I would have loved to have him this past year, but as a 3 for 2 and with all the other transfers? I almost think keeping a spot open would be as valuable.
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6-7 forward. Sit 1 play 2. Originally from Michigan.
8.4. ppg 3.3 rpg 3.0 apg. shot 37% from 3.
He or Morrow would make nice options if Juiston falls through. Still hoping that doesn't happen though!
We recruited him out of high school hoping he would be Clyburn like, or at least Mann did.
I'm not sure I'd say a redshirt guy is a nice option if Juiston falls through.
We picked a good year to have a bunch of openings.
Young/Lard/Kasongo give us more potential in the front court than we had going into last year. I'd rather have Juiston of course, because that lessened the likelihood that we need to go 4 guards again (if Lard/Kasongo struggle), but unless they've got another under the radar immediately eligible big hiding somewhere, that's what we could be looking at.
Wonder if Jacobson would fit in the Shirley mold of academic scholarship but on the basketball team. Looks like he probably has the grades for it and if its important to him to be close to family that could work out well for everyone. Not sure he's better than what else we're looking at currently though.
I've never seen him play, but he put up really good numbers for a sophomore. Fantastic efficiency numbers for a team that bad.
We had Burton and Young, a known and an unknown. Compare that to a partial known and complete mysteries.
But that wasn't my point. Just because that may be what we're looking at doesn't mean it's a nice option if Juiston falls through. Not adding someone to a weakness for next year is a fallback option, but few would call that a nice option. Would Moss be a great fallback had we not gotten Wigginton in this class?
I think he would still count against the 13 though I feel he was on full academic scholarship. Could be wrong though.
I could be wrong, but if I recall correctly basketball has its own rules on this so that you can't easily get by the 13 count
Good point. My experience with scholarship limits is exclusively with track / cross country.
I honestly can't recall on if transfers are different. Below on page 6-16 and 6-17 if anyone wants to take a look. I think it depends on if we recruited him.
www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/CACh6_Financial_20151210.pdf
Still counts against the scholarship total even though the athletic department isn't paying.
