PJS Hoops Section

[Buesch N Chips]

OK......sure, maybe.....


here's some effort to catch up with Jordan Prosser
http://www.bradleybraves.com//ViewAr...CLID=209300972

Dave does a great job. And no mention of milk!

[Da Coach]

Some of the Hoops stories are now online-

http://www.pjstar.com/sports/bradleyhoops

[Rhino65]

there is no question we agree on most of those points...but when Hawk was scoring 20-30 points he did also have numerous other players with him who helped....
guys who played in the NBA (Les, Winters, Williams), and other pretty talented guys (Donald Powell, Anthony Manuel...)

BTW - speaking of Walt and how great of a player he has become and how much he means to our chances....

Wonder if anyone else remembers when we first recruited Walt? He was pretty obscure & unknown and there were more than a couple doubters who thought he was too far under the radar

So why can't any of our other guys be players who can hold their own around Walt. You love to bring up the fact that we recruit guys who can't score, well Walt averaged 19 ppg his senior year. Stefan Zecevic averaged 31.5 ppg in high school. X almost averaged a double double as a 6th man. It's about how people develop. I've seen way too many snap judgments on a lot of our guys before the season has even started. Let's give it a little time before we decide what this year and the future of the program will entail.

[Da Coach]

So why can't any of our other guys be players who can hold their own around Walt. You love to bring up the fact that we recruit guys who can't score, well Walt averaged 19 ppg his senior year. Stefan Zecevic averaged 31.5 ppg in high school. X almost averaged a double double as a 6th man. It's about how people develop. I've seen way too many snap judgments on a lot of our guys before the season has even started. Let's give it a little time before we decide what this year and the future of the program will entail.

People are free to make any predictions they want. That is the right of any fan. And it's easy to look back and see who's predictions were right or wrong, and with time the accuracy of the current predictions will also be revealed.
Reading from last year's Hoops insert, there were some overly optimistic predictions made about Jalen Crawford, and Shayok Shayok, and unfortunately they were wrong.

Yes, Zecevic averaged 31.5 ppg at the small Alabama high school he attended, but his numbers at prep school were a fraction of that, and even Geno has been telling us he is not a scorer, but more of a hustle guy.

[tornado]

What I said is about as simple as 1+1 - that if we players who only averaged 8-9 ppg in high school or juco, then is it any surprise that they struggle to score in D-I...
I don't recall any prolific scorer in BU history who BECAME a scorer after he got to college?
I kinda think such a scenario is exceedingly rare....

I am happy with whoever we recruit - if they help us win....
If they sit the bench and do not contribute, then I expect they won't stay around here very long as we have seen with the large and rapid turnover the last couple years...

If we can win games, have some team successes & post-season wins, then there'll be no complaints from me.
But, again I ask, why are people suddenly surprised when I talk about recruiting & personnel? Since the inception of this message board that's just about all most fans seem to do.


BTW - the Hoops section was overall - well done and obviously is the result of a lot of hard work...and I appreciate it & hope it gets people interested and coming to games...