IMO, Oboko will contribute far more than Patterson ever will. As for BJ, IMO the kid is just lost right now, and has zero confidence, and that has impacted his game. If he could get a dunk and hit a short jumper, everything else would flow. I think its unfair to judge his ability going forward.
Remember that ACC tournament he had?
Oh, it's so pretty!
If the NCAA didn't screw around with his redshirt and he had an extra year of eligibility then I would feel different. Right now he's a Sophomore that JB doesn't even feel confident putting in for 30 seconds throughout the whole season. If he can't log minutes with the limited depth that we have now then you think he will when TB, DC2, and Diagne are all around for the next few years? Plus when CMac returns from injury I'm sure JB wouldn't hesitate to play him at the 5 again if needed over Chino. Look I'm not hating on the kid and if you were familiar with some of my reports on him back in HS, I was really high on him being a contributor down the line at SU. Losing that redshirt year and with who we have potentially playing in front of him in the following seasons will make it tough for him to see the floor.
Unfortunately Buss can't shoot to save his life, but I think he does everything else well and we seem to take off and have our best runs when he plays over KJ. He's a good defender, passer, and has shown when he actually takes it to the rack instead of launching threes like Cooney that he can have some success. It's just a bad style fit at SU for him. If he played at Pitt where he can be their typical rugged defensive specialist, or at Louisville as an energy guy off the bench to cause havoc in their man press he would have much more success. The VA Tech comeback last week is a good example of that.
That was the plan and maybe somebody can dig up the article that explained what happened for you. Our buddies at the NCAA had decided since his school had reclassified him that he did more school work than he should've, so they decided to take a year of eligibility in college away from him smh. I really wish I was joking about that but unfortunately I'm not.
Hey, you let kids graduate highschool early, next thing you know they are using college scholarships to get masters degrees. Do you really want to set that precedent?
Thats what they told the soldiers landing on Omaha Beach.
Sadly if there was ever a target of ours we lost with the ship reductions, it was Giles. Our chances were slim to begin with, but given how good he is it was worth fighting to try and stay in. If you missed you could recover. Now if we go all in on him, and don't get him (which is likely) we'd be so far behind the 8 ball in bringing in talent with Moyer
I said it when I first saw his highlights he's the best player in the class and would absolutely be the best player to wear Orange since Melo.
