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04-03-17 04:46 PM - Post#228487
In response to weinhauers_ghost
Cornell played with 2 front court players this past season. It appears that Coach Earl has gone with two JUCO players to add depth to this area.
Coach Donahue went with one JUCO last year, Caleb Wood, as well as one transfer, Matt MacDonald, this past year. I believe the coach had mentioned that he went this route since he felt these older players would allow the team to speed up its improvement, thus helping the record for this past season in order to get into the Ivy Tournament and help with future recruiting. While the Quakers did improve its record and got into the Tournament, it was more dependent on its underclassmen.
Coach Earl may be trying the same idea as Coach Donahue.
I understand that people may have concerns about the Ancient Eight schools going to heavily to the JUCO route. However, if these players have the academic abilities to get accepted to the IL schools and perform well in the classroom, shouldn't it be a valid option? Graduating from these schools can be a life-changing things for these players, no matter how well they perform on the court.
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