Class of 2025 PG Luke Fennell (Australia) COMMITTED & SIGNED TO SYRACUSE (10/23/24)

[kcsu]

I agree, but he can't be the only good point guard on the roster next season.

Luke is solid but he is slow. I like him more as 2 and hope that we bring in another G who can get to the rack and distribute. Not sure if JJ stays or not but regardless we need to significantly upgrade the G position if we want a chance at competing.

 

[orange79]

Seriously though imagine a year next year when we bring in a different guy to run point and we don't have to expect we'll be watching a trainwreck.

Is that allowed under the current rules?

 

[5OutFred]

This dude can play and I have no issue if he’s starting PG next year.

If I'm Red, I don't see how you can possibly take the risk of starting an unproven freshman PG with your career literally on the line next year.

But then again, many of the roster decisions Red has made have not made sense.

 

[Bulldog04]

If I'm Red, I don't see how you can possibly take the risk of starting an unproven freshman PG with your career literally on the line next year.

But then again, many of the roster decisions Red has made have not made sense.

There will be another pg next year too don’t worry

 

[Funk Doc]

There will be another pg next year too don’t worry

A quality PG or just a PG? Very important distinction! I wish I had more faith in the program at this point, and can't wait for the day to be proven wrong. Cuse basketball needs to be good again! Haha!

 

[richmondcuse03]

I had heard a while ago he was the likely starter at PG next year. But Bulldog knows more than I do on this topic. And a lot has transpired since I heard that.

 

[hoopsupstate]

Luke is solid but he is slow. I like him more as 2 and hope that we bring in another G who can get to the rack and distribute. Not sure if JJ stays or not but regardless we need to significantly upgrade the G position if we want a chance at competing.

If he’s slow the guys he’s playing against internationally must have cement boots on. He’s going by all of them.

 

[PauliePeppas]

If I'm Red, I don't see how you can possibly take the risk of starting an unproven freshman PG with your career literally on the line next year.

But then again, many of the roster decisions Red has made have not made sense.

Facts.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

There will be another pg next year too don’t worry

I hear it will be Trey Autry.

 

[Bulldog04]

I hear it will be Trey Autry.

It’s actually Cuserunner… he’s back

 

[Sbucketball]

If I'm Red, I don't see how you can possibly take the risk of starting an unproven freshman PG with your career literally on the line next year.

But then again, many of the roster decisions Red has made have not made sense.

Would be utterly insane by Red. Not sure why fans think that's a good move, even if he looks like Magic Johnson and Steph Curry had a love child in his current league.

 

[Bayside44]

There will be another pg next year too don’t worry

As long as he's over 6'2"

 

[Todoubled23]

A 100% unsubstantiated rumor I'm starting is that Geno Thorpe found another year of eligibility and will finally be making his long awaited debut as PG2 next year.

 

[orangefog]

A 100% unsubstantiated rumor I'm starting is that Geno Thorpe found another year of eligibility and will finally be making his long awaited debut as PG2 next year.

Debut? He played 6 games for us.

 

[Todoubled23]

Debut? He played 6 games for us.

Lets not get bogged down into facts or details please!

 

[djcon57]

Again, we're told guys can play. And I get it, maybe he'll be different.

But AGAIN, he'd have to be the anomoly in college basketball. Starting Freshman PGs simply DO NOT get to the tourney.

The TOP PGs from the top 25 from last year:
Dylan Harper - Rutgers - Losing Record
Boogie Fland - Arkansas - 15-11
Robert Wright - Baylor - 16-10
Jace Richardson - Michigan State - Doesn't start, they have other PGs


But sure, maybe this kid will be different, I guess?
Oh and he's not close to the Top 25

 

[knicks07]

Again, we're told guys can play. And I get it, maybe he'll be different.

But AGAIN, he'd have to be the anomoly in college basketball. Starting Freshman PGs simply DO NOT get to the tourney.

The TOP PGs from the top 25 from last year:
Dylan Harper - Rutgers - Losing Record
Boogie Fland - Arkansas - 15-11
Robert Wright - Baylor - 16-10
Jace Richardson - Michigan State - Doesn't start, they have other PGs


But sure, maybe this kid will be different, I guess?
Oh and he's not close to the Top 25

Tyler Ennis was our unicorn

 

[djcon57]

Tyler Ennis was our unicorn

That was 11 years ago as well. Different world, college basketball wise.

Last one who really broke through was Suggs and that was pre NIL as well.

 

[DilemaCuse]

It’s actually Cuserunner… he’s back

Was it Cuserunner and CuseHulk that we thought was the same poster?

 

[DilemaCuse]

A 100% unsubstantiated rumor I'm starting is that Geno Thorpe found another year of eligibility and will finally be making his long awaited debut as PG2 next year.

Geno Thorpe ejected to the portal before the portal even existed

 

[baggerbob]

Again, we're told guys can play. And I get it, maybe he'll be different.

But AGAIN, he'd have to be the anomoly in college basketball. Starting Freshman PGs simply DO NOT get to the tourney.

The TOP PGs from the top 25 from last year:
Dylan Harper - Rutgers - Losing Record
Boogie Fland - Arkansas - 15-11
Robert Wright - Baylor - 16-10
Jace Richardson - Michigan State - Doesn't start, they have other PGs


But sure, maybe this kid will be different, I guess?
Oh and he's not close to the Top 25

What about Billy, he might not have started, but it wasn't because he wasn't good enough, we had a Senior in Duany who knew Billy had to be in the game at crunch time.

 

[richmondcuse03]

I had heard a while ago he was the likely starter at PG next year. But Bulldog knows more than I do on this topic. And a lot has transpired since I heard that.

More recent info contradicts this. And that’s a good thing. We can’t afford to go into the year with an unproven guy at PG.

 

[djcon57]

What about Billy, he might not have started, but it wasn't because he wasn't good enough, we had a Senior in Duany who knew Billy had to be in the game at crunch time.

That was over 20 years ago.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

If I'm Red, I don't see how you can possibly take the risk of starting an unproven freshman PG with your career literally on the line next year.

But then again, many of the roster decisions Red has made have not made sense.

I am sure Red didn’t get his first choices for all the portal players. He made the best choices he could. His HS recruits have certainly shown flashes. Donnie getting hurt certainly didn’t help the season.

 

[Cuse_NYC]

Fennell has got some real skills and reads the floor well. Sees where the open spaces are. Has a very nice 3 point shot. But he is a bit slow. It will be interesting to see his adjustment to the NCAA. International ball is pretty good training, but it might take him a while to get up to speed. His upside to me is a poor man's Chris Mullin. There's a reason he's playing for his national team. The kid is talented.

I really don’t want this to come off the wrong way, but how do you know? Random tape on these kids tells us nothing. We need to see them in big time hs games to have any sort of feel for their abilities