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tornado said:
then kids who spend an extra year at prep school should be counted differently -- That's why you recruit them
and kids who don't play AAU should be counted differently -- That's why you recruit them
and kids who don't play 4 years in HS are different as are kids like McCain who play 60 HS games per year, etc.

lefty-- how many juco kids come in and have as much impact as a junior (in their first year with the team)
as a kid who is a junior but in his 3rd year with a team (like Osiris Eldridge, Drake's Josh Young, etc..)?
I contend they DON'T have the DI experience...but feel free to include them in your calculations if you disagree.

Also, I don't know Pomeroy's formula, but I suspect he does count jucos as experienced players.
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I guess I think of total years 4 HS and 4 college. It doesn't seem right to say that junior with two year juco experience should compare to a freshman in experience. Maybe two years should be considered one year D-1. I don't know but I would think every coach would expect more out of their juco juniors then their freshman.
 
Braves4Life said:
Tag this post for a revisit in two years my friend. I'm confident in my post :)
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We can be scary good in 2 years especially if AW reshirts this year, WE comes back strong and will be 2 years removed from his injuries, everyone improves as they usually do over 2 years and JW plays and is as good as advertised, even wihout JW we'll be top 20 caliber material IMO. I ask those doubters, why not?
 
I believe that Sam Singh"s health has a lot more to do with his contributions this season then his experience. When he arrived at Bradley I thought he could be a good player but then he had so many injuries which kept him from playing very little basketball in a 3 year span.
 
dogsrus said:
I keep hearing that from fans from the last 2 teams we have beat. While I don't doubt both SIU AND WSU will get better are they any younger then us.

I haven't looked at all the team rosters yet but it would be interesting to see just who is the youngest and what teams have the most experience........
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I don't know about SIU... They may be in a bit of a rut... Players leaving, etc. Just ask any of their fans, back to back conference losses to NIU and us, and the sky is falling. I keep reading on their board that they wanted to be the Gonzaga of the east, and I dont see that happening for a long time.
 
real fan said:
I believe that Sam Singh"s health has a lot more to do with his contributions this season then his experience. When he arrived at Bradley I thought he could be a good player but then he had so many injuries which kept him from playing very little basketball in a 3 year span.
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True, How many full, healthy, off-seasons has Sam had? Off-season prep wise, he is a Jr.
pre 1) (nobody has a full off-season)
pre 2) Shoulder recovery
pre 3) ACL recovery
pre 4) Healthy
pre 5) Healthy
 
BU_EMT128 said:
I don't know about SIU... They may be in a bit of a rut... Players leaving, etc. Just ask any of their fans, back to back conference losses to NIU and us, and the sky is falling. I keep reading on their board that they wanted to be the Gonzaga of the east, and I dont see that happening for a long time.
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Especially when Xavier has a commanding lead right now for that title. ;-)
 
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