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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 2371121, member: 837"] I'm not sure I had him pegged that way but I don't really remember his recruitment. I'm getting old. But I think Roberson is tough to really grade out -- either for his career or in terms of just saying would you rather have him vs. moyer. As much of a wash as Roberson's senior season was, he still averaged around 7 and 7 over nearly 100 games his final three seasons and only averaged about 1.25 TOs per game, which if you're touching the ball a decent amount on offense is not a particularly high number. Free throws, if Moyer is solid from the line, is a no-brainer I guess (.565 for Roberson's final 3 years) and blocks doesn't seem like much of a question if that's an area where Moyer has some aptitude. But ultimately Moyer outdoing roberson isn't as much as an open/shut case as people think. I mean two other things to consider: 1. Roberson put together one of the best individual performances in an NCAA tournament game that we've seen, IMO, and had an absolutely special game vs. Duke that probably was the single biggest reason we even made the tourney to begin with. Going 14 and 20 in a HUGE conference win against a top opponent on the road, and then backing that up with 9 and 12 against Gonzaga was absolutely essential to our success. I mean, his first four games of that tourney he averaged basically 10 and 12. 2. I think if this program is on the upswing I'd venture a guess that Moyer could be much more of a role player (Roberson would have been, ideally as well) beyond this year. I mean, ok, if he comes in and averages 9 and 7 and plays really solid basketball then maybe things change, but he strikes me as a guy who would be a solid energy/D/hustle guy off the bench as opposed to a four-year 30+ mins/game starter here. [/QUOTE]

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