1. I don't care that much about his height and weight. Does he have the skills?Your right Skyy Clark was coming off injury and I for one never said DGL was better than Skyy. I think Skyy will end up being very good. That said I do not think BU pays attention to rankings. Once they start playing I don't either. It appears obvious that DGL is a better athlete than Epps. That DGL is quicker, jumps higher, handles the ball better and has a better shot. I don't look at rankings. Hell Trey Burke was a 6'1" 170lb, outside the top 100 and was as tough a college PG as anyone. When you can tell BU is trying not to pour on too much praise and is clearly giddy about DGL, it is for a reason. It may be why after Ray J we didn't add anyone. Its different with him. He flat out said DGL is going to play and play a lot. It is not just a practice report when it is an open practuce. It was a practice report when he dunked on TSJ, I would have loved to have seen that but your right it is not the same as seeing it. DGL was the most impressive player on the court at the open practice and its fine to be optimistic about it. BU certainly is. Others saw the practice and some moved us from 6th to third so its not just illini fans that feel this way.. Go Illini
2. We don't know if DGL has a better shot than Epps. We won't know until he plays in a college game. People are citing all these qualities he has w/o actually seeing him in real action. We do know he can jump high. After that, we'll see.
3. I hope BU doesn't pay attention to rankings. While higher-ranked players generally are better, lots of guys are over or under-ranked.