2007 Recruits

[mitchell2006]

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Here's another article that has a couple pictures of Cassaday.

http://www.aurorasentinel.com/main.a...rticleID=14710

and another

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...224009,00.html

Some other numbers I found from some games-

One game made 15 of 15 free throws and netted 37 points. You gotta love a kid who gets to line and makes his free throws. That's how scorer's get their points. Look at Vogel and Cadwell's freshman year.

Hit 7 threes one game and scored 27.

Sounds like a pretty solid player. Could be comparable to NDSU's Winkleman.

[89rabbit]

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From the expanded Terry story on Josh:

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...38/1002/SPORTS


. . . And Colorado seems like a place where SDSU (6-24) can make a mark, head coach Scott Nagy said; the Jacks also have a verbal commitment from a junior in that state.

SDSU had been tracking Cassaday since last summer when he played for the Colorado Chaos. According to Nagy, he can play three positions - the two, three or four - and handle the ball well.

"I just think he's good enough that he'll make us find a spot for him (as a true freshman)," Nagy said.

The Jacks hope to fill their final two scholarship spots before the late signing period ends May 16, preferably with a point guard and a big man from the junior college ranks. . . . (read more)


Go State!

[JACKGUYII]

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Josh's game and demeanor seems to resemble Steve Holdren's.

[collegewatcher]

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We got him away from Nebraska-Kearney. I am not quite ready to compare him to Holdren just yet.

[MilwaukeeJacksAlum]

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We got him away from Nebraska-Kearney. I am not quite ready to compare him to Holdren just yet.

If by not ready to compare him to Holdren you mean you don't think he'll leave after 2 seasons, then I'm happy with the non-comparison.

[collegewatcher]

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[quote author=collegewatcher link=1131660049/315#318 date=1176398550]We got him away from Nebraska-Kearney. I am not quite ready to compare him to Holdren just yet.

If by not ready to compare him to Holdren you mean you don't think he'll leave after 2 seasons, then I'm happy with the non-comparison.[/quote]

Great point! Anyone who is planning on sticking around is a good addition!

[joeboo22]

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He sounds alot like the junior that they have a verbal from,(a wing that can shoot) I have a kid in my english class that went to smoky hills so ill get the run down on him tommaro and see what he knows about the kid.

[joeboo22]

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He sounds alot like the junior that they have a verbal from,(a wing that can shoot) I have a kid in my english class that went to smoky hills so ill get the run down on him tommaro and see what he knows about the kid.

I talked to the guy and he knew all about it, he heard about it over easter when he went home. He said the kid can shoot, is physical but still underweight for a D-I college bball player... great shooter and said that he will be a great addition to SDSU.

[jackmd]

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[quote author=collegewatcher link=1131660049/315#318 date=1176398550]We got him away from Nebraska-Kearney. I am not quite ready to compare him to Holdren just yet.

If by not ready to compare him to Holdren you mean you don't think he'll leave after 2 seasons, then I'm happy with the non-comparison.[/quote]

The wisdom of one MJA. UNK is top level DII program. SDSU is currently at the bottom of DI. We gotta take some chances on guys we can develop and hope to find a few diamonds in the rough. A JUCO stud or two dropping into our laps would be nice, too. I hope we hear something soon.

[joeboo22]

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I'm glad we nabbed a recruit because we do need bodies, but if you look at this.
Kai Williams-Wing
3 recruits this year--Wings
and the 2 sophs from Madison-- Wings

I know that Nagy's offense ask for alot of contribution from the wings and we have a point guard in Callahan but honestly theres got to be a 6-9--7-0 out there somewhere... what ever happend to that guy from the Twin Cities, where did he sign? Hopefully we can nab Iverson and a JuCo or 2.

[Jacks02]

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I'm glad we nabbed a recruit because we do need bodies, but if you look at this.
Kai Williams-Wing
3 recruits this year--Wings
and the 2 sophs from Madison-- Wings

I know that Nagy's offense ask for alot of contribution from the wings and we have a point guard in Callahan but honestly theres got to be a 6-9--7-0 out there somewhere... what ever happend to that guy from the Twin Cities, where did he sign? Hopefully we can nab Iverson and a JuCo or 2.

