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Bradley commitment- 2013- Jordan Swopshire

I am pretty excited about Swopshire, he appears to be a great get for BU. I will say the direction Geno seems to be going will set us up to play with anyone in the country, but it also seems to be a high-risk, high-reward, system. Few shooters, maybe not great pg or big, but great athletes and wings that create match-up problems for many teams. At the very least it should make for entertaining basketball!
 
Toyota12 said:
Pollard would have been real special at BU!! Did we really have a chance?
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Yes, we were in the running for Pollard. But I am not sure he would have been any better for us than Tucker or Swopshire can be. Kendall Pollard is an extremely athletic 6'4" kid, but he has never developed his shot. We seem to already have more than enough athletic wing prospects and recruits that are not great shooters.
 
Future Walk-On said:
A host of teams offered him including Illinois

I can't remember but I am pretty sure he was second on Illinois' list behind players like Xavier Rathan Mayes and Demetrius Jackson so he committed elsewhere despite those players not choosing ILL then Tate grabbed the scholy
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Sterling is really more of a wing. I'm not sure how hard they were really pursuing him, but when Nunn committed giving them Hill and Nunn, it was clear they weren't a match. I don't think Sterling, or any of the 2013 Fire guys, were really ever going to go to Illinois this year anyway.
 
tornado said:
here's a question - let's say we close out our FOUR-MAN recruiting class by landing DeShawn Delaney....
that would mean we'd be bringing in a four man class that consists of FOUR 6-6 wing players.... not one of which has a solid reputation as a lights-out 3-pt shooter...

so - since almost everyone agrees that our three biggest needs were PG, low post player who is ready to play ASAP, and some 3-pt shooting prowess - then our four-man class misses on all three. Does anyone else think that just maybe we are going to still get more??
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The way Geno is recruiting, it's clear he feels set at PG with Fields and Bell. I'm sure that will be a priority next year, but it certainly doesn't seem like he made it one this year.

As for the shooters, I think this shows Geno has identified both Swopshire and Zacevic as his shooters, and numbers seem to back it up. Don't get me wrong, I want a true post, and would love to compliment him with a bulky PF, but since not a lot exist, I'll take talent over untalented size. Ohio State is a 2 seed with two 6'7" 210 point "interior" players, it can be done. It also seems everyone recruited as a tall wing anymore ends up at the 4 in college, it's just the way of the game. Tucker seems like he'll have a frame to do well.
 
alczervik75 said:
The way Geno is recruiting, it's clear he feels set at PG with Fields and Bell. I'm sure that will be a priority next year, but it certainly doesn't seem like he made it one this year.

As for the shooters, I think this shows Geno has identified both Swopshire and Zacevic as his shooters, and numbers seem to back it up.
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Don't forget that Grier is only a soph and shot over 40% as a freshman from 3.
 
Jordan's brother Jared Swopshire (played at Louisville & Northwestern) just started his new job
as assistant high school basketball coach at Christian Academy HS in Louisville, KY - congrats
 
Jared was a great player for Louisville with a lot of promise. He ended up getting a bad groin tear that never heard right and he got passed on the depth chart by guys developing. It was really unfortunate as he was a great player with a claming influence on a Louisville team that can get a 'tad' frantic.
 
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