re: Tide Hoops | Recruiting

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We know dude. You have posted the same shitty list about 10 times. It's a terrible list and we are all starting to believe Jarin fricked your mom or your wife or your bank account.

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He's a far less entertaining saban n bear. Every post is designed to shite on one player, but it's not as funny or aggressively stupid as snb's Herb hate.

My Player Rankings:

1) Mark Sears
2) Grant Nelson
3) Cliff Omoruyi
4) Latrell Wrightsell Jr.
5) Chris Youngblood
6) Labaron Philon
7) Mo Dioubate
8) Derrion Reid
9) Aden Holloway
10) Aiden Sherrell
11) Jarin Stevenson
12) Houston Mallette
13) Naas Cunningham

One through three needs no explanation honestly.

-Latrell Wrightsell shooting/defensive ability will take this team to new heights once he's back and settled in. His free throws shooting will also be key in big games.

-Chris Youngblood will be one of the best...both offensively and defensively once he's back from injury. He's a big shot maker!!

-Labaron Philon is a star/playmaker and he will get starter minutes even if he has to come off the bench. He has to work on his defense a little bit but he's going to be a good one.

-Mo Dioubate just finds ways to stay on the floor. There's nobody on the team that's tougher than this dude. He's the definition of blue collar and you don't have to run plays for him and yes he's a (Baby Herb)!

-Derrion Reid another future star who has a ways to go offensively but defensively he's ready right now. Probably one of the best defenders on the team! He reminds me a lot of Tony Mitchell with all the acrobatic plays that he makes both offensively and defensively.

-Aden Holloway is a guy who needs to find consistency in games. Whether it's shooting, decision making, or defending...he just has to be consistent. His ball handling skills is what's keeping him higher than some. I like his upside but so far he's been up and down so consistency will be the key for him.

-Aiden Sherrell is another Freshman who I heard a lot about. I think once he hits the floor and gets comfortable then he will become a lot more valuable down the road. A seven footer with good shooting ability and he has the ability to protect the paint/block shots on the defensive end.

-Jarin Stevenson has the ability to be a first rounder. He has improved his ball handling and decision making skills but he has to continue gaining weight/muscle so he doesn't get pushed around so easily. He's been a lot more physical than last season already but he also have other weaknesses and it can be glaring at times...his shooting/shot mechanics! He has to be more consistent!! If he can make some tweaks... he'll shoot up the player rankings.

-Houston Mallette is a guy who I am very high on even though he's low on my list. I could see him being where Aden Holloway is. The knock on Houston is that he looks super thin and his defense isn't the best just yet but what he does have is knockdown shooting ability with consistent SHOT MECHANICS unlike Aden Holloway so if he can get a little tougher/better on the defensive side it'll be hard to keep him off the floor especially with his shooting ability.

-Naas Cunningham is a SUPERB athlete who could become an absolute star with patience. He's my redshirt candidate. We might lose him but man I would sure love to watch this young fellow develop under us. He's going to be different.

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13) Naas Cunningham

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Calling Naas the 13th best player in the Nation is a bit optimistic but I respect it

If anyone has extras for the game Friday, I’ll gladly take them off your hands.

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Grant has a lot to prove to be in that top group. He really should be in the same group as Youngblood, Trelly, and Cliff.

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I feel like the same reason everybody loves Mo, they overlook about Grant. Dude was asked to do a ton last year, in a different position than he plays. And I think a lot of those things had negative effects on other parts of his game.

A healthy, confident Grant is going to cause a lot of problems. He's capable of regularly playing like what you saw in the tournament. I think his second season with Oats will see a jump similar to Sears' 2nd year. Especially since there's other key players will have that extra year of chemistry.

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Gonzaga/Baylor has a 10:30 Central tip off. Baylor fans are screwed on Tuesday.

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Jesus that’s even a bad tip-off time for Gonzaga folks

It’s a great tip time for those of us who will have a long drive home after the Bama game. Perfect thing to listen to on the radio

Season prediction:

10-2 in OOC
14-4 Conf champs
2-1 in SECT

26-7, get a 1 seed due to strength of schedule, make E8 but fall just short of F4

Hoping we win the NC, but I will view the above as a very successful season. I’ll never allow myself to become a F4 or bust fan…the F4 is less than 50% likely for the best team in the country going into the tourney. E8 is always a successful season in BBall