I don't disagree with you that SDSU could use a good center, but with recruiting against other DI schools now, its tough to find a good big man.  

Also, I don't think we necessarily "need" a true center to be successful.  If we can put 3 athletic forwards on the court in the 6'5" to 6'8" range and a couple quick decent guards I think we can win some games.  We may have matchup problems on the few teams we meet who have a talented big man, but I think our problems over the last couple of seasons has been more our lack defending the perimeter than the paint.

Take a look at the rosters of the other teams in the Mid-Con, there aren't that many true centers on them.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/conference?confId=15

Centenary and Western Illinois all look pretty similar size-wise to what we have and don't have a center listed.  IUPUI's center did next to nothing last season, Oakland's 3 centers listed 6'10" did nothing last year, Oral Roberts center averaged 7.1/5.6/2.4 blks, Southern Utah's 7 ft center did nothing, UMKC's 7 footer averaged about 5 and 5, Valpo's centers didn't do much either.

So I guess my point is....Yes, it would be great if we could land a stud 6'10" center from a JUCO or out of high school, but if you are expecting it to happen, you will probably end up being dissapointed.  There just aren't that many big men around, and if they are that good they will be going to a bigger DI program.  Such is the life of a low-mid major men's basketball program.

I think we have alot of talented players coming in, hopefully Nagy can get a good offensive system put in to take advantage of them.  I hope to see us running the floor a bit more next season.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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I agree 100% Jacks02.

Most decent to good big men will go to high mid majors or better. If you look at the mid-major model put forth by Gonzaga, Butler, Southern Illinois, and Winthrop, the idea is to have 2-3 solid wings who do a lot of things by their senior year complimented by a good point guard. Once you make the tourney 2 or 3 years, or better yet make some noise in the tourney, the good big men who are available will become more available.

Until then, SDSU should go after the best talent possible regardless of size. The way Coach Nagy gets effort out of his teams, rebounding won't be a problem.

[89rabbit]

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I agree 100% Jacks02.

Most decent to good big men will go to high mid majors or better.  If you look at the mid-major model put forth by Gonzaga, Butler, Southern Illinois, and Winthrop, the idea is to have 2-3 solid wings who do a lot of things by their senior year complimented by a good point guard.  Once you make the tourney 2 or 3 years, or better yet make some noise in the tourney, the good big men who are available will become more available.

Until then, SDSU should go after the best talent possible regardless of size.  The way Coach Nagy gets effort out of his teams, rebounding won't be a problem.

I too agree that this is the way that we need to go.


Go State!

[Jacks02]

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I agree 100% Jacks02.

Until then, SDSU should go after the best talent possible regardless of size.  The way Coach Nagy gets effort out of his teams, rebounding won't be a problem.

SDSU was out-rebounded this year by a 33.1 to 32.4 margin, pretty much dead even.  Rebounding isn't our problem but shooting, defending and taking care of the ball is as pointed out by our .372% to .318% disparity in 3-pt shooting, our horrible .663 FT%, and our 225/183 turnover margin.

We are replacing Frias, Kleinjan, and Hoogeveen with Cordova, Beran, Berte, Sargeant, Moss, and now Cassaday, plus a possible JUCO or two.  The Jackrabbit men will be better this year, I don't see how they could possibly not be simply by having a 10 man rotation of athletic players.  Don't forget how terribly shorthanded we were this season, there were games we were basically playing with a 7 man team and half of them were freshman.  

Keep your heads up guys, things are getting better.

[bub94]

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I have no problem with State recruiting wings. You look at Kai. He is a wing but he can take it to the rim. Looks like Cassaday will be the same. We know Ben can play down low and outside. If Berte is back, he plays down low and moves quick enough to cover his guy and slide over to help. Look at NDSUs Winkelman(I'm sure I mis-spelled is name so sorry). 6'10" and he plays mostly outside. Why not get some size for our wings. We put 3 6'5"-6'6" wings out there, it's hard for other teams to match up with everyone.