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Post by 00hmh on Jun 3, 2021 15:52:14 GMT -6
It's a good thing to be able to shoot. The coaches apparently think he can. It's a plus, opens the middle. We had little enough of that last year.
That potential is different from expecting high volume shooting beyond the arc. Certainly they'll evaluate his shooting in practice before making that a part of the offense.
You're hung up on unreliable statistical evidence. If he can hit, great. He has done so in the past.
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Post by purplecats on Jun 3, 2021 16:15:44 GMT -6
Interesting. 5 years of high school?
Ah, I see. Played on the Ky All Stars then did a year of Prep school. That makes more sense. I wonder how many kids actually get to Division 1 that have done 5 years of high school without reclassifying.
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Post by sweep on Jun 3, 2021 16:24:11 GMT -6
You're hung up on unreliable statistical evidence. Now that is hilarious. God Damn those unreliable official game stats and all that horrible mathematics.
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Post by Lurkin McGurkin on Jun 3, 2021 16:58:36 GMT -6
You're hung up on unreliable statistical evidence. Now that is hilarious. God Damn those unreliable official game stats and all that horrible mathematics. “Trust the science.”
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Post by cardfan on Jun 3, 2021 17:28:51 GMT -6
Tony Basil is fully on board with this transfer. I would think the cheerleaders would be obligated to sing it.
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Post by bsutrack on Jun 3, 2021 17:37:40 GMT -6
Doesn't that give us 14 scholarship players. I thought the limit was 13. The Reggie Jones scholarship doesn't count towards the 13 limit. He's playing on an extra year that is granted due to Covid-19. The 13 limit goes back into force for 2022-23. If Hazen, Walton, and Ish had all stayed, they could have actually carried 17 players on the active roster for 2021-22.
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Post by 00hmh on Jun 3, 2021 17:50:57 GMT -6
You're hung up on unreliable statistical evidence. Now that is hilarious. God Damn those unreliable official game stats and all that horrible mathematics. The stats just don't mean much. (Good percentage might not be reliable either. Probably not conclusive for sure.)
You are confusing accuracy of a number with significance. What's hilarious and ridiculous is making a big deal of these statistics. It's not just the problem of small sample size (22 total shots in 19 games). In this case it is more he is mostly playing in garbage time, and you are drawing a conclusion without regard to how he was used and what the coaches wanted or what his system required him to do.
Our coaches have seen him play in HS, and seen film of his longer stint of play in a few games.
You have criticized nearly every recruit and every transfer we have signed, your track record is not that good. There is some reliable statistical evidence...oddly enough more than a few have had good careers and contributed.
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Post by 00hmh on Jun 3, 2021 17:58:46 GMT -6
Interesting. 5 years of high school? Ah, I see. Played on the Ky All Stars then did a year of Prep school. That makes more sense. I wonder how many kids actually get to Division 1 that have done 5 years of high school without reclassifying. Apparently a good kid, but prep school is usually a route to get better offers, and maybe shore up academics. Here he did get a better offer after a year at a top program.
Did I read it wrong, it says he has 4 years eligibility? The first year seems to count as a red shirt year. So he's going to rival KJ by the time he is playing his last year.
This is an odd case regardless of how well he shoots the 3.
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Post by sweep on Jun 3, 2021 17:58:56 GMT -6
Now that is hilarious. God Damn those unreliable official game stats and all that horrible mathematics. The stats just don't mean much. (Good percentage might not be reliable either. Probably not conclusive for sure.)
You are confusing accuracy of a number with significance. I am not confusing a damn thing, I am merely reacting to your stupid comment.
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Post by sag on Jun 3, 2021 19:14:33 GMT -6
What is the problem here? A successful high school student who we recruited but chose TCU wants to come back?
I agree you cannot draw many conclusions off of his limited sample size stats, which for the most part seem like freshman garbage minutes. I can't even believe someone would try.
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Post by lmills72 on Jun 3, 2021 20:47:20 GMT -6
Here's the real problem with Pearson.
As a freshman, he was on the same team with Desmond Bane. As we all know Desmond Bane elevates the play of everyone around him.
And yet Mr. Pearson, even with the Bane Factor in effect, was no more than a redshirt.
I would say that anyone who expects Mr. Whitford to elevate a player to a higher level than did Mr. Bane is cuckoo.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Jun 3, 2021 20:57:42 GMT -6
Here's the real problem with Pearson. As a freshman, he was on the same team with Desmond Bane. As we all know Desmond Bane elevates the play of everyone around him. And yet Mr. Pearson, even with the Bane Factor in effect, was no more than a redshirt. I would say that anyone who expects Mr. Whitford to elevate a player to a higher level than did Mr. Bane is cuckoo. truest comment in this thread... Well one thing is for sure we have some new players to complain about
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Post by realitycheck on Jun 3, 2021 21:22:06 GMT -6
The forgotten truth in all of our new recruits is who will be leading the team on and off the court. I guess Bumb is now your leader? Ugh. And unless someone has replaced our coach with a body double, we have the same lack of charisma and discipline we’ve been accustomed to seeing the past 8 seasons. Why would anyone think throwing a bunch of new passengers on the Titanic mean anything? I’m seriously asking. We are literally 10 weeks removed from another wrecked year. I’m still disappointed and disillusioned. Good for all these new dudes jumping on board because they hated their old team or sucked so bad they never played. How exciting.
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Post by bsutrack on Jun 3, 2021 21:26:09 GMT -6
What is the problem here? A successful high school student who we recruited but chose TCU wants to come back? I agree you cannot draw many conclusions off of his limited sample size stats, which for the most part seem like freshman garbage minutes. I can't even believe someone would try. A "deep dive" into his game by game stats shows a bit different than just freshman garbage minutes. www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/mickey-pearsonjr-1/gamelog/2021/In the first 6 games of the 2020-21 season, Pearson played 19, 9, 17, 9, 20, and 17 minutes. He defiantly was in the rotation playing nearly 1/2 of each game. His best game was game #5 (20 minutes) against Oklahoma, a TCU loss when Pearson scored 5 points. He made his only start of the year in the following game against Providence (17 minutes), but only scored 2 points. After that game, it was freshman garbage minutes; most games only 2 to 4 minutes. The lone exception was TCU's second game against Oklahoma when Pearson played 13 minutes. They did manage to get him into all 19 games, so he wasn't totally forgotten. He also must fancy himself a 3 point scorer. Of his 22 FG attempts, 13 were from 3. He only made 2 of those 13 attempts. He was 7 for 9 on 2 point attempts. It could be most of those were dunks? Mostly I would say there is more upside here than what else we have for next year's roster.
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Post by 00hmh on Jun 3, 2021 22:43:22 GMT -6
Can find some HS highlight video if you Google. Next stop Hargrave Academy. www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/video/mickey-pearson-hargrave-military-academy-2019-npsi-highlights/Video from Hargrave and HS shows he will take shots from 3. Stats before college are good. Looks like an athletic player similar to Thomas. If he was in rotation early as RS freshman that isn't bad news. That he fell out of rotation after a good start is a possible question. Not so much about shooting though, he just didn't take that many shots. TCU had a lot of wing scoring.
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