WVBilliken

Yes, but my point was that most 4 and 5 star recruits sign with a team in a power conference. I am not going to look up all the draft choices you list but my guess many were not 4 or 5 star recruits out of HS. Which just goes to show how many two and three star recruits are out there that have the potential to be an NBA talent but that talent is not recognized when they are HS seniors. And then there are those mid-majors that do get the occasional 4 star recruit like Memphis, Xavier and Gonzaga. These teams compete with the power conference teams because of their successful track record. And because of this success Memphis and Xavier is moving up to power conferences. SLU is on track to be one of these successful mid-major programs and now partially because of this success we are getting better recruits. Get in the NCAA's again this year, and maybe then into the Big East, and this will lead to even more success and perhaps recruits like Mr. Tatum.

Wow, calm down buddy.

Larry Hughes and his love for his little brother was a rare exception.

I said most. Yes, there are exceptions, but those are few.

My opinion is Tatum does not go to SLU if we are still in the A10. Most 4 & 5 star prospects want to play in power conferences. Like it or not, the Big East is a power conference, the A10 is not. You are either clueless or smoking dupe if you think he goes to an A10 SLU !!!

Only chance to get Tatum is if we are in the Big East.

Actually I am not. See the post I made recently. I still want another point guard. My wish list is Martin, a power forward big, AND YES Posted by WVBilliken on 17 September 2013 - 06:53 PM in Billikens.com Main Board My wish list for the last 3 scholarships:A big power forward A long athletic 3 Another point guard College basketball is guard dominated. Can't have too many who can handle the ball, score and defend!

Listener of the Streets list of prospects says "Martin visited SLU the weekend of 9/7". Is this correct? If he is now coming back a second time for an official visit, then this is good news for SLU. Does anybody know if this will in fact be Martin's second visit to SLU?

Is Martin the only top 150 prospect interested in SLU? Hope we get him. If SLU does get him, what a nice class! Still need a big power forward in the 2014 class.

Hey, I'm just a South St. Louis guy living in WV.

OK too much wine. I meant intrigued. Sorry!!!!

Love to see Quadree Smith visit SLU. Intriged with his size. What a load to deal with inside!!!!!

My wish list for the last 3 scholarships: A big power forward A long athletic 3 Another point guard College basketball is guard dominated. Can't have too many who can handle the ball, score and defend!

Breakout year for JB. 22 minutes a game minimum.

Agree, love big guys who can pass & handle the ball.

Agree.

True statement.

Hope so, but he has to play more under control. Love his energy but he must foul less to be successful.

Good summary, agree completely. If any frosh sees minutes it will be the 2 bigs, not MC.

Stats from yahoo sports.

Here's minutes by player for last season. Mitchell, Ellis and Remeken accounted for 30,26 and 18 minutes respectively last season. If Barnett can consistently hit the 3 and rebound and defend like I think he can, he can get a lot of Ellis's minutes and some of Remeken's. I could easily see him moving his minutes up from 15 a game last year to the low to mid-20's. As another poster said, Jake really improved the second half of last season. I see him as a major contributor for this coming season. 2012 - 2013 Season Saint Louis University Player Position GS GP Minutes Dwayne Evans F 35 35 29.6 Kwamain Mitchell G 24 24 30.2 Cody Ellis F 35 0 26.1 Mike McCall Jr. G 35 35 29.1 Jordair Jett G 35 9 26.3 Rob Loe F 35 35 22.9 Cory Remekun F 33 15 18.1 Jake Barnett F 35 2 15.2 Grandy Glaze F 25 20 12.0 Keith Carter G 3 0 13.0 John Manning C 25 0 5.7 Sean Duff G 9 0 1.2 Joey LePak G 11 0 0.9 Jared Drew F 1 0 1.0

I think JB will have a breakout senior season. I fully expect JB can do 10 or 11 points a game, 5 rebounds plus play tough defense and provide energy. JB is a fifth year senior, no way an 18 or 19 year old frosh gets more PT than JB, an experienced 22/23 year old player. This is JB's year to shine. More likely, MC finds himself at the end of the bench waiting for his time to come in the 2014/2015 season. With a senior laden club so strong at the guard position, a 2/3 like MC will struggle to find minutes.

What is his actual height, that is all I asked. My bet is that when the SLU roster comes out he will be less than 6'5"

I am a RM guy. Heights should be real, not stretched!

6'5" with shoes or barefooted?