2014 Recruiting Possible Results

[OrangeEgo]

Yes

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[OttoinGrotto]

Yes

I gave you like for this, but having Uncle Vito as your avatar is questionable given that he's a convicted sex offender.

 

[dfnj]

I gave you like for this, but having Uncle Vito as your avatar is questionable given that he's a convicted sex offender.

Please, no more BF talk!

 

[cusetown1]

I gave you like for this, but having Uncle Vito as your avatar is questionable given that he's a convicted sex offender.

Geez sorry lol.

 

[DoctorBombay]

3. The fit with Whitehead is a lot messier. He seems to come with big expectations and seems a more difficult fit chemistry wise. There would be a lot of more experienced sg's here - MG, Cooney, Buss, and even BJ. While it seems like we could use the offense, this guy seems to be one of those volume shooters. SU looks poised to have one of the top front courts in America in '14-'15 (espn had us at #2 this coming year and we look to be even better in '14) and would want someone that could recognize their role. I like the talent but have a hard time seeing him displaying the maturity it would take to accept a role that doesn't cast him as the star right out of the gate. The fit and role seem like a problem.

Remember when we asked the same questions about this guy? Like deja vu...

 

[jdubs30]

Joseph cut his list to 3; PC, WVU and us.

PC seems to be the favorite though

 

[SUFan44]

Joseph cut his list to 3; PC, WVU and us.

PC seems to be the favorite though

Says who?

 

[ROCcuse]

Says who?

The Boneyard

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

I agree. From the highlight videos, Joseph seems like a

Or, if Whitehead heads somewhere else, then this would be my preferred pick:

1. McCullough
2. Joseph

This will allow us an open spot in the spring in case any of the one-and-doners doesn't have a home.

A little confused about this. Doesn't Cuse have 3 spots for 2014 (with 1 belonging to McCullough)? So they have room for 2 more regardless of early departures.

 

[Cusefaninvirginia]

A little confused about this. Doesn't Cuse have 3 spots for 2014 (with 1 belonging to McCullough)? So they have room for 2 more regardless of early departures.

Yes, I believe that's correct, we will have 3 spots for 2014 open assuming we only lose the seniors to graduation (Fair and Keita) and that Grant, Coleman, Ennis, etc. all come back and don't leave early. So McCullough is taking 1 of those 3, leaving at least 2 open scholarships for 2014. Given that, I would be ecstatic to get any 2 of the Whitehead, Newton, Joseph group. But if I had to guess, we'll end up with McCullough, Joseph, plus one open spot heading into the late spring. Which I would be totally excited about - a recruiting class of those 2 plus returning Grant and all our other players would make us an instant title contender! Returning all our eligible players plus adding Joseph would be much, much better than landing the highest ranked recruiting class combo of McCullough, Whithead and Newton but losing, for example, a Grant or an Ennis, IMO. But regardless I think we'll be in great shape.

 

[dfnj]

A little confused about this. Doesn't Cuse have 3 spots for 2014 (with 1 belonging to McCullough)? So they have room for 2 more regardless of early departures.

There's no guarantee we will fill all three spots is what I meant. Not that I wanted to fill only two spots.

 

[dfnj]

Yes, I believe that's correct, we will have 3 spots for 2014 open assuming we only lose the seniors to graduation (Fair and Keita) and that Grant, Coleman, Ennis, etc. all come back and don't leave early. So McCullough is taking 1 of those 3, leaving at least 2 open scholarships for 2014. Given that, I would be ecstatic to get any 2 of the Whitehead, Newton, Joseph group. But if I had to guess, we'll end up with McCullough, Joseph, plus one open spot heading into the late spring. Which I would be totally excited about - a recruiting class of those 2 plus returning Grant and all our other players would make us an instant title contender! Returning all our eligible players plus adding Joseph would be much, much better than landing the highest ranked recruiting class combo of McCullough, Whitehead and Newton, IMO. But either would we'll be in great shape.

Well said. If we return to another final four and Grant lives up to his potential I think he is the most likely to leave early. Who knows, maybe Roberson turns out to be the greatest freshmen player ever.

 

[Cusefaninvirginia]

Yep, agreed. Grant is a possibility to leave after this year. There's also an outside chance we could lose either Coleman, Ennis or Roberson (albeit a very slim one) as well. But I think all of these are unlikely, so I would give it a 50/50 shot that we bring back everyone. The only bad scenario I see is in the very unlikely case we lose Ennis and don't land a PG in the 2014 class. I think it's far more likely we end up with one of these scenarios:

1. We bring in McCullough and 2 of the 3 guards (Whitehead, Newton and/or Joseph) and return everyone else
2. We bring in McCullough and Joseph and return everyone else.
3. We bring in McCullough, and 2 of the 3 guards (Whitehead, Newton and Joseph) and lose 1 or 2 (again prob Grant)
4. We bring in McCullough and Joseph and lose one or two to early exits (probably Grant).

If we end up with scenarios 1 or 2, I think we'd be one of the top couple of teams in the country favored to win it all.
If we end up with 3 or 4, we're going to still going to be Final Four scary. We just need to avoid that losing Ennis and not bringing in a top PG replacement scenario and I think we're good!

 

[Halfmooncuse]

Louisville already has pretty good recruiting class for 2014. Here is my hope for 2014:

1. Chris McCullough
2. Isaiah Whitehead
3. Ja'Quan Newton

Or:
1. Chris McCullough
2. Isaiah Whitehead
3. Kaleb Joseph

I am concerned about McCullough backing out. He may already have a HS diploma but I have not heard anything about his summer classes.

I really hope the Orange get Whitehead. Whitehead says he no longer interested in Louisville because they got a commit from JaQuan Lyle. Whitehead says he has it down to 3 schools: Arizona, UCLA, and SU. He's going to visit SU again so I do not think Whitehead is a lock just yet.

Next is Newton versus Joseph. Assuming McCullough and Whitehead sign LOI, who would take next, Newton or Joseph.

btw, either of those two lists would be very successful recruiting class in my opinion. Here's what I think would be a disaster:

1. Chris McCullough
2. Goodluck Okonoboh

I have nothing against Okonoboh but I do not think Christmas or Coleman are going anywhere anytime soon.

btw, here's a really nice web page on Orange scholarship status:

http://www.verbalcommits.com/schools/syracuse

So have we given up recruiting Goodluck since this post and others seem that we will have either badluck or noluck with him?

 

[realorange]

Well said. If we return to another final four and Grant lives up to his potential I think he is the most likely to leave early. Who knows, maybe Roberson turns out to be the greatest freshmen player ever.

Does one forget Carmelo so easily?

 

[Cusefaninvirginia]

We're still very much in the running for Goodluck, but it sounds like there's a few other schools that are far more likely to land him than we are at this point, so the 3 recruits me and a few others have been focusing on are the 3 that have indicated they are most likely to come here.

 

[dfnj]

We're still very much in the running for Goodluck, but it sounds like there's a few other schools that are far more likely to land him than we are at this point, so the 3 recruits me and a few others have been focusing on are the 3 that have indicated they are most likely to come here.

Well, it's Murphy's law: Whoever we recruit, we will need the opposite type player! A lot of people were talking one and done for Christmas and Coleman. Now it seems like a long shot that either of them is going to leave early which means one of them absolutely will. Or both!