Not too much to report at this point. Larry got tatted up BIG time over the summer. Put on some weight, but not close to the 235 reported. I'd say he's around 222-223. Larry's confidence has gone up a lot after playing in some high-profile tournaments. He's in Florida for the weekend. Still needs work on his jumper but is much more aggressive around the basket. He met up with Anthony Lee this past weekend and it seems like they hit it off pretty well! While he didn't commit over the weekend, he was very impressed with VCU. Hopefully he realizes this is the place for him. The coaching staff really likes his game.
Issiah Grayson is the fastest guy on the team by far and I expect that he will be getting a lot of minutes from the very beginning. He has a tendency to overpenetrate and ends up getting caught among the trees sometimes. Coach Smart has been working with him on that. Coach Smart doesn't play either...these kids work harder than they did under Coach Grant if that's possible. He's truly getting them into the best condition of any team in the CAA. Oh yeah and the new strength and conditioning coach is solid. Guys are putting in a lot of time in the gym and it's showing. Kirill put on a good amount of bulk (noticeably bigger than last year).
DB:
You get me jazzed up everytime I read your post! Thanks!
But aren't we just about out of scholly's? Does someone have to go to make room for the big guys?
VCUBeatsduke
Word on the street is that Melsahn Basabe has VCU and Siena in his final 2, though I'm not sure how reliable that is. Drexel was also on him pretty hard. We have a lot of highly ranked big men coming in the coming weeks. Shaka is getting some pretty high-profile guys to come visit that even Coach Grant couldn't have gotten. He's relentless as far as recruiting goes.