Chansey Willis Jr Commits

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Bad Gopher said:
He's the former Michigan Mr. Basketball, right?
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From his bio on the Western Michigan site:

After senior season, was named 2022 Michigan Mr. Basketball, Michigan's 2022 Gatorade Player of the Year, AP Division I Michigan Player of the Year and First Team All-State.
 






TwistingMyMelon said:
Yeah, some of these people make me giggle and shake my head. They must think there is a huge bounty of players with no weaknesses who are enthusiastic about coming here.
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Forget the part about coming here.....there are very few players with no weaknesses available going anywhere. And those are the guys who will get ridiculous sums of money tossed at them from the handful of schools able to do things like that.

The advantage Niko has is that he has a system and a pretty good idea of what kinds of players he needs to make it work.

Hopefully he can keep on adding and end up with a team capable of competing in the Big Ten and finishing with a decent record in year 1.
 

Great pick up on many levels. Fits the system. Seems like a beloved alum was part of the process. And he committed knowing we have fist full of guards and he wasn’t afraid to take on the challenge. Says a lot about his character.

Still need a good big who can play 25 minutes.
 




MNVCGUY said:
Forget the part about coming here.....there are very few players with no weaknesses available going anywhere. And those are the guys who will get ridiculous sums of money tossed at them from the handful of schools able to do things like that.

The advantage Niko has is that he has a system and a pretty good idea of what kinds of players he needs to make it work.

Hopefully he can keep on adding and end up with a team capable of competing in the Big Ten and finishing with a decent record in year 1.
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That's the model. That's what Wisconsin does.
 


Holy Man said:
Great pick up on many levels. Fits the system. Seems like a beloved alum was part of the process. And he committed knowing we have fist full of guards and he wasn’t afraid to take on the challenge. Says a lot about his character.

Still need a good big who can play 25 minutes.
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We have a "full list of guards?"

Huh?
 




GoldenMAV30266 said:
Is that all he's allowed to do is shoot 3's and FT's?

All-Mac 2nd team guard, led the entire MAC in PPG AND Assists per game. 23rd in the entire country in assists per game to be exact. 5th in the MAC in steals as well.

There's more to basketball than shooting 3's
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A 2nd teamer from the MAC sounds like a depth add in the Big Ten to me.
 






Tully55 said:
Corky Taylor...nice guy, but I'd advise against shaking hands with him.
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Pastor Luke Witte & Corky made their peace long ago. Corky dedicated his professional years to civil rights & the City of Minneapolis. He raised two fine sons. He passed away from cancer. Now, with all due respect, that’s a fuller picture of the life of Corky Taylor.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Yeah, anything over 70% is decent, over 80% is really good and if a kid is in the 90% range he is exceptional at the line. But anyone hitting at least 70% can be in a game late without being a liability for sure.
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Over 70% is incredible, as we had only 4 exceed that last season with our brick shooting
 

Married@SiebertField said:
Pastor Luke Witte & Corky made their peace long ago. Corky dedicated his professional years to civil rights & the City of Minneapolis. He raised two fine sons. He passed away from cancer. Now, with all due respect, that’s a fuller picture of the life of Corky Taylor.
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Thanks for posting. I had mentally put together a much snarkier post making the same point. Yours is much better.
 


mplarson7 said:
I'd get excited about the recent transfers, but the board Negative Nancys will come down on me for being positive. :(
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I guess not thinking he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread and we’ll retire his number is being a negative Nancy.
 

Jeshurun said:
I guess not thinking he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread and we’ll retire his number is being a negative Nancy.
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I guess there are only Stephen Currys and complete flops with no in-between.
 


Jeshurun said:
Seems like that’s what you’re implying. I just said he sounds like a depth add.
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Where did I imply what? All I said is that I better not show any optimism or the pessimists would come down on me. (Thanks for proving my point).

Now stop derailing the thread.
 

Jeshurun said:
I guess not thinking he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread and we’ll retire his number is being a negative Nancy.
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Give me a break, nobody is going way over the top like that about the commitment.

Is what it is....most of us seem to like the commitment and the prospects of what Willis can bring to the team next year.....you don't.....to each their own I guess.
 


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