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Post by Gundo on May 5, 2015 9:46:32 GMT -8
If you haven't noticed there has been a lot of activity in Reno since Eric Musselman came to town. He has signed 4 players in the last couple of weeks. The biggest name is Lindsey Drew, brother of Larry Drew II, son of NBA player Larry Drew. Lindsey was the LA CIF POY at Fairfax HS, he decommitted from ASU when Sendek was fired. Drew stands 6'4"
Missouri State transfer Marcus Marshall signed last week, he is a 6'3" shooting guard from Minnesota (Rivals 3-star.) Today, Nevada signed two additional players; Jordan Caroline 6'7" SF from Southern Illinois, a 3-star (ESPN) kid out of the famed Montverde Academy. And most recently, Suffield Academy (CT) 6'-foot PG Juwan Anderson from Oakland, CA.
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Post by Gundo on May 5, 2015 10:13:04 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2015 10:40:21 GMT -8
The Eric Musselman hire was huge for the Mountain West. Brings instant credibility and name recognition, and he's a damn good coach.
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Post by jdaztec on May 5, 2015 20:15:35 GMT -8
Wheres the height ?
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Post by standiego on May 6, 2015 8:34:15 GMT -8
Starting to look as though UNLV , SDSU and BSU can get some Quality HS recruits. Lobos , Reno , Rams , USU , Slow Pokes... may need to rely on transfers
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Post by aztecfury on May 6, 2015 11:13:49 GMT -8
Signing recruits is great but things aren't going to change until these teams start actually trying to schedule good non conference schedules.
CSU getting snubbed from the tourney proved this last year.
Look at a team like Long Beach St. they had a great non-conference schedule, why can't MWC teams?
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Post by Gundo on May 6, 2015 12:16:30 GMT -8
Signing recruits is great but things aren't going to change until these teams start actually trying to schedule good non conference schedules. CSU getting snubbed from the tourney proved this last year. Look at a team like Long Beach St. they had a great non-conference schedule, why can't MWC teams? Long Beach State is the best barn storming team in the nation. If you look at their schedule all the top teams are road games for the entire month of December: SF Austin, SDSU, Texas, St Johns, Syracuse and Louisville. I don't know how those kids study, go to class or take their finals. There is also a financial incentive for the coach built in for his personal gain. I need to find that article, it also helps the school AD budget and its a recruitment tool for incoming kids and transfers. But, really it has to take a toll on the body and mind. They didn't win those 6 games on the road, nor did they win against BYU, UCLA and Xavier in away games. It prepares you for the Big West, but 9 losses doesn't put you on the bubble. |
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Post by standiego on May 6, 2015 14:04:30 GMT -8
As noted time for any team that thinks it wants a chance to play in MM , should schedule a decent OOC . CSU learned the hard way last year . Does not have to be crazy difficult but at least play some top 100 teams , even a top 50 or two . Also some road games . Not depend on beating the better teams to get into MM .
yes the Long Beach coach does get a slice of the tough road games , because that article also said his salary was not that great , so one way to boost it up and not cost the school was the road schedule slice . SDSU does travel to Long Beach this year .
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Post by sdcoug on May 6, 2015 14:50:19 GMT -8
Signing recruits is great but things aren't going to change until these teams start actually trying to schedule good non conference schedules. CSU getting snubbed from the tourney proved this last year. Look at a team like Long Beach St. they had a great non-conference schedule, why can't MWC teams? Great for who? Their coach raked in the money for throwing his team to the wolves, but don't think there are too many coaches in America who think it's "great" to schedule 6 straight preconference road games during December, including 5 against significantly better programs than there own.
I'd say that scheduled SUCKED, especially since losing 6 straight games in December doesn't do your team any good.
