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2023 Recruiting: Justin Edwards

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Castle and this guy would make for a stellar class… can’t get here fast enough. Need need need more guards in these upcoming classes.
 
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Huskyforlife said:
It’s way too early, but that lineup gets eaten alive defensively.
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Any lineup of underclassman is going to be challenged defensively. I gave a 'dislike' even though I just meant 'disagree' given my own particular assumptions that we are allowing for some time to grow as players and a team. I think the lineup you were responding to could be tough if coached to their defensive strengths rather than just plugged into Hurley's current hard hedge system. I have also said I only expect 10-12 min a game for Clingan as a freshman because I expect 4-5 fouls in those minutes adjusting to college ball (a la Sanogo and Jackson last yr). Clingan should stay at the foul line extended and below. I have seen Karaban lock up Kadray Richmond, Matt Cross, and Terrance Clarke, on the perimeter, and 7 footers underneath. There is nothing wrong with Karaban's defense against speed or power. Castle and Edwards both have sufficient size and speed to learn to defend their positions. Diggins defense will be fine on the ball, and Floyd as well. The issue now for Diggins, Johnson, and all of them, is to play as a cohesive unit defensively. Communicate, switch, help, rotate, etc IMO the group that was listed all have good BBIQ to pick up a system. With Thabeet we pressured the 3 point line and conceded guys driving to the rim where they couldn't finish over Thabeet. I expect something like that with Clingan.

PS Really wish Griffith was there as well. Maybe he had his own game. I don't see Edwards and Griffiths as precluding the other, and have a sense there will be enough schollys to go around. I want that 50% 3 pt shooter.
 
Atmospherically this was a best-case choice for a scheduled visit.
Gampel just boomed.
Don't usually see assistant coaches engaging with recruits before the game other than an acknowledging wave.
Here, they walked up and talked to them all.
5 star crowd. 5 star school. 5 star coaches. 5 star players belong here!
 
Ricker said:
Any lineup of underclassman is going to be challenged defensively. I gave a 'dislike' even though I just meant 'disagree' given my own particular assumptions that we are allowing for some time to grow as players and a team. I think the lineup you were responding to could be tough if coached to their defensive strengths rather than just plugged into Hurley's current hard hedge system. I have also said I only expect 10-12 min a game for Clingan as a freshman because I expect 4-5 fouls in those minutes adjusting to college ball (a la Sanogo and Jackson last yr). Clingan should stay at the foul line extended and below. I have seen Karaban lock up Kadray Richmond, Matt Cross, and Terrance Clarke, on the perimeter, and 7 footers underneath. There is nothing wrong with Karaban's defense against speed or power. Castle and Edwards both have sufficient size and speed to learn to defend their positions. Diggins defense will be fine on the ball, and Floyd as well. The issue now for Diggins, Johnson, and all of them, is to play as a cohesive unit defensively. Communicate, switch, help, rotate, etc IMO the group that was listed all have good BBIQ to pick up a system. With Thabeet we pressured the 3 point line and conceded guys driving to the rim where they couldn't finish over Thabeet. I expect something like that with Clingan.

PS Really wish Griffith was there as well. Maybe he had his own game. I don't see Edwards and Griffiths as precluding the other, and have a sense there will be enough schollys to go around. I want that 50% 3 pt shooter.
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Disagree. I think you're making a lot of assumptions on how these guys could play defense against top tier college offensive players - without seeing them do this. Now, I think they're all potentially going to become very good to excellent offensive players because on their high school and AAU teams that is their role and they do it really well otherwise they wouldn't be ranked where they are....

But, defensive assumptions are tough to make unless the guy is playing a defensive stopper role in high school/AAU. Cases in point: Johnson and Diggins on the current roster. Can those two guys and the list of offensive minded recruits listed above become serviceable or even above average defenders? Yes, it's possible but not a given. Maybe half to two-thirds can, but no one knows until they actually have to do it against the big boys on the big stage.
 
