Wiley to enter his name into the Draft

[AU Is Gold 410]

I have two things to say. First, something about Desean Murray leaving kind of hurts me still. He was like a poor man's Charles Barkley. For a guy that was 6'3", he sure knew the art of rebounding. Second, has anyone mentioned that we are losing two of our three 80%+ free throw shooters from last year? 

[steeleagle 2,945]

34 minutes ago, AU Is Gold said:

I have two things to say. First, something about Desean Murray leaving kind of hurts me still. He was like a poor man's Charles Barkley. For a guy that was 6'3", he sure knew the art of rebounding. Second, has anyone mentioned that we are losing two of our three 80%+ free throw shooters from last year? 

Murray was a work horse, no doubt. But there were games down the stretch where his height disadvantage made him almost disappear in important games. Remember, we lost 3 of our last 5. Lost first round in the SEC, and 2nd round of NCAAs. Having Anferee and Wiley will more than make up for that loss....

We do lose 2 80%+ FT shooters but we gain a 85%+ FT shooter. We are ok there...

[AU Is Gold 410]

That makes me feel a little better. I didn't realize Purifoy was one of those 80%+ from the line guys. 

[djg0017 726]

Danjel hits about 88% and Samir hits about 77%... I just hope nobody tries the Hack-a-Wiley. I’m sure his free throws have improved though

[Tiger 8,817]

Danjel was our best FT shooter last time he was eligible. But for some reason Bruce kept sending other players to the FT line for technical foul shots, etc. I could not understand it at all.

[mustache eagle 2,388]

With the way Spencer improved at the FT line, I think everyone can do it.  as far as the slide down the stretch vs Murray's height ... i think that was all about missing Anfernee.  We could really miss Murray's grit and leadership.  Hope someone else takes that over.  Murray seemed so natural and genuine as a leader.  FWIW, the other obvious clubhouse leader was Dunbar.  Every "behind the scenes" clips were of those 2 guys leading.

[augolf1716 21,095]

My biggest concern is we only have 9 guys on scholly at the moment. Yes I know a lot of teams just use 8/9 to rotate but it someone gets hurt. That could hurt imo

[AUpreacherman22 3,876]

14 hours ago, augolf1716 said:

My biggest concern is we only have 9 guys on scholly at the moment. Yes I know a lot of teams just use 8/9 to rotate but it someone gets hurt. That could hurt imo

Yessir. When Anfernee went down last year our season took a nosedive!  The good news is, all 9 of those guys are LEGIT!  I love that we’re debating who should be in the starting 5 because they’re all that good!

Your last sentence is a classic “Yogi Berra type” quote. Hilarious!