Aquinas Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Welcome Tanner Lancona I am sure this is all buried in the monster thread somewhere, but I think a new commitment deserves his own threat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ-nj4NPiT Tanner is 6-9, 230 pounds, and initially signed with Washington State in the fall before his scholarship was released because the Cougars were over their limit of 13. Lancona is considered a three-star prospect by most recruiting services, and averaged 19 points and eight rebounds as a senior at Tesoro High School. He is capable of scoring inside, shooting from the perimeter and making crisp passes. Congratulations to the coaching staff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlarry Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Great news. Im pumped about the next few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 So awesome. Welcome to the family, Tanner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquinas Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Tanner looks like he was born to play in our system. This link shows a wider range of skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB73 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Excellent! A legit 3* BIG with some muscle at 230lbs, 6'8" or so, some length, can run, looks like an smooth athletic player that can also shoot the "3". SO we have two high potential bigs coming in this fall, Lancona and Agbeko. Outf*ckingstanding. Accumulating multiple BIGS is a difference-maker that Majerus brought us, taught us, now Crews has done his job, too. Exceeded my expectations in this short time as a true head coach. Excellent recruiting. I am starting to like the Crews hire even more... hey, a guy with valuable long term MVC experience, knows the game as well as most anybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Excellent! A legit 3* BIG with some muscle at 230lbs, 6'8" or so, some length, can run, looks like an smooth athletic player that can also shoot the "3". SO we have two high potential bigs coming in this fall with Lancona and Agbeko. Outf*ckingstanding. Multiple BIGS are the difference that Majerus brought us, taught us, now Crews has done his job, too. Exceeded my expectations in this short time as a true head coach. Excellent recruiting. I am starting to like the Crews hire even more... hey, a guy with valuable long term MVC experience, knows the game as well as most anybody. Lancona and Agbeko look like great complements to each other. Pick your poison, let Agbeko dominate you down low or let Lancona beat you outside. Lancona looks like a more physical CE at this point in their respective careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbofive Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Tanner looks like he was born to play in our system. This link shows a wider range of skills. 1:08 - that's taking it to the fuoking rack. 2:16 - i like how the kid he just ran over has a fractured skull, and tanner's like COUNT IT. 2:50 - i'd wager that none of our current guys could make this look that easy. lancona can. and agbeko sure as fuok will. kids got a great lefty stroke from distance, obviously. looks like cody on ROIDS to me. color me pumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 That's an impressive video. He more ability to attack the basket from the 3 point line than either Cody or Rob as freshman, hell maybe even today. He catches well on the run with very good footwork. His shot form looks good from 3 and in one sequence he put the ball on the floor and pulled up from 12 feet for a nice little jumper. His feet probably aren't quick enough to defend the 3, but he certainly looks to have 3 guard skills at 6'8" or 9". I absolutely love this kid from what I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbofive Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 That's an impressive video. He more ability to attack the basket from the 3 point line than either Cody or Rob as freshman, hell maybe even today. He catches well on the run with very good footwork. His shot form looks good from 3 and in one sequence he put the ball on the floor and pulled up from 12 feet for a nice little jumper. His feet probably aren't quick enough to defend the 3, but he certainly looks to have 3 guard skills at 6'8" or 9". I absolutely love this kid from what I've seen. yeah, he really looks like he can do it all. not a freak athlete, but that's about the only deficiency i see. defense will be an unknown, obviously, though i expect him to have plenty of work to do in that regard. he does have a tendency to blatantly "block" shots that have already hit the backboard, though he doesn't seem to get called for it either. here's another video that shows him doing work against "The Brothers®1". in case anyone was worried that he only eats white bread with the crusts cut off. 1Probably my favorite Rick-ism. Although I do like "three throws" a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlumniFan Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Tanner looks like he was born to play in our system. This link shows a wider range of skills. This recruiting class is starting to look very, very good. TL is a great addition. He appears to really like taking the ball to the basket, but has a reasonably quick release from beyond the arc too. I like the way we look for the next four years! Welcome Tanner!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Ok, we have a video of Tanner taking a charge. Now that's Billiken basketball! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schasz Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Very well done by Coach Crews and staff...now let's get Randy to sign and we have an excellent recruiting class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Mother @VerbalCommits @tjlancona I didn't say that, actually. Tanner will be deciding between three schools today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 So apparently Ben has taken down his story....Well, that doesn't sound quite as good as before...but who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOldie Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 It's hard to be a Billiken fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Groundhog day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basketbill Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 What the hell is going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JettFlight5 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Looks like Ben got misquoted and someone ran with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy03 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Looks like Ben got misquoted and someone ran with it. The person who ran with it was Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Aww, cripes. Please don't be a teaser. TL come to SLU, you'll feel the love. Highlight I liked the best was the DE type put back on a teammates miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kshoe Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I suspect the family didn't want the article posted until after the announcement. No need to panic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseAndGrind Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 The person who ran with it was Ben +1. It looked like Verbalcommits was getting blamed, but Billikenreport.com has "Commit #3 - Tanner Lancona" as the cover story. However, the story has since been removed, though the link remains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Oldie's right, it's still hard being a Bills fan. Anyone else feeling like the prom queen said yes, and then added, "well, maybe."? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moytoy12 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 I suspect the family didn't want the article posted until after the announcement. No need to panic. This Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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