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Thompson to Redshirt

audacious_aficionado said:
i see a lot of potential in AT when he bulks up. he's got good hands and some definitive post moves. add on twenty more pounds and he's a starter.... add on thirty-forty more pounds and he's an all-conference player.
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Add 120 more pounds and he's Hulk Hogan. Add 400 more pounds and he's Andre The Giant. Add 500 more pounds and, well, he's just too fat then...
 
I know we all have high hopes for AT, but if he is anywhere near the player Bayo was by the time he was a senior we will all be very happy.
 
Double D said:
I know we all have high hopes for AT, but if he is anywhere near the player Bayo was by the time he was a senior we will all be very happy.
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I would like to see him be as good as Bayo for more than one year. Bayo was really only a factor his senior year. AT needs to be a factor for more than one year.
 
Beninator said:
IMO, Thompson has the potential to be a much better player than Bayo.
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He may have alot of potential but lets not foget how good Bayo was. Consider also how many more points he may have scored in our current system. If AT averages 9 points and 8 rebounds per game and is the defensive player of the year in his senior season can you imagine how good are team will be? I remember when Bayo shut down Robert "Fat Tractor' Traylor and helped us beat Michigan.
Adebayo Akinkunle
1994-98
Chicago native scored 1,033 points in 116 games (8.9 ppg). ... 6-8 forward-center named MVC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior when he was also selected first-team all-MVC and team MVP. ... Was the Braves??™ team captain as a senior. ... Finished second in school history in blocked shots with 154. ... Named to MVC Most Improved Team and all-Defense Team as a junior. ... Grabbed 561 rebounds (4.8 rpg) for his career, leading BU as a junior (6.0) and senior (8.2).
 
Double D said:
I know we all have high hopes for AT, but if he is anywhere near the player Bayo was by the time he was a senior we will all be very happy.
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Please ,no disregard to Bayo, but do you remember him when he first got here. He was not even a D-1 player.In fact, he only helped us maybe 1 and a half years. It was a great 1 1/2 years but non the less facts are facts. AT is far better now then when Bayo was a Frosh. Cudos to AT, it is only going to help him get to the next level,which I think is attainable for him. I feel he is already better than O'B on the offensive end of the floor. He probably is a little lacking on the other end.Congrats AT you made a wise decision and we are going to enjoy the ride with you.
 
Bayo was pretty good as a junior, too. He helped Bradley get to the NIT that year (1997) when Anthony Parker was limited with the foot fracture.
But he was great his senior year. And if he hadn't redshirted, he would have never had that final year when he was 1st team All-MVC and Defensive POY in the Valley. It got him a pro job for a number of years, which I doubt he would have been capable of if he had left after the 1997 season.
 
Lakeview Brave said:
He may have alot of potential but lets not foget how good Bayo was. Consider also how many more points he may have scored in our current system. If AT averages 9 points and 8 rebounds per game and is the defensive player of the year in his senior season can you imagine how good are team will be? I remember when Bayo shut down Robert "Fat Tractor' Traylor and helped us beat Michigan.
Adebayo Akinkunle
1994-98
Chicago native scored 1,033 points in 116 games (8.9 ppg). ... 6-8 forward-center named MVC Defensive Player of the Year as a senior when he was also selected first-team all-MVC and team MVP. ... Was the Braves??™ team captain as a senior. ... Finished second in school history in blocked shots with 154. ... Named to MVC Most Improved Team and all-Defense Team as a junior. ... Grabbed 561 rebounds (4.8 rpg) for his career, leading BU as a junior (6.0) and senior (8.2).
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Bayo was a good player for us no doubt and I am not trying to diminish what Bayo did here. I am just basing my statement on my belief that Thompson is a more talented player right from the start... As for current vs past systems, I will respectfully not comment about that comparison.
 
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