I dont think so...J Willis isnt bumped by this guy
But its still a clear upgrade over Derek and Noah
Tyson Acuff - incoming transfer
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I dont think so...J Willis isnt bumped by this guy
But its still a clear upgrade over Derek and Noah
How do other teams somehow manage to have numerous scoring options and posters here are questioning us bringing in someone because it may disrupt Dylan or Ace? If it leads to JW entering the portal then so be it. Look at the final teams like UConn …is Hurley worrying about having too many scoring threats. We deserve to suck …thinking like this will only keep us as a 2nd tier program.
3 guards will start this year imo. Theve been in the mix with guards that will be starters when they transfer like Maddox and alocco.
I think it would be jwill, Dylan, acuff, ace, transfer big...
Pure speculation on my end but JWill doesn’t strike me as the type of guy who runs away from competition. He’s a dog.
Thank you for the intelligent response with context as opposed to other posters just looking at his 3 point percentage with no other knowledge about the teams he played on,
Lou, he shot 34% last season and 39% the year before that from 3. He was asked to do a lot, ball heavy last year on a bad team. I’d expect a bump up with a smaller roll
8th leading scorer by average in the country, just ahead of Dalton Knecht, so that's pretty insane.
Now with that in mind, 3rd team All MAC, so how do you reconcile that in your mind? For comparison, the top 5 scorers in the Big Ten are 3 on the 1st team and 2 on the 2nd team all conference. This guy is the number 1 scorer in the MAC and 3rd team.
Now with that in mind, 3rd team All MAC, so how do you reconcile that in your mind? For comparison, the top 5 scorers in the Big Ten are 3 on the 1st team and 2 on the 2nd team all conference. This guy is the number 1 scorer in the MAC and 3rd team.
Because his team was 13-18. Winning teams seem always get higher all conference picks.
It seems highly unlikely he would choose to join a team with 2 projected one and done lottery picks if he was looking to be the focal point of the offense. There are plenty of places he could have gone to continue along in that role. Seems to me you only make this move if your looking to be a part of something big knowing your usage will go down significantly.
Well, he committed to Temple, then Iowa State, then Illinois, then RU.... Seems like he's always running from something
Nice pick up...nothing to complain about! A Dylan JWill and Acuff backcourt is a tough night for any team! No way any squad in the b10 can stop all 3 ..one of those guys are gonna torch somebody every night…and I think Acuffs efficiency is gonna be pretty good with him not needing to be the 1A option and “bail out” end of shot clock guy every play guy on offense
Temple to Iowa State was a step up in competition from the AAC to the Big 12.
I think one can safely assume leaving Iowa State had something to do with the gambling situation.
Left temple…and his entire team did..battle (Arkansas) hicks (penn st) Dunn (Houston) Jourdain (Memphis) Reynolds (cincinatti) and Mckie resigned
forced to transfer from isu for gambling investigation (which turned out to be a bogus investigation and the state of Iowa is being sued by everyone involved now)
Left Illinois after the board wouldn’t approve his admission amid the investigation
I don’t think he ran from a starting role on 2 different sweet 16 teams 😂
Many of these posters are either scared rabbits, blame gamers, trolls or just plain silly. Nothing satisfies some and that's why they will never be happy and will always be blowing in the wind. If you don't trust our coaches go root for someone else because you'll eternally be unhappy and it won't matter who are our players, coaches or AD or how the snow was cleared.
I agree. Unless he didn't bother to do any research on Rutgers, then coming here expecting to be the focal point (adding JWill to that mix) wouldn't be logical.
Illinois pulled his offer.
Rutgers still needs to add front court height unless the two freshmen 3 star players are going to get playing time.Rebounding was a big problem last season .The talent level of the transfer center will tell the story as to the playing time for Somerville.These are exciting times with the anticipation of Bailey and Harper on the court next season.The rest of the roster must be productive putting points on the scoreboard.
Wild how some people will ignore all context just so they can take a swipe at one of our players for no reason at all:
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Maybe you should look into why Illinois pulled his offer instead of saying things like “seems like he’s always running from something”
Like cmon with this
That’s not even possible. There’s no way he committed to RU and doesn’t realize the number 2 and 3 national recruits are coming here.
As it stands right now the 5 would be
Dylan
Jwill
Acuff
Ace
Ogbole????
What transfer centers are they targeting? Or what if Cliff comes home
Dylan
Jwill
Acuff
Ace
Ogbole????
What transfer centers are they targeting? Or what if Cliff comes home
No - specifically, I don’t think it’s fair to focus on the shooting percentage (or scoring output in general for that matter) for a kid who attempted that many shots mostly in games where his team was outmatched. He had to have been told to fire away - he went from 330 attempts to 506. That’s a huge jump. Nobody would be at their most efficient taking 506 shots. You have to be forcing. Only one player in the country averaged more attempts per game than Tyson. He took 3+ more attempts than all but 20 D1 players. That’s nuts. On the other hand - his scoring numbers have to be taken with a grain of salt too because a lot of the points would’ve come in garbage time being how bad his team was and he was the one taking all the shots.
It’s not that. He was only a sophomore coming off a frosh campaign as a utility player. He wasn’t going to be the go to player then so by default he wasn’t in a position to force.
Just think it’s going to be the new normal. I read that AJ Stoor (Wisconsin to Illinois I believe) will be entering his 7th different school in 7 seasons counting high school…$$$
His younger brother is a 5 star recruit we're actively recruiting who has ties to Smoke Williams.
I wish Spencer took 450 shots last season which equates to around 15 per game. Rutgers would have won enough games for a NCAA bid.
It’s possible but does it even matter? Suppose Ace plays 15 min at the 3 and 15 min at the 4. Suppose Dylan plays 30 at the 1-2. For positions 1-3, that leaves 40 + 10 + 25 = 75 minutes for guards / wings besides Dylan. If J Will and Tyson both are at 25 there there’s still another 25 to be split out - J Mike and another transfer regardless of who the starters are.
I dont understand why you’ve been so negative about next season. How can you stand by this program for so long and not be excited about this lol.
You get it
He's shot well from 3 before and shoots FTs very well. He's most likely a good 3 point shooter
We have every reason to believe his percentages will go up when he's taking wide open 3's after Dylan and Ace draw a double team vs chucking up bad forced 3's on a bad team where you are the defenses #1 focus
He will probably have his most efficient year on less volume. This is a very good pickup
Great addition as the 6-7th man. We still have holes to fill at the 2 and 5.
I see the following:
1. Dylan
2. Shooter (hopefully Alloco)
3. JWil
4. Ace
5. Sr center
First backup guard: Acuff
First backup wing/forward: martini
Backup centers: ogbole, Somerville
First off the bench guard and forward are getting 20 mins each
I see the following:
1. Dylan
2. Shooter (hopefully Alloco)
3. JWil
4. Ace
5. Sr center
First backup guard: Acuff
First backup wing/forward: martini
Backup centers: ogbole, Somerville
First off the bench guard and forward are getting 20 mins each
