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Post by hoyalawyer on Apr 23, 2008 12:59:02 GMT -5
Don't know if this is clutter, but Rivals.com has released its updated top 150 player rankings
Gtown 2008 Commits:
Greg Monroe- 8th
Henry Sims- 49th
Jason Clark- 64th
Chris Braswell 84th
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 23, 2008 13:07:33 GMT -5
BJ Mullens is the new #1. I almost pity BJ -- now he can be picked apart by fans of other players.
Sims moved up slighty, Monroe down slightly (both really immaterial). Clark and Braswell basically swapped places.
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Post by RDF on Apr 23, 2008 13:26:06 GMT -5
Rivals finally catered to the fans who trashed Monroe all season. BJ Mullens got worked by Yancy Gates in the game I watched--but he's a good player who as SFHoya pointed out will get a beating for not being "Samardo" or "Brandon" or "Tyreke".
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 23, 2008 13:32:55 GMT -5
I understand why it happened, but I really liked the idea of having the #1 player overall (which Monroe might still be according to the RSCII combined rankings). Hopefully Monroe uses this as motivation to come into Georgetown and dominate every game like he dominated in the LA State tournament.
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Post by idhoya on Apr 23, 2008 13:35:16 GMT -5
Greg doesn't pay that much attention to the rankings.
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Post by RDF on Apr 23, 2008 13:48:36 GMT -5
I don't care about rankings either--but Demar DeRozoan has no business being ranked in the top 5--let alone the top 50. He's a tremendous athlete who has no concept of how to play basketball. He's a selfish ball hog who isn't a great shooter, and cherry picks for highlight dunks. He's best friends with Lil Romeo though--so that might explain it.  |
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Post by blueandgray on Apr 23, 2008 14:14:22 GMT -5
I don't care about rankings either--but Demar DeRozoan has no business being ranked in the top 5--let alone the top 50. He's a tremendous athlete who has no concept of how to play basketball. He's a selfish ball hog who isn't a great shooter, and cherry picks for highlight dunks. He's best friends with Lil Romeo though--so that might explain it. How do you really feel about DeRozoan? People here in LA think he has unbelievable upside and expect USC to finish among the top 2 or 3 in the pac 10. |
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Post by dungeon ball on Apr 23, 2008 14:21:22 GMT -5
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Post by SFHoya99 on Apr 23, 2008 14:25:32 GMT -5
OJ Mayo is a better basketball player than DeRozan is, from what I can see. For one, OJ can shoot. For two, OJ passed the ball quite well. Now maybe DeRozan has that in his arsenal, but it hasn't shown up.
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Post by Filo on Apr 23, 2008 14:41:11 GMT -5
OJ got a lot of heat before his freshman year - lots of similar criticism about being selfish, etc. He didn't wipe out that criticism altogether, but he surprised people with his play at USC. Not saying anything about DeRozan, because I know very little about him.
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Post by HoyaSinceBirth on Apr 23, 2008 14:49:53 GMT -5
Glad to see clark get respect, but why did braswell drop so much? I thought he was doing well at harve de Grace? Also i can see Monroe falling out of #1 but all the way to 8th? When will scout come out with new rankings? aren't they thought more highly of then rivals rankings?
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Post by hoyasexy on Apr 23, 2008 15:02:50 GMT -5
Glad to see clark get respect, but why did braswell drop so much? I thought he was doing well at harve de Grace? Also i can see Monroe falling out of #1 but all the way to 8th? When will scout come out with new rankings? aren't they thought more highly of then rivals rankings? When you're talking about 17-18 year-old kids and projecting their impact on a level on which none of them have ever played, a fall from #1 to #8 is meaningless. If ranking services weren't so affected by each other, I'm sure that you would see great differences among all of them and Greg would likely be ranked anywhere from 1 to 25, and the discrepancy would be meaningless. |
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Post by jgalt on Apr 23, 2008 15:31:59 GMT -5
Didnt rivals OWN article say that monroe worked over BJ in practice before the Jordan Classic? I agree that mullens is good, but i would like some more justification for their rankings. either way greg is still the player he was when he was called no. 1, so it wont matter
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Post by FromTheBeginning on Apr 23, 2008 15:34:35 GMT -5
"selfish ball hog' - sounds like 90% of the McD AA's
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Post by moe09 on Apr 23, 2008 15:37:51 GMT -5
Didnt rivals OWN article say that monroe worked over BJ in practice before the Jordan Classic? I agree that mullens is good, but i would like some more justification for their rankings. either way greg is still the player he was when he was called no. 1, so it wont matter That's the first thing that came to my mind, too. |
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Post by HoyaAtHeart on Apr 23, 2008 15:41:45 GMT -5
No surprise to see Monroe fall...his national TV performance against Aminu...and his underwhelming all star performances...it was obvious he was going to fall in the final rankings. Although I'm not sure how Mullens ended up #1. He is a big time athlete for someone of his size but it's not like he dominated anything to get a #1 ranking. I honestly would have put Holiday in that slot.
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Post by hoyalawyer on Apr 24, 2008 7:48:56 GMT -5
rankings don't matter. I think the top 10 could all be 1 through 10. Outside of the top 10 the rankings REALLY don't matter. Watch and see how a two-star recruit (like Jon Wallace) will impact a program more than a 4 or 5 star recruit (see, e.g., Vernon Macklin). Maybe we will be fortunate enough to have a 2 star (Wattad) develop into a Wallace, and have the "8th" ranked player in the country prove the doubters wrong. Rankings only help coaches get an idea of who to look at, but it does not provide them with the guidebook on all recruits.
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