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Anthony Harris decommits from Virginia Tech

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UcannUconn said:
If he does have some sort of degenerative issue but can play limited, he has no reason to leave, no one will pick him up on the transfer market. Does this mean we just have to wait out his final 2 years already down a scholarship 1 year? If so that sucks. I hope there’s some sort of remedy like can we make him a team manager and give him an academic scholarship? Wish we had answers to this stuff.
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The school can give anyone it wants a scholarship, it just means his college basketball career is done
 
UcannUconn said:
If he does have some sort of degenerative issue but can play limited, he has no reason to leave, no one will pick him up on the transfer market. Does this mean we just have to wait out his final 2 years already down a scholarship 1 year? If so that sucks. I hope there’s some sort of remedy like can we make him a team manager and give him an academic scholarship? Wish we had answers to this stuff.
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JMick said:
The school can give anyone it wants a scholarship, it just means his college basketball career is done
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That's what Bizlaw said. Essentially he said so long at the athlete isn't going to play in the future, then the school can give him whatever it wants. Once his career is over, the NCAA has no say in the matter. I hadn't heard of that before, but I give BL the benefit of the doubt.
 
CL82 said:
That's what Bizlaw said. Essentially he said so long at the athlete isn't going to play in the future, then the school can give him whatever it wants. Once his career is over, the NCAA has no say in the matter. I hadn't heard of that before, but I give BL the benefit of the doubt.
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I assume it's the same premise as athletes being able to return and finish their degree for free even after they leave. Just in this case it's immediate and not 20 years later after a pro career
 
CL82 said:
That's what Bizlaw said. Essentially he said so long at the athlete isn't going to play in the future, then the school can give him whatever it wants. Once his career is over, the NCAA has no say in the matter. I hadn't heard of that before, but I give BL the benefit of the doubt.
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What if the doctor says he can play but will be limited with discomfort and he wants to play? We wouldn’t pull his athletic scholarship and offer him an academic scholarship would we?
 
UcannUconn said:
What if the doctor says he can play but will be limited with discomfort and he wants to play? We wouldn’t pull his athletic scholarship and offer him an academic scholarship would we?
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Don't know. Kind of don't know if this is the equivalent of transfer speculation and we shouldn't post about it.

I'd guess that Hurley would have a heart to heart to heart with him about playing time and let him make the call. Remember Hurley could always pull the scholly if he wanted to.
 
Austin316 said:
Pass, we need another forward.
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"pass" on a top 50 recruit, yet mid season next year there will be a group of people in here saying "Hurley just needs more talent on his roster".

We need to STOP worrying too much about having a perfectly proportionate amount of positions on this team and just accumulate talent. If we were one big away from being a top 10 team or something obviously we'd need to recruit a big and maybe pass on this kid, but were too far away from having that kind of roster to keep nit picking at each position.

Im appalled at saying "pass" to a top 50 recruit with our current situation lol
 
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Cuse Socks said:
"pass" on a top 50 recruit, yet mid season next year there will be a group of people in here saying "Hurley just needs more talent on his roster".

We need to STOP worrying too much about having a perfectly proportionate amount of positions on this team and just accumulate talent. If we were one big away from being a top 10 team or something obviously we'd need to recruit a big and maybe pass on this kid, but were too far away from having that kind of roster to keep nit picking at each position.

Im appalled at saying "pass" to a top 50 recruit with our current situation lol
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I also don’t understand the argument that we need another ball handler, argument for Washington, but not wanting Harris.
 
Cuse Socks said:
"pass" on a top 50 recruit, yet mid season next year there will be a group of people in here saying "Hurley just needs more talent on his roster".

We need to STOP worrying too much about having a perfectly proportionate amount of positions on this team and just accumulate talent. If we were one big away from being a top 10 team or something obviously we'd need to recruit a big and maybe pass on this kid, but were too far away from having that kind of roster to keep nit picking at each position.

Im appalled at saying "pass" to a top 50 recruit with our current situation lol
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What am I supposed to say? Sorry? I’m not. I personally think the goal is to get a forward/center. Would I be happy if we got him? Ya sure. It’d be great. The fact of the matter is production the front court has been a clear issue. Yakwe, Cobb, Whaley and Williams were not productive this year. We need to replace 2 of the 4. Akok will help but we need another big. You don’t think BA, CV, AG, Gaff, and Bouk are enough for the guard position?
 
