Some Recent 2017 Basketball Predictions to UF

[InstiGATOR1]

UF is sitting on two commitments for 2017 in basketball. They are:

PG or maybe SG: Alexander
SG or maybe SF: Ballard

Recently there have been some UF predictions on 247. They include:

SG: C. Brown, picked by 4 of 5 predictors with the other saying KU.
PF: R. Gray, one pick for UF and one for Baylor
PG: Sexton, all four picks for UF

I am not sure what UF's chances really are with these 3 players. UF really needs some bigs in this class and Gray is listed at 6'8" tall so he would not be a particularly tall PF.

I have no inside information, so anything anyone can throw in would be interesting to me.

 

[MidwestChomp]

I hope White can land at least 2 bigs in this class. We could be very thin there next year. If Gray is truly 6'8, I think that is fine for a PF.

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

I hope White can land at least 2 bigs in this class. We could be very thin there next year. If Gray is truly 6'8, I think that is fine for a PF.

Plus he's probably 16 or 17 and might have room to grow another inch or two.

 

[ATXGator]

I think if Gray is between us and Baylor then hopefully we have a good shot. I wouldn't want to be anywhere close to Baylor's athletic department right now.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

Plus he's probably 16 or 17 and might have room to grow another inch or two.

I too wondered if he might have room to grow. He is listed at 235 lbs so he is not one of those rail thin guys.

 

[LagoonGator68]

I too wondered if he might have room to grow. He is listed at 235 lbs so he is not one of those rail thin guys.

So, 6'7", 225......still not PF size.......

 

[GatorBart]

UF is sitting on two commitments for 2017 in basketball. They are:

PG or maybe SG: Alexander
SG or maybe SF: Ballard

Recently there have been some UF predictions on 247. They include:

SG: C. Brown, picked by 4 of 5 predictors with the other saying KU.
PF: R. Gray, one pick for UF and one for Baylor
PG: Sexton, all four picks for UF

I am not sure what UF's chances really are with these 3 players. UF really needs some bigs in this class and Gray is listed at 6'8" tall so he would not be a particularly tall PF.

I have no inside information, so anything anyone can throw in would be interesting to me.

Man, White sure is trying to load up on the 6'5" SGs - if we can get commits from Sexton and Brown, that would give us one true PG at 6'1" (Sexton), one PG/SG at 6'5" (Alexander), and two 6'5" SG/SFs (Ballard & Brown) all ranked in the top 60 for the 2017 class. And this is not including the recent SG transfer from VT (Hudson), who is also 6'5".
Gray is hovering around the 100 rank, depending on which service you look at, and could easily turn into a PF if he truly is 225+ at this point.
We obviously need a big guy in this class as well - Deng Gak is out there.
If we were successful with all 6 of these guys (I know, not likely), then we would have to lose 6 after next year to accept all of them. We lose Hill & Leon for sure, and likely DRob and Egbunu to the draft, maybe Allen if he has a great year. That's only 5. Is Chorizo getting the message he'll be the 6th, via transfer?

 

[MidwestChomp]

I love that White is loading up on big guards. From what I've read isn't Alexander a true PG?

 

[t-gator]

Gray looks like the perfect fit for us at the 4 in this system from the looks of his highlight tape. Who is c. Brown?

 

[GatorBart]

Gray looks like the perfect fit for us at the 4 in this system from the looks of his highlight tape. Who is c. Brown?

Chaundee Brown - 6'5" SG/SF

 

[t-gator]

I love that White is loading up on big guards. From what I've read isn't Alexander a true PG?

He is. He's definitely a pass first pg from everything I've seen.

 

[t-gator]

Chaundee Brown - 6'5" SG/SF

Ok. I forgot about him. I like his tape.

 

[MidwestChomp]

He is. He's definitely a pass first pg from everything I've seen.

That's what we need a 6'4/'5 pass first PG. Anyone else excited?

 

[GatorBart]

He is. He's definitely a pass first pg from everything I've seen.

Yep, you and MWC are correct. For some reason I thought I read somewhere that he was a combo guard - can't find any reference to him being a shooting guard, in fact, one article said he's got a really funky shot and needs to work on that (his tape confirms the funky shot). I can see taking 2 PGs, especially since we lose Hill and that leaves us with only Chorizo, who will then be a senior. We still need at least one big man in this class, either a PF or C, but would prefer both.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

So, 6'7", 225......still not PF size.......

The problem with such statement is there is always Charles Barkley. Heck every year in college basketball there are 6'7" PF who are really good players. The question is is Gray one of those guys. In some ways he reminds me of Stone, but more highly rated particularly heading into his SR season in high school.

 

[LagoonGator68]

The problem with such statement is there is always Charles Barkley. Heck every year in college basketball there are 6'7" PF who are really good players. The question is is Gray one of those guys. In some ways he reminds me of Stone, but more highly rated particularly heading into his SR season in high school.

It was a yoke.

 

[rogdochar]

It was a yoke.

Lag, I wish you wouldn't egg them on with your yolks.

 

[InstiGATOR1]

It was a yoke.

Oops, sorry I was too literal.

BTW, ESPN has posted its 2017 Top 100 updating their 2017 Top 60.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/b...rankings/_/view/espnu100/sort/rank/class/2017

Of interest to me is that Deng Gak is 80 in their ranking.

 

[MertzJay26]

Gray looks like the perfect fit for us at the 4 in this system from the looks of his highlight tape. Who is c. Brown?

 

[GatorBart]

Oops, sorry I was too literal.

BTW, ESPN has posted its 2017 Top 100 updating their 2017 Top 60.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/b...rankings/_/view/espnu100/sort/rank/class/2017

Of interest to me is that Deng Gak is 80 in their ranking.

Would be awesome to throw out the Gak-Gak attack - Deng's future at UF may depend on how well Gorjok develops this year and what kind of PT he gets (he's gotta be better than Rimmer, right?).