Originally Posted by
CDu
I was using your original premise of non-transfers. If you want to bring transfers back and only include top-25, that's fair. Add a a JuCo school and Tennessee to the list.
Singler has no business being on the list. He was recruited as a WF (per RSCI), played half of his time as a SF, and will be a SF in the League. Nobody is looking at him as evidence that Duke does well with their big men. Including him in your list is "getting cute".
I'll be surprised if Kelly finds a spot. And I think it's misleading to drop Zoubek. I don't think he'd have stuck in the NBA. He got a tryout with the Nets and didn't make it. I think it's more fair to say 4-5 and potentially 6-7 (more likely 5-7). Remember: Miles doesn't count if you're only looking at top-25 guys. If you want to include him, then we probably have to include Boykin, Boateng, Thompson, and Czyz as misses (if you're dropping the transfer restriction).
No disagreement there. We haven't been as successful as UCLA, Kentucky, Georgetown, Kansas, or Ohio State in terms of producing impact-quality bigs. But we've had similar success at least getting guys into the league, which is nice. I don't think it registers with recruits, but that's for the coaches to handle, not us.