[quote="Mike Zaun" post=406539][quote="MCNPA" post=406535][quote="Paultzman" post=406526][quote="Mike Zaun" post=406524]For my criticisms about CMA's recruiting, I will always admit that he seems to usually have his teams ready to play. CMA teams don't seem to play down to competition like Mullin and Lavin teams did. Before these types of games under those coaches, it was a matter of wondering what no name YMCA player would torch us that night. We should've beat SP easier, but that seems to be the outlier so far and it was our first game so that's excusable especially given how other teams even great ones have slipped early. Since that game, we look a lot better IMO. I still think we are one 6'10 240+ big with good hands and some offensive skill plus a shooter away from truly competing in the Big East top 4-5, but there's no reason we can't surprise. If our players stay 4 yrs especially Champ and Posh, this is going to be a scary team potentially. I really hope CMA can parlay a solid season with flashes of good things to come into a major recruiting win or two.[/quote]
On your comment ; “ I still think we are one 6'10 240+ big with good hands and some offensive skill plus a shooter away from truly competing in the Big East top 4-5”
It is safe to say the majority of fans would like to add a competent, strong player w reasonable mobility.[/quote]
Any reason that can’t be Nyiwe? Kid is 210 but he and Moore can both add muscle in the off-season. He’s real mobile though and a lot of the heavier bigs can’t.[/quote]
He can be...it's just that when you are very skinny you become easy to push around down low and it's usually harder to finish offensively. If you're more built, you can absorb the blows and still finish. But I'm interested to see him...obviously hope that he's a diamond in rough.
And I think Georgetown has at least 1 Big East starting level big...so does Xavier with Freemantle, so add those to the list. PC has Watson. Add them too. If we do not do well this year in conference it will almost certainly be due to lack of real big at this level and/or lack of shooting.[/quote]
I don’t necessarily agree with this. We play a speed game and most teams don’t have those massive bigs with well-rounded offensive games. We need a capable offensive and defensive player inside. Agree this kid is on the thin side but he’s a gazelle like Moore. We just need somebody capable of putting a body on bigs and to block some shots and get down court at the other end.
We will have Roberts, Toro and Nyiwe in the middle and Moore up front as well. Enough size to hopefully clean the glass and keep up with other teams bigs.
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