People get on CSU but the reality of their OOC schedule is they started off against what typically is a good Montana team, got stuck representing the conference in a lousy tournament (Alaska shootout) which had a UCSB team which greatly underachieved or it wouldn't have been so bad, and played what usually is a very strong Colorado team that had a terrible year. You can't control against those things. Plus, they played & beat Georgia St - not the strongest team from a RPI perspective, but we saw what they could do in the NCAA tourney. You look back now & that's a strong opponent as well. They also beat a pretty good UTEP team. What hurt them isn't who they scheduled, but the fact they scheduled them all at home and got stuck in Alaska. That, and the fact the MW was a little down this year....
You make your schedule around the make up of your team. If you're a bad program you schedule easier to get more wins. Nothing wrong with that, and the occasional tough game. If you're good but young, you want confidence builders, as well as a tester or two. If you're experienced, you can play a tougher schedule. I believe we try to schedule 4-5 good opponents; 3-4 mid level; and 3-4 lower tier opponents, which is about right. But which tournament you're booked into plays a huge role - we were greatly helped with our scheduling by facing BYU, Pitt & Arizona simply by going to Maui. If we were in a lesser tourney....
Next year the MWC should be greatly improved. UNLV, BSU, SDSU, USU & even a few others will be pretty strong, which means you can still have a decent RPI with an average OOC schedule. Get in a good November/December tournament & add a couple good road & home games & you're set.
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Post by standiego on May 6, 2015 15:30:03 GMT -8
CSU had an experienced team and coach . so look at their OOC and what top 50 or even top 100 were on their schedule . SDSU did get not get helped , Fisher agreed and made the schedule , Utah , at Wash , At Cincy ... to have a decent schedule . Same thing with the T , you look for ones that have some quality teams. The coach does the scheduling , Alaska T is not noted as one of the best . Coach Larry knows that . He also knows they need to travel to play decent teams in OOC . Deal with it .
Basic if you want to get an at large bid then put decent teams on your OOC . If you are building then don't .
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Post by sdcoug on May 6, 2015 16:45:04 GMT -8
CSU had an experienced team and coach . so look at their OOC and what top 50 or even top 100 were on their schedule . SDSU did get not get helped , Fisher agreed and made the schedule , Utah , at Wash , At Cincy ... to have a decent schedule . Same thing with the T , you look for ones that have some quality teams. The coach does the scheduling , Alaska T is not noted as one of the best . Coach Larry knows that . He also knows they need to travel to play decent teams in OOC . Deal with it . Basic if you want to get an at large bid then put decent teams on your OOC . If you are building then don't .
We scheduled 3 very good teams - Utah, Wash & Cincy; CSU scheduled Colorado (better lately than UW), and should have scheduled 1-2 quality road games, which is what I said. But they played several pretty good teams on paper in UCSB (picked to win their conference), Georgia St (same & a NCAA team), Mercer was top 100 the year prior, UTEP, New Mexico State (top 70-ish prior year), etc. They took other hits as well - Missouri St was 150 the year prior; 260 last year, which is a significant drop & hurt them. And again, being in the Anchorage rotation wasn't great, but they may not have had other options. Plus, the prior year GAS had Harvard & Tulsa, both NCAA tournament teams. Had they had a similar field that would have helped CSU. Being experienced, they definitely could have scheduled a good, solid road game like they did the year before at Gonzaga. They didn't, but other factors really hurt their schedule as well.
Re: tournaments, that's actually incorrect. Most are on a conference rotation. For instance, we can't go back to Maui for I believe 4 years - other MW teams have priority (Vegas next year, etc.), and the MW is part of rotations to certain pre-conference tournaments. How strong was the Las Vegas Invitational last year? Do you think we went looking for a tournament with quality teams when we chose it? Illinois got 1 good opponent out of that tournament - Baylor. We got 3 in Maui, and we don't know what we'll get in Vegas. We've been committed to this tournament for some time, long before the defined all the teams. It can be a crapshoot - you could go in thinking you have a top 40-60 team like Colorado & end up with mud.
Our next trip to Hawaii will more likely be to Diamond Head, not Maui, which isn't as prestigious as Maui. That tournament has the Lobo's this year, and varies in quality from year to year. Hard to know if we get 1, 2 or 3 quality games out of it?
