Troy Baxter, Ranked 5th in American Newcomers

[JoshuaG]

Brief review by Dana O'Neil, ESPN senior writer of the top 5 newcomers to the American Athletic Conference. She gives a brief overview on everyone's fit including Baxter's. Minor mention of Manderson and Thorpe as well.

 

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/17254360/uconn-huskies-alterique-gilbert-leads-crop-american-newcomers

[NessUSF]

Let's play a game shall we? Who am i?

 

 

He averaged 16.5 points, 5.6 assists, 4.5 steals and 4.5 rebounds 

He averaged 19.3 points, five assists, four rebounds and 2.7 steals 

 

One is Michael Bibby Jr., the other is the American's top rated player newcomer and #30 in the ESPN 100 list. 

 

 

[NessUSF]

I'm not saying Bibby will be better or have better career, but still seems to me that Bibby was a great under the radar pick up for us. 

[Triple B]

1 hour ago, NessUSF said:

I'm not saying Bibby will be better or have better career, but still seems to me that Bibby was a great under the radar pick up for us. 

Have we picked him up yet?

[JoshuaG]

8 minutes ago, Triple B said:

Have we picked him up yet?

He has certainly committed at the least

https://mobile.twitter.com/GreggRosenberg1/status/761743767149826048

[Triple B]

26 minutes ago, JoshuaG said:

He has certainly committed at the least

https://mobile.twitter.com/GreggRosenberg1/status/761743767149826048

It ain't over till it's over ...

[The Great 8]

7 hours ago, NessUSF said:

Let's play a game shall we? Who am i?

 

 

He averaged 16.5 points, 5.6 assists, 4.5 steals and 4.5 rebounds 

He averaged 19.3 points, five assists, four rebounds and 2.7 steals 

 

One is Michael Bibby Jr., the other is the American's top rated player newcomer and #30 in the ESPN 100 list. 

 

 

All sorts of things can make this comparison invalid. Level of competition, for one. Projection is hard.

[Paisa el Toro]

Bibby be ballin!

[Paisa el Toro]

Man, if we had a legit shot at Durham. That would have made for quite the freshman frontcourt, along with Baxter.

Edited August 12, 2016 by Paisa el Toro