bisonation
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I don't know how you could read this anyway other than Stockman is leaving to make room from Crandall. I think the "Reid Travis" nugget is just to not appear like Crandall was a done deal before something was announced with Stockman.
I have no idea how Crandall's game will translate to the B1G, but I am encouraged that he shot over 50% from the field in both his Sophomore and Junior seasons and improved his 3 pt% to 41.7% as a Junior. Defensively, I am encouraged by his ability to average right around 2 steals a game for his entire career. To me, more efficient shooting and the ability to create more turnovers on defense were two of the biggest needs for this team. Crandall, on paper at least, seems like he could really help in both areas. I also really like the idea of Isaiah having to compete for the point guard spot as opposed to just having it handed to him. The biggest concern with Crandall would be his turnovers at over 3 per game, which gives him a less than stellar assist to turnover ratio.
Looking at his individual game logs, it's very tough to get a read on how his game will translate to the high major level: He had rough games as a Junior @Nebraska and @Creighton, but was fantastic at Gonzaga (28 pts, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, 3 steals also SEVEN turnovers). As a Sophomore, he was mostly solid at Iowa (again a huge turnover game with 5, but had 4 assists, 3 steals and was 5-11 from the field) and had a nice performance in the NCAA tournament against Arizona (5-9 from the field, 6 assists,. 2 steals). So overall, a mixed bag against high majors with a couple really high turnover games
He was alright vs NDSU & the rest of the Big Fluffy Conference , less so against SDSU, 7 TOs against Zaga, Horrible at Creighton he had 3 points on 1-9 shooting that game. Gophers should stay away, the dude is a me first cocky player who excels vs lesser competition.
Gophers shouldn't want to hurt their team chemistry with this guy, sorry. Heck in 3 straight games about garbage montana , montana st and Idaho State he had 9 points in each game . underwhelming at best.
here's the game logs in a junior year... http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/3153373/geno-crandall ewww.