Matt Harpring comes to mind. Slim chance he could be as good as Harpring but that's who comes to mind.
Jeff Adrien spent a year there.
Jalen Adams more recently.
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Sid Wilson more more recently
Didn't Cross play at Woodstock Academy prior to the move north to Brewster?In the case of Cross, the fact that he is good enough to play high-major basketball isn’t in question, so there isn’t a ton of work from an evaluation standpoint that needs to be done.
Due to the fact that an evaluation isn’t needed, the first thing any smart college coach does is call around to people that know the prospect and were close to him outside of the realm of his family and even the coaching staff of the school that he was at.
In the case of Cross, it would be his AAU Coach Leo Papile from BABC, and his final high school coach, Jason Smith at Brewster Academy, along with others who are from the Boston area that are engrained in the grassroots hoops culture.
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Could easily play him and Martin or Jackson together with two guards and no offense to Richie, but he’s not going to pre-empt them from bringing someone else in at this point. With what this team has right now, you take the flier on a 6’6 guy who can hit 3s at a 40% clip.
Hard to know what the roster looks like next year with COVID eligibility/transfer flexibility. New guys coming in. What are the needs for next year? The BY has been concerned about lack of shooting.MC is a shooter.
I guess that means he goes to Umass with that coach dating Tre Mitchells mom. I think 8 guys on that team Went there. I’m sure thats a healthy, vibrant culture lol.
Prefer to put a more positive spin on it since he's already shown he can play in the ACC. Because of his familiarity with UConn by virtue of their proximity to Woodstock and he's a NE kid.. Maybe he would be interested in a school that was on his short list before the Miami decision.
but there are 2 open schollys so hurley can still get a G. cross is a good shooter which the team needs more than anything and we wont be using a 3 guard offense much with 2 of akok/martin/aj starting
LOOOOOOOOOORDY... Hate to comment without getting both sides of the story, but I wouldn't go within 3 miles of this kid. Hard pass.
Would love to see him try that with Hurley. Although, I don’t think Hurley cares about what your wearing. I sense kid is either really spoiled or was simply just fed up. Probably a pass.
lol funny you read it that way, I read it and thought "I wouldn't go within 3 miles of this coach." Imagine getting that worked up over shoes? lmao
Kids are being coddled too much. If the coach wants everyone in the same shoes, respect it. There is an element of unity there and I can see why a coach might take issue with someone insisting on drawing attention to himself. We keep getting further and further away from discipline and fear of authority as a society. I don't think Larranaga is wrong here, maybe old school, but not wrong.
he's not wrong for kicking him off the team but he's probably wrong for getting that worked up over shoes
