

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Crazy Ivan said:
Stokes, McRae, and Richardson are all significantly better than when they arrived on campus. Armani Moore continues to improve. I would say CCM has done a good job of developing players. They just don't seem to have progressed as much as a unit.
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The jump in the three you mentioned should be the norm for college players.
 
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germanicus said:
Cornish and Turman - Both will struggle with adjustment. Cornish apparently played in a really weak league in high school and is another one of CCM's tweeners. Better than Chievous, but not as good as Richardson. Like his attitude, though.
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Cornish was one of the leading scorers for his AAU team and they were EYBL. He's preformed aganist good competion.
 
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colvol said:
Cornish was one of the leading scorers for his AAU team and they were EYBL. He's preformed aganist good competion.
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In that league, he averaged 11.5 ppg while shooting 35% FG,56% FT, and 28% 3 pt..........not exactly a world beater.
 
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PanicVol said:
The only people that think this is a good class are UT fans. They might end up being amazing, but given our track record, i doubt it........sorry.
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I agree.....very mediocre class.....they show some potential but hardly a great class.
 
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colvol said:
Cornish was one of the leading scorers for his AAU team and they were EYBL. He's preformed aganist good competion.
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In EYBL he averaged 11.5 ppg, shot 35 pct from the field, 56 pct Fts and 27 pct 3s. His team finished dead last in its EYBL division.

Putting up nice numbers in high school - 23.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 4.8 assists, but from some folks who've seen the him play, that's the Catholic League down there isn't very strong. That's where my competition remark comes from. Armani Moore put up similar numbers in a very weak private school league down here in ATL.

As for being a tweener, I think he'll be a guy who's a lot like Moore. Very high energy and competive. If he were a couple of inches taller, a great 4. Not a good enough shooter to be an effective 3. Not quick enough to guard 2s.
 
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I believe Rob Lewis described Cornish as Armani Moore with a little more skill. I wouldn't expect too much from him early.

I think Cofer and Austin will earn PT early. I think Turman will play out of necessity.
 
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germanicus said:
In EYBL he averaged 11.5 ppg, shot 35 pct from the field, 56 pct Fts and 27 pct 3s. His team finished dead last in its EYBL division.

Putting up nice numbers in high school - 23.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 4.8 assists, but from some folks who've seen the him play, that's the Catholic League down there isn't very strong. That's where my competition remark comes from. Armani Moore put up similar numbers in a very weak private school league down here in ATL.

As for being a tweener, I think he'll be a guy who's a lot like Moore. Very high energy and competive. If he were a couple of inches taller, a great 4. Not a good enough shooter to be an effective 3. Not quick enough to guard 2s.
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I didn't get to see any video on Moore in High School. But from what I've seen on Cornish he looks a lot more dangerous on the offensive end.
 
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germanicus said:
In EYBL he averaged 11.5 ppg, shot 35 pct from the field, 56 pct Fts and 27 pct 3s. His team finished dead last in its EYBL division.

Putting up nice numbers in high school - 23.5 ppg, 8.1 rpg, 4.8 assists, but from some folks who've seen the him play, that's the Catholic League down there isn't very strong. That's where my competition remark comes from. Armani Moore put up similar numbers in a very weak private school league down here in ATL.

As for being a tweener, I think he'll be a guy who's a lot like Moore. Very high energy and competive. If he were a couple of inches taller, a great 4. Not a good enough shooter to be an effective 3. Not quick enough to guard 2s.
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EYBL is the top AAU program there is D1 guys everywhere. 12 a game isn't bad at all. I realize percentages are bad but, he could've been forcing due to a bad team. Emmanuel Mudiay averaged 16. Cliff Alexander 14. Jalen Lindsey 8. To put in perspective.

As for high school, his league is no Chicago but, it's not a bad league from what I've watched. Not to mention he's getting hit with a lot of Box and 1's and Triangle and 2's and still dropping 23 a game.

As for being a tweener, he's 6'5 215 and very athletic. I think he fits the 2 guard spot well. As far as shooting kid is streaky from what I've heard. He shot 27% in AAU but, I saw games where he went 5 for 6.

I'm not trying to make Cornish out to be a stud, I just think he's underrated and will surprise people.
 
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As for the Moore comparisons...haven't a lot of people been calling for Moore to start over top 100 recruit Jeronne Maymon?
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
As for the Moore comparisons...haven't a lot of people been calling for Moore to start over top 100 recruit Jeronne Maymon?
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You could afford to do that because you have guys around him who can score. If you wanted scoring from the position, that's not a move you could make. Don't see that luxury on the Tennessee roster for the next couple of years.

Not trying to downgrade Cornish. Just will be happily surprised if he's a factor on the roster before his junior year and, at that point, a good reserve, like Moore.
 
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germanicus said:
You could afford to do that because you have guys around him who can score. If you wanted scoring from the position, that's not a move you could make. Don't see that luxury on the Tennessee roster for the next couple of years.

Not trying to downgrade Cornish. Just will be happily surprised if he's a factor on the roster before his junior year and, at that point, a good reserve, like Moore.
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I think you'll see more balanced scoring going forward than you've got on this years team.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
If you'd like examples of top 50 players with similar numbers in that league I would be happy to provide some.
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Im sure there are.....Its AAU ball..... He wasnt top 50 in any category.......I like Cornish and I hope he balls out but everything I have read and seen says that we should expect the opposite.....Doesnt mean he cant develop that kind of game but it's not likely.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Very true, but you're still talking about a guy who averages damn near a double double that people wanna bench for a player averaging 2 and 2.
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Yeah but what an exciting 2 and 2. lol

Nah I did see something from Maymon last night I don't see very often. He caught the ball down low and instead of forcing a wild one over, around and through 3 guys he kicked it back out. I almost shed a tear. :)
 
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volbeast33 said:
But is that a good thing?
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Not that we will be close to their caliber, but that is what I love about this years Gators team. They have about 5 or 6 guys that could put up 20. And up to 10 guys that could probably put up 10pts, any given night.

I will say that if we have a couple of guys consistently averaging 10-15 and then balanced scoring throughout it could be a good thing. IMO
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Ask florida
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This isn't a Florida roster, though. With the roster as it is projected going forward, I think you are more likely to have balance with 3 guys averaging 10 ppg and two averaging 7-8 and maybe a couple of guys off the bench averaging 4. That's around 54 points/game, tops.
 
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Lefteye said:
Not that we will be close to their caliber, but that is what I love about this years Gators team. They have about 5 or 6 guys that could put up 20. And up to 10 guys that could probably put up 10pts, any given night.
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Damn, beat me to it lol.

As you said, we obviously won't be near the same level of talent, but I'll take a balanced offense over a 2 player dominant offense anyday.

We are easy to scout, we've got 2 guys that you really gotta worry about, that's it. If you've got 5-7 guys who are all capable of putting up double digits that makes thinks ally tougher.

Obviously wayyyyyy too early but I could see...

Richardson 14
Hubbs 13
Austin 10
Davis 7
Moore 7
Cofer 7
Thompson 6
Cornish 6

That's 70ppg right there, and with possibility of Richardson or Hubbs adding more.
 
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