SG Dre Applewhite is transfering in from Miss State. This from verbalcommits.com

Avg. 18 min., 5 ppg., 4 rpg. That will make 6 SG for next yr.

From Memphis, he's 6'5" 217 lbs and plays the wing. Coach's son. 3 star recruit. Was projected as a small forward out of HS.
Good student.

(01-13-2014 06:46 AM)Rockketdork Wrote:  Avg. 18 min., 5 ppg., 4 rpg. That will make 6 SG for next yr.

Except that he won't play next year, right?

I believe he will be available Jan. next yr.

(01-13-2014 08:32 AM)Rockketdork Wrote:  I believe he will be available Jan. next yr.

So he started this semester? Will he be a soph or Jr?

Soph.

(01-13-2014 09:07 AM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote:  

(01-13-2014 08:32 AM)Rockketdork Wrote:  I believe he will be available Jan. next yr.

So he started this semester? Will he be a soph or Jr?

http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-pre...tes_3.html

http://www.cdispatch.com/msusports/artic...?aid=30020

Not sure how I feel about this one? I guess I'd prefer to hone our own recruits, but we've done well with quality transfers, so I can't argue. The SEC isn't know as a basketball conference, but it's still an SEC school.

If he was 6'0" I'd be questioning, but since we lose Rian and Matt Smith, Dre could fill in either position or bang more at small forward. He is taller and heavier (possibly stronger at 217lbs) than Rian. He sounds closer to what we have in Drummond, but maybe not as much of a slasher. We have Spoon for one more year and Dre could also slide into the small forward starter in a couple of years, but I guarantee he doesn't have the hops that Spoon brings to the table.

Where does this leave the Williams kid, he's 6'6" as well, but from what I've seen in very limited action is limited offensive skills? I could be way off since we've not seen much.

We also get Lemons back next year and Jon-Jon will see more playing time with Rian graduating. We need one more 6'8" - 6'10" kid, but those are hard to come by.

(01-13-2014 10:27 AM)emanoh Wrote:  We also get Freelove back next year and Jon-Jon will see more playing time with Rian graduating. We need one more 6'8" - 6'10" kid, but those are hard to come by.

Freelove? Huh?

Edit: I think you mean Lemons.

(01-13-2014 10:27 AM)emanoh Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this one? I guess I'd prefer to hone our own recruits, but we've done well with quality transfers, so I can't argue. The SEC isn't know as a basketball conference, but it's still an SEC school.

If he was 6'0" I'd be questioning, but since we lose Rian and Matt Smith, Dre could fill in either position or bang more at small forward. He is taller and heavier (possibly stronger at 217lbs) than Rian. He sounds closer to what we have in Drummond, but maybe not as much of a slasher. We have Spoon for one more year and Dre could also slide into the small forward starter in a couple of years, but I guarantee he doesn't have the hops that Spoon brings to the table.

Where does this leave the Williams kid, he's 6'6" as well, but from what I've seen in very limited action is limited offensive skills? I could be way off since we've not seen much.

We also get Freelove back next year and Jon-Jon will see more playing time with Rian graduating. We need one more 6'8" - 6'10" kid, but those are hard to come by.

Agree 100% that we need an athletic big guy for next season. May have to go the JC or prep school route. Neither Boothe nor Garber are especially athletic, and we need someone after Spoon if gone.

Not really sure what's going on with Aubrey Williams. I heard the end of the coaches' show last week and I believe they were talking about him, but didn't hear much. Maybe someone could enlighten us.

(01-13-2014 10:27 AM)emanoh Wrote:  We also get Freelove back next year and Jon-Jon will see more playing time with Rian graduating. We need one more 6'8" - 6'10" kid, but those are hard to come by.

We'll be getting Freelove back on Wednesday, only he'll be wearing a Buffalo uniform, along with another former Rocket, Justin Moss.

Oops, Josh Lemons..not sure where that Freelove thing came from, fixed in my original post.

(01-13-2014 10:27 AM)emanoh Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this one? I guess I'd prefer to hone our own recruits, but we've done well with quality transfers, so I can't argue. The SEC isn't know as a basketball conference, but it's still an SEC school.

The SEC isnt known as a basketball conference? Your kidding, correct?

Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Mississippi State have all had highly respectable programs. Not to mention several National Champions in the last decade or so.

well, the SEC is an uneven league in that most of the teams are not powerhouses year in year out, but a couple Kentucky, Florida are perennial national title contenders.

this transfer looks like a good fit. solid student, hard worker, coach's son, solid athlete, experience at a high level, fairly productive this when given minutes. I wonder how his knee is. he had a really bad injury but is back on the court. perhaps, he will be stronger by the time he gets on the court for us.

also, he had to use a rs for the injury. so, unless the ncaa is lenient, he will be a soph next yr and eligible for the second semester around dec 20, 2014. he would be in the same class w both Williams, lauf and garber.

now, all we need is an athletic or big inside guy and maybe another pg (not sure if the plan for mosley or jon jon is for pg or sg)

Wish they could have both a pg and a pf/c big. With one scholly left it won't happen with out someone leaving. Ryan Autello tweeted they are after pg PJ Thompson which is great. But with the make up of the team right now they are becoming a small team. I feel they need another big to have more depth at center. I like Garber but he isn't quite there yet. If Booth has to sit that would give them two to go to next yr. That's where signing Mosley did not fit in for me. In my guesstimation they needed a pf a cen and a pg.

(01-14-2014 04:17 AM)pono Wrote:  also, he had to use a rs for the injury. so, unless the ncaa is lenient, he will be a soph next yr and eligible for the second semester around dec 20, 2014. he would be in the same class w both Williams, lauf and garber.

He should have no problem RS this year, too, since medical RS and regular RS are completely different. So he should have 3.5 yrs to play at UT.

(01-13-2014 11:08 PM)gobaseline Wrote:  

(01-13-2014 10:27 AM)emanoh Wrote:  Not sure how I feel about this one? I guess I'd prefer to hone our own recruits, but we've done well with quality transfers, so I can't argue. The SEC isn't know as a basketball conference, but it's still an SEC school.

The SEC isnt known as a basketball conference? Your kidding, correct?

Kentucky, Florida, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Alabama, Arkansas, Vanderbilt and Mississippi State have all had highly respectable programs. Not to mention several National Champions in the last decade or so.

OK, I'll give you Kentucky and Florida which are currently the only two ranked SEC teams. Mizzou just fell out of top 25. Yes, I'll give you that the other teams you listed are respectable, but don't think "historically" they jump off your tounge when listing top programs or as a top conference. I bet 9 out of 10 people will tell you the SEC is a football conference first. Hey, I'm glad we have the opportunity to get a transfer from a bigger school/conf. It's better than taking a guy from Wittenberg or Defiance College, right? Now we need to go out and get one more freshman forward/center who we can groom and we'd have a stellar class.

Toledo is very small. Look at some other rosters. We have two guys 6-8 or taller. Ohio has five, Akron has four plus four 6-7 guys, Kent has 6, and so on.