Dortch-Entire Post Rotation Replaced!

[SeniorDrill]

Chris Dortch - "Has new Tennessee basketball coach Donnie Tyndall found another Kenneth Faried, the former first-round NBA Draft pick who played for Tyndal at Morehead State? Willie Carmichael, the latest recruit in the bountiful seven-player harvest raked in by Tyndall and his staff, may never be drafted, and he probably won’t become the best rebounder in the college game, as Faried was, but he’s been called a “poor man’s Kenneth Faried,” for his penchant of picking clean the backboards, in or out of his area. Like Tyndall’s other two post recruits, 6-9 FGCU transfer Eric McKnight and 6-8 high school senior Jabari McGhee, Carmichael, from Wekiva High School in Apopka, Fla., is lean compared to former Vols Jarnell Stokes and Jeronne Maymon, but with three bouncy, athletic posts, Tennessee might come close to equaling its offensive rebounding prowess of last season. And Tyndall and his staff are after one more big man that fits into the same category, 6-10 Tariq Owens from Baltimore, who signed with Ohio last fall but asked out of his release after coach Jim Christian took the Boston College job. “[Owens] doesn’t have the build of the classic power forward,” wrote Scout’s Brian Snow, “but his long and angular frame combined with quickness and a motor, can make him a tough matchup for opponents.” Sound familiar? Before signing with Ohio last November, Owens had narrowed his choices to Georgetown, Miami, Temple and VCU. Scout rated him a four-star prospect, and ESPN considered him the seventh-best prospect in Maryland. After Owens reopened his recruitment, his choices were quickly reduced to Dayton, Temple, Seton Hall and Tennessee. If Tyndall pulls off signing Owens, he will have replaced an entire post rotation in less than two weeks.

 

[Kusotate]

Tennessee might come close to equaling its offensive rebounding prowess of last season.

Stokes was a large immovable force in the paint, i don't see these guys coming close to duplicating the offensive rebounding production of Maymon and Stokes..........

 

[SeniorDrill]

Stokes was a large immovable force in the paint, i don't see these guys coming close to duplicating the offensive rebounding production of Maymon and Stokes..........

When asked by David Paschall of Chattanooga Times Free Press this question, "Q: Tennessee's Sweet 16 team had some big bodies with Jarnell Stokes and Jeronne Maymon. You've added some needed height, but you don't have the same size as last year's team. How important is it going to be getting some beef on these guys you are bringing in?" This was Coach T's response, ""It's imperative, and you're dead on that we've got some height and some length but that we need some guys to put on some pounds and some muscle. We would like for these guys to be a little bigger and stronger, but it was the nature of where we were in the recruiting process being as late as it was. I was pleased with some of the guys we were able to get, but summer and fall are going to be imperative as far as our guys getting in that weight room. We're not going to be as strong or as physical as we need to be moving forward, but our style of play as far as being able to press back and do a matchup zone will help a little bit, because we're not going to be playing man-to-man in a half-court setting against a 6-10, 260-pound guy who would certainly cause us problems."

 

[TeazyT]

Chris Dortch - "Has new Tennessee basketball coach Donnie Tyndall found another Kenneth Faried, the former first-round NBA Draft pick who played for Tyndal at Morehead State? Willie Carmichael, the latest recruit in the bountiful seven-player harvest raked in by Tyndall and his staff, may never be drafted, and he probably won’t become the best rebounder in the college game, as Faried was, but he’s been called a “poor man’s Kenneth Faried,” for his penchant of picking clean the backboards, in or out of his area. Like Tyndall’s other two post recruits, 6-9 FGCU transfer Eric McKnight and 6-8 high school senior Jabari McGhee, Carmichael, from Wekiva High School in Apopka, Fla., is lean compared to former Vols Jarnell Stokes and Jeronne Maymon, but with three bouncy, athletic posts, Tennessee might come close to equaling its offensive rebounding prowess of last season. And Tyndall and his staff are after one more big man that fits into the same category, 6-10 Tariq Owens from Baltimore, who signed with Ohio last fall but asked out of his release after coach Jim Christian took the Boston College job. “[Owens] doesn’t have the build of the classic power forward,” wrote Scout’s Brian Snow, “but his long and angular frame combined with quickness and a motor, can make him a tough matchup for opponents.” Sound familiar? Before signing with Ohio last November, Owens had narrowed his choices to Georgetown, Miami, Temple and VCU. Scout rated him a four-star prospect, and ESPN considered him the seventh-best prospect in Maryland. After Owens reopened his recruitment, his choices were quickly reduced to Dayton, Temple, Seton Hall and Tennessee. If Tyndall pulls off signing Owens, he will have replaced an entire post rotation in less than two weeks.

I agree with Dortch that Carmichael could be the breakout player in this class, his upside is huge having only played 4 years of basketball. With the right coaching this kid could be an animal

 

[k-town_king]

I agree with Dortch that Carmichael could be the breakout player in this class, his upside is huge having only played 4 years of basketball. With the right coaching this kid could be an animal

Im the opposite. I think Owens will play a lot beside McKnight and the returnees with Carmichael playing sparingly as a backup. Then next year if CDT can really recruit we bring in a top 100 big man and Carmichael is a back up again. I don't see Carmichael ever starting if CDT can recruit at a high level.