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Understood. We disagree on Bruninga, but if he ends up at UI, I'll certainly support him.
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Understood. We disagree on Bruninga, but if he ends up at UI, I'll certainly support him.
Fair enough, Wooten is the stretch in that one....Bruninga would be a red shirt, Ernst would be a starter and better than the Maric option someone else suggested.
Frazier/Williams are locks so...
With 4 others: Badocchi, Ernst, Johnson, Smith is my revised...had forgotton the Johnson option, thanks
While I am not saying I am against recruiting Ernst, I think it's a big statement to say a guy with his JC numbers (not at all impressive) would leap frog Finke as a starter. I am sure he would find time in the rotation and a lot depends on who else we sign in the frontcourt, but I believe Finke, Black and Kipper will be filling major minutes at the 4/5, so unless we sign a frontcourt stud, I think whoever is coming in will be off the bench to spell Finke. Heck Finke's numbers were every bit as good as Ernst and Finke did it in the Big Ten and those numbers will only go up with Mav and Hill gone.
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This is a fair point assuming you are not talking about play style.
To me Bruninga looks to be a 4 even if he keeps growing while Ernst looks to be a 5
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Well, context matters. I don't know much about Iowa State's class balance/commits/etc. but if we can get to a place where Bruninga is a luxury/fill-a-need type of addition, great! I'm not sure we are anywhere near that position right now, though.
With Bridges returning to MSU (most likely), have our odds changed any with regards to Smith? I see it down to us and them, I can't decide if the needle moves our direction or theirs with this news.
I am all for taking a flyer on him if we cant find or land Bragg and others, heck I would still rather take a flyer on a kid out of high school then take a 5th year player.
I honestly do not see the big connection/influence of Bridges on Smith given that Bridges is a SF and Smith is a PG/SG. I also would not count UK out yet.
I agree with this as well. And I also would think the opportunity to play with Bridges would be appealing.
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Appealing it is, but the appeal comes with less playing time, less scoring opportunities, and most likely not starting.
It all depends on what the kid wants.
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Yes, you can bet Izzo is selling him on how much he'll improve playing against the guys on next year's MSU team in practice and he'll still get some minutes. That team next year could easily make the FF. Then sophomore year, he'll be a main guy and still have studs around him.
because Bridges played the PF this year so moving to SF moves Lankford to the 2 taking a lot of the playing time for the 2 away . Smith will have a harder time seeing the floor vs the talent at MSU then at UofI
The Bruninga Bromance is strong with this one.
Not nearly as strong as the Chastain momentum.
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Jerry Meyer @jerrymeyer247
Big question: does Allonzo Trier returning to Arizona & Miles Bridges returning to MSU help Creighton w Brian Bowen? http://247sports.com/Player/Brian-Bowen-37000 …
Big question: does Allonzo Trier returning to Arizona & Miles Bridges returning to MSU help Creighton w Brian Bowen? http://247sports.com/Player/Brian-Bowen-37000 …
Besides the obvious of how great of a player Smith is, I would be so excited to have him, being a kid that has always loved Illinois. Pair that with Frazier's loyalty and excitement for the school and DaMonte's connection, it would be fun to have a team of kids with so much passion for the university.
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Meyer still has Smith going to MSU (along with everybody else.) In fact, MSU picked up 2 CBs on Tuesday, when word came out that Bridges was staying.
http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Mark-Smith-at-Edwardsville-189294/CurrentExpertPredictions
http://247sports.com/PlayerInstitution/Mark-Smith-at-Edwardsville-189294/CurrentExpertPredictions
I don't know about that. Given that most of our returning talent (TJL and JCL) is at PG/SG this is a similar situation. I think Bridges returning will have more of a potential negative effect on Tugs Bowen to MSU than on Smith.
There is a high appeal for someone like Smith at PG/SG to play for Izzo and MSU alongside Bridges.
If we burn a scholarship on Bruninga things will have gone very, very badly in recruiting for 17. It would signal we missed on lots of more talented targets, and frankly, if that is the case we are better off waiting and using the scholly for the 18 class. Don't see a scenario where a scholarship is extended there.
Now now, this isn't fair. Thorne couldn't control or predict his injury and the way diabetes affects healing.
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https://twitter.com/MilesBridges01/status/852556242811854850
Well, now it's officially official for Bridges, so we'll see what other dominoes might fall.
Well, now it's officially official for Bridges, so we'll see what other dominoes might fall.
Yeah and he changed his prediction to Creighton as well.
Maybe we should make a late push...We are better than Creighton right? Bowen by all accounts wants to be the MAN, wherever he goes...he would be highest ranked player here, play a position of need, get plenty of minutes...jus sayin
NOPE... Thorne -- 1 year of scholarship (originally) and before injury -- was good. 2nd year of scholarship was gravy
Tate -- maybe -- he played a position of need... we just needed him to be the backup...
We are talking about fringe / lower rotation guys... that take up 4 years of scholarship.
Unfortunately, that is probably the same value proposition for a lot of other places.
But I really can't see Bowen at MSU with Bridges returning.
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