Pretty funny how Bobcat fans think 6'7" is a "big". Gamecocks had a 6'9" and 6' 10" starter a 7'0" on the bench and another 7'0" freshman coming in. Florida had 2 7'0" starters and look at Gonzaga and some of the others. Gamecocks had PJDozier at guard and he's 6'6" and going NBA after two years. My point is what worked in 2011-12 probably never works again without the type of guards we had that year and we aren't close. We can't even win the MAC so without a couple of 6'9"-6'10" centers we aren't going dancing or we are one and done at best.

I don't think "Bobcat fans" think 6'7 is a "big" as much as they have realized that getting a 7 footer in the Mids is either a project, a stiff or a huge, lucky stroke of good fortune. Guys like Zeke or similar for a mid major is the anomaly rather than the norm.

Kind of condescending statement toward Bobcat fans who are astutely assessing the reality. That is an Undersized 4/5 that will have to play out of position since 6 10 and 7 footers do not grow on trees and are snatched up by P5 schools whether they are coming out of HS or spend 2 years at a Juco. You don't think USC has a distinct advantage in stockpiling bigs? Butler, Nova and many schools are in similar boats from what I see... You can make the same "pretty funny how.." statement about several schools that are tourney teams.


http://www.villanova.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nova-m-baskb...
http://www.butlersports.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball
http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/msu-m-bask...
https://www.vcuramnation.com/roster /

I may be reading the quoted wrong but I think Gamecocks are not quite as tall this year as stated ranking 127th on average height at 77.1 according to KenPom while Ohio was "only" 93rd at 77.4....

My take is that, IMHO, the "bobcat fans" realize that those guys do not grow on trees and the ones that are laying on the ground under the tree are half rotten or have worms. It is all about style you play and what you are trying to do. Jay Wright (V'Nova) is probably missing the boat....he should have won the NCAA with 7 footers or our 20th tallest 2016 Ohio squad Christian recruited instead of the 63rd tallest 6 2 /6 5 /6 5/6 7/ 6 7/6 9 squad of "bigs" he had that year.... which actually looks a lot like what we got......next year. Just my take on the height issue.

We aren't as tall as two of the tallest teams in the country, oh no.

Here are some starters from NCAA tournament teams this past year:
Villanova started a 6'6 PF
SMU's starting big men were 6'7, and 6'8
Virginia started a 6'5 PF
Iowa State started a 6'5 PF
Butler's starting big men were 6'7 and 6'8
Notre Dame's starting big men were 6'5 and 6'8
Marquette started a 6'6 PF
Vanderbilt started a 6'6 PF
Northwestern's starting big men were 6'6 and 6'8
Dayton's starting big men were 6'6 and 6'8
Michigan State's starting big men were 6'7 and 6'8
Miami's starting big men were 6'7 and 6'8
VCU's starting big men were both 6'7
Virginia Tech's starting big men were 6'6 and 6'7

If Mickle can fill a defend and rebound role, he's a nice add.

Is he here just 1 year?

You seem to be forgetting that if JaAron leaves, it opens another scholarship that could possibly be filled this Spring.

Great, much needed GLUE pickup for next season. Sounds like he'll fit right into the culture we've built under Saul, provide some tough minutes in a reserve role, and boost practices. Last year was weird with so many injuries and players unavailable to practice (Wadly, Khari, Tone, and Gollon - four scholarship players).

What is a step down from division 1? Reread the quote
Division 2
Division 3
NAIA

And what was the basis for the speculation in the article? Just because a random reporter in Naples says something in an article doesn't make it the gospel. I find it hard to believe that Mickle was planning to go D2 a couple days before committing here, only to have us swoop in at the last second with no prior warning to offer him a scholarship.

You don't like the signing, based on nothing more than a fifteen second review of a stat sheet, so you are harping on one random quote from one random article. No one here has any actual knowledge of what other options, if any, Mickle had.

Give the man a chance

What about him being a) tough b) physical c) athletic and d) defensive-minded makes him so bad to the point we "should do better"?

Is it simply because he doesn't score enough for you? Is that the real answer? If he averaged more ppg you'd love him?

In other words - are you unashamedly putting this signing down based on a volume and pace dictated counting stat which anyone familiar with efficiency or analytics will tell you is almost worthless (not to mention completely ignores the non-counting/harder to quantify defensive side of the ball)?

It's like the guy who hates your teams catcher who has such a good arm that nobody even tries to steal on him - and who has an OBP over 330 but "only" has a batting average of 200 - so he obviously sucks.

Oh okay - so he either needs to be the best defender in the league or average 20 ppg. I stand corrected. Got it.

Weird that I don't even think this kid will be a starter for us, on a team I have little faith will be more than a 500 MAC squad, yet I'm able to see how he fills a need (balancing classes/defense/rim protecting/rebounding/fouls/bench role) and find myself in the position of having to defend the move.

He is not being asked to replace Campbell he is being asked to replace what we expected from Taylor last year. A grad transfer good enough to replace Campbell would not be coming to Ohio.