I Am In Shock...

[newmexicuse]

I can't believe that a 5th yr Sr has become academically ineligible.

Beyond ridiculous...

This is going to really hurt the team. Yeah, Grant will eventually be better than James, but not this season. Whether his shot was on or off, James was a floor stretcher. Now, nobody will stretch the floor. Things will tighten up inside for CJ & our bigs. Lanes will be smaller for MCW & Brandon to drive through.

There will be added pressure on Brandon to be our primary trey threat. He has never displayed consistency.

The way I see this, the only possible way to offset the loss of James will be on the D end by creating more TOs and transition points. There may be games when that happens, but there will also be games when it doesn't.

Jimmy has his work cut out to make up for this loss. Unless, James can regain his eligibility, it is pretty impossible for me to see this as a FF team.

 

[SBU72]

I can't believe that a 5th yr Sr has become academically ineligible.

Beyond ridiculous...

This is going to really hurt the team. Yeah, Grant will eventually be better than James, but not this season. Whether his shot was on or off, James was a floor stretcher. Now, nobody will stretch the floor. Things will tighten up inside for CJ & our bigs. Lanes will be smaller for MCW & Brandon to drive through.

There will be added pressure on Brandon to be our primary trey threat. He has never displayed consistency.

The way I see this, the only possible way to offset the loss of James will be on the D end by creating more TOs and transition points. There may be games when that happens, but there will also be games when it doesn't.

Jimmy has his work cut out to make up for this loss. Unless, James can regain his eligibility, it is pretty impossible for me to see this as a FF team.

I do believe that James did NOT redshirt, therefore is not a 5th year sr. Although as a senior, he should be on track to graduate in order to be eligible last semester. It sounds like he may have taken minimum credit hours and failed a course.

 

[CuseIsInTheHouse]

I can't believe that a 5th yr Sr has become academically ineligible.

Beyond ridiculous...

This is going to really hurt the team. Yeah, Grant will eventually be better than James, but not this season. Whether his shot was on or off, James was a floor stretcher. Now, nobody will stretch the floor. Things will tighten up inside for CJ & our bigs. Lanes will be smaller for MCW & Brandon to drive through.

There will be added pressure on Brandon to be our primary trey threat. He has never displayed consistency.

The way I see this, the only possible way to offset the loss of James will be on the D end by creating more TOs and transition points. There may be games when that happens, but there will also be games when it doesn't.

Jimmy has his work cut out to make up for this loss. Unless, James can regain his eligibility, it is pretty impossible for me to see this as a FF team.

I'm in shock... that you created a new thread to post this.

 

[SouthCampusHero]

what you believe and the facts do not match ... our recruitng class of 2008 was Mookie Jones, Kris Joseph and James Southerland ... making him a 5th year senior

http://scouthoops.*********/a.z?s=75&p=9&c=8&cfg=bb&toinid=384&yr=2008

I think he went from h.s. to a year of prep school at Notre Dame Prep. He came in one year later.

 

[SgtCuse]

I think he went from h.s. to a year of prep school at Notre Dame Prep. He came in one year later.

You are correct on this. He did go to Norte Dame prep prior to arriving here in Brandon's class. Here is an article from 2009 showing where he was still playing there then and not here in 2008.

http://web.sny.tv/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090118&content_id=1488348&vkey=21

 

[syr02esq]

At least it happened now and not during the NCAA tourney.