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On the last line, Thompson isn't better than Smith, so definitely not recruited over. As for Hurlburt, he's a top 150 prospect for a reason. You don't find 6'10 guys with above average athleticism and shooting, so I don't believe there's any way he doesn't become a valuable player here.
So we have completely giving up all hope on Allen? It is about the most awkward recruit in CU history...No? Sucks in my book at least. I wanna seem him ball...and ball his eyes out. Can't believe I have to watch Wright tossing up bricks and Nique giving half-baked effort (or maybe complete loss of confidence, I don't know...painful it is) every game with others having long cold spells...and Allen not even getting a shot. Booooring
Thompson?
To be fair, RJ Smith came in to college with a pretty nasty leg injury, IIRC
Ruffin is another potential one too.
George King was weird because he played some his Freshman year but it was clear he wasn't ready, then he redshirted his Sophomore year. But I agree with the sentiment. Up to this point CU has been primarily a development program. Tad has made effective use of the redshirt in a way a lot of other basketball programs don't.
We on this board haven't, but I think Tad has. What you laid out re: the Ivys and Nique pretty much says it all. I keep hitting on it, but Tad has made some missteps this year both in game and off the court.
Sometimes it's not about being worse, but about how under 10 mpg now isn't as valuable to the player or program as the 20+ mpg the guy projects to get as a 5th year senior.
Quincy has likely had a talk with Tad about what he needs to show to get on the court. Quincy clearly isn't committed to becoming the type of player that Tad wants on his team.
I like that list although I'd love to let Da Silva play more time on the wing. He is much more effective when he can be a face-up scorer than when he is stuck in the post against a big.
I think you're spot on here. Knecht, Bamba, Grill... Sign one of those, insert him into the starting 5 and we're Top 15 for sure.
13. Colorado Buffaloes
We are all the way in on the Buffs' bandwagon. They would have been in the top 25 even before Sunday's commitment from TCU transfer Eddie Lampkin Jr. KJ Simpson and Tristan da Silva, if both return, give Tad Boyle two All-Pac-12 players to lead the way, and he's adding potential lottery pick Cody Williams, a top-10 recruit. There's a slew of role players also heading back to Boulder.
Projected starting lineup:
KJ Simpson (15.9 PPG)
Julian Hammond (6.9 PPG)
Cody Williams (No. 6 in ESPN 100)
Tristan da Silva (15.9 PPG)
Eddie Lampkin Jr. (6.3 PPG at TCU)
WTE Top 25: Duke or Kansas at No. 1 for the final edition?
With less than a month to go 'til the season begins, we're calling it: Kansas remains No. 1. The rest of the field sees some swapping around, but no new faces.www.espn.com
I believe this was already posted in another thread. I've also seen projections of LOB as the 5th starter rather than JH3. By the numbers, Hadley was a starter, our 3rd leading scorer and one of our best performers on O & D metrics. That said, I'm thinking the yet to be signed player will be the final starter and we're going to be absolutely fvcking loaded.
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Depends on how the team looks this coming season.
Depends on who he signs for the one remaining scholarship.
I went through similar thoughts and then accepted that chasing unicorns is probably not the strategy.
I think this was done in basketball a few times and failed, or had underachieving success (Ewing, Hardaway, Howard). This is why CU was able to get Coach Prime since the track record wasn't there. I would say that Coach Prime is a unique individual, and not a normal formula for success. Ill also add he hasn't coached a single football game yet.
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