Alex Tyus

[TheBand]

"Basically, why should SLU offer the kid if he's not seriously going to consider SLU?"

I can see where this might be beneficial in a limited case by case basis. What this does is increase your presense in the reports about these athletes. Every time Tyus would be mentioned, it would include "has scholarship offers from, Saint Louis, Texas, etc" The more name recognition you can gain for the program the better. I'm not saying do this with everybody, but if you do it for a guy like Tyus it will add that name recognition.

The other segment tothis thread, offering more scholarships than you actually have. I'm torn. To me it seems a little disingenuous to offer something that you may not actually have at the end of the day. These recruits are all involved with several other schools recruiting scenarios. You would hate to have offered someone something and then not be able to come through, how bad would the program look if you had to reject a guy because you offered too many schollys?

On the other hand, when colleges admit the general population of students, the admit more than they plan on actually accepting the offer.

Like I said, i'm torn b/c the "backup" offers at slu have left much to be desired.

[moytoy12]

SLU having a Plan A, Plan B AND a Plan C. sorry...couldn't resist.

[Nate Latsch]

>The majority of the top impact pf's are rangy guys between 6'7 and 6'9 and between 200 >and 225 pounds. Athleticism is something that SLU is sorely lacking, particularly in the

>frontcourt.

And the kid you have been hyping forever, Powell, is probably 6-5 and 175 pounds.

That's why I've been saying he needs to get bigger and stronger to fit into that mold. Tyus is bigger and stronger than Powell.

- Nate

[VTIME]

>>The majority of the top impact pf's are rangy guys between 6'7 and 6'9 and between 200 >and 225 pounds. Athleticism is something that SLU is sorely lacking, particularly in the

>>frontcourt.

>

>And the kid you have been hyping forever, Powell, is

>probably 6-5 and 175 pounds.

>

>That's why I've been saying he needs to get bigger and

>stronger to fit into that mold. Tyus is bigger and stronger

>than Powell.

>

>- Nate

He was 6'6 last year. He's about 6'6 2/3.

[VTIME]

>If I remember correctly, I believe a couple months ago there

>was some talk about Soderberg not being sure whether to

>offer Alex Tyus a scholarship or not based on how likely

>Tyus really was to sign with SLU.

>

>Basically, why should SLU offer the kid if he's not

>seriously going to consider SLU?

>

>That makes sense if, as someone pointed out, Soderberg only

>extends as many scholarship offers to potential recruits as

>he has available. Instead of offering a couple kids

>scholarships when you know you're not going to get all of

>them, you offer three or four kids and then wait and see

>what happens.

>

>I still don't really know why Tyus left the St. Louis area.

>Had he stayed at Hazelwood Central for his senior year, he

>would have played on a good team — with other Division I

>recruits Mo Smith and Marvin McNutt — and would be about to

>graduate and move on to a good D-1 basketball program. He

>still would have had several good options to choose from,

>though not as many as he'd have if we reclassified and

>graduated one year later.

>

>Tyus definitely had some interest in SLU — he went to

>midnight madness and I saw him at the Gonzaga game — but

>everything I've read on the recruiting sites seems to point

>toward him playing the recruiting game with big-time schools

>in a long, drawn-out process.

>

>- Nate

Nate did you get the article I emailed you.