Cashius McNeilly - (edit) - commits
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I thought I read where he had committed to a JC?
Northern Oklahoma College - Tonkawa
Grades must have come through?
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He didn’t end up playing there and went to the JUCO instead. He committed to TCU, but I’m not sure if he ever actually ended up enrolling.
I don’t know but I can’t understand Jawara taking this long either, even if it all does point to Pitt.
I heard through a grapevine just after he committed to TCU that he is a really high ceiling player if he can ever put it all together.
Maybe we take Jawara and McNeilly rather than Jawara and Baker?
Jawara and McNeilly compete at the point
Cummings and Eliot compete at the Two
Burton and Nike compete at the Three
Hinson at the four, Hugley at the Five
Jeffress and the twins as front court subs
Fede and Santos watch a lot
Jawara and McNeilly compete at the point
Cummings and Eliot compete at the Two
Burton and Nike compete at the Three
Hinson at the four, Hugley at the Five
Jeffress and the twins as front court subs
Fede and Santos watch a lot
McNeilly is a 6-4, 2G. IMHO, this likely signals that Jawara is going pro in Europe rather than coming to Pitt. IMO, if Jawara was coming, they would be done recruiting guards for the coming season.
IMHO, Hugley will continue to be doubled all the time inside if that's the lineup and there will be little or no W-L improvement over last season. IMO, a post without hops in the ACC needs a second big on the floor with him most of the time to be fully effective. Have to see what happens, however. Maybe if 3-ball shooting improves drastically to last year's Virginia Tech level Hugley being the only big on the floor might work.
Two obvious issues remain
with Hugley. 1. Is there a
big on the roster who can
play alongside of him?
2. Is there a reliable sub
who can replace him when
he needs a break?
If not, I agree...we would be
right back where were last
year with our inside game.
Our 3-ball shooting might
improve, our overall depth
(average as it is) is definitely
better. Is Fede the answer?
If not we still need a big
who can actually play. We
all saw the result having
talent like Collier and
Amadson as our two
other bigs.
I think if you add Jawara and McNeilly, the roster composition would look pretty much like this:
1 - Cummings (backup would be someone in the 2/3 group when Cummings is off the floor)
2/3 - take your pick at any given time with two of Burton, Sibande, Elliott, Jawara, McNeilly, Santos
4 - Hinson, Jorge, Jeffress
5 - Hugley, Guillermo, Fede
1 - Cummings (backup would be someone in the 2/3 group when Cummings is off the floor)
2/3 - take your pick at any given time with two of Burton, Sibande, Elliott, Jawara, McNeilly, Santos
4 - Hinson, Jorge, Jeffress
5 - Hugley, Guillermo, Fede
That might be what see on offense. This roster should be able to play faster as well - they will pretty much need to imo.
No matter what this guy could help us. Sometimes its nice to be surprised by a secret recruitment 
Obviously a small sample size (and vs JC competition), but Cashius looks to have some ability to get his shot up and score from all 3 levels. Good size for a deep shooting threat, too.
Is it either/or with him and Jawara? Still 2 open spots. Would they possibly consider taking both if that’s possible? IDK? 🤷♂️
Both Jawara and Cashius are potential multi-year players here. (I say “potential” because with all of the player movement now you never know).
Guess a lot depends on if they think Hugley, Fede, Hinson and the twins can handle the boards and inside D?
I think so too, it seems they may be comfortable with what we have now inside. With the addition of these two, our shooting should be so much better. This may get fun again...
Without actually seeing him play, Fede seems like Hugley's back up when Hugley needs rest--he isnt supposed to have an away from the basket game.
The twins seem like 3/4s (have outside and face the hoop games) one of which coukd be on the floor with Hugley instead of subbing for him. Again, not enough on the court viewing of their play to be sure.
I think you’ll see Hugley, Guillermo, and Fede as the guys playing the 5, though Guillermo’s the only one who can give you a little bit at the 4, too. If that’s the case, you’ve got three guys with pretty different skillsets. Hugley’s a true power center in the old Big East model. Fede’s an athletic rim runner/rim protector who probably isn’t going to give you much offensively outside of screen setting, catching/finishing and putbacks. Guillermo’s the most comfortable on the perimeter and in the midrange, but still rebounded it pretty well in international play and is probably the best passer of the three.
"Comfortable" ??? My
feeling is they haven't
been able to recruit a
big who can play with or
back up Hugley.
Fair enough, probably a poor word choice. Either way maybe finding someone as you said to back up or play alongside Hugley is all but done.
I think you're right about
signing a big is more than
likely "all but done." The
fact that they haven't in
the past and also haven't
this year is a reflection on
Capel, his assistants, and
their recruiting abilities.
I'm not trying to bury the
guy, and I'm willing to see
what he can do with this
group that he currently
has. It won't be easy.
They’ve signed four forwards this offseason who are projected to either play alongside or back up Hugley. You can argue about whether they’re going to be as good as Gueye was, but they’ve certainly assembled a lot more quality depth than they’ve had at any other year in Capel’s tenure.
He's a '23 not a '22, though. Just clarifying.
I don't see that this team has more depth than the 2020-21 team had to start the season.
Well, that depends on an assumption that most new players are no better than those that have left. That could be true; but could also not be true. We wont know until the games are played next season.
May as well let it go. We will hear this right up to the first tip off.
