Oversigning in Hoops?
Is there such a thing as oversigning in college basketball? St. Johns has 9, yes 9 commits for 2011. Now not all have signed LOI's, but those that haven't are still listed as solid verbals. 9 incoming freshman just doesn't sound right.
February 15th, 2011 at 11:32 PM ^
http://www.redstormsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/stjo-m-baskbl-mtt.html
10 seniors. 6 others. Even if there's walk-ons in there, they have the room to bring in a class that big.
They're gonna nosedive next year, that's for sure.
February 15th, 2011 at 11:54 PM ^
theyll nosedive next year. If the recent college basketball trend has taught us anything, that is the trend that began after the rule that stipulated everyone had to go to college one year before entering the draft, its that freshman can have a huge impact on a college basketball team. As of now, St. Johns has 5 4-star recruits signed to LOI's, four of whom are ranked in the top 21 of their positions. They also have another 4 star and a 5 star (the number 2 ranked center overall) who have yet to sign their LOIs. St. Johns could be a major player next season.
February 16th, 2011 at 8:26 AM ^
The majority of those impact freshman are the ones that have the chance to jump to the NBA right from high school but go to colllege for a year. None of St. johns recurits are close to that.
Not saying they couldn't be a major player next season, but your reasoning is flawed.
February 15th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
dayum 9 seniors!
February 15th, 2011 at 11:37 PM ^
Wow never heard of a BB class at that size.
February 15th, 2011 at 11:46 PM ^
coach who brought in his players before he got fired. Needs to have roster balance.
February 16th, 2011 at 5:43 AM ^
It's practice for when the world is so overpopulated that the average basketball team will sit a bench of no less than 75 players.
February 16th, 2011 at 8:17 AM ^
Practice?
February 15th, 2011 at 11:48 PM ^
its there...not widespread, but there...Calipari is a master of it...the year he came to Kentucky, it was reported that a number of players had "left" the term under very ambigous terms and were not too happy about it...sorry, but the source escapes me at the moment
February 16th, 2011 at 12:11 AM ^
Can't start a thread, but thought you guys might be interested in this: http://www.groupon.com/r/uu4908236
$15 gets you two tickets to see Michigan against Wisconsin 2/23... pretty good deal.
February 16th, 2011 at 1:13 AM ^
That really is a good deal, wish I could make it up there for that.
February 16th, 2011 at 9:02 AM ^
This seems like a really easy thing to research before you post a thread about St. John's oversigning...which they are not.