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(10-27-2018 04:39 PM)Tbac3 Wrote:  

(10-27-2018 08:56 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(10-27-2018 06:04 AM)Mo Blue Den You Wrote:  

(10-27-2018 01:28 AM)Justanodufan Wrote:  

(10-26-2018 07:21 PM)JJMonarch Wrote:  What difference does all that make now? He was a highly rated player, recruited by Va for one. Can't you just be happy he is with us?

I am in the “wait and see” camp and not the “he averaged a double double as a HS senior 2 years ago so he is going to be a beast” camp.

The reason I ask is because IF he was putting up double doubles against guys who are now at power 5 basketball schools, what he did in high school carries more weight and should be given consideration that he may be a 10/7 guy here. IF he was averaging a double double against a bunch of guys who now ride the bench for D2 and low D1 programs, then his HS stats don’t matter.

Ding ding ding! In the finals game against Bird, I think Giles said 10/6 were his stats. Well bird had one solid guy that year and it was Mario Haskett who was a 6’5” combo guard that went to Harvard. No studs like in years past with Kenny Williams or Tyrese Rice.

I’m not knocking the guy at all and for ODU’s sake I hope he’s a stud but ALL IM SAYING IS UNTIL HE PROVES HIMSELF FOR US, I’m not calling him our savior. Jeff has put together a good team on paper. Let’s hope they gel and blow our socks off. Horse before the cart please...

He had 10/14 in the state title game with a ton of blocks. Bird had 5 guys play college basketball from that team. Yes, only 1 was Div-1, but how many teams can say that, they were loaded. And they ran a full court trap to try to keep the ball out of Dickens hands.

I dont know his stats when playing with Boo. I do know he played against high ranked talent throught the state while playing with them.

There is no one Ive read on here call him a savior. People are excited bc hes a highly ranked big man recruit, something people have been begging for for years. (But hes not a freshman, so does it count?).

They had 2 Div 1 Players (Haskett - Harvard and Wiley - Del St)