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	Comments on: SEC Transition Basketball: Vanderbilt Commodores	</title>
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		By: bjoyce		</title>
		<link>http://rushthecourt.net/2012/07/10/sec-transition-basketball-vanderbilt-commodores/comment-page-1/#comment-847482</link>

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					<description><![CDATA[I think a LOT of eggs were put in the Alex Poythress basket. The staff put years into recruiting him, and probably thought he was headed to Nashville. It sounds like Stallings didn&#039;t want to lower his standards to bring just anybody in, thus he&#039;s left with three open slots. 

Your second question IS an interesting one. I suspect the academic strength of the institution could actually hurt in recruiting because of tougher admissions standards. I honestly don&#039;t know how much that plays into it, but it&#039;s worth mentioning. It seems that would cut down on the number of athletes even available to Vandy. Overall, I think the staff went hard after Poythress and were left with nothing to show for it when he went elsewhere. Plus, the fact of the matter is that many people (high school athletes included) pay special attention to college basketball in March, and Stallings has come up short the past several years in the NCAA tournament. An SEC tournament title and advancing past the Round of 64 will help them in the future. With that being said, I think athletes watch the NBA draft closely, and three players going on draft night will pay dividends in recruiting.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think a LOT of eggs were put in the Alex Poythress basket. The staff put years into recruiting him, and probably thought he was headed to Nashville. It sounds like Stallings didn&#8217;t want to lower his standards to bring just anybody in, thus he&#8217;s left with three open slots. </p>
<p>Your second question IS an interesting one. I suspect the academic strength of the institution could actually hurt in recruiting because of tougher admissions standards. I honestly don&#8217;t know how much that plays into it, but it&#8217;s worth mentioning. It seems that would cut down on the number of athletes even available to Vandy. Overall, I think the staff went hard after Poythress and were left with nothing to show for it when he went elsewhere. Plus, the fact of the matter is that many people (high school athletes included) pay special attention to college basketball in March, and Stallings has come up short the past several years in the NCAA tournament. An SEC tournament title and advancing past the Round of 64 will help them in the future. With that being said, I think athletes watch the NBA draft closely, and three players going on draft night will pay dividends in recruiting.</p>
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		By: Boomer89		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 06:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So I have a couple of questions. When it became painfully obvious that the coaching staff choked on recruiting this year, we were told that Vandy would fill some of the holes by picking up transfers and overseas recruits. So why haven&#039;t we heard about any new members to the Vandy BBall family? 

The second question is, why did Vanderbilt fail so miserably in recruiting this year? Vandy could promise  plenty of playing time, playing in the SEC, a team that just sent 3 members to the NBA, a solid academic program, a competitive basketball program and we still couldn&#039;t do much.

This portends the worst season since I graduated in 1989.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I have a couple of questions. When it became painfully obvious that the coaching staff choked on recruiting this year, we were told that Vandy would fill some of the holes by picking up transfers and overseas recruits. So why haven&#8217;t we heard about any new members to the Vandy BBall family? </p>
<p>The second question is, why did Vanderbilt fail so miserably in recruiting this year? Vandy could promise  plenty of playing time, playing in the SEC, a team that just sent 3 members to the NBA, a solid academic program, a competitive basketball program and we still couldn&#8217;t do much.</p>
<p>This portends the worst season since I graduated in 1989.</p>
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