No major surprise here. I’ll be curious to see what conference/team he gets recruited to and what he looks like as a player by junior/senior year. Bit of a log jam to get him on the floor and to expect him to be a big contributor next year was likely a stretch.
You may be right. You maybe know the family. When you say "we went through the same thing with DC last year", maybe you are an insider. I am not. And I do not know the family. But here's what I do know: On January 1st, the kid was projected 10 to San Antonio. He is now on the fringe of falling out of the first round. Things changed. And I do not think its crazy to think that he would do exactly what DC did and return for a second year.
The schedule happened, those 6 points came in a 54 point win over one of the worst teams in the country. All but 1 of his minutes up to that point was against cupcakes
It’s often tough for top 75 type recruits to break into the rotation right away on a good team. Think it’s telling that in a season where toughness, defense, athleticism, & physicality was needed, he couldn’t even get spot minutes. Just wasn’t ready for it. Staff is going to play who they think will help them win games, they didn’t think that.
Not an insider, just common sense. Best case if Liam comes back, he makes a million or so? He'll make at least 4 times that in the NBA, while not having to deal with classes or practice limitations
Not sure it all the football dollars luring good players to those teams. I think that’s a part of it, but having a billionaire benefactor like St John’s has, or Arkansas has and now BYU has magnify the landscape.
I recall Jensen being a good ball handler, defender and an accurate assassin. We could have used him for his year, freshman or not.
Why Luis would ever return and play for Pitino is incomprehensible.
He would be a great get for Fairfield
