Was wondering if we would try to go after any of the Florida commits should Donovan go to the Thunder. They have some highly touted big men committed as you would expect. Dickers, Stone, Hayes.
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Was wondering if we would try to go after any of the Florida commits should Donovan go to the Thunder. They have some highly touted big men committed as you would expect. Dickers, Stone, Hayes.
We got 13 on board. We are done .
Is Ndoye sticking around since we missed on Kasongo?
I know it won't happen, but I'd like to see us put on the full-court press for Thon Maker or Georgios Papagiannis.
Dikembe Dixson visiting this weekend.
Courtney Cronin tweeted this
@CourtneyRCronin: 2015 6-7 wing Dikembe Dixson will officially visit Mississippi State on Saturday w/his cousin 2016 6-6 guard Montrell Dixson.
So Howland isn't resting on the 13 we have now
He was scheduled to visit Arky this weekend so if he changed his visit to MSU that's a good sign.
ETA: his Arky visit is scheduled for the 8th-10th
Looked at YouTube. He's a skinny 6'7 with hops. Never shows him doing anything but dunking(which he's very good at) and not shooting. His junior cousin Montrell, is 6'6 and a little thicker. Never saw him do anything but dunk but they both are rangy athletic kids that will fit nicely in an uptempo pushing the ball up the court game that Howland has said he will run.
All the film on YouTube is from 2013. Not sure how much his game has evolved since then.
I don't know that we have a lot of options at this time of year. I suspect that Howland is evaluating everybody who is available, and for anybody that can help us, he will figure out a way to make the scholarships work.
Also, while I'm sure he would prefer someone who can play immediately, we will have a ton of minutes to replace after next year (presumably, Malik, Ware, Thomas, Daniels, Zuppardo, Sword, so probably the equivalent of minutes that an average starting five will play depending on how much time Daniels, Zuppardo, and Thomas get). So Howland may be willing to force some attrition now even for a player that has to sit for a year. I know he wants to make a splash while Malik is here, but he's not in a position where he needs to mortgage the future for this year.