RECRUITING: Jeff Beverly commits
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It's not time to be picky and given what we return he should help, but his overall fg% and the ability to defend a position in the Big 12 are arguably bigger concerns.
Judging by his highlight video he was probably allowed to attempt a bunch of low percentage shots (as does shooting 23% on so many 3Ps), and hopefully that was more of a lack of discipline/coaching, but it could be also from a lack of being able to get better shots against CUSA competition. Lots of 6'6" posts with few offers out of high school would end up with poor percentages from being forced to take shots beyond their range, or tough shots like fadeaways, when facing major competition. Last year he would have been a better addition, but even next year he won't be needed or allowed to have his former usage, so his efficiency should be somewhat improved as he fills the Bowie role.
Hopefully he works as hard as guys like Nader did after graduating and comes in a solid 250 lbs with an improved game.
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I think he will be a solid addition. At the very least a good bench player. Is around 8 points and 5 rebounds a game a reasonable expectation?
Played in the same league as DeAndre Kane and averaged more his final year. = Better than DeAndre Kane.
Ummm schools recruit a lot of kids they don't have much chance with. But whatever you'd like to think, go for it.
Historically, we've had good luck with basketball players named Jeff.
While 10 foot fade away baseline jumpers are impressive, are those the shots that we will want him taking? I doubt it.
I'm more interested in him being a bulldog in the paint than taking fade-away jumpers.
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I put him as a wing. Seemed fitting.
Wigginton
Jackson
Weiler-Babb
Lewis
Young
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McNeill OR Long
Beverly
Lard
I think that is a team that might struggle early, but could surprise some people and come on strong at the end. Maybe even enough to push into the top half of the conference for an NCAA or NIT bid.
Don't forget to update your total number of seniors...
A poster on here about 2 or 3 weeks back posted something along the lines of "I work with Race Thompson's best friend's dad" or "my son is best friends with Race Thompson"... something along those lines... and said that at this moment Race is leaning ISU. The poster acknowledged his father being a MN football star back in the day, but Race wanting to blaze his own trail and not automatically follow in his father's footsteps.
I don't remember the thread this was in (i'd assume 2018 recruiting), but i definitely remember reading it.
Minnesota, Marquette, Iowa State and Baylor are the Top 4 teams at this point. I would be pleasantly surprised if he ends up at any other place other than Minnesota. Dad was a college football stud at the U of M. However, Dad is not going to overly influence Race's decision. Great family and great kid. Prohm and company have been diligent but I think they will finish 2nd or 3rd. Baylor the other major player.
Yeah, that was me. And to my knowledge nothing has changed. My co-worker told me he would keep my updated if he heard any other rumblings from his son about Race. But who knows how in-the-loop he truly is. But as of 3 weeks ago, and a week before we went and visited him, Race was leaning towards Iowa State. But, as we have learned with recruiting, things change.
I am still very confident in our chances with Race, all things considered.
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Sister plays Volleyball at Wisconsin, could that be what you're thinking of?
My one lingering doubt with Prohm has been his (thus far) inability to come up with a really solid plan for the front court. Solomon Young has been a godsend (for a true fresh) and we will see if Cameron Lard ends up being a steal, but consider that...
-- Bowie was alright, but Holden busted in the Big 12
-- Kasongo is an unknown... no high expectations here
-- Feazell flipped on us, Stokes went to Florida
-- Juiston took the money and ran to UNLV
-- no other long-term solutions seem out there for next year
...it just leaves me a little worried. He has proven he can recruit guards and wings, and you need a ton of those for our style and system and in the modern NCAA game, and he has proven he can pull talent from multiple sources (Shayok from UVA, Jackson from IWCC, a ton of young high school and prep school talent), but I just wish he would land a big fish post to go with and eventually supplant Solomon down on the block.
Thompson could be that guy to shut me up on this worry.
-- Bowie was alright, but Holden busted in the Big 12
-- Kasongo is an unknown... no high expectations here
-- Feazell flipped on us, Stokes went to Florida
-- Juiston took the money and ran to UNLV
-- no other long-term solutions seem out there for next year
...it just leaves me a little worried. He has proven he can recruit guards and wings, and you need a ton of those for our style and system and in the modern NCAA game, and he has proven he can pull talent from multiple sources (Shayok from UVA, Jackson from IWCC, a ton of young high school and prep school talent), but I just wish he would land a big fish post to go with and eventually supplant Solomon down on the block.
Thompson could be that guy to shut me up on this worry.
