Am jazzed by this enthusiasm. I hope the players and prospects are, too.
{blare of trumpets}
Let the beatings begin!
{blare of trumpets}
Let the beatings begin!
Coach Terry makes 1st UTEP offer / Basketball Recruiting
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Getting Tarke and Williams, even though they will need to sit out the year, puts us in a good spot 2 years from now. Williams is a sure fire plug and play all conference level player. Need a couple of interior guys for next year. A grad transfer or two would fit nicely. Getting Ezeagu is huge; great upside.
1200 Lil_Train, 3 minutes ago
Did I miss something. Did you mean hoping to get Tarke and Williams?
1200 Lil_Train, 3 minutes ago
Did I miss something. Did you mean hoping to get Tarke and Williams?
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Wow he has grown 3" since signing with us
7'2" is his wingspan
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Wow he has grown 3" since signing with us
That's awesome to have a good big man, not making fun just real excited right now
4-star player in my book. Co-MVP of the BioSteele All-Canadian game with 5-star RJ Barrett (Duke) and 4-star Luguentz Dort (ASU). This is an absolute steal!
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UTEP is the front runner for Tarke, it's between UTEP and Maryland. Another tidbid....CRT could have two more transfers announce and sign in the next few days or weeks.
UTEP is the front runner for Tarke, it's between UTEP and Maryland. Another tidbid....CRT could have two more transfers announce and sign in the next few days or weeks.
One more big man that can play this season and we should be set.
I am intrigued to see what this kid can develop into. As it stands right now he is listed as being 20 pounds heavier than both Paul Thomas and Rhyanes and he looks like he can add some more bulk. Him and Odigie are listed as being 230 and 240 so maybe we can finally have some big men who can throw their weight around.
"Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, George Mason, St. Bonaventure, Nevada, Kansas State, Wake Forest, Kansas, Georgetown, Texas, Auburn, Minnesota, George Washington, Texas Tech, Pittsburgh, UNCC, UConn, Coastal Carolina, South Carolina, Florida Atlantic, La Salle and Dayton all expressed interest in Tarke when he received his release in March, but not every school has pushed for him since. He’s coming off an official visit to South Alabama -- where former Terps director of basketball operations Nima Omidvar is now an assistant -- and has plans to visit UTEP and South Florida as well"Yes still hoping on both. Feeling pretty good about Williams
That's why S. Alabama is in the mix?
https://maryland.247sports.com/Bolt...er-Anthony-Tarke-a-Maryland-Native--118044658
I still can’t believe we beat out a team that’s one year removed from a final four appearance for Eze.
Makes sense, think of the guy we took from Fresno when Terry came over to UTEP.
I hope he chooses UTEP. Can't help but think of the last time UTEP tried to get another player with Maryland roots by the name of Cliff Tucker. UTEP tried to get him as a duo threat (football and basketball) and he was from El Paso due to his family being stationed at Bliss. However, he did have family ties up in Maryland
Ok so is this a done deal? Sorry at work... is it just a verbal or did he sign? If it's just a verbal we can still lose him
Today is the final signing date for freshman in the late period. He recorded his video 2 days ago and confirmed it today. He will sign.
I would bet he already has signed. I say that because it is usually done early in the day, just in case there are any snags along the way.
For the first time in 5yrs, I'm actually excited about a recruiting class! Am I wrong to believe that everyone will show and we'll have a drama free off-season...?
This must be what it feels like to get out of an abusive relationship....
This must be what it feels like to get out of an abusive relationship....
I wonder if Kap feels the same? Lol. It was over the summer I think when he was ambushed by Floyd and made UTEP hoops look like tin foil hat conspiracy nuts.
BTW...Happy Birthday Kappy!
Man, I'm glad those days are gone. It's nice to have a fresh start
his wing span.
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Wow he has grown 3" since signing with us
Nice. He’s from San Marcos. Originally played for SDSU before transferring out to South Plains JC. That school is power house under Green. They won the NJCAA national championship this past season. His second there. Should be a good addition if he signs.
My only question is how many guards do we need? Can we get another big or 2? Please?
I agree 100%. Thomas is not reliable due to foul trouble. And as high as we are on the two freshmen conditioning and fould trouble plague freshmen.
Man who cares how many guards or how many forwards. UTEP needs ballers. Did Golden State need Durant??? no they didn't you don't prevent a Baller to join your team. This Perez kid looks like a baller he is a great shooter. HE would open up the floor. UTEP needs a shooter like this.
and this is what I talk about in rebounding. Remember when I said boxing out was not all that important in rebounding. Look how Perez got some of those rebounds. YEs boxing out is important. But while your busy boxing out a player the ball goes somewhere else and ball hits the floor and some guard just swooshes by and gets it. Perez here shows how to go get rebounds with out boxing out.
I would agree. Give me a team with 4 shooters and 1 rebounder. As long as the 4 shooters are 45% shooters.
Terry likes his guards. He runs a guard heavy roster.
In 2017 9/16 in the roster are guards.
2016 12/18
2015 9/14
2014 8/13
2013 9/13
2012 8/13
So what you are saying, Fili, is you are ok with not getting anymore guys to play the paint? Just go get more guards?
Look man, I like ALL the kids Terry is going after. My concern is rebounds, cuz we ALL know we won't be shooting 50% from 3s every night. We need to get a damn rebound. Also, when we play a team with a couple decent big men, how are we going to defend them?
We have roster room for plenty of guards, but we DO NEED inside players too, and I am just not seeing many more names out there yet....hence I was basically begging for one or 2.
Look man, I like ALL the kids Terry is going after. My concern is rebounds, cuz we ALL know we won't be shooting 50% from 3s every night. We need to get a damn rebound. Also, when we play a team with a couple decent big men, how are we going to defend them?
We have roster room for plenty of guards, but we DO NEED inside players too, and I am just not seeing many more names out there yet....hence I was basically begging for one or 2.
I agree with the notion of stock the cupboard with ballers. Can never have too many shooters on a team...and this kid is a pure shooter. Almost everything that went down was all net. Definitely has a nice stroke. I do, however, think the emphasis has to be on bigs going forward. There has to be a balance, and we are slim pickins in the frontcourt.
As far as your rebounding theory...I still have to disagree. The only reason Perez came up with most of those rebounds, aside from good effort on his part, IS because NOBODY boxed him out. It’s like assignment fb...even though a kid doesn’t make the tackle, as long as he performed his assignment, he allowed for his teammate to make it by closing up a lane. Same with bb...a player isn’t going to come down with every board, but as long as he keeps his guy off the glass by boxing him out, he has done his job. Does it work every time? No. Is it still emphasized, even at the collegiate and NBA levels? Yup.
Curious to see what CRT runs. He cut his teeth at UT, and like most in the Big XII and to this day, run a heavy tilt outside the paint with emphasis on the perimeter game. In all fairness to Floyd, he is kind of old school and preferred to attack inside first and when he had Jones, Thomas and Wilms he was happy with that. Floyd wanted big men first with a strong pg and the rest was support basically. His offense was really simple but very rigid and I mean that in a complimentary way. But it didn't win championships. You want to run an offense that gets it done not only in November, but March as well when it becomes "one and done season".
But Terry, like most major teams, is going opposite. As for me, I'm of the Floyd tilt to be perfectly honest because it's time tested and true. I really do think's Floyd's recruiting flying circus mad him whacko.
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