2012 recruits
by Nymics on Feb 20, 2012 2:36 PM EST
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This is a bit of a continuation of the "Expectation for next year". I wanted to attach this poll to it but I'm only allowed 1 poll per post so I guess this will have to do. What recruit are you looking forward to most our of the 2012 class?
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RayD
hell of a player, even better person. i think he’ll do great things for us.
http://therailroadtie.com/
Boiler up!
agreed
I only voted for AJ because we haven’t had anything like him possibly ever. He could have great potential. I hope he turns out to be Brad Miller-esqe or better. I was hard not to vote for Davis because I think he’ll have the biggest impact from day 1 and probably the whole time.
Rapheal
AJ may be the best of the bunch by the time he leaves college but I think Davis has the greatest chance of being an impact player next year. There is just something about Davis that I love. He has a toughness and grit that not a lot of players have.
The one vote for Jay Simpson...
Definitely OldBoiler52
He would have picked Bryson
Given the option.
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Senior All-American Alto Sax
don’t you mean brenton? ;-)
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Boiler up!
by therailroadtie on Feb 21, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Maybe Brenton can...
walk-on and be the next Purdue Pete?
Excited for all of them considering the different games they bring,
but I voted A. J. I can’t wait to have a serious post presence. 7’ 275 dudes simply don’t get pushed around.
Look at how Green and Sullinger have changed their bodies...
Put AJ on the Steve Scheffler weightlifting program, change that baby fat into muscle and the dude will be a beast.
Hate to always bring up the same guy
But where has this transformation been in anyone. The person I could see it in most was probably Carroll. I really do think if he gets slimmer and more toned it would improve his game. Also, I really haven’t seen bodies change all that much. Look at different guys and let me know whose body has changed. I’m not issuing that as a challenge but more as there is none that come to mind immediately. Maybe Rob but he was recovering from two knee injuries so…
Are you serious?
Sullinger has lost tons of weight. Same with Green, Derrick Nix, etc. All it requires is the player to get serious and dedicated about their workouts and meals.
I think he was only talking about our team
and I agree. TJ was already strong. AJ doesn’t look like he added much strength in his redshirt season.
+1
AJ will not be on the Brad Miller path. Brad was not a Center in HS, and grew like a weed in college. That gave us 3 years of awkward Brad Miller and one year of quality production as he finally learned how to play inside.
>Hoosier by birth, Boilermaker by the grace of God
>Don't cry, MSU - It's just a game...
by sea.of.white on Feb 22, 2012 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
even more important
Need keep ball rolling for 2014 and15 win some in state battles and cherry pick chicago as we have seen what happens when miss on recruiting
by clappy the clown on Feb 20, 2012 3:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
bigs
I would like to see us pursue son bugs… especially after that MSU game… we are definitely lacking in the post…
Boiler Up! Hammer Down!
by JuJuan some Moore? on Feb 20, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
Hale
You could almost put hale in this vote and i believe he will be a big asset next year. I mean he will be 20 so his body should be developed and he can hit the outside shot as well as drive it to the hole. He is also extremely athletic and will help with rebounding. I for one can’t wait for the next few years. I think the Paint Crew should make shirts that say We’re Back…. Oh wait we never really left.
I voted for Ray
I’m a little skeptical about Hammons. He is on the best HS team in the country, but that team is led by their guards and in times when he was matched up against a big center or forward, he seemed to crap himself and get into early foul trouble.
What gives me confidence is the guys he will be able to develop against. We don’t have the best post players, but it’s more than JJ had to play against in practice and look at the level he was able to achieve.
Ray is, if I am not mistaken, the best scorer on his high school team that isn’t too shabby in its own right. He also seems to have this swagger and intensity that we severely lack this year.
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at 7'0'' 260 lbs
Hammons already has the body for this conference. He’ll have growing pains for sure, but I can’t wait to see him develop.
by Jackson Brunner on Feb 21, 2012 8:06 AM EST up reply actions
Though I remember Matt Ten Dam
Hammons does have a bit more experience. Would love to finally have a huge center who does center-y stuff. I mean, Brad Miller was awesome, but Hammons could be something new.
Hopefully he doesn’t go all basketbawful when he gets to campus.
by Beavis Beefcake on Feb 21, 2012 8:14 PM EST up reply actions
I'm glad you mentioned that.
One of the funniest stories I have ever read.
Basket-brawl!
>Hoosier by birth, Boilermaker by the grace of God
>Don't cry, MSU - It's just a game...
by sea.of.white on Feb 22, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Voted RJ
think his passing abilities will help him force himself into a starting position by conference play. Think he’ll be the best player of the class when all is said and done.
-Contributing Writer at The Crimson Quarry.
Totally agree.
I went to NC and have watched Ronnie for years…dude can dish it out like the best of them.
by Jackson Brunner on Feb 20, 2012 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
really aj?
Ur excited about boiler recruits
by clappy the clown on Feb 20, 2012 7:20 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I think he could be excited about the future of the B1G.
And how flat-out amazing its gonna be for years and years to come. So much talent.
by Jackson Brunner on Feb 20, 2012 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
indiana high school kids?
I hope that is what you mean!
Boiler Up! Hammer Down!
by JuJuan some Moore? on Feb 20, 2012 11:51 PM EST up reply actions
yes
that is what I meant. 1 in ~13,000 males in the state of Indiana between the ages of 18-64 (couldn’t find narrower ages in census data) is a DI basketball player. I want to keep that per capita reputation.
-Contributing Writer at The Crimson Quarry.
Where did you get that stat?
That’s awesome. Do they really get that info in a census? That has to be the highest of any state, right?
there are 154 DI basketball players from the state of Indiana
87 contribute more than 10% of their teams minutes. I just took those numbers and did the math.
-Contributing Writer at The Crimson Quarry.
He's excited about people on a blog engaged in an ongoing conversation.
tougher to find than you’d think
>Hoosier by birth, Boilermaker by the grace of God
>Don't cry, MSU - It's just a game...
by sea.of.white on Feb 22, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
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