(12-13-2015 02:40 PM)emu steve Wrote:  

(12-13-2015 01:42 PM)emu79 Wrote:  

(12-13-2015 10:18 AM)Luckeyone Wrote:  I believe Murphy has got to try and build a Recruiting class with high school seniors who could have three years to play with Thompson. I do not mind sprinkling a JC player here or there but he devotes too much emphasis on JC players that only have two years of Eligibility

You mean top Michigan high school players aren't flocking to play for someone with so many media contacts and with two back to back 20 win seasons? Shocking I say. WMU and CMU seems to have no problems. Murphy deserves credit from bringing us from the bottom of the MAC to just average or maybe a C+. As you recall this was a team that blew games with Ball State last year. Outside of Thompson the newcomers this year haven't impressed me overall and we have a mediocre game at point guard no matter who plays. Bond hasn't matured into the scorer I thought he'd be. Murphy rolled the dice this year with LWH and lost so we really don't have any frontcourt depth this year. Price has been better defensively but where's the shooting that once marked him a top 150 prospect prior to DePaul? Oakland is gobbling up the transfers that should be all rights be looking at EMU. Will Murphy take EMU to the NCAAs or NIT? If he can't within the next two years we should look at a change.

We might have the best mid-major recruit in the United States of America and you complain... Plus two good sit outs.

There are a lot of frosh mid-major centers who can't walk and chew gum at the same time.

Hm, we know why we got Thompson, lets call that a special case, we have a sit out that was to be on the court right now not sitting out for academic reasons, but I do agree with you next year Murphy and staff have to bring the goods in a conference championship and NCAA bid. I keep forgetting when it comes to recruiting Michigan high school kids WMU, Oakland and CMU have to the NCAAs in recent history and Murphy well Murphy has not.