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Ricker said:
PS Really wish Griffith was there as well. Maybe he had his own game. I don't see Edwards and Griffiths as precluding the other, and have a sense there will be enough schollys to go around. I want that 50% 3 pt shooter.
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On Saturday afternoon, Kingswood Oxford lost 75-72 at Dexter Southfield School in Brookline, MA yesterday afternoon. Current team record is 15-4.

Disclaimer: The post was not written in my capacity as Kingswood News Sports Editor. That was an alarmingly long time ago.
Go Wyverns!
 
Yesterday afternoon, Kingswood Oxford lost to Dexter Southfield Academy in Brookline, MA 75-72. Current team record is 15-4.

Go Wyverns!

This post written by Kingswood News Sports Editor from a long time ago.

Strikeout below unaccountably occurred two times when I attempted to edit Gavin's name to "Griffiths." I give up.

Ricker said:
PS Really wish Griffith was there as well. Maybe he had his own game. I don't see Edwards and Griffiths as precluding the other, and have a sense there will be enough schollys to go around. I want that 50% 3 pt shooter.
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"He is a high character and hard working young man as well.”

This should put us well ahead of Auburn and Kentucky..................
 
Waquoit said:
I'm still confused, Hans.
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Ricker wondered if Griffiths wasn't visiting with other recruits during the Xavier game because he had his own game, so I looked into it and learned that his school had a game on Saturday.

The strikerthrough stuff and double-posting was technical difficulties.

I couldn't find any individual statistics for Griffiths on Saturday. I was once sports editor for the high school newspaper where GG goes to school.
 
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Hans Sprungfeld said:
Ricker wondered if Griffiths wasn't visiting with other recruits during the Xavier game because he had his own game, so I looked into it and learned that his school had a game on Saturday.

The strikerthrough stuff and double-posting was technical difficulties.

I couldn't find any individual statistics for Griffiths on Saturday. I was once sports editor for the high school newspaper where GG goes to school.
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Not a ringing endorsement for the school or the newspaper ;)
 
MOMO74 said:
No way Johnson isn’t a starter given how much Hurley hyped him.
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He hasn't played more than 10 meaningful minutes of basketball this year. That is totally in the realm of possibility.
 
huskiesNhoos said:
Must have been back when typewriters and printing press were used for the layouts...this interweb stuff is tricky!
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Now that you mention it, that would explain the strikethrough business. Why did strikethrough survive the advent of the backspace key?!
 
Huskyforlife said:
It’s way too early, but that lineup gets eaten alive defensively.
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Season 3 What GIF by On My Block

[Can no longer post gifts for some reason, but rest assured it would’ve been hilarious.]
 
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Get a Job said:
Not a ringing endorsement for the school or the newspaper ;)
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LOL

Chrissie Hynde once sang "Time the avenger..."

Half century ago, I was doing page layouts by hand-pressing set type. Now, I'm posting in between cooking meals for my grandchild's parents on an increasingly finicky phone.

Somewhere a Columbia School Press Association award decomposes in a file cabinet.
 
CL82 said:
Season 3 What GIF by On My Block

[Can no longer post gifts for some reason, but rest assured it would’ve been hilarious.]
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Maybe eaten alive is harsh, but that lineup will struggle with athletic perimeters, unless freshman Edwards happens to be lockdown.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Maybe eaten alive is harsh, but that lineup will struggle with athletic perimeters, unless freshman Edwards happens to be lockdown.
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I trust Hurley to make a decent or better defender out of pretty much anyone. Never gonna be a concern of mine with Hurley. I would prefer we do some things differently on defense, but I can't imagine us having a defense lower than 50 on kenpom or torvik or wherever under Hurley.
 
husky429 said:
I trust Hurley to make a decent or better defender out of pretty much anyone. Never gonna be a concern of mine with Hurley. I would prefer we do some things differently on defense, but I can't imagine us having a defense lower than 50 on kenpom or torvik or wherever under Hurley.
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I’d like to stay top 25 if possible. Keeps our floor high.
 
Does it bother anyone that he’s from a “school of the future”? Some schools won’t even recruit these kids. Not implying I have a problem with it, I don’t know enough about them, just interested in opinions.
 
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