Recruiting class

I would have to give Wes Flanigan's first recruiting class a B, at least to this point. Solid, but not great.

Wes gets points for going more heavily for freshmen than for jucos (and one of those will have three years left). All else being equal, I am heartily in favor of that approach. I also think he plugged exactly the holes we were needing to fill. We will still have two 6-9 players for the next two years, so we have size on the topside, but as I have frequently commented, we had little in the mid-range - the size you would expect the 4 spot to be. We picked up at least one player for every spot except the 5. And we added a freshman point guard, and you have to keep points coming into the system. Thirdly, we signed all six spots in the early signing period, which presumably means we got who we wanted, so if our evaluation was on, it should pay off.

On the downside, we do not appear to have hit any home runs with this class. There is not a Will Neighbours in it. However, that usually is the case with schools at our level. Rating services don't spend much time looking at the lower levels; plus, they are looking at what players are, while coaches look for what a player can be.

So, time will tell. One thing for sure, given our large turnover after this season, some of these recruits are going to get a larger-than-usual amount of playing time for newcomers.