But I think by now you pretty much know who’s going to develop and be good. My guess is Brooks and Jones are going to be single digit scorers as they have steadily been. So Battle and Jackson will have to lead they way with some help from Buie and Frazier. If ED can get some scoring from his bench (assuming that is Marshall, Graham and Bowman et al) there would be so much less pressure on TB. Either another post forward or a slashing type player providing a scoring threat could be the final piece to the puzzle for this squad in 2010-11.

But who out there is left to target? Anybody know?

Not sure if that offer still stands for Mack and if it’s anything more than just a verbal offer. With Burke coming in (and Frazier/Buie still on board), there’s really no need for another PG, IMO.

We’ve been going after Hubert for a while but it’s looking like he’s going to be too big-time for us. A lot of big name suitors have been coming his way. We’ll see though, he has kept mentioning us, and he was on campus for the OSU game.

NJ C – Desmond Hubert – has offers from UConn, Pittsburgh, Virginia Tech, Xavier, Penn State and Villanova. Georgetown, North Carolina, Georgia Tech and Maryland are also on his list.

NJ PG Myles Mack has offers from DePaul, Fordham, St. John’s, Virginia, Penn State, Western Kentucky, and a couple of others.

Also:

For the All-Ohio 17 and under squad, a nightmare start was quickly erased by Trey Burke. After falling behind 18-4, Burke went on a personal 14-0 run to tie up the score, and from there it was the Burke and Stevie Taylor show. Burke went for over 20, and was super hot from deep while Taylor took over going to the basket with his quickness and created for his teammates with his impressive feel for the game. Both players were the difference in an All-Ohio win.

How about if Battle leaves and Buie decommits?

This could get pretty ugly, since the twitter posts suggest Clark and Majok have eliminated PSU.

Thanks for the clarification.

Why can’t Penn State be a little more like Butler? They lose Todd Lickliter, a highly successful coach there, but not only do they reload with players but also the coach. Lickliter goes on to tank at Iowa.

Both schools are surrounded by traditional basketball powerhouses. Butler contends for recruits with, in-state powers Indiana and Purdue not to mention Louisville, Kuntucky, surrounding Big-12 programs and midwest mid-majors.

PSU is encircled by eastern big boys Nova, Temple, Maryland, Pitt and Cuse to name just a few. However a huge difference with Butler is they seem to grab some players (apparently duh!) that don’t get swallowed up by the neighborhood bigs. Penn State has difficulty in that regard.

Every once in a while a brilliant coach can put together a puzzle with odd pieces and make a run, but that is extremely rare. The real foundation of a team and a program is recruiting the right pieces in the first place. Butler seems to have done that consistantly; Penn State has yet to achieve that level of consistant re-loading.