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Let's remember that these kids are 17 years old, so none of us can expect to know what they're going to do. Yes, he visited only Uconn, so odds are he's going there. But when someone calls a school their dream school two weeks before they're going to announce it is absolutely ridiculous to rule...

Probably wrong here, but it is possible that he wants to commit to SU before Battle can take the spot. He did call it his dream school pretty recently.

Starting to think we need to get Gilbert up here to visit.

They didn't give up on him, they moved him to shooting guard his sophomore year and he started every single game that year. If you're going to call me out, at least be right...

There is no possible way that the staff has given up on a point guard after one year of being thrown into the starting lineup as a freshman.

Notre Dame worries me the most. He fits the bill there perfectly.

Recent reports seem to indicate that the NCAA isn't going to come down on UNC as hard as originally thought. I think this actually bodes well for us, as people will realize that they definitely gave us punishments that were too harsh when compared to the UNC case. This should in turn benefit...

IMO: Battle Richardson Roberson Coleman Chukwu Off the bench: Joseph Moyer Lydon Diagne Howard and Obokoh will have a hard time finding playing time. Let's not forget that JB has shown a willingness to start 2 centers in the past. With the offense that his guards and subs can provide, I...

Boy it would be sweet to have Battle come '16, be a 1-and-done and then have Huerter join for '17. At that point, with a little more size and experience, he could be Battle 2.0. As for who the coaching staff favors for '16, let's hope we never have to find out...

Considering Huerter doesn't even have an offer for '16 I would have to think he's behind Gilbert still at this point. That could change, but as of now I think they'd rather Gilbert.

I just laughed out loud at the office reading that and got some weird looks. You just summed up the NCAA perfectly haha.

I do agree with you for the most part - I'm sure Cal will find a way to make 3 PGs work. But I do see a major weakness at their 4 and 5 spots. Labissiere can't play the whole game and there is legitimately no one to back him up. I mean, we're worried about our center depth and we have 3 guys...

I'm curious what everyone thinks the lineup will look like next year if Battle commits. It's fairly likely that Battle, Richardson, Roberson, and Coleman (if he's still around, if not, then Diagne) start, but who gets the fifth spot? Moyer or Lydon? I would have a hard time deciding between...

I'll check back when Battle does decide, can't take thread this anymore guys.

Kentucky starting five last year: 6'5 6'5 6'10 6'11 7'0 Kentucky starting five this year: 5'10 6'3 6'5 6'7 6'11 I think this is something that not many people are pointing out and it will be a huge issue for them. Cal is way overloaded at PG and doesn't even have a true center to backup Skal...

At least with Chukwu we would be getting him for 16-17 though, rather than getting Murray for this coming season. I don't think this year's team can contend for a national championship, even with Murray, but Chukwu in 16-17 would be huge along with Battle and more improved guys from this year's...

Agreed. Not worth pushing the sanctions back.

As the NBA finals just showed us, as well as the NCAA tournament this year, it is not the best players who win in basketball, but the best team. For this reason, I agree with the points above that there are often recruits who may be in the 50-70 range that may benefit your team more than...

Everyone's anxiously awaiting this kid's college decision and I can't even decide what I want for dinner tonight, lol. I hope the media is giving this kid a break, he's about to make one of the biggest decisions of his life, he deserves some time and space.

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but I don't really get why Boeheim wouldn't let Battle visit even if he's committed to Michigan. If he wants to visit, he clearly has interest and is at least rethinking Michigan. If a player of his caliber told me he wanted to take an official visit...

Interesting, that's probably good news for us then if he decommitted when he didn't necessarily need to. Means he really is at a crossroads and not just rethinking his commitment. I really think distance is the big issue here, which would definitely play in our favor. Not just distance to...

Sorry if I missed this earlier in the thread, but is a recruit allowed to visit another school after committing? Or is that tampering?

Syracuse bball twitter reporting that the visit went "very well" but I would take that with a grain of salt coming from that account.

With Langford committing to the Spartans, this could get real interesting real fast.

I was originally thinking the same about UConn too, that if he schedules a visit we're in trouble. But he just doesn't seem like a prototypical UConn guard to me. Even if he schedules that visit, I still think we can land him. Sometimes visits work the other way, and you go there and realize...

