Gus Bus to Vermont?
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Good for him, good school in a great town
Wish him nothing but the best
Wish him nothing but the best
Good luck to the kid. Appreciated his effort/enthusiasm, as over the top as it was at times. He will do well there IMO. Maybe even by the end of his career ready to be a contributor at the high major level. But where he transferred to should make everyone shake their head at the "baby Jokic" comparison given to other insiders preseason last year.
I don't see why kids like Gus and other HS players not in the Top 50 would go to High Majors out of HS anymore. Unless you are elite, you won't play much as a freshman. Go to a mid-major where you can start, have a good year or 2 then get a bag to transfer up.
Who would think Gus would find another D1 team before we get our first commit.🤡
Gus commits to the first team to check his box in the Portal. Last year he committed to us without ever seeing NJ and just did the same to Vermont. Play hard to get GusBus!!
Gus commits to the first team to check his box in the Portal. Last year he committed to us without ever seeing NJ and just did the same to Vermont. Play hard to get GusBus!!
I liked Good Guy Gus...happy for him!
He realistically only had 24 states to choose from given what he enjoys doing in his spare time.
Vermont is a perennial powerhouse in America East. He’ll contribute there and probably do well. He is a very coachable kid.
The only reason for the type of freshman you describe to go to a high major is if you are comfortable possibly not playing much as a freshman and developing the old fashion way. Benefiting from practice against top players, coaching and the normal old school development process. I'm sure some kids who don't play much still get compensated well, especially if the staffs want to keep them. But you raise a great point. Just looking at local mid/low majors, I would absolutely look to get these kids out of HS -- which weren't realistic targets in the past -- and this would be my sell. Come here, play right away, prove your value and have the option to go to a high major as a sophomore, junior or senior. I brought this up in another thread, but look at what Pitino had at Iona a few years ago -- Walter Clayton (All American at Florida now, one of the best guards in the country), Daniss Jenkins (all BE second team two years ago for SJU, now in the NBA), Nelly Joseph (New Mexico's starting center the past two years, so the starting big on NCAA worthy teams), and the Ayo kid at St. John's who was a solid role guy for them this year. All those kids coming out of HS fit your scenario.
Because basketball players would want to play on high major basketball teams. So would you
He has a decent shot at playing in the tournament next year. He was the kind of kid who kept me coming to watch the games. Loved watching and rooting for kids like him to develop over the years. Now we will be rooting for him on a another team, wish him the best.
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Gus was a 4 star recruit coming out of HS. He played at 2 of the best HS programs in the country, IMG & La Lumiere.
I would have started him at the 4 spot day one in the season and not let him rot on the bench. If he did not progress by the opening of the BE season then maybe pull him from the starting rotation. He was not cut out to be a center. I saw him as a power forward. Sha really messed up with this kid. He will do really well at Vermont.
