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UNLV 89, Illinois 82 POSTGAME
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 631370" data-source="post: 1357751"><p>Dude, it's not the LEVEL of talent. This isn't a matter of averaging the recruiting rankings of all the players, and spitting out some talent indicator.</p><p></p><p>This is about having talent in the right positions -- and with experience. Our most talented kid BY FAR is a freshman. We don't have a single rim protector. And our depth in the front court is nonexistent. I like Spicy G's future here, but he's very clearly a project -- and a freshman project, at that.</p><p></p><p>By the way......we have a grand total of 4 top-100 kids on our roster: Mark Smith, Trent Frazier, Aaron Jordan, and Leron Black. And two of those -- Frazier and Jordan -- were by no means consensus top-100 kids.</p><p></p><p>Think about that for a second. 4 top-100 kids, total. And not a single one over 6'7. If you think this is sufficient talent to go where we need to go as a program, we'll have to respectfully agree to disagree.</p><p></p><p>UNLV and Maryland were certainly more talented than we were. Probably a wash with Wake Forest. NW probably less so, but far more experienced. Bottom line is, we need to be on a Maryland/Ohio State/Michigan type of talent level, and we're not even close yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 631370, post: 1357751"] Dude, it's not the LEVEL of talent. This isn't a matter of averaging the recruiting rankings of all the players, and spitting out some talent indicator. This is about having talent in the right positions -- and with experience. Our most talented kid BY FAR is a freshman. We don't have a single rim protector. And our depth in the front court is nonexistent. I like Spicy G's future here, but he's very clearly a project -- and a freshman project, at that. By the way......we have a grand total of 4 top-100 kids on our roster: Mark Smith, Trent Frazier, Aaron Jordan, and Leron Black. And two of those -- Frazier and Jordan -- were by no means consensus top-100 kids. Think about that for a second. 4 top-100 kids, total. And not a single one over 6'7. If you think this is sufficient talent to go where we need to go as a program, we'll have to respectfully agree to disagree. UNLV and Maryland were certainly more talented than we were. Probably a wash with Wake Forest. NW probably less so, but far more experienced. Bottom line is, we need to be on a Maryland/Ohio State/Michigan type of talent level, and we're not even close yet. [/QUOTE]
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