may be Arnett Moultrie from UTEP.
While Arkansas and MSU may be his favorites right now, he may not have them as an option.
Gary Parrish has some interesting info here (scroll down): Community - CBSSports.com
This kid could be the missing piece for the squad Pearl needs to be a legitimate Final Four team. Moultrie is 6'11 235, but he is more of a power forward than Center. He'd have to sit out this next season, but would have two to play (even though he's likely gone to the NBA after one of those).
Anyone who has seen Tobias Harris play can attest to this skill as a Combo Forward. Even though Tobias is 6'9 (and may be 6'10 before he puts on an Orange uniform), the kid has JP Prince ball handling skill. In fact, many times in the McDonald's AA game, Tobias was bringing the ball up the court. He has unbelievable range. Bottom line -- the kid could play SF if the Vols have a guy like Moultrie in 2011 at PF with Kenny Hall at Center. A front line of guys that big would be a force. And that doesn't even include Jerrod Maymon, who is a beast in his own right, even at 6'6/6'7.
As Parrish points out, Moultrie is being viewed as a 2011 one and done recruit. That is even more important because the 2011 class is big-man light. There appears to be only a couple of traditional impact bigs in the 2011 top 50 right now and one of those is Michael Chandler, the former L'ville commit who many say has little shot of qualifying (which, I admit, is strange to say about a rising Jr., unless the light at the end of the academic tunnel is too far, far away).
(Maybe Pearl can load the roster with Memphis guys....through transfer).
We already know what the backcourt will look like in 2011 with Chris Jones and Kevin Ware coming in, along with Trae Golden, who will have already been there a year. Even if Hopson were to go Pro after this season, you'd still have those three and McCrae available on the wings. These four and the four forward/centers mentioned above, gives you an 8 man rotation without Bone, Wooldridge, or McBee.
What other possibilities are there? Well, that would still leave guys like Adonis Thomas, Kentavious Caldwell, and Kedren Johnson to fill-out that class.
That is the kind of roster that could put the Vols at the top of the short list for the Final Four in 2011.
While Arkansas and MSU may be his favorites right now, he may not have them as an option.
Gary Parrish has some interesting info here (scroll down): Community - CBSSports.com
This kid could be the missing piece for the squad Pearl needs to be a legitimate Final Four team. Moultrie is 6'11 235, but he is more of a power forward than Center. He'd have to sit out this next season, but would have two to play (even though he's likely gone to the NBA after one of those).
Anyone who has seen Tobias Harris play can attest to this skill as a Combo Forward. Even though Tobias is 6'9 (and may be 6'10 before he puts on an Orange uniform), the kid has JP Prince ball handling skill. In fact, many times in the McDonald's AA game, Tobias was bringing the ball up the court. He has unbelievable range. Bottom line -- the kid could play SF if the Vols have a guy like Moultrie in 2011 at PF with Kenny Hall at Center. A front line of guys that big would be a force. And that doesn't even include Jerrod Maymon, who is a beast in his own right, even at 6'6/6'7.
As Parrish points out, Moultrie is being viewed as a 2011 one and done recruit. That is even more important because the 2011 class is big-man light. There appears to be only a couple of traditional impact bigs in the 2011 top 50 right now and one of those is Michael Chandler, the former L'ville commit who many say has little shot of qualifying (which, I admit, is strange to say about a rising Jr., unless the light at the end of the academic tunnel is too far, far away).
(Maybe Pearl can load the roster with Memphis guys....through transfer).
We already know what the backcourt will look like in 2011 with Chris Jones and Kevin Ware coming in, along with Trae Golden, who will have already been there a year. Even if Hopson were to go Pro after this season, you'd still have those three and McCrae available on the wings. These four and the four forward/centers mentioned above, gives you an 8 man rotation without Bone, Wooldridge, or McBee.
What other possibilities are there? Well, that would still leave guys like Adonis Thomas, Kentavious Caldwell, and Kedren Johnson to fill-out that class.
That is the kind of roster that could put the Vols at the top of the short list for the Final Four in 2011.
