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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeZeus, post: 1256584, member: 4174"] Let's evaluate the scenarios. Scenario 1 Thomas Bryant does not come to Syracuse. If this is the case, it is most likely because we could not free up a scholarship for him. It would appear that he wants to come to Syracuse, and a one-and-done from McCullough would have made this a possibility, but now our chances with Bryant just slipped a little. Scenario 2 We get Thomas Bryant. In this scenario someone offers to forego their scholarship in order to get Thomas Bryant to come to Syracuse. Maybe the person with the best grades on the team would have to bite the bullet since they may be eligible for an academic scholarship. Maybe a player whose family can afford a years worth of tuition would bite the bullet. I don't know who it would be but it is possible that this could happen as mentioned with UCONN and Andre Drummond. Scenario 3 Scholarships are a one year deal. We don't have to offer someone on the current roster a scholarship for next year if we don't want to. But who wouldn't we offer a scholarship to? Chinoso is still young, but talent wise he is probably the lowest on the totem pole (he's our 4th string center, and could be our 5th string center behind Diagne, Bryant, McCullough, and Coleman next year). But as mentioned, Chinoso was high school teammates with Bryant, which is part of the reason we brought Chinoso in. So if not Chinoso, who do we not offer a scholarship to? Ron Patterson? He's shown great energy yet again, but his jumper has been atrocious this year and he'd be stuck behind Joseph, Cooney, Richardson, Howard, and Gbinije. He has been valuable this year in late game situations bringing the ball up since Boeheim seems not to trust Joseph yet, but hopefully by next year Joseph will have a better handle. But let's say it's not Patterson or Chinoso, it is possible Coleman could be on the chopping block. He hasn't contributed much due to his health problems and could be in jeopardy of losing his scholarship. He flashed signs of potential when he did play, but not only does he have to work his way back to the caliber of talent that he showed us early in his career, but he also needs to prove that he can exceed that as a junior and senior which is questionable to say the least. After that, BJ Johnson would probably be fourth on the list, but he could develop into a much needed 3 point shooter with some solid athleticism, so I doubt Syracuse would let him go. So the only three options in this scenario would be for Syracuse to take away a scholarship from one of Chinoso/Buss/Coleman in my opinion. It's possible I guess that one of these three could "walk-on" to the team, but I don't know how I would feel about playing for a team that took away my scholarship. Scenario 4 Instead of not renewing a scholarship, it is possible that a player would transfer for more playing time. Chinoso and Coleman will have both redshirted a season while Buss did a fifth year of high school, so all of them will be a year older than most players in their class. Asking them to transfer would be asking them to be two years older than players in their class since they'll likely have to sit out another year. I don't know if that's going to happen. Maybe BJ Johnson transfers to a school in Philly to get more playing time and to be closer to home, but I personally want him to stick around in Syracuse and don't think he has any plans to leave. So I don't think this scenario will even happen. [/QUOTE]

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