Larry fell short & should have added 1-2 more good teams, especially on the road. But on paper, which is all you can base your schedule on, heading into the year it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be either.
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Post by RB Aztec on May 6, 2015 18:42:10 GMT -8
Signing recruits is great but things aren't going to change until these teams start actually trying to schedule good non conference schedules. CSU getting snubbed from the tourney proved this last year. Look at a team like Long Beach St. they had a great non-conference schedule, why can't MWC teams? Yup. I hear some MWC team scheduled Kansas in their home MWC arena in the upcoming season. I wonder who that could be? |
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Post by vision on May 11, 2015 7:58:04 GMT -8
I'm sure he will be great for NEVADA. Things are looking better for MWC Basketball...except for 18game conference schedule
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2015 10:28:58 GMT -8
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Post by jdgaucho on May 12, 2015 11:36:22 GMT -8
Signing recruits is great but things aren't going to change until these teams start actually trying to schedule good non conference schedules. CSU getting snubbed from the tourney proved this last year. Look at a team like Long Beach St. they had a great non-conference schedule, why can't MWC teams? Hopefully with an improved BW they will ease up a little on the scheduling. It would do us all some good. Long Beach's RPI breakdown was very comparable to UNLV. www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/team-comparison/LNGBCH/UNLV |
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Post by aztecfury on May 12, 2015 12:17:10 GMT -8
Signing recruits is great but things aren't going to change until these teams start actually trying to schedule good non conference schedules. CSU getting snubbed from the tourney proved this last year. Look at a team like Long Beach St. they had a great non-conference schedule, why can't MWC teams? Hopefully with an improved BW they will ease up a little on the scheduling. It would do us all some good. Long Beach's RPI breakdown was very comparable to UNLV. www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology/team-comparison/LNGBCH/UNLVYeah and I'm not even saying that other MW teams need to stack their schedule with tons of tough opponents like Long Beach St. but it shows that other MW teams (other than UNLV/SDSU) probably have the ability schedule a few challenging opponents (likely for away games) but don't. The selection committee values road games, when a team like Colorado St. is on the bubble they showed that they value the teams with a stronger schedule over the team with more wins but weaker a schedule. |
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Post by jdgaucho on May 12, 2015 12:40:21 GMT -8
]Yeah and I'm not even saying that other MW teams need to stack their schedule with tons of tough opponents like Long Beach St. but it shows that other MW teams (other than UNLV/SDSU) probably have the ability to schedule a few challenging opponents (likely for away games) but don't. The selection committee values road games, when a team like Colorado St. is on the bubble they showed that they value the teams with a stronger schedule over the team with more wins but a weaker schedule. Boise might be a good example of what you're looking for. They put a few tough names on the schedule. @ Wisconsin, @ NC State, @ Saint Mary's and hosting a Montana team who was Big Sky regular season champions. They went 2-2 vs that quartet. I liked UCSB's schedule overall. Oregon, SMU, Kansas and CSU would have provided enough meat to warrant an at-large discussion if we won a couple of those. New Mexico's schedule had some decent names on it like Boston College, George Mason, USC and Texas A&M. I have no problem with NMSU twice. Losing to Grand Canyon was the killer. |
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Post by Gundo on May 13, 2015 23:45:14 GMT -8
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Post by Gundo on May 22, 2015 21:09:57 GMT -8
Nevada continued to hit the transfer market hard as the Wolf Pack landed a commitment from Brown transfer 6'6 220 lb. Leland King 14.6 ppg and 7.6 rpg, shooting 47% and 75%. King is a CA kid from LA who will have 2 years left to play at UNR. According to Verbal Commits, Nevada has 16 guys on scholarship. Not sure how taht works when the NCAA max is 13. verbalcommits.com/players/leland-king/photo/1 |
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Post by Gundo on May 27, 2015 15:11:12 GMT -8
2016 Folsom (CA) G Jordan Ford has received an offer from Nevada. jordan_ford_ verbalcommits.com/players/jordan… Ford has been own our watch list, no offers from the aztecs yet. . |
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