Wednesday, April 9, 2008

2008 Recruiting class

I caught up with the recruits from the class of 2008, and they were surprisingly forthcoming on the topic of adding a potential 5th member to the fold for next year:
-Brad Redford-
"I talked to [the coaches] about it. It sounds like they got a good guy. It seems like he is gonna be ready to commit. It doesn't bother me any. As long as he is a good pick-up and helps the team then I am all for it."
-Mark Lyons-
"I just talked to Coach Miller, and I had a discussion with him about that because I was a little concerned about that. He just let me know that he was gonna bring in someone to complement me. So if he brings in a point guard then I can play off of the ball, and on the ball. He could just use me for more of my abilities, because I have a knack for scoring as well. He just looked at our roster and he thought that we needed another guard, and if I can score the basketball then why take that away from me."
- Kenny Frease-
"I don't think that person would have any trouble fitting in with this group of guys (incoming class). It seems that we are all pretty outgoing guys, but we haven't spent enought time together to be really good friends. So another guy coming in wouldn't be any different than if he was with us for a year or so."

So it sounds like Xavier is set to add a new recruit at point guard in 2008, presumably Cincinnati Harmony's Terrell Holloway.
While Xavier does not want to push any of their current players out the door it is now a foregone conclusion that at least one of the 10 scholarship players slated to return for next season will be transfering to another school. The obvious candinates are Adrion Graves and Charles Bronson, since neither recieved a great deal of playing time. Seeing as how Charles Bronson is going to be 25 years old in a few weeks I can't imagine he is too anxious to transfer and sit out another year. So my choice for most likely to transfer is Adrion Graves.
Whoever the transfer is he has now notified Miller of his desire to transfer, and Miller has lined up a replacement (a point gaurd by the sound of it) to step in for 2008. I would assume the announcement of the transfer will come sometime after the April 15 basketball banquet. In the meantime prospective coaches are not allowed to contact a potential transfer target until they have declared their desire to transfer. So Miller would have to be the lead man to make the phone calls arranging a new destination for the player who desires to transfer.

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