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(05-03-2019 11:47 AM)skyblade Wrote:  

(05-03-2019 11:24 AM)bearcatmill Wrote:  

(05-03-2019 09:12 AM)Marcus Wrote:  He was a default pickup for UC in the first place after another coaching change. I'd say chances are good he'll bounce around another time or two. I just don't get the panic from some of you. The guy was barely in the National Top 150.

This. Another Mick project. He is a replaceable player. When there is a coaching change these things happen. Happens at other schools, no matter whether they are Cartel 5 or not, and it is happening here. My hope is Brannen is able to right the ship sooner than later. One other thing, if Curtis was that good why hasn't Mick or Mack offered him a scholly at Loserville or UCLA.

Lol. So now we are defining players who are 0.925 (right on the high-3, low-4 star bubble) as "projects". I guess UK and Duke probably do that. By that criteria we've had 3 non-projects since 2010 (Cumberland, Clark and Shaq Thomas).

I think some of you get the ratings numbers confused between football prospects and basketball prospects. A .925 is a 3-star in basketball on 247 where in football its an extremely high solid 4-star raiting.. If being barely in the Top 150 nationally means he is right on the border of being a 4-star then handing out 4-stars has certainly become way more liberal over the last few years. A 4-star for the longest time almost always meant you were a solid National Top 100 prospect. Being a 4* these days has certainly lost its value in basketball recruiting.