Sam Singh Year 6

[braveatheart]

Yes, either him or Vee Sanford. Either work for me.

[georgethedog]

As long as either can guard someone shooting the three as neither McCain or Sam M. can guard a 3 point shooter. That was proven again tonight.

[ph]

It's time to move on. We need shooting guards not another slow center. I think we don't see AT next year.

For the first time this year, I'm wondering, too.

In the post game, when talking about SS's 6th year and the big man situation for next year, JL talked about WE, incoming recruit JP, but AT aparantly does not exist (as a 5?) to JL.

[PTownHawkeye]

May I politely request that this thread be renamed "2009 Bradley Recruit: Sam Singh"

I am thrilled by this news. He is an adequate Valley center who has improved each and ever year. I honestly believe that the ability to put our efforts on a solid recruit in the 2010 class plus having Sam back for one more year will have a greater impact on our team's performance than taking a back of the class 2009 recruit for the final scholly.

[Out of Balance]

[quote=houstonbrave;121091]Sam is not perfect but yes I think it is good that he is returning. He gives some stability to a front line that will be very inexperienced with WE, JP, MK, AT. So, I think his presence helps and I think it helps more than most of the JUCO's we could have gotten. Most of the time a Juco does not contribute much in year 1. So, yeah I do think it is good. In addition he is a good kid who has struggled with a bunch of injuries and he deserves a shot at another year.[/
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You could not of said it better. I agree with all you have said. Also Sam brings leadership and team first. If he does not play a minute next year he just brings so much to a team that will need someone like him to school the guys both on the court and off. My hats off to JL for bring Sam back and for holding this team together with all the obstacles it had to over come. Now lets go make some noise in St. Louis

[jasonpeoria911]

This is great news, this may also signal the end to Thompson as most people have been thinking. We now have a glut of big men or Les may option to go with 3 big men for parts of the game.

Singh, Egolf, and Prosser at center
Brown and Milos at Power Forward
Then alternate Thompson in for a 3 big lineup with Warren and SM as guards is how I would take it.

Or either Milos or Prosser can red shirt. Ahh the possibilities.

Jason

[georgethedog]

This will give Sam an extra year to try to figure out what an illegal screen is... Just jokin' around...

[VeveJones007]

Great news. Now go get a 4 year 6'4" swingman!!

[MacabreMob]

This will give Sam an extra year to try to figure out what an illegal screen is... Just jokin' around...

I was gonna same something about that, but maybe not the same way you said it.

Anyway...

Sam - it's the MVC and they are gonna call players for moving screens. You've learned. (yea, yea - I know you still get called for it... but not as much). So now teach what you've learned to the young guys.

Thanks for coming back another year!

[CABUFan]

Given our current scholarship situation and the fact that we will not have another big with any real experience next year I also think this is great. If WE gets healthy, AT gets better, and JP and MK are as good as advertised, we may not need him, but I feel a lot better knowing we have an experienced, serviceable big who can give us some decent minutes. It certainly makes a lot more sense to me than bringing in a juco big.

[2bradleyfans]

SS would not have been comming back next year unless Les was onboard.

By the way, I heard from an inside source we may see SS for years to come, There was a little loop hole...as a child Sam was bequeathed to the Civic Center.

Thus he is part of the building.

Sam comes with the building, deal with it NCAA.

[newBUfan]

wow

that is very good news for the BU program, SS will be like a player coach, a major contributor to this team next year.

[houstontxbrave]

This is fine whatever, I would prefer to bring in someone with athletic ability but Singh for a 6th is probably good for this program in the short and long term.

What I am P'Od about is that this probably means the end of Thompson or another year of limited minutes for the player.

How can JL state that Thompson is his second best big man he has ever coached then he never sees the court then he brings back a very athletically challenged Singh for a 6th year? This just all means that Thompson is either not who JL thougth he was or something between the two never meshed.

Either way as a BU fan I would really like to know the truth to what has happened to Thompson. Maybe someone in the Peoria media can get a truthful answer to this

[2bradleyfans]

My guess is AT is not developing into what we need.

[SFP]

I was hoping for this news and I was thinking about it today. This is a very positive development IMO and also let's not write AT off yet. There were plenty of people writing off WE last year. AT is only classified as a Freshman remember. We now really will have two 5's starting the year because if you think WE will be ready to play major minutes in the beginning of the season you have no idea what it takes for a 5 person to be ready for the pounding it takes in D-I basketball. That is why maybe we have not seen AT yet this year. Is it possible that he is just not ready to take the pounding necessary. DC had problems with the pounding and I've seen bigger guys then sticks get pummeled. PATIENCE everyone!