There was a problem with evaluation of recruits during JB’s last decade. This is one reason why I wasn’t sad to see GMac leave. I think we need to upgrade our evaluation capabilities. We’ve had far too many recruiting busts and missed on other guys we should have offered. Straughn is supposed to be a better evaluator. We need at least one more on staff.
| 1 | Frank Howard | G | 6' 5'' | 205 | So. | Suitland, Md. / Paul VI |
| 2 | Matthew Moyer | 6' 8'' | 220 | Fr. | Gahanna, Ohio / Lincoln HS/South Kent Prep (Conn.) | |
| 3 | Andrew White III | G | 6' 7'' | 210 | Gr. | Richmond, Va. / Miller School |
| 4 | John Gillon | G | 6' 0'' | 178 | Gr. | Houston, Texas / Strake Jesuit HS |
| 12 | Taurean Thompson | 6' 10'' | 225 | Fr. | New York, N.Y. / St. Anthony HS/Brewster Academy (N.H.) | |
| 13 | Paschal Chukwu | C | 7' 2'' | 226 | So. | Enugu, Nigeria / Trinity Catholic H.S./Fairfield Prep (Conn.) |
| 20 | Tyler Lydon | 6' 9'' | 223 | So. | Elizaville, N.Y. / New Hampton School, N.H. | |
| 21 | Tyler Roberson | 6' 8'' | 226 | Sr. | Union, N.J. / Roselle Catholic | |
| 25 | Tyus Battle | G | 6' 6'' | 205 | Fr. | Edison, N.J. / Gill St. Bernard's School/St. Joseph's (N.J.) |
| 32 | DaJuan Coleman | C | 6' 9'' | 258 | Gr. | Jamesville, N.Y. / Jamesville-DeWitt |
Forgot Moyer redshirted. Thanks. Not great having he and Taurean on the roster at the same time.
Weird player how many bigs were better at 19 and freshmen than 22 and seniors? He literally became unplayable at Seton Hall. Was one or two years too young to change schools every year.
This is correct. Battle backed out of Michigan and chose us in early July 2015 (before his senior year). Huerter started blowing up that summer and we wanted him too because we thought he could play PG. But we had scholarship restrictions due to the sanctions. We were limited to having only 10 scholarships for the 2016-17 season, but we appealed to the NCAA so we could have 11 in 2016-17, and almost everyone expected that we were gonna win the appeal, which would have left us with room for Huerter. But JB made a preemptive decision in the summer to limit us on offering Huerter on the chance that we didn’t win the appeal. Which was foolish because we all know that other players always unexpectedly decide to transfer every year. It was obvious that some guys were probably gonna transfer out after 2015-16 due to not getting enough playing time. Do you think Cal or Self or K would have artificially limited themselves? They would’ve just planned to have “the talk” with certain underperforming guys after the season to make room for Huerter and other players. But JB played it way too conservatively because he didn’t think we needed Huerter, and then we got burned (as some of us knew we would) when Mali went pro and Kaleb Joseph transferred AND we won the appeal. JB was not aggressive enough about getting and maintaining talent in his later years. Jalen Brunson anyone?
You could apply that quote to a lot of guys on this year's team.
After the appeal we were allowed to have 11 scholarship players this season.
It’s one way to beat them. Just don’t let them get to the game. The SEC will do anything to win
He didn't turn him down. we didn't at the time have the ship to offer. We asked Huerter to go to prep for a year. He rightly refused. Then, we got the ship restored by the NCAA but it was too late for Huerter. That has always bothered me.
That just isn't true.
