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volbeast33 said:
Those three arent exactly tearing it up so far....I know Hubbs is hurt.
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But to call them terrible or not worthy of a scholarship is silly at this point don't you think? I know you didn't but that's what we were responding to. I was anyway...
 
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Lefteye said:
But to call them terrible or not worthy of a scholarship is silly at this point don't you think? I know you didn't but that's what we were responding to. I was anyway...
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I dont pay attention to overexagerrations especially from BOP....I do feel like our recruiting has not been good enough to be the kind of program that we all want us to be.
 
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volbeast33 said:
I dont pay attention to overexagerrations especially from BOP....I do feel like our recruiting has not been good enough to be the kind of program that we all want us to be.
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When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
 
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#106
volbeast33 said:
I dont pay attention to overexagerrations especially from BOP....I do feel like our recruiting has not been good enough to be the kind of program that we all want us to be.
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I hear ya. Get the right motivator/coach in here and I think you might feel better about them tho. JMO
 
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Lefteye said:
I hear ya. Get the right motivator/coach in here and I think you might feel better about them tho. JMO
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I really feel like you have to get top 100 players to get where we want to be. Sure some players out play their rank but not on a consistent basis.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
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Right now NO. But with another year under their belt and (if it comes to fruition) a new motivator coaching them up, maybe.

Not splitting hairs with ya, but Austin and Cornish both will see significant minutes next year also.
 
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Lefteye said:
Right now NO. But with another year under their belt and (if it comes to fruition) a new motivator coaching them up, maybe.

Not splitting hairs with ya, but Austin and Cornish both will see significant minutes next year also.
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I wouldn't expect either to start though.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
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Weak in the post but fine besides that.
 
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bleedingTNorange said:
Yea we were the only high major that offered Hubbs, Davis or Thompson, all 3 were big time reaches.

Wow.
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Hubbs was rated highly, but was clearly overrated from the beginning and was absolutely awful this year. There is no question AJ was clearly a reach. Another high major offered him? Wow! I guess hes worthy then, I guess Tennessee must be one of the absolute worst high major programs in the nation if that is the standard. Thompson was borderline, the jury still out, I don't see much talent. Neither Thomspon or Davis had good offer lists, certainly nothing that would scream "Tennessee must offer."
 
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MemphisCanes said:
When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
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No its not.....we are recruiting good enough to stay a bubble team the rest of our life.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
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Its obviously one of the very worst in the SEC next year and will be close to if not dead last.
 
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#115
How about this sophomore class, how good is it? Anybody going to tell me its not an absolute joke?
 
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MemphisCanes said:
When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
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I'm not sure you'll find anyone saying we are a top 25 team next year, but I'm willing to let the season play out before writing off next season as a disaster and CBI bid.

With the large amounts of graduate transfers, medical waivers, and spring time flips there's a lot that could happen to change the look of our roster.

Not saying this happens, just using an example, but how different does that team look if Chane Behanon decided to come here and Jarnell Stokes elected to return for his senior season?
 
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#118
MemphisCanes said:
When all of Pearl's player leave next season, Martin looks like he'll have a starting 5 of:

PG- Darius Thompson
SG- Robert Hubbs
SF- Josh Richardson
PF- A.J. Davis(?); Phil Cofer maybe Reese
C- NDiaye (?); Phil Cofer

Is that a roster you feel comfortable sending to battle against Kentucky, Florida, Mizzou, LSU to compete for the conference or even a tourney bid?
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Have we lost Turman?
 
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#119
bleedingTNorange said:
I'm not sure you'll find anyone saying we are a top 25 team next year, but I'm willing to let the season play out before writing off next season as a disaster and CBI bid.

With the large amounts of graduate transfers, medical waivers, and spring time flips there's a lot that could happen to change the look of our roster.

Not saying this happens, just using an example, but how different does that team look if Chane Behanon decided to come here and Jarnell Stokes elected to return for his senior season?
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Behanan has one semester of eligibility left, so he won't be much help.

The odds of Stokes coming back are slim, I think.
 
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MemphisCanes said:
Behanan has one semester of eligibility left, so he won't be much help.

The odds of Stokes coming back are slim, I think.
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I agree on both, it was just an example though as to how 1 or 2 moves and the roster could look a lot different.

Look at the impact Kane is making at Iowa State, with the transfer rules now there's a lot of options outside of high school kids to improve your roster in the spring.
 
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#123
k-town_king said:
Richardson, Hubbs, Davis. We will be fine there. Post d and inside scoring will be weak. We have not recruited post players well. Moving 2s and 3s there is not the answer.
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None of those players are really tested scorers though. Richardson is the closest,

They have about 200 shot attempts between them this season.

McRae, Stokes, Maymon and Barton account for about 450 attempts so far.
 
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#124
bleedingTNorange said:
I agree on both, it was just an example though as to how 1 or 2 moves and the roster could look a lot different.

Look at the impact Kane is making at Iowa State, with the transfer rules now there's a lot of options outside of high school kids to improve your roster in the spring.
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But as it stands right now, that roster is unremarkable. Does CCM have a scholarship open for the Spring?
 
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#125
MemphisCanes said:
Do you think he starts? I'm more of the mindset that he'll be a project for the first two years of his career.
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He's the biggest wildcard IMO.

Obviously it's rare that production carries over from high school to college, but they say that rebounding and blocked shots are 2 that typically do.

He's rebounding at a very high rate, and up there nationally as far as shot becoming goes. If that carries over into next year he will either start or play big minutes.
 
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