Tiger93 299 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 46 minutes ago, mat1992 said: So this was an interesting pickup but on Friday, he de-committed from Bryant. At 6-6, 220, he can play both forward spots. Is pretty athletic. Probably a rotation player. Next player needs to be more of a wing Will be interesting to dig in more on him. TSU88, this was one of the signings (with Bryant) that annoyed me when it happened because there were solid players out there (like him) that we seemed to be losing out to schools like Bryant, Delaware, Hampton, Stony Brook and others. It is one thing to lose NIL battles to College of Charleston, but those schools are either at our level or below us and we need to be able to beat them to players we want. I wonder what changed his mind, and if there is anything that can e read into further about this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay Area Tiger 347 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 He’s super athletic and love his accent. Time will tell. Welcome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSU88 1,070 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Bay Area Tiger said: He’s super athletic and love his accent. Time will tell. Welcome My first job was at Arthur Treacher’s fish and chips, so maybe he and I can swap stories about British food 😆. We’re going international. UK & Canada 🇨🇦 now.. I also love British accents, though I’m thinking more in terms of Elizabeth Hurley 😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mat1992 2,231 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 Some stats from Sulaiman coming out of HS in England. Has a 37-inch vertical. Good athletic numbers. https://dengcamp.com/player/tomiwa-sulaiman Freshman highlights in 2021-22 so he is still developing his game. He does love to raise the roof. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSU88 1,070 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 Here’s an interesting factoid, not about Sulaiman, but about IUP basketball. The Crimson Hawks avg’d 2,127 in attendance last season. That’s more than 5 CAA schools and only 125 a game less than us. It’s more than Drexel, Monmouth, NE, Hampton and Elon, and only 6 people less per game than DE. They weren’t far off of Hofstra or Stony Brook, or us. Only C of C, NCAT, UNCW and W&M were substantially ahead of them. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TuTigers2012 1,061 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Tiger93 said: Will be interesting to dig in more on him. TSU88, this was one of the signings (with Bryant) that annoyed me when it happened because there were solid players out there (like him) that we seemed to be losing out to schools like Bryant, Delaware, Hampton, Stony Brook and others. It is one thing to lose NIL battles to College of Charleston, but those schools are either at our level or below us and we need to be able to beat them to players we want. I wonder what changed his mind, and if there is anything that can e read into further about this. All of those teams have been to the dance way more recently than us… it’s not all about money, some guys want to play and win. Grasso is a tool. Maybe he didn’t want to deal with that? We should be hosting them this year so that’ll add more intrigue Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mat1992 2,231 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 With the addition of Sulaiman, it creates more depth up front and more need for guards. There's also a bit more versatility with Sulaimon having the ability to play both forward spots. It also allows PS to use him at backup PF instead of a freshman (Tejada) and a little-used player (Coleman). Tejada might be better at center to start off with. Hear that CT is adding to his offensive repertoire. Will have to see for myself in the summer. C Thompson, Paar (Tejada/Coleman). PF M. Jones, Sulaimon, T. Tejada, Coleman SF May, (Sulaimon) M. Lowery SG Conway, J. Cole PG Hicks, Williamson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tiger93 299 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 13 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said: All of those teams have been to the dance way more recently than us… it’s not all about money, some guys want to play and win. Grasso is a tool. Maybe he didn’t want to deal with that? We should be hosting them this year so that’ll add more intrigue Agreed. My initial point is those are teams I expect to be able to recruit against and win more often than not (I don't know if I am being realistic or not in that assumption). I know NIL is a consideration and it is hard to figure out where we stand when it comes to other schools that are similar to us in conference and success. I always feel like we are all playing catch up, but I don't know how accurate that is. When we are mentioned in recruiting the same players as those schools I am always interested in knowing what might have tipped the scales, or how hard we (or the other teams) were going after the player. I will never really know that answer, but I am just trying to make as much sense out of the craziness as I can. I do know of the list of D-2 kids remaining that I have seen us mentioned with, Sulaiman seemed like he had the best combo of being an all-conference player and playing for a highly accomplished program. Of course, that didn't do much for us last year when we recruited the National Player of the Year for a highly accomplished team. Seems like with Jones and Sulaiman we will have pretty physical athletes who can play the switching defense that Skerry loves (and drive me crazy at times) employ. As usually, this is crapshoot so I am looking for as many data points as possible, but you don't know until they step on the court. The two transfer so far feel like solid gets. Would love to get someone who can shoot it from behind the arc and play some decent defense with the last spot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mat1992 2,231 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 Guessing this is a long shot Tall guard with nice handle, but I don’t see the athleticism for D1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TSU88 1,070 Report post Posted May 22, 2023 1 hour ago, mat1992 said: With the addition of Sulaiman, it creates more depth up front and more need for guards. There's also a bit more versatility with Sulaimon having the ability to play both forward spots. It also allows PS to use him at backup PF instead of a freshman (Tejada) and a little-used player (Coleman). Tejada might be better at center to start off with. Hear that CT is adding to his offensive repertoire. Will have to see for myself in the summer. C Thompson, Paar (Tejada/Coleman). PF M. Jones, Sulaimon, T. Tejada, Coleman SF May, (Sulaimon) M. Lowery SG Conway, J. Cole PG Hicks, Williamson I’m not crazy about the projected starting backcourt. Hicks so far has shown little offensive upside and Conway is awfully small for the 2. TBH, I’m much more intrigued by the backups at those respective positions, Williamson and Cole. Problem with them is between them they have played exactly 0 minutes of college basketball. Given this, I wonder if Skerry will look for a G with the last open ship?🤔 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