Austin316 said:
What am I supposed to say? Sorry? I’m not. I personally think the goal is to get a forward/center. Would I be happy if we got him? Ya sure. It’d be great. The fact of the matter is production the front court has been a clear issue. Yakwe, Cobb, Whaley and Williams were not productive this year. We need to replace 2 of the 4. Akok will help but we need another big. You don’t think BA, CV, AG, Gaff, and Bouk are enough for the guard position?
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You look at it as 5 guys for 2 spots. I think it’s prob more BA, CV, AG,Gaff, bouk & MAYBE a little Sid for 1-3. In that case anothe ball handler may be nice....
 
I'm comfortable going with Carlton and Whaley at the 5 next year and just taking the best possible player regardless of position with the last spot. And if Carlton is our only option at the 5 in the above scenario then we won't have to worry about only choosing 1 player
 
Cuse Socks said:
"pass" on a top 50 recruit, yet mid season next year there will be a group of people in here saying "Hurley just needs more talent on his roster".

We need to STOP worrying too much about having a perfectly proportionate amount of positions on this team and just accumulate talent. If we were one big away from being a top 10 team or something obviously we'd need to recruit a big and maybe pass on this kid, but were too far away from having that kind of roster to keep nit picking at each position.

Im appalled at saying "pass" to a top 50 recruit with our current situation lol
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Totally agree. There will be some growing pains with said roster construction. But long term it will be worth it
 
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We will probably take every difference maker we can get and find him a spot even if we have to make one. You can't pass up great players when they want to join you and I think coach knows that. This is too big a job to patiently build. We have to get two more guys, maybe 3.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
Yeah feel like this should be an absolute no-brainer, if he’s interested, try to get him.
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Absolutely. Kid held a Duke offer. He’s a stud. I think he wants to play in the ACC though his final 4 were VT, Duke, Miami and Wake.
 
MDHuskFan said:
You look at it as 5 guys for 2 spots. I think it’s prob more BA, CV, AG,Gaff, bouk & MAYBE a little Sid for 1-3. In that case anothe ball handler may be nice....
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Sid is never playing the 4 again. Not here or anywhere. He will likely start at the 3. Polley could even see time at the 3. At the 4-5 we have Carlton who is just a 5, Akok a 4 Polley and Whaley. That’s all. Whaley would possibly be fine at the 5 against Sacred Heart or something. Polley doesn’t rebound. We cannot keep rolling out these puny lineups.
 
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If we can get him on an OV I think we have a shot. Duke seemed to have backed off, Miami is the most likely landing spot for Harris but still some what of a s-show although they are graduating 2 starting guards and only bringing in Wong.
 
KSC94 said:
Playing Akok, Ntambwe, or even Whaley at C <10 minutes a game for a year isn't that big a deal imo
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Ntambwe isn’t on the team or eligible. And you think Josh is playing 30 minutes a game and will magically avoid foul trouble when every opponent knows we have no backup. He was 22 a game last year.
 
Kids a stud but regardless the team needs some height and bulk
With only 1 or maybe 2 schollies available another guard would not be my priority
loading a team with a bunch of guards and skinny as a rail 4s isn't going to cut it - even in the AAC
 
navery12 said:
I'm comfortable going with Carlton and Whaley at the 5 next year and just taking the best possible player regardless of position with the last spot. And if Carlton is our only option at the 5 in the above scenario then we won't have to worry about only choosing 1 player
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Whaley played 83 minutes this year, even after Yakwe got hurt and Kwint disappeared. He seems like a good guy and teammate, but I don’t see him ever playing significant minutes if he couldn’t crack the rotation this year.
 
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ToolzieFan said:
Whaley played 83 minutes this year, even after Yakwe got hurt and Kwint disappeared. He seems like a good guy and teammate, but I don’t see him ever playing significant minutes if he couldn’t crack the rotation this year.
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Neither do I, i.e. second part of post
 
HuskyHawk said:
Only because Hurley hasn't had any power forwards. Give him Jeff Adrien and I think he'd be perfectly happy. Reports on Diarra was that he had surprised Hurley with his effective mid-range jump shot in practice. That's all he needs.

That said, I doubt he's healthy enough.
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Does anyone remember Jeff Adrien had a nice little shot to go with his muscle.
All the alleged PF’s we’ve had in years either had no power or no shot, never both.
That’s why his name always pops up.
 
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