The McGuire Room

If I get anything worth passing along I will certainly do it however there is usually not much to pass along. For example, right now none of the freshman are on campus.

gunter are we gonna get thornwell,annd jenkins

Right now, I think South Carolina is in very good shape for both. The Gamecocks would also likely take both at this moment.

I know he was injured, I had not heard about surgery but I doubt it is anything serious.

My take. Both are solid complimentary players. As long as they are expected to be cogs in the wheel they should be successful. I personally think Gill has more upside on O and Harris mor on D. They are both quality players. Neither are what you'd call physical players and in that way, were not terribly good fits for Martin's system.

martin is recruiting man sized players. Horn recruited players 20+ lbs lighter in may instances.

Prince PG 6'2'' 190 grew up in NYC. will be a savy PG with some socring ability.
Hall SF 6'5'' 200 adds badly needed scoring ability. When will he be the starter????
6'8'' Lithuanian 215 excellent shooter. Will get better with experience
7' Lithuanian 250 physical presence in the paint. Not a shot blocker. good shooter.

Not sure we are done yet. Dickerson would have been nice but appears headed elsewhere.
Thornwell and Jenkins would be great fits (IMO) in Martin's system. Hopefully we can find room for the 6'9'' big from Miami that's so versitile.

I am really curious to see what the talent level is of our returning players. Martin is hands down a better coach than Horn. We will play much better defense. We will value the ball. We will work the ball inside and get baskets or foul shots.

Be more efficient on offense and tough on defense. Soce 6 to 8 more per game. Allow 6 to 8 less a game. That's the formula for an 81 - 20 games win season.

To me, Gill had a lot of upside, but sort of trailed off as the season went on. Considering he transferred and likely would have anyway, you have to wonder about his commitment. I think there is a reasonable chance he is an all conference player at some point and he will be a solid starter if not. I'm not sure you can really gauge him too much by what he did as a true freshman on a bad team with no real offensive cohesion, especially after he checked out. He shot a good percentage from the arc, showed an ability to put it on the floor and pass it, but not much of a post game.

Harris to me will be an all conference player and perhaps a candidate for defensive player of the year when he is elgible, subject to whatever lottery picks Calipari brings in. His development seemed to be accelerating as the year went on. With a transfer year to work on his offense, he might be a really good player next time we see him. That to me was the question -- whether he would ever do much offensively.

If not, he is going to get you 10-12 points off of putbacks and dunks, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks, IMO.

No he has not visited. He took a few other visits but not to South Carolina. The staff has really not focused on 2013 as much as you would think due to having to deal with academic issues with Hall and Phillip to get them in and then making sure they aren't missing any other good available 2012's. I expect the 2013 recruiting to really pick up this month as they now are able to move forward.

Assuming we sign Kris Jenkins, who else would we like to sign in the 2013 class?

It will be interesting to see how they elect to play things. With the addition of Stroman, the point guard position is not as big a need now and from what I understand junior college point guard Chris Jones is likely to wait until the spring which works well for the Gamecocks as they can wait and see what they really have before making a decision.

Along with Jenkins I think it is likely they will sign either Thornwell or Williams and then a big man. If they need a point guard then you could add him to the list as well to make for a total of four players.

He has not committed yet. He may be waiting on clearance from some academics similar to what Hall and Phillip are doing right now.

It is pretty important that Hall qualifies. He would be one of the top scorers as soon as he set foot on campus and could make an offensive impact as a freshman.

Hall could play either the two or three depending on the line up.

Yes, South Carolina will have an elite camp later on. We are not releasing details of it right now but will have more on it later.

Dozier is not around USC as much as you would hope or like.He does know Stroman but I would not consider them overly close.

Is Martin recruiting Thon Maker, the 7' C in class of 2016?