Basketball Recruiting Projections/General Discussions

[LitlBuck]

Harrellson would be a very nice addition for 08 if KK decides to leave when I get the impression that Indiana is all over this guy and what does this say about the Dumes recruiting. We are really stretching our scholarships for 09 if Moore is going to come on board.

[jimotis4heisman]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

I will take your positive evaluation on Moore but this must mean that the staff does not think their chances with Dumes are very good because that would really cut into the number of scholarships available for '10. I don't know about Buford leaving after his sophomore year. I know that he is highly ranked and maybe I am just grasping for three years of him.

On a separate issue, I wonder if we can get a sticky post similar to the one that OBJ had posted that broke down the rosters for the next 3-4 years with the possibilities of the number of scholarships that might be available.

or maybe we can get mili or someone else who knows how to do a database...

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by LitlBuck

Harrellson would be a very nice addition for 08 if KK decides to leave when I get the impression that Indiana is all over this guy and what does this say about the Dumes recruiting. We are really stretching our scholarships for 09 if Moore is going to come on board.

I am honestly not sure what is going on...Trying to make sense of it is kinda hard to do...

I like Moore, but he kills the opportunity to pull in two big guys in the 09' class, and if we do take two in 09' that kills the chances on Payne in 10'...

A juco big man would be ideal for this class, but I don't want to reach just to have someone...Then we could go with Moore next year and a guy like Riley...

I would like to see make a push for Harrellson, but we will see where that gets us...Not sure we really need another guard/wing type like Dumes...Even tho his shooting would be nice to have...

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Riley needs some work on the offensive end.....he is farther behind Dallas Lauderdale at the same stage......I am not sold on him. We need an impact player in the froncourt in 2009.

Harrellson would be a very nice addition for 08 if KK decides to leave

Not good that he has just one official visit left and we have not made the list as of yet....

[LitlBuck]

I think with the APR reports that are coming out Matta might have to be a little more careful with regard to the type of player he does recruit. I don't know how he can do it but if he goes after a couple more one and dones he really needs to get some type of guarantee that they will stay through Spring quarter of their freshman year. It's either that or he is going to have to stay away from that type of player IMO

[crazybuckfan40]

Originally Posted by OSUBasketballJunkie

Riley needs some work on the offensive end.....he is farther behind Dallas Lauderdale at the same stage......I am not sold on him. We need an impact player in the froncourt in 2009.

I don't think he is farther behind Lauderdale in terms of offense, but he is just lazy from what I have gathered and really surprised to see him still ranked at 15 in the new scout rankings...Maybe we will see some improvement in the spring AAU...

Not good that he has just one official visit left and we have not made the list as of yet....

Agreed, but we will see how hard Matta pushes for him...