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(04-21-2021 12:44 PM)Bearhawkeye Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 09:10 AM)skylinecat Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 08:49 AM)OKIcat Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 06:28 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  Agreed...but at this point,, there are going to be some players like that which we may take to fill certain roles.
It's hard to know how much of that was his desire to start near home, or teams not knowing about his knee.

Based on his pre-injury year, he seems to be a long, highly active wing...but absolutely cannot hit the three as he is a career 29.5% 3 point shooter. Seems to be a secondary option with good length and high defensive upside...the kind of guy you want in your starting lineup to support the stars, but will likely never be a primary option except for spells during a game or two.

He kind of seems like a more defensively inclined version of Keith Williams actually...probably a very decent comp. Good pickup for sure, especially with two years of eligibility left, and allows for JD to move down the lineup to a stretch 4/hybrid forward option...we need a 5/post presence like nobody's business now though

Bolded, good analysis. I'm glad he's on board. At this point UC simply needs more players to field a team and his Wes Miller connection likely yielded this quick commitment.

I'm all in with Miller too. But I'm trying to imagine the comments here if Brannen's first commitment was a player he was recruiting for NKU and had the same offer/interest list.

Was it not Chris Vogt? I thought he announced like 2 days after Brannen was announced.

No, he was already on NKU's team but was stuck behind their PoY stud so Brannen knew all about him basketball-wise first hand. And fwiw my recollection is it was met with a lot of skepticism and sarcasm at the time.