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How tall is Underwood? What did he play at K-State?
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They both would be great fits, but with all guards/wing players...who are/will be the inside-slasher types with size?
Finke would fit what you just said he can shoot from outside, but he also goes to the basket very well. When he wants to any how. THT might not be 6-6 but he can get to the basket as well. I think to many people on here are still stuck in believing we are not going to play 2 bigs at the same time, They will for sure take THT and Finke both if they want to come here. I believe if Finke commits THT still would, but if THT does I do not think Finke would
Finke is a perfect fit for Underwood's system. Heck THT is a great fit too.. Not sure if you can take both because they are looking for an athletic SF type too.
Don't think you are right about taking both Finke and THT. We only have 3 open schollies for next years class at the moment. One would be for Ayo (or potentially another lead guard), One for wing (THT,Finke) and One for a big (Conditt or any of the other options). If there is some roster movement and we end up with 4 slots for '18 then it might be possible we take both.
Assuming Ayo, a big, and one of THT/Finke (huge assumption, getting way ahead of reality), I think the staff would only over sign for a perfect fit to the roster. IMO, that would be a highly skilled player who has the skills of a 3, but could defend the 4. I guy like Bazely would be perfect except he signed with Syracuse. One of the SF with length or PF with mobility from the scholarship grid.
If they think Finke is going to grow to 6'9", then you can disregard my ramblings.
Kipper and possibly Vesel are the only guys like that on the roster. Kipper is a bit small for the role and I don't know enough about Vesel to know if he is skilled enough.
TJL, TF, DW, MS, AJ, Ayo, & THT/Finke are all 1-3 from a defense perspective, with Kipper a 3/4. That is probably already one more than ideal roster construction (no inside info, just logic). If you are going to push someone out, it wouldn't be to add another in this group.
Ayo and find another Top big somewhere, other than Conditt? THT is good, just not sure him or Finke fit the needs moving forward,
The "needs" is talent. They fit.
The "needs" is talent. They fit.
Exactly- in an overall positionless offensive scheme, talent and player fit are more important than having a traditional set of 5 different types of players
It's all well and good to have a positionless offensive scheme, but you still need a certain array of bodies to match up against other teams on defense, at least to some degree.
http://www.news-gazette.com/sports/...recruiting-impact-still-being-felt-illinois.h
Nothing real newsworthy, just summing up what happened to some of Groce's recruits. One thing that was interesting is that Austin Colbert seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. Okay, not exactly. But he is no longer on Hampton's roster where he went after Old Dominion.
Seriously. I was still growing till 20. Didn't even have a growth spurt till after soph year of high school.Stupid question, but don't high school sophomores grow anymore? I was in high school in the 60s, and it was common for boys to grow 2"-4" after they turned 16.
I have a question that's been nagging me; Underwood and staff have an abundance of offers out for next year, with the preference being 3 or possibly 4 players whose names are well known. What happens if the middle of this week, they get phone calls from 3 Players Way down on the list that say "OK we're ready to commit". They can't say "well could you hold off a little bit until we get an answer from Ayo, THT, Finke, and Conditt". How do they handle this? I've often wondered how this is handled when there's an obvious preference for the highest rated player we can get that fit the system or a specific need.
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This is exactly what they say. I've heard this first hand from friends in high school when they were being recruited. It's not always easy to juggle the balance of courtship and intention but it's absolutely part of the process. You just don't hear about it as much because coaches can't talk about recruits and recruits aren't going to say publicly they aren't a school's first choice.
Shoot, I grew an inch in college, which was surprising.