2010 recruiting class

[mexicobufan]

Assuming we get MO on campus how would everyone rate this years recruiting class? I know there was some concern before we picked up Andrew and MO so just wondering what people think. Again assuming MO is in the class I give it a A-.........thoughts?

I think Walter will be a stud along with DSE the nect couple years. I dont know much about Andrew or MO but I like the size and ability to run the floor.

[Da Coach]

I have heard from astute basketball people who have seen Walter Lemon play, and they say he was one of the top guards in Chicago this past year, and will be a star at Bradley. One said he could start next year! That would be shocking, especially given the returning guard talent we have, but it exemplifies how good he could be.
Davis and Ocherobia look like a solid big men, who play mainly the 5 position, exactly what we needed.
I agree with the A- grade if we land all 3. The class will be underrated by outside people, since all 3 guys are somewhat unknown.

[mexicobufan]

OK, I guess this post was a bad idea!!! Thanks Da Coach for playing along, I can always count on you...........

[basketball nut]

I would rate this class as a A- w/ WL by himself if he is all that I have been reading about him. I have heard he could be the "steal" from Chi town.
Don't really know enough about the other 2 guys to grade them but would look at both as guys that will help in 2 or 3 years.

[shaunguth]

I've never seen any of these kids play basketball and there isn't a lot of information on AD and Ocherobia. All I know is Ocherobia has the type of body I would like to see in the paint for us and AD has the same build as AT. I'm very much looking forward to seeing WL play for us over the next four years!

[lake Camelot]

I would say B to B- I think Lemon and MO would be very good fits, and I don't know much about Davis. I would guess he shows potential and could develop. A or A- would have been MO, Lemon and a transfer of Darius Smith or Marshall Henderson. We are on a A- start for next year with DS and the kid from Yuba. Just add 1 0r 2 other stars and it will be an A.

[LittleBrave]

I would give last year's an A- with JP and DSE, though when their college careers are completed, it may be a solid A.

This year would be a B+ if MO comes on board.
From what I heard, there weren't a lot of big man options for BU.
Considering we lost JW, not a bad little class...or should I say BIG (with AD and MO) I hope they get some P.T. - should be a BIG, Bright future for BU in the middle.

From what I've read, I like the attitude, work-ethic of AD and the high-spirit and supposed athleticism of WL. Maybe he can be a defensive pest on point guards that we need with his quickness - kinda' like EM.

[newBUfan]

hmm...

I would rate last year class a C+ DSE was a stud, but classmate redshirted, this years class a C+ lemon will be very good, the bigs or big is a unkown factor, take the names away and his descriptions reads like AT.

[houstontxbrave]

I rank it currently as a flat out Unknown or incomplete.

Until it is fully completed that means signed or not signed MO then its unfair to judge.

If we lose him, combined with the loss of Wilkens I would rate it as a C-.

[real fan]

I rank it currently as a flat out Unknown or incomplete.

Until it is fully completed that means signed or not signed MO then its unfair to judge.

If we lose him, combined with the loss of Wilkens I would rate it as a C-.

I agree because if we do not get MO then this recruiting year will be missing the most important piece of the puzzle, a big that is willing to bang inside and has the strength to go up against the good centers in the Valley.

[tornado]

...combined with the loss of Wilkens....

John Wilkins was part of our 2008 recruiting class and NCAA would not allow him eligibility....
he was never really part of our recruiting classes of 2009, or 2010

[LittleBrave]

Yes, my grade would drop from a B+ to a C if MO does not sign.
We can't get pushed around in the paint like last year, and just to sign a lanky AD doesn't give me comfort about solving that problem.

[romar]

I would rate this class as a A- w/ WL by himself if he is all that I have been reading about him. I have heard he could be the "steal" from Chi town.
Don't really know enough about the other 2 guys to grade them but would look at both as guys that will help in 2 or 3 years.

BB-nut I always find your take on recruits interesting - Just curious, in your opinion based on your WL readings, who would you say he stacks up with? For example, Iman Shumpert was an unheralded BU recruit until he completely blew up. I know WL isn't as long as IS, but are they saying his skills compare favorably? Could it be BU got one before the BCS types got wind of him?

[basketball nut]

BB-nut I always find your take on recruits interesting - Just curious, in your opinion based on your WL readings, who would you say he stacks up with? For example, Iman Shumpert was an unheralded BU recruit until he completely blew up. I know WL isn't as long as IS, but are they saying his skills compare favorably? Could it be BU got one before the BCS types got wind of him?

Romar, I have not seen him compared to anyone special. I have based my feelings on things that have been said about him. I do not have the comments and quotes in front of me but he has been called by some of the coaches that he played against as one of the best kept secrets in Chicago-that he is good enough to start on almost any team as a freshman-People don't know who WL is now but in 4 years they will.
These are just some of the comments that have been made about this young man.
As is the case of any athlete it depends 100% on them to see if all of these comments ever come true. We have all seen players that have been highly rated and when they get to college they never fully understand that everyone else playing D1 is at their level of play also (not meaning ever player in D1 is at the same level but meaning that if at BCS, mid magor or low major level will be the same). They have never had to work hard and so they never succeed. Even at BU I would look at JC and how he came in and started as a freshman and IMO thought this is easy and didn't continue to work hard but then found himself on the bench as a soph. That summer he worked his tail off and became all that he thought he could be but it only came w/ hard work.
My point is that WL will only be as good as the hard work he puts in will alow him to be. The other thing is (based on some of what has been said about him and IMO) that he may be another sleeper in the mode of so many we have gotten such as CW, JJ, HH, AP, etc.
ONLY TIME WILL TELL!