Ranking the recruiting classes

[Aargh]

Early reports from summer scrimmages are showing up. Reports from summer are typically positive past reality, but the reports for WSU this year are more upbeat than I've seen previously.

Eric Hamilton (6'9" PF) is said to be as athletic as Early was. He's said to be better at driving to the hoop than Early was when he arrived on campus. Hamilton is reported to have no hesitation to shoot a 3 - and makes a decent percentage of them. He's also still rumored to be candidate for a year of prep school or to take red shirt.

There has been some confusion about Zach Brown (6'7" wing) and Rashard Kelley (6'7" PF). One of them ( I suspect it's Kelley) is a true stretch 4. Bangs down low, hits from outside, and takes it to the hoop off the dribble.

Lots of good comments about Corey Henderson (6'3" PG) from observers, players, and Marshall.

Wamukota (7' post) is said to be ahead of where Orukpe was at similar times - better hands - better knowledge of what to do with the ball when he has it. Has some post moves, is an aggressive shot-blocker and rebounder.

Baker is driving to the hoop from the perimeter and stuffing a lot of drives and rebounds. Baker was shooting 3's from 20' - 25' in the background of a 4-minute interview with Marshall. He was hitting over 80% - although that was unguarded.

VanVleet may be more deceptive and may have improved his athleticism. Observers say he's put his game past where it was last year.

Before Baker ever played a game, observers said he was the best shooter on the team. Ri'an Holland (6'0" SG/PG) may be getting the same comments, even with Baker still playing.

[AndShock]

Those of you good at math can see WSU has 9 players in addition to 5 returning that played last year. That has led many WSU fans to scratching their heads. This little tidbit was found while researching some NCAA rules.

Any player receiving financial aid who was recruited by an institution counts against the scholarship limit of 13, regardless of the source of the financial aid. The NCAA describes "recruited" as either 1) Contact with the recruit off-campus (watching or scouting is OK, just can't make contact) or 2) An official visit to the college. Any number of unofficial visits are allowed.

Rauno Nurger (6'10" post player) played for a prep school less than 5 miles from the WSU campus and had not been recruited by WSU because he had committed to Ole Miss. He was released from that commitment late, so there may not have been any off-campus contact. He was the roommate of a WSU commit who was on campus and working out with the team last summer, and then took a year at prep school so he wouldn't have to sit a year behind WSU's perimeter players.

Nurger could hit the loophole and not be counted against WSU's scholarship limit. Tht would still leave the issue of finding other financial aid (academic, etc.) that he could qualify for.

Bring on the posts accusing Wichita State of cheating. Add this to paying Carl Hall $20,000 and having dealerships feeding money to Ron Baker, Malcom Armstead, and Kadeem Coleby it will be a miracle if we go another 5 years without seeing the death penalty.

[stl scooter]

Those of you good at math can see WSU has 9 players in addition to 5 returning that played last year. That has led many WSU fans to scratching their heads. This little tidbit was found while researching some NCAA rules.

Any player receiving financial aid who was recruited by an institution counts against the scholarship limit of 13, regardless of the source of the financial aid. The NCAA describes "recruited" as either 1) Contact with the recruit off-campus (watching or scouting is OK, just can't make contact) or 2) An official visit to the college. Any number of unofficial visits are allowed.

Rauno Nurger (6'10" post player) played for a prep school less than 5 miles from the WSU campus and had not been recruited by WSU because he had committed to Ole Miss. He was released from that commitment late, so there may not have been any off-campus contact. He was the roommate of a WSU commit who was on campus and working out with the team last summer, and then took a year at prep school so he wouldn't have to sit a year behind WSU's perimeter players.

Nurger could hit the loophole and not be counted against WSU's scholarship limit. Tht would still leave the issue of finding other financial aid (academic, etc.) that he could qualify for.

Bring on the posts accusing Wichita State of cheating. Add this to paying Carl Hall $20,000 and having dealerships feeding money to Ron Baker, Malcom Armstead, and Kadeem Coleby it will be a miracle if we go another 5 years without seeing the death penalty.

Aargh's post was up for 4 days, and nobody said anything about cheating...until your post.

[Wufan]

Aargh's post was up for 4 days, and nobody said anything about cheating...until your post.

A specific call out of Tribecalledquest, but I can't figure out why.

[AndShock]

Those of you good at math can see WSU has 9 players in addition to 5 returning that played last year. That has led many WSU fans to scratching their heads. This little tidbit was found while researching some NCAA rules.

Any player receiving financial aid who was recruited by an institution counts against the scholarship limit of 13, regardless of the source of the financial aid. The NCAA describes "recruited" as either 1) Contact with the recruit off-campus (watching or scouting is OK, just can't make contact) or 2) An official visit to the college. Any number of unofficial visits are allowed.

Rauno Nurger (6'10" post player) played for a prep school less than 5 miles from the WSU campus and had not been recruited by WSU because he had committed to Ole Miss. He was released from that commitment late, so there may not have been any off-campus contact. He was the roommate of a WSU commit who was on campus and working out with the team last summer, and then took a year at prep school so he wouldn't have to sit a year behind WSU's perimeter players.

Nurger could hit the loophole and not be counted against WSU's scholarship limit. Tht would still leave the issue of finding other financial aid (academic, etc.) that he could qualify for.

Bring on the posts accusing Wichita State of cheating. Add this to paying Carl Hall $20,000 and having dealerships feeding money to Ron Baker, Malcom Armstead, and Kadeem Coleby it will be a miracle if we go another 5 years without seeing the death penalty.

Aargh's post was up for 4 days, and nobody said anything about cheating...until your post.

No one said anything about WSU cheating either when Baker, Armstead, or Coleby were sitting out either. The first accusation I saw was after the Final Four and during the undefeated season, funny how that works.

[jturner38]

Here is a video on 5 of our newcomers. There hasnt been anything on our 2 redhsirts from last year yet, Brenton Scott and Alex Etherington.
http://wthitv.com/2014/07/03/meet-the-sycamores/