Great news indeed!
Slightly off topic, but didn't Maurice Creek at IU a couple years back fracture his knee caps in back to back pre-seasons and ended up not getting cleared for a 2nd consecutive waiver? Was there some reason he wasn't cleared? My buddy is trying to argue the Tracy situation isn't as black and white as it seems. He keeps referencing Maurice Creek.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_TerrapinsAs a freshman during the 2009-10 season, Creek started the first 12 games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury. In the team's game against Kentucky that year he scored 31 points on 9-of-14 shooting, including 5-of-8 from behind the arc. Following that game he was the top scoring freshman in the country with a 17.3 point average through the first nine games. In seven straight games he scored in double figures and, prior to his injury, was in early discussions for freshman of the year honors.
As a sophomore during the 2010-11 season Creek played in 18 games and started 13 before once again suffering a season-ending injury, this time a stress fracture in his knee that required surgery. Remarkably, just days before the Hoosiers reached the official start of practice for the 2011-12 season, Creek suffered yet another injury, this time a torn left Achilles. The injury was his third within 22 months and caused him to sit out the entire season. As a result Creek decided to redshirt and is now considered part of the 2014 graduating class with Victor Oladipo and Will Sheehey.
In June 2013, he transferred to The George Washington University for his final year of eligibility,[4] where he became the team's leading scorer and hit a buzzer beater to defeat the Maryland Terrapins
NCAA is a weird weird organization. Shocked on this one.
Great news though, expectations just got a whole lot higher Mr. Groce
Really great news on Thorne. With the dramatic improvement of Mav last year the team should be solid in the post as well as PF. Looking ahead to 2017 a lot of pieces will be there... But we will have a freshman center, (Assuming we can recruit one), unless Finke moves to the post.
Makes me wonder if Mav might be interested in working on a Masters, sitting a year, and coming back as a really solid post player on a strong 2017/18 team.
Watch, the NCAA follows this up with denying Abrams his 6th year. The thing that most surprises me about this ruling is that the NCAA was willing to set this kind of precedent with Thorne for future cases.
Love the news! Potential scholarship breakdown for 2016-17:
Sr - 6
Jr - 0
So - 6
Fr - 1
Not quite the balance JG was preaching when he arrived, but good news for next year's recruiting class.
Really great news on Thorne. With the dramatic improvement of Mav last year the team should be solid in the post as well as PF. Looking ahead to 2017 a lot of pieces will be there... But we will have a freshman center, (Assuming we can recruit one), unless Finke moves to the post.
Makes me wonder if Mav might be interested in working on a Masters, sitting a year, and coming back as a really solid post player on a strong 2017/18 team.
Watch, the NCAA follows this up with denying Abrams his 6th year. The thing that most surprises me about this ruling is that the NCAA was willing to set this kind of precedent with Thorne for future cases.
Great news. Now... let's start winning!!!!
Thorne and Black back..we now have presence inside.
Black will be a junior, right?