Mcgee to Auburn

[Da Coach]

Very well said.....just becuase he went to IU does that automatically put him "above" anything we have here? I wanted him because he was a big with some size.....

Brandon McGee was a 3 star recruit when he signed with Indiana. I recall seeing messages posted by Indiana's fans on their message board questioning why Sampson would go after kids who were "only 3-stars".
As always happens, his ranking did go up a little after he signed with Indiana, but he is still listed as 3-stars by Rivals.

We have had the discussion before about players who have transferred from the Big Ten to the MVC. There have been a few such transfers through the years, but other than Larry Bird, there have not been any who dominated the MVC or became POY's. Most turn out to be average to a little above average players in the MVC. For every Marcellus Sommerville, and Kyle Wilson, there are a lot of Rich Beyer's, DeAaron Williams, Neil Planks, and others.

 

[Beninator]

You also have to remeber Crean kicked him out of IU, he did not leave on his own accord. I wonder if he would even have qualified to get into BU. I'm not to suprised that he would go to a bigger school where he can get through their academic requirements. As a poster said earlier, I'd rather have players that are not just good players but solid citizens. As much as an upside he is as a ball player there are plenty of questions mark in other areas. Anyway I wish him luck and a school like BU probably would have been better for him all around.

Well said SFP. it would have been nice to see what Mcgee could have done here, but any way we look at this, Mcgee would have been a huge gamble. IMO, we already used the "gamble scholie" on Brown. Had Mcgee landed here, that would have been 2 gamble scholies which is one too many.

 

[mike radigan]

Bill Cole?

 

[BuBraves55]

Was Josh Young highly recruited or did he just sneak into drake?

 

[Da Coach]

Young played at one of the smallest high schools in Oklahoma. He lead all Oklahoma high schoolers in scoring for his junior and senior years, but because of the very small school and the level of competition, he stayed "under the radar", and few schools recruited him.