Back up in your ass with the resurrection. Follow the Cuonzo Martin era here.
Recruiting Commitments:
2017:
Michael Porter Jr., SF, *****, Gatorade National Player of the Year
CJ Roberts, PG, ****
Blake Harris, PG, ***/****
Jeremiah Tilmon, F/C, ****
Kassius Robertson, Grad Transfer
Jontay Porter (possible re-classification from Class of '18), ****
Departures: No one that matters
Returning Players: No one that matters
Originally Posted by OKchiefs:
God I hope we can do something of significance soon. It's embarrassing seeing what should be an inferior program like k-state with an inferior coach put us to shame. I wouldn't put money on an elite 8 trip any time soon.
Huh?
You do realize Cuonzo turned chicken shit into chicken salad this year right? [Reply]
If Kim Anderson had been a semi-competent coach who just didn’t get it done (at less than historically bad levels) and maybe landed a couple of local good-not-great recruits who Mizzou should be able to land... guys like Tyler Cool of Iowa and Xavier Sneed at Kansas State, how much different is Year 1 for Cuonzo?
Picture Mizzou with a legit, athletic, skilled 4 like Tyler Cook and a long, athletic sharpshooter like Xavier Sneed on the wing instead of Reed Nikko and Mitchell Smith.
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
If Kim Anderson had been a semi-competent coach who just didn’t get it done (at less than historically bad levels) and maybe landed a couple of local good-not-great recruits who Mizzou should be able to land... guys like Tyler Cool of Iowa and Xavier Sneed at Kansas State, how much different is Year 1 for Cuonzo?
Picture Mizzou with a legit, athletic, skilled 4 like Tyler Cook and a long, athletic sharpshooter like Xavier Sneed on the wing instead of Reed Nikko and Mitchell Smith.
How different is that?
MIZZOU says that sort of thing a lot. Perhaps next year we'll find out. Oh, "next year", another thing said a lot around MIZZOU. We can only "hope" (another MIZZOU Atletics'ism!!), the success of this year lands us some of those top recruits. We'll see. [Reply]
Originally Posted by GloryDayz:
MIZZOU says that sort of thing a lot. Perhaps next year we'll find out. Oh, "next year", another thing said a lot around MIZZOU. We can only "hope" (another MIZZOU Atletics'ism!!), the success of this year lands us some of those top recruits. We'll see.
It’s not a “next year” type thought for me - just pointing out that Martin’s year 1 was made more challenging because ole Kermit was so incompetent, he couldn’t even land easily attainable in-state players after hiring their AAU coach (who was a father figure to one of them).
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
It’s not a “next year” type thought for me - just pointing out that Martin’s year 1 was made more challenging because ole Kermit was so incompetent, he couldn’t even land easily attainable in-state players after hiring their AAU coach (who was a father figure to one of them).
Originally Posted by duncan_idaho:
Whenever his NBA team has a break in the schedule.
He gone.
And if little brother is gone, too, they’ll all be gone. Except for whichever girl plays basketball at Mizzou.
I see MJP leaving and going to the NBA.....I think that is a foregone conclusion regardless of what others might think.
But I could see Jontay hanging around for next year and putting himself in a position to be a Top 5 pick, and honestly he could use some refinement.
Tillmon...if someone gets inside his head and tells him to go this year, it would be crazy. He definitely needs at least another year to refine his game and learn how to stay out of foul trouble. He has good potential but at this point he would get eaten up in the NBA and probably end up playing in the CBA or in Europe. [Reply]
No posts yet about Porter officially declaring for the draft?
Overall he helped with recruiting, but not much else. I'll be glad to get the program running in a year or two with a pipeline of players who are going to stay and have an impact. I'd prefer to stay away from the one and done types.
On another note, let's also pray that we can go a season without our entire depth at guard quitting on the team. [Reply]