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Braves sign 6'10" Davante Cooper (2015)

Getting a big junior college transfer this late in the recruiting process, is next to impossible. The really good j.c. transfers that provide immediate help are already committed, unless there are academic issues and baggage. One of the new assistants is a former junior college coach and maybe he may know where one is hidden. Hopefully no other college knows about him, because I'm sure there are programs in better shape than Bradley is currently in that would be interested in him.

As I've said before, we just need to get through next year with enough bodies and hopefully a couple of the signees this spring will be good enough to stay here and contribute over a four year period.

Once again, this coming fall and next spring is when we should see the quality of our recruits vastly improved. I'm not saying these aren't good kids that we've signed.
 
Matt Salley was a very late signing in 2006. After the Sweet 16 run, all the targeted big men had been signed elsewhere, so the coaches had to essentially start over. He was not really a prototypical inside player, but helped out a lot for the next 2 years. There are other examples, like Theron Wilson, who also was not a true inside player, but was one of the top rebounders in the MVC both years. But you are right, that much more often, late-signed big men are reaches, and usually end up failures.
 
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