Class of 2020 C Quincy Ballard (NY) Portal from Wichita St

[Orangezoo]

Would kind of be like A Jesse situation just in reverse. Someone else put in all the work to help him develop and we get his best and final year.

 

[Franz69]

It's gonna be a yes from me:

 

[ar inj]

Would be nice …

 

[NineOneSeven]

LIFE IS A CIRCLE

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

LIFE IS A CIRCLE

 

[50YRsofCuse]

Haha. I think SU had a good chance prior to the 22 season but he didn’t want to sit behind Jesse.

We tried twice to get him. Once as a a high school recruit and the second time when he was in the portal from Florida State. We have had one too many back up centers from FSU. I would say Pass

 

[Scott11]

We tried twice to get him. Once as a a high school recruit and the second time when he was in the portal from Florida State. We have had one too many back up centers from FSU. I would say Pass

We really didn’t make any effort of consequence on either occasion.

 

[Zelda Zonk]

LIFE IS A CIRCLE

I was told by some people in the office that Life is a highway.

 

[baggerbob]

I was told by some people in the office that Life is a highway.

In the movie Mega Force when the Hero blows up the generals plush Helicopter he yells to him (It's all on the wheel, what goes around comes around)

 

[OrangeXtreme]

 

[Cheriehoop]

Interesting to see some poster’s thoughts again on Frank Anselm and how giving Jesse Edwards more time chased Frank from SU which we would regret. He was on Louisville’s team this past year, his 5th, after a 2 year stop at Georgia.

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[jdubs30]

People kept saying no previous retreads but here we are lol.

He was much better this year - but it’s a pass from me too.

 

[SUFan44]

No thank you. Not in today's game.

 

[cali315phan]

People kept saying no previous retreads but here we are lol.

He was much better this year - but it’s a pass from me too.

Man I read that first sentence differently and my thoughts were, "on this board? Then we'd have minimal content."

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

. We have had one too many back up centers from FSU. I would say Pass

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[Red2003]

69 pages for this Center I didn't even know existed. Giggity giggity.

 

[Hopkins16]

We tried twice to get him. Once as a a high school recruit and the second time when he was in the portal from Florida State. We have had one too many back up centers from FSU. I would say Pass

Second time’s the charm.

 

[Conrad13]

Interesting to see some poster’s thoughts again on Frank Anselm and how giving Jesse Edwards more time chased Frank from SU which we would regret. He was on Louisville’s team this past year, his 5th, after a 2 year stop at Georgia.

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It's hard to say what might have happened, but it sure seems like Anselem made a huge mistake leaving Syracuse.

I'm not crazy about having Ballard for just one year, but his stats from last year were pretty good.

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[OttoinGrotto]

I feel like we do a weird thing with bigs where when one doesn't pan out we project that player on to all other bigs that aren't surefire studs. For a while every big guy we had that needed development was compared to Seann Williams (aka the cat catcher). I'm wondering if our experience with Naheem leads us to downgrade other guys.

I don't know how good Ballard is or isn't, but I don't think if Naheem was on his team that he would have put up the numbers he did.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I feel like we do a weird thing with bigs where when one doesn't pan out we project that player on to all other bigs that aren't surefire studs. For a while every big guy we had that needed development was compared to Seann Williams (aka the cat catcher). I'm wondering if our experience with Naheem leads us to downgrade other guys.

I don't know how good Ballard is or isn't, but I don't think if Naheem was on his team that he would have put up the numbers he did.

I think he's pretty good. He's better than Naheem. Here are some notable games against legit competition.

19/15/2 blocks against OK St in the NIT.
19/7/4 blocks against Memphis
10/10 against Memphis
12/13/2 blocks against Temple
10/10/3 blocks against Kansas State
7/7/3 blocks against Minnesota
10/5 in just 19 minutes against Kansas last year.

15 games with double digit rebounds this year. 23 games with 3 blocks or more over the past two seasons. I am not sure what we else we want in a center. He's played well against good teams.

 

[Orangezoo]

I think he's pretty good. He's better than Naheem. Here are some notable games against legit competition.

19/15/2 blocks against OK St in the NIT.
19/7/4 blocks against Memphis
10/10 against Memphis
12/13/2 blocks against Temple
10/10/3 blocks against Kansas State
7/7/3 blocks against Minnesota
10/5 in just 19 minutes against Kansas last year.

15 games with double digit rebounds this year. 23 games with 3 blocks or more over the past two seasons. I am not sure what we else we want in a center. He's played well against good teams.

Also best BPR on his team including defensive BPR. Hes a much different player at his size than Naheem. Moves with intention, quick reaction times and overall has developed into a really solid collegiate center.

His offensive BPR is very impressive too.

 

[Dmcnabbrules]

I think he's pretty good. He's better than Naheem. Here are some notable games against legit competition.

19/15/2 blocks against OK St in the NIT.
19/7/4 blocks against Memphis
10/10 against Memphis
12/13/2 blocks against Temple
10/10/3 blocks against Kansas State
7/7/3 blocks against Minnesota
10/5 in just 19 minutes against Kansas last year.

15 games with double digit rebounds this year. 23 games with 3 blocks or more over the past two seasons. I am not sure what we else we want in a center. He's played well against good teams.

The games against Memphis are what really sold me on Q being ready for the ACC this time.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I think he's pretty good. He's better than Naheem. Here are some notable games against legit competition.

19/15/2 blocks against OK St in the NIT.
19/7/4 blocks against Memphis
10/10 against Memphis
12/13/2 blocks against Temple
10/10/3 blocks against Kansas State
7/7/3 blocks against Minnesota
10/5 in just 19 minutes against Kansas last year.

15 games with double digit rebounds this year. 23 games with 3 blocks or more over the past two seasons. I am not sure what we else we want in a center. He's played well against good teams.

I appreciate all of you folks that actually do the homework to look up stats that validate the stuff I kind of make up and just assume I'm right about.

 

[Niastri]

Also best BPR on his team including defensive BPR. Hes a much different player at his size than Naheem. Moves with intention, quick reaction times and overall has developed into a really solid collegiate center.

His offensive BPR is very impressive too.

Using BPR when talking about McLeod is a dangerous game. BPR and PER think McLeod is an absolute stud.

Comparing him to Ballard:

PER Ballard 25.6 McLeod 22.1
BPM Ballard 6.8 McLeod 6.5

According to these advanced stats, the biggest difference between them is minutes played…

 

[CuseMan4]

This would be a really good get. If we want him. Which I think we do. We would be the favorites.

This would also be huge if we go full time 2/3 defense again. Imagine freeman and Sadiq on the wings with Ballard in the middle. With 6-4 Starling and possibly 6-6 Desmond Claude up top. Those are the Cuse teams we are use to and need to get back too