'18 MD F LaQuill Hardnett (Commit)

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There will be no more two big men post

Unless we get a grad transfer it will be crazy if we play with 2 bigs.


Broome/Jenifer/Johnson
Cumberland/Moore
Williams/Moore
Evans/Scott/Diarra
Brooks/Nsoseme


But in the end we will probably opt for Scott at PF because he can defend multiple positions and grab rebounds. We will play 3 on 5 basketball on offense and we will be more frustrated than ever watching it play out when we get into 5-10 games in the 50's.
 
Unless we get a grad transfer it will be crazy if we play with 2 bigs.


Broome/Jenifer/Johnson
Cumberland/Moore
Williams/Moore
Evans/Scott/Diarra
Brooks/Nsoseme


But in the end we will probably opt for Scott at PF because he can defend multiple positions and grab rebounds. We will play 3 on 5 basketball on offense and we will be more frustrated than ever watching it play out when we get into 5-10 games in the 50's.

If we do what a lot of people hope(d?) we can this year, I will definitely live through some rockfight next year if that's how it goes.

Interesting though is that with Evans, that'd be 10 returning players. I think we will be better than most think and could easily win 25 games.
 
This Hardnett kid seems like a good fit. I hope we get a commitment from him. Haven't seen a ton of video but seems like he's playing in a pretty competitive area with D1 talent around.
 
This Hardnett kid seems like a good fit. I hope we get a commitment from him. Haven't seen a ton of video but seems like he's playing in a pretty competitive area with D1 talent around.
If there were ever a year where we’d be able to land a quality big man, this would be the year with with so much PT available due to Clark and Washington graduating and a new arena. Fingers crossed for a spring surprise in April.
 
If there were ever a year where we’d be able to land a quality big man, this would be the year with with so much PT available due to Clark and Washington graduating and a new arena. Fingers crossed for a spring surprise in April.

Those things are certainly good things to have in your corner.
 
Have y’all seen Dayton’s big men against Rhode Island right now?? It’s amazing they actually have post moves and can finish and don’t look clumsy like brooks and Noesme.. blows my mind... Great job Cronin
 
Have y’all seen Dayton’s big men against Rhode Island right now?? It’s amazing they actually have post moves and can finish and don’t look clumsy like brooks and Noesme.. blows my mind... Great job Cronin

Wow a weird Dayton troll. Don't get many of these. Go Flyers! If only we could be them!
 
By saying this Hardnett is not a quality big man then?

I think he's saying that most quality big men didn't want to come here in the past because they would not be starting in front of Clark/Ellis/Washington. Theoretically the 4 and 5 should be open next year but knowing Cronin he will simply play Brooks and Scott because "they earned it" by being here first.
 
Brooks has been a little frustrating but I think Nsoseme has look promising. Just needs time. I think both take some leaps next year

Hardnett decides today I’m guessing later afternoon after school. I imagine we get our second commit today
 
Brooks has been a little frustrating but I think Nsoseme has look promising. Just needs time. I think both take some leaps next year

Hardnett decides today I’m guessing later afternoon after school. I imagine we get our second commit today

I hope so!
 
Brooks has been a little frustrating but I think Nsoseme has look promising. Just needs time. I think both take some leaps next year

Hardnett decides today I’m guessing later afternoon after school. I imagine we get our second commit today

Brooks has been very frustrating. I feel bad for the kid actually. He just needs to get stronger and then use that strength to build his confidence and swagger. He should be going strong at the rim. You can tell he wants to but just can;t get it done yet, still gets tentative. I wish the coaching staff could bring back some old school Bearcats and help this kid develop a killer instinct. Plenty of guys to choose from.

Sorry - forgot what thread this was in and got confused by the comments...this is about the recruit! Guess we won't have to wait much longer to see.
 
Brooks has been very frustrating. I feel bad for the kid actually. He just needs to get stronger and then use that strength to build his confidence and swagger. He should be going strong at the rim. You can tell he wants to but just can;t get it done yet, still gets tentative. I wish the coaching staff could bring back some old school Bearcats and help this kid develop a killer instinct. Plenty of guys to choose from.



Sorry - forgot what thread this was in and got confused by the comments...this is about the recruit! Guess we won't have to wait much longer to see.

Brooks does offer some rim protection but needs to do so more consistently without fouling. He offers nothing on offense. It’s really amazing that he can’t make any shots...even inside of 4 feet. He hasn’t shown any glimpses that would indicate he will be able to replace Clark or Washington next year. Maybe he can develop some post moves during the summer.
 
Brooks has been very frustrating. I feel bad for the kid actually. He just needs to get stronger and then use that strength to build his confidence and swagger. He should be going strong at the rim. You can tell he wants to but just can;t get it done yet, still gets tentative. I wish the coaching staff could bring back some old school Bearcats and help this kid develop a killer instinct. Plenty of guys to choose from.

Sorry - forgot what thread this was in and got confused by the comments...this is about the recruit! Guess we won't have to wait much longer to see.

I agree with you. I feel like he is a couple easy/lucky baskets from being much more confident. He just needs to have a good game against a good team to prove to himself that he can do it.
 
You would think that skilled big men would be knocking down our door with all the available minutes next year and lack of talent currently on the roster now.
 
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