Greg scholarship?

[harwoodhoya]

What do Gtown do with this scholarship? Get a late 2010 or save for 2011. We might could get a decomitted player from a school that lose their coach!

[MCIGuy]

Who is we? Because if you're asking us what the Gtown staff will do then no one can sit here and say for sure what they will do. But if you're asking us fans what we think or what we feel Gtown should do then I'm going to say save the scholarship. By bringing in Moses the team now has four bigs and that doesn't even include Jerrell.

[MassHoya]

If the last few years have proven nothing else, with early departures, transfers, etc you can never have too many bigs.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

I'd say save it for 2011 so we can get johnson at PG, O'Bryant, Christmas, and still take 1 more in the 2011 class either a project big or another guard.

[IDenj]

^big jordan.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

Yeah that's who i meant by project big.

But from reading a lot of scouts talking it seems like 2011 has a lot of great shooters which is great for our offense, so I'd like to see us target one of these elite shooters as well. Chances are we won't get both O'Bryant and christmas, but I sure hope we try out best to land them both.

[prhoya]

Give it to the best available 2010 tall player or keep it for 2011. Any one-and-dones out there? No need for 1-&-done guards or tall projects. Plenty of frontcourt PT just became available...

[idhoya]

My guess would be they'll save it. Don't forget the Hoyas are targeting elite SF's in the 2011 class, so 2/3 bigs, a SF, a PG is possible.

[SFHoya99]

I'd imagine you save it.

As much help as our frontcourt could use, does adding a late-sign freshman big man help? Of course, if Terrance Jones wanted to come or something, but otherwise, having that much inexperience can actually be a hindrance.

A JUCO would be an option, but there isn't a huge amount of talent there anymore. Maybe there is someone floating around -- that's the only thing I could see.

[idhoya]

U don't spend it on a late bloomer who'll contribute in a couple years. Already have those on the squad. You save those for 5 stars in 2011; Rak, JOB, Ty, Quinn, Hop, misc. SF, Jordan O., etc.

[hoyafan80]

I would agree that you save it for 2011 unless something unexpected happens. If a big time recruit decommits and wants to come to Georgetown, then maybe you find room. Otherwise, there is too much talent available in 2011.

As for the JUCO route - anyone know why that's not the the option it once was? My impression has always been that these project-type or academically questionable guys can go to JUCO for a year or two, straighten things out, improve (or grow), and then be able to contribute immediately to a D1 team. That would certainly be an additional way of plugging in a big who's ready to contribute - is this not realistic these days?

[ColumbiaHeightsHoya]

I think we spent it on Moses A.

[kchoya]

I'm confused. I thought (based on the title) this was going to be a thread on how Monroe should endow a Greg Scholarship to repay Georgetown.

[SFHoya99]

Apr 19, 2010 15:00:02 GMT -5 ColumbiaHeightsHoya said:

I think we spent it on Moses A.

We now have one open scholarship for 2010, even accounting for Moses.

[harwoodhoya]

I say lets go hard after a 2010 forward and ignore signing a 2011 point guard. We still would have 3 scholarships left. We have Starks and Vee will be a junior and Clark could be a good enough backup at the point. I say go after 2 wings and a big for that class.

[thejerseytornado]

Apr 20, 2010 8:24:28 GMT -5 harwoodhoya said:

I say lets go hard after a 2010 forward and ignore signing a 2011 point guard. We still would have 3 scholarships left. We have Starks and Vee will be a junior and Clark could be a good enough backup at the point. I say go after 2 wings and a big for that class.

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that seems horribly short sighted. What 2010 forward is going to have an impact on this team that won't get replaced next season if we get one of the 5 or 10 Fs that have g'town on the short list?

Meanwhile, some of the 2011 guards we're recruiting heavily would definitely contribute to what would be a short guard rotation. Starks, Vee, and Clark would be it for guards if we don't recruit one or two in 2011. And then the year after would be Stars and Vee alone? Sounds like a disaster in the making, unless i'm forgetting someone.

[Dhall]

If there's a big man that looks like they might be able to take minutes from Benimon or Sims, take him now. If anything, the Greg and DaJuan experiences, along with Omar, Nikita, Dashonte, Braswell, etc. have proven that it makes no sense to "save for the future". The future is now. The team is loaded in the backcourt and totally unproven in the frontcourt with the exception of Vaughn (who saw minutes and effectiveness down at the end of the year), so any additional options up front would be a bonus. If it doesn't work out, you can bet there would be a transfer anyway.

[HoyaSinceBirth]

I'm with tornado. We have enough bigs they're just unproven. And it's not like there are any bigs in the 2010 that we've been recruiting. It's just not going to happen. We're after great 2011 bigs. No need for another 2010 big. We're already taking 2 this year. We need balance. Julian, Henry, nate, Benimon, and Moses will give us enough at the two big spots. We just need them to play defense and rebound. I think 3 will adjust to his personnel and we'll be fine next year with the players we have now.

[RDF]

'11 and '12 classes are significantly more talented and deep with talent--which is why the Hoyas will have their best class they've signed in a long time. I fully expect a class that could challenge for #1-and will be top 5 by time it's done and I don't even believe in rankings. The key to winning and breaking the door down is to keep bringing in hauls of talent--and if you can get 4/5 guys in '11--that is better then getting top class this year. That is difference in talent level. Hoyas got nice foundation group this year--type of players who will be solid contributors for 4 years, and help this team win--but the '11 will have guys who can do that, and also have ability to go pro early too--which is good--because with a foundation together-it's easier to recruit greats to replace greats--instead of having to replace everyone due to constant shuttle. Team competes longer at higher level and it's how your program eventually wins a National Title.

[idhoya]

Need some elite SF's too. Recruiting some in 2011. Again, I love the wide net being cast.