Is it Lidddell and Okoro or bust?
Feels like we are already building towards that.
Never in recruiting. There are times you can swing for the fences, but you must have back-up plans to your back-up plans. And anyone who's followed recruiting can tell you, you just never know who's going to be better down the line. Great players get injured, have personal problems, hit a personal ceiling, etc., and plan B guys sometimes have the light go on or had break through something that was holding them back. For sure, these guys are priority.
We are building a really strong case. We aren't winning enough because we're playing freshman, are too thin up front, haven't got the system down yet (especially defensively), and just haven't turned the corner on putting together 40 minutes of bball. But our freshman are getting better, and we will keep getting better. This is going to be an upper-tier BIG backcourt sooner rather than later. Smith isn't going to struggle indefinitely, for example, and Trent's natural speed and pace is helping him come on quickly.
I'm super impressed with what Underwood's doing and how he's staying focused. Really need to get a couple bigs though.