Connor Hickman at Cincinnati

[yoda]

it's always been allowable to have as many walk-ons as you want.

[Tommy]

It doesn’t have to be Hickman, but I’ll be highly disappointed if we don’t land another starting caliber veteran guard.

One returning (presumed) starter in Johnson and three unproven freshmen along with an inconsistent and unproven as a starter (if still here) junior in Burch is not enough for me to label us stacked. Even Johnson will be in his first year as a starter, and as we’ve seen sophomores can sometimes take big steps back. Not that I expect that, but it’d be nice to have at least one proven guard starter I think.

I'd agree with you if the 3 incoming freshman weren't 4 star recruits, and some of the highest rated freshman we've ever had come to BU.

[BUfan14]

I'd agree with you if the 3 incoming freshman weren't 4 star recruits, and some of the highest rated freshman we've ever had come to BU.

Even if we assume a 3-4 star rating means they all three will be starting caliber or big minute caliber right away (which hasn’t always proven to be true), and Burch comes back, we have 5 guards. We will need more than that on the roster. I can’t imagine we’d only try to get bench caliber guards from here and not try to add a good player if there was a fit. To me you get as many good players as possible. Why limit yourself when recruits are only one year commits anyway? To me, until your program is so good and/or so filled with talent it can’t possibly go up, why not keep trying to get better? We’ve also been incredibly lucky on the injury front of late. One guard goes down for the year, you don’t want that to be the end of your season.

[Tommy]

Even if we assume a 3-4 star rating means they all three will be starting caliber or big minute caliber right away (which hasn’t always proven to be true), and Burch comes back, we have 5 guards. We will need more than that on the roster. I can’t imagine we’d only try to get bench caliber guards from here and not try to add a good player if there was a fit. To me you get as many good players as possible. Why limit yourself when recruits are only one year commits anyway? To me, until your program is so good and/or so filled with talent it can’t possibly go up, why not keep trying to get better? We’ve also been incredibly lucky on the injury front of late. One guard goes down for the year, you don’t want that to be the end of your season.

How many starting caliber guards do we have this year? My only point is that we seem to have an incoming roster with an orgy of talent at guard and a dearth of talent at forward. If we can find another great guard, sure, bring him in, but I’m much more concerned with who will replace Davis and Hannah, and I don’t know that picking up a 6th guard outweighs that need. We all hope Atlason takes another step forward and Timoty can provide some strong minutes next year, but that’s not enough. I think most anyone avid fan would agree that guard is the least of our concerns at this point in time for next year’s roster.

[BUfan14]

How many starting caliber guards do we have this year? My only point is that we seem to have an incoming roster with an orgy of talent at guard and a dearth of talent at forward. If we can find another great guard, sure, bring him in, but I’m much more concerned with who will replace Davis and Hannah, and I don’t know that picking up a 6th guard outweighs that need. We all hope Atlason takes another step forward and Timoty can provide some strong minutes next year, but that’s not enough. I think most anyone avid fan would agree that guard is the least of our concerns at this point in time for next year’s roster.

I don’t disagree the 4-5 spots are big concerns and certainly need addressed, and I didn’t say guard was more of a concern than that. But there are going to need to be many needs addressed this recruiting cycle and I’m not quite ready to anoint three freshmen, and a sophomore and junior with no starting experience as enough to not focus on recruiting guards too. Those 5 guards have started a combined 2 college basketball games and none in 24-25.

We should still be recruiting everything at this point in my opinion. Also Davis mostly played the three spot for us, which I would consider a guard spot at most mid-major college basketball teams. I would think Brian would want a taller veteran three spot kind of guard like Davis as we will need a new primary defender on the perimeter again this year. So I agree replacing him is a big need. Has it been confirmed he can’t come back? I know some people mentioned he might be able to.