I would think that after everything that happened with Michigan and him deciding to decommit, he would take the time to make sure he's really positive about where he wants to go before he commits again. At the same time, it has been well publicized that he doesn't want his recruitment to drag...

I like how high he gets when he shoots, at 6'6 that's going to be hard to block. Haven't seen too much of his game but he reminds me a bit of D'Angelo Russell.

I thought Howard was more of a 2 than a 1? That's why everyone has been talking about him not really playing this year because he needs time to adjust to the PG position.

While we're at it, let's just say we land Duval as the PG. That team would be just unfair. Would definitely make a FF run.

Saw this article last night and had a wonderful dream about a back line of Porter, Bamba, and Chukwu. Would anyone on the other team ever score??

Feeling a lot more optimistic than I have in a long time. We have some solid offers on the table to kids that seem to have genuine mutual interest. If we can land 2-3 of these 2017 kids at a time when guys like Moyer, Lydon, etc. are getting more experience, the 2017-18 team might just be able...

While we're on the topic of M2M vs Zone, it's a real shame that the NBA doesn't allow zone. It's one of the most effective defenses, especially in college, and JB has used it to his advantage. But the recent trend seems to be that recruits know they won't be playing zone in the NBA, so they...

I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't want to see him come here. Getting him would force us to push the sanctions back a year, and he wouldn't even be able to play next year. I'd rather see us deal with the 10 we have currently and then land someone like Sedee Keita. He seems to...

Doesn't he play with either Simmons or Gilbert? I can't remember which, but if they're friends, a package deal would be pretty sweet (not to mention probably the only way we could land him).

Do we actually have a shot at Banks? I haven't really heard anything regarding his recruitment.

Luckily, it appears that Gilbert will make his college choice before Huerter, so if we don't land Gilbert then we should welcome Huerter with open arms. Simmons probably won't decide until the spring, but if he wants to come here then I'm 100% certain Boeheim will find a way to get him here.

Good thing he said Flynn was his favorite player back in the day ;)

To that I say a lot can change in a year. Look at Christmas, who before this year was undersized for his position with an ugly offensive game too. Regardless, someone will most likely leave this team between this year and next and we will have another scholarship opened.

Odds are pretty good that somebody surprises us this year and will declare for draft (Roberson if I was to guess) or somebody decides to transfer after this year (Obokoh?). That could put us at as many as 4 scholarships available and we could theoretically get Chukwu, Moyer, and 1-2 other...

He would have to sit out a year, but my worry is he would still count towards our scholarship numbers and would make it 11 scholarship players this year, which would force us to push our sanctions back.

I'm curious if his commitment would require us to push our sanctions back a year, or if he doesn't count as a scholarship because he has to sit out a year.

I think it's funny how Cal's recruiting strategy was to tell Maker to "give him a call." Talk about arrogance. I hope Murray and Maker both skip on Kentucky and we watch them fall apart this year, even if that means having to watch Thomas Bryant and Tom Crean win.

I would think Murray would be smart enough to realize that there might not be much of a place for him at Kentucky. Ulis and Briscoe figure to eat all of the PG minutes and a big portion of the SG minutes too. Throw in Matthews and Mulder and I don't really see any room for Murray. More...

Based on recent events, I'll wait until visits happen to declare this thing over.

http://www.nunesmagician.com/2015/6/3/8664645/syracuse-basketball-recruiting-2016-commit Not sure if this was posted anywhere but nunesmagician seems to think Gilbert will be the next to commit, having grown up a big SU and Boeheim fan. We also figure to make the final cut for Simmons and...

The key word there was "recruited." I understand that we played M2M, but JB always looked for bigger guys who would fit his zone better, especially at the forward and center spots.

See if DeAndre Ayton wants to join him?? I wouldn't mind getting the top 2 recruits in the country :cool:

He is the type of talent that you make room for if he wants to come here.

Syracuse has always been a team that recruited to fit the zone rather than trying to find shooters, and it has worked just fine. The only thing I would say that we need pay attention to in the coming years is the different style of play in the ACC compared to the old Big East. Much less...

Kind of a bummer to hear that, I was hoping we'd see the 3 of them together even if Joseph steps up his game. I think Cooney would benefit a ton from having another true spot up shooter on the floor to take the attention on the perimeter off him, and while G is a good shooter his game is much...