Comments on: Recruiting Roundup (12-29-2008)

By: Brick

Brick — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:36:15 +0000

Blake was young but he is a fifth year HS player right now so he will actually be an older freshman. Beyond that, Beilein says he is young for his age physically, like he’s not even shaving yet (I think that was the quote). Since he just started committing to basketball and he is rail thin, I just see him taking another year before he is ready to contribute.

Since Morgan is young, it would be nice for him to RS, but you can’t RS everyone. Maybe Jordan and Blake battle it out early to see who plays and who redshirts.

I think Cronin will be fine. He was actually very effective in limited minutes with the injury this year so I expect no worse next year.

By: Ky Fox

Ky Fox — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:35:28 +0000

We will also have to wait and see where Cronin will be a year from now. Sometimes surguries like this can set a player back a bit. If Ben isnt totally healthy then we will need everyone available to us. If we have our entire complimentary of players we should have a very stable frontcourt. I think the potential for McLimans is very high. I read an article the other day which said he hasnt even totally dedicated himself to basketball untill just this past year or so. He is also young for his class just like JoMo.
But we will have Peedi, Gibson, Cronin, Morgan, McLimans all available, that is unless JB divies out a redshirt to one of the fresh.

By: Ky Fox

Ky Fox — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:23:11 +0000

Yeah Brick I agree, but we will have to see what kind of skills he has. If he beholds some Pittsnoggleness about him then he might forego the redshirt. Dylan, what are your thoughts about Blake??

By: Brick

Brick — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:01:50 +0000

I am impressed with Regan’s season so far. It looks like he is the only big man that we are in on in ’10 so far. We still need a little more size to balance out the roster so I really hope we can land him.

It will be interesting to see how the one big man rotation works in the Big 10 season. If we get pushed around too much we will need another big for sure in the ’10 class.

I think next year we will see McLimans redshirt since Cronin and Morgan will both be freshman and we will still have Peedi and Gibson.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:14:01 +0000

Yes I do. Couldn’t find much on him from this week though. I believe I mentioned him in the last update as a new target.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:08:14 +0000

Happy Holidays and thanks for all the hard work Dylan.

Do you think Casey Prather should be added to the ’10 targets? He would be a huge get, probably up there with Zeigler and above the other SG/wing targets. Amazing what a couple of big wins can do for a program.

By: Ky Fox

Ky Fox — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:31:11 +0000

Thought this was pretty interesting!
“Coach Beilein is looking forward to the future. He is looking forward to getting his recruits and take advantage of the talent that’s there now. Get a nice blend of everybody. He told Blake that there would be, unlike at a lot of universities, a lot of individual work and skill development. Coach thinks that’s very importantâ€¦thirty to forty minutes a day. That was different compared to the other places we’ve been.”