This is copied from the MTSU board:

Quote:44. MIDDLE TENNESSEE (19 Points)..........6 Recruits..........3.2 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(6) Uriah Hethington, 6'8, C, Okaloosa-Walton (JC) FL; (3) Josh Sain, 6'6, PF, Jackson (Liberty Tech) TN; (3) Broderick Gilchrist, 5'10, PG, Memphis (Hamilton) TN; (3) Antwuan Boyd, 6'4, PF, Anderson (H.S.) IN; (2) Keith Dodd, 6'8, PF, Cleveland (Bradley-Central) TN; (2) Dexter Powell, 6'4, 2G, Wabash Valley (JC) IL.

50. NEW ORLEANS (18 Points)..........6 Recruits..........3.0 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(4) Joseph Fulce, 6'7, WF, Woodstock (Massanutten Military) VA; (4) Troy Mathis, 6'1, PG, Lon Morris (JC) TX; (3) Jairo Mendoza, 6'8, PF, Miami-Dade (JC) FL; (3) Kechan Myers, 6'0, PG, Arkansas-Ft. Smith (JC) AR; (2) Tristan Worrell, 6'6, PF, Angelina (JC) TX; (2) Kyndall Dykes, 6'4, WF, Navarro (JC) TX.

110. FLORIDA ATLANTIC (11 Points)..........4 Recruits..........2.8 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit.........Sun Belt Conference..........(3) Rod Green, 6'7, PF, Redlands (JC) OK; (3) Carderro Nwoji, 6'2, PG, Redlands (JC) OK; (3) Jamal Owens, 6'6, WF, Miami (Carol City) FL; (2) Brett Royster, 6'7, PF, Arlington (Martin) TX.

124. LOUISIANA-MONROE (10 Points)..........4 Recruits..........2.5 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(3) Mitchell Hampton, 6'7, PF, Monroe (Ouachita) LA; (3) Raphelle Turner, 6'9, C, Alexandria (Peabody) LA; (2) Sei Paye, 6'3, 2G, Houston (Strake Jesuit) TX; (2) Hugh Mingo, 6'2, 2G, West Monroe (H.S.) LA.

124. FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL (10 Points)..........4 Recruits..........2.5 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(3) Nestor Colmenares, 6'7, PF, Indian Hills (JC) IA; (3) Badara Ndiaye, 6'11, C, Southeastern Iowa (JC) IA; (2) Tremayne Russell, 6'1, PG, Pittsfield (Maine Central Institute) ME; (2) Sadell Ayala, 6'3, 2G, Western Iowa (JC) IA.

134. WESTERN KENTUCKY (9 Points)..........3 Recruits..........2.7 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(3) Steffphon Pettigrew, 6'5, PF, Elizzabethtown (H.S.) GA; (3) B.J. Frazier, 6'6, WF, Stone Mountain (Stephenson) GA; (3) D.J. Magley, 6'10, C, Bradenton (Christian) FL

140. ARKANSAS STATE (9 Points)..........4 Recruits..........2.3 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(3) Yima Chia-Kur, 6'6, PF, Garden City (JC) KS; (2) Larry Handy, 6'7, PF, Kilgore (JC) TX; (2) Ifeanyi Koggu, 5'11, PG, Tyler (JC) TX; (2) Michael Lance, 6'3, 2G, Three Rivers (JC) MO.

158. SOUTH ALABAMA (8 Points)..........4 Recruits..........2.0 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(2) Jamar Moore, 6'5, WF, Thomasville (H.S.) GA; (2) LaDarius Hall, 6'2, 2G, Thomasville (H.S.) GA; (2) DeAndre Ross, 6'1, PG, Lynnhaven (Rutherford) GA; (2) Ronald Douglas, 6'9, C, Mississippi Gulf Coast (JC) MS.

168. ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK (7 Points).........3 Recruits..........2.3 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference..........(3) John Fowler, 6'4, 2G, Mineral Area (JC) MO; (2) Will Coleman, 6'9, PF, Columbus (Glenwood) GA; (2) Brian Smith, 6'2, 2G, Birmingham (Ervin) AL.

179. LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (6 Points)..........1 Recruit..........6.0 Talent Rating Average Per Recruit..........Sun Belt Conference.......... (6) Booker Woodfox, 6'2, 2G, San Jacinto (JC) TX.

??? How is this talent rating working here? FIU has a 2.5 average talent rating but thier recruiting class is better than ours? Anybody know anything about thier 6'11 guy? He is a transfer is he not?

Looking at recruiting around the league, I have two thoughts...

1. The belt got a lot of 3 star caliber players this year. (Hopefully that will translate into non conference wins.)

2. I think that even if it doesn't happen this year... DJ Magley may eventually prove to be the real prize of this year's Sunbelt recruiting class. Good gaurds come a dime a dozen. Good big men are the difference makers.

GO TOPS!!

From the haven...

No true point gaurd?

So the year that Evans and Slaughter are seniors, Pagues, Magley Frazier, and Pettigrew are juniors we will be going with a freshman point gaurd???? Sounds like 2005 all over again.

I'd LOVE to have Hunt though. I guess we could go with Slaughter at point or a JUCO point gaurd but that seems like a huge gamble.

I dont think the staff will let that happen again. The new guy for 08-09, Tippon is a 6'5 shooting gaurd that can play point from what I heard. I fully expect a gaurd or two to be recruited for next year along with maybe a Juco such as Braz. But who really knows?

Quote:I dont think the staff will let that happen again. The new guy for 08-09, Tippon is a 6'5 shooting gaurd that can play point from what I heard. I fully expect a gaurd or two to be recruited for next year along with maybe a Juco such as Braz. But who really knows?

We lose 5 players this year? Is that correct? Lee, Brazelton, Siakam, Rogers, and Maresca? Only three of those guys are on athletic scholarship, and two of those scholarships have already been taken for next year by Tipping and Waller. So unless someone else transfers (I hope not) or goes on academic scholarship (that would be nice) then do we have another scholarship for a point gaurd???

I simply do not trust a non point gaurd to play the point. And I do not trust any freshman to be the starting point gaurd. It is too much of a skilled position.

I may be wrong, and I hope so because I would LOVE a 3 star point gaurd this next year.