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Post by RDF on Feb 1, 2008 12:50:29 GMT -5
Atkins and Thornton are who I would love to see end up Hoyas--they compliment each other--are smart and play on both ends of the court. I believe they teamed up to play for DC Assault's younger team out in Vegas--and Josh Hairston was with them. Give me those 3 and Roscoe Smith and I'd take that as a '10 class right now!
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Post by balla on Feb 1, 2008 12:56:45 GMT -5
Atkins and Thornton are who I would love to see end up Hoyas--they compliment each other--are smart and play on both ends of the court. I believe they teamed up to play for DC Assault's younger team out in Vegas--and Josh Hairston was with them. Give me those 3 and Roscoe Smith and I'd take that as a '10 class right now! Well it is a good problem to have, but I do not know if GU takes both Atkins and Thornton. They are both a bit on the short side to play SG, so I only see GU taking one PG in 2010. There are so many other SGs for GU to take that I don't know how it will shake out. But there is a lot of time.
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Post by SFHoya99 on Feb 1, 2008 14:31:55 GMT -5
His last name is Selby, no "h".
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Post by balla on Feb 1, 2008 15:03:00 GMT -5
I have only watched shelby/Selby(Dematha guard) a couple of times in AAU. It is always hard to fully evaluate a kid on AAU ball, but this summer he looked like more of a scorer than a basketball player. But all of these kids have a lot of time to develop their games and they are pretty close(skill wise) right now. I have no idea which one will be the best player yet.
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Post by IDenj on Feb 2, 2008 1:35:54 GMT -5
with all the talk about the '10 pg's in the dc area, the consensus is nobody is head and shoulders above the pack. yet one, kendall marshall, has verballed unc. is he that much better? or did roy just gamble he will be one day?
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Post by balla on Feb 2, 2008 2:03:44 GMT -5
with all the talk about the '10 pg's in the dc area, the consensus is nobody is head and shoulders above the pack. yet one, kendall marshall, has verballed unc. is he that much better? or did roy just gamble he will be one day? IMO, they are all about even right now including Marshal. But Marshal is taller and has a more mature game. I have never seen Starks(Gtownprep) so I can't compare him yet.
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Post by idhoya on Feb 2, 2008 2:04:20 GMT -5
Kendall is good, in a King Rice sorta way.
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Post by balla on Feb 2, 2008 2:12:50 GMT -5
Kendall is good, in a King Rice sorta way. dang ID. How do you really feel(LOL). I thought RDF would be the first to knock Marshal, but he is probably just sleeping so you beat him to the punch. I was trying to be PC because I like the kid and respect coach Roy. Personally I think it is always best to wait on getting guard commits, because players can come out of nowhere the summer after their junior seasons. Now taller players like Hairston and Roscoe you recruit hard, because they are only going to improve(considering their good mentality and family support).
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Post by idhoya on Feb 2, 2008 2:37:09 GMT -5
Actually King was probably quicker. I like Kendall. I've only met him once, but was very gracious and friendly and polite when I spoke with him. From the people I talk to a very good kid. While impressed with his b-ball IQ, I, like many others, feel he needs to get quicker laterally and work on shooting with defenders on him. He has good size already and his length is an asset. It needs to be because he struggles to stay in front of his man on defensively. He plays good help d though (i.e. passing lanes). I used King Rice only because he was an extremely hyped recruit coming out of HS and he too went to UNC. We know how that turned out.
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Post by balla on Feb 2, 2008 2:45:58 GMT -5
I hope the kid turns out MUCH better than King(yikes) LOL. The funny thing is, if he was not already a commit then I would have posted the exact same critique that you just did. But since he is no longer on the GU radar, I was just going to let it go He still might end up the best of the bunch, but I just think it is too early to tell with this group of guards.
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Post by idhoya on Feb 2, 2008 7:38:23 GMT -5
Who was more over-hyped coming into college: King Rice or Damon Bailey?
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Post by HoyaFanNY on Feb 2, 2008 11:58:28 GMT -5
king rice. at least bailey was at least halfway decent. rice stunk on ice.
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Post by harlemhoya on Feb 2, 2008 14:11:04 GMT -5
King Rice was a great running back
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Post by RDF on Feb 2, 2008 15:56:57 GMT -5
Jason Clark had 11 in a hard fought win over St. John's College Prep--who saw FR guard Chris Martin (son of Hoya Bill Martin) go for 19pts.
Henry Sims and Mt. St. Joes won easily last night--but no word on his performance. They play tomorrow afternoon against Loyola in a matchup of top 10 teams.
Chris Braswell had 10pts, 9 rebounds in a win on Thursday night.
Greg Monroe plays tonight against Chicago Whitney Young and the Primetime Shootout in Trenton, NJ.
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Post by harlemhoya on Feb 2, 2008 16:24:06 GMT -5
Jason Clark had 11 in a hard fought win over St. John's College Prep--who saw FR guard Chris Martin (son of Hoya Bill Martin) go for 19pts.
I bet Chris can nail that jumper from the corner like his daddy
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Post by prhoya on Feb 2, 2008 16:49:32 GMT -5
One schoarship will be put aside for another son of an all-time Hoya. Come home, Chris.
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Post by idhoya on Feb 3, 2008 2:48:32 GMT -5
balla, you played against King? He came in with "NY" hype, but he was from Binghamton right? Growing up, NY kids were seen as cream of the crop pg's cause of the city rep.
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Post by balla on Feb 3, 2008 3:09:03 GMT -5
One schoarship will be put aside for another son of an all-time Hoya. Come home, Chris. Lil Martin is off to a good start. But no pressure
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Post by idhoya on Feb 3, 2008 3:29:51 GMT -5
Cliff Rozier. I watched him last night in the '92 Sweet 16 game. I believe it was against Indiana. Rozier was over hyped too. Omar Cook? No seriously, Kenny Anderson was my man!
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Post by idhoya on Feb 3, 2008 4:05:42 GMT -5
I'd say Bailey cause IU had been recruiting the kid since like 3rd grade or something like that. I remember seeing a story done on his recruitment. He was Alford with a better handle.
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