Western Michigan center to transfer to X...

[longliveskip]

just a quote from a different board on someone who saw him play. take it for what it's worth.

"Saw him play against Toledo this year. He scored 12 points in the opening 5 minutes, got subbed out, shoved a teammate on his way to the bench and played 5 minutes the rest of the game as his team lost. Apparently that game was a microcosm of his career at WMU- moments of dominance supplemented with attitude and conditioning problems. Surprised a program as stable as Xavier's would take a chance on such a kid."

[muskienick]

What is the rule on a player whose school does not renew his scholarship? Can he play right away for his next school (given that his scholarship was not renewed) or must he still sit out a year?

[mumuskie87]

I wouldn't put down the MAC too much. The Ohio University did fine this year.
Certainly stronger than the Northeast Conference where T. Taylor came from or the Metro Atlantic where CJ Anderson came from.
This guy's numbers were better than any of our bigs this including Frease - he avg 11.4 PPG, 6.8 RPG and shot 58% from the field...better than Frease, JRob, Walker and T. Taylor. I'm not saying he's going to be a stud but I'll bet he will a better player than either Robinson or Taylor.
He's not playing next year...so we are still left with Taylor and Robinson as our experienced bigs...Lord help us.
And please let Reynolds be an immediate contributor and Philmore too!!

[mumuskie87]

can he step out and hit from 17-20 feet, possibly even have a decent 3-pt shot?

if he can, then sign him up.

Well he made 3 3's last year which is 3 more than our fearless foursome of Frease, Walker, Taylor and Robinson.

[mumuskie87]

Had some issues at WMU. The university did not renew his scholarship. Hawkins seemed pretty frustrated based on quotes in this articles.

http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/ ... l_pla.html

http://www.mlive.com/broncos/index.ssf/ ... tly_l.html

[skyhops]

My nephew (who attends WM) seemed surprised that he could play at X although he was good a times. He said he was a shorter fatter Kenny Frease that is inconsistent.

[mumuskie87]

Interesting...WMU really must have a sucky program since Stainbrook was their 2nd leading scorer last year.
He scored 32 against South Dakota St (a tournament team) but also had several games with zero points so the inconsistent label applies.
I don't remember him from 2 years ago when WMU played X but the stat showed he scored 10 pts and 7 rebounds. Frease had 14 and 7 that game.

[Mr. Neutral]

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports. ... to-xavier/

[skyhops]

Looks like a year of classes, working out, and practicing should help. The recs specs concern me.

[muskieman]

Looks like a year of classes, working out, and practicing should help. The recs specs concern me.

Wonder if they can get him to shed a few lbs.