Most exciting for them is that transfer Sam Hauser will be eligible and give the team an offensive kick that was lost a year ago. Forward Jay Huff jumped into the NBA Draft process this past season to get a feel for his value at the professional level. Momentum and a boost to an already great team? It's unlikely Huff would have been drafted after only averaging 8.7 points and 6.2 rebounds a game last season. pic.twitter.com/OQsT5RZApi. Sam and Joey Hauser debuted as NBA Prospects and Markus Howard ranked as the No. We'll be posting articles with up-to-date information on recruits and everything Marquette Basketball. Premier, top-notch content on prospects for the NBA Draft. So yes the Cavaliers will improve, but don't expect there to be a massive shift in the team's culture. Height: 6-8Weight: 225College: VirginiaClassification: Fifth-Year SeniorBirthdate: 12/8/1997, Projected Draft Range: 2nd Round to Undrafted, Good shooter, especially from deepFairly good low post scorerDecent playmakerDecent rebounder, May struggle to consistently create his own shotCan be too passive on offenseMay struggle to guard quicker playersMay only be an average athlete. While Gonzaga and Duke ranked 2nd and 3rd whether you go by their talent or performance to date, you can see the wild discrepancy in Virginia (best performance to date as No.. 1 in Value Add but only 16th in NBA talent) and Kentucky (most talent but only 14th best performance to date) and even more so in Texas (only 41st best performance to date but the 4th most talent on the floor so another Shaka Smart stunning run like he oversaw at VCU is certainly possible. The 6-foot-8 forward is not necessarily known for his defense, an embodiment of the Cavaliers in Bennett's tenure. Here are the questions that we should be asking of Virginia for the 2020-21 season. This year for the first time he'll likely be a night-in, night-out starter. Of course, if it went great and he got the right kind of feedback, then he would have had a decision to make," Bennett said in an interview on Virginia's website. 3 questions for the Virginia Cavaliers entering the CBB season. Looks like a good year in Charlottesville. 2016 Gatorade Wisconsin Boys Basketball POY: Sam Hauser – USA Today: 04/01/2016 2015-16 MaxPreps Boys Basketball All-American Team – MaxPreps/Jason Hickman: 04/15/2016 Markus Howard scores Big East-record 53 points in Golden Eagles’ wild OT win over Creighton – … That's where Hauser will come in. Because the on-and-dones always dominate the freshman class rankings, we do fill out the top ranked 247 ratings of the incoming freshman class, putting Joey Hauser comfortably in the list as the 50th ranked recruit that translates into a “3” and will likely move up in his sophomore year. best NBA Prospect in the Big East according to NBADraft.net he will obviously continue to improve from his current Value Add Ranking as the 2,442th most valuable player to date. 4 if Anthony Edwards, James Wiseman, and LaMelo Ball are selected in … calculates a slightly better chance of Marquette losing the final two games in February - at Providence and then at Villanova - then winning both, so the fear is always that young potential NBA prospects like Duke hit their stride late in the season. Go MU! or if you do, please forward it to a friend who loves MU hoops.... 1. its free... 2. its easy...just go down to the bottom of our front page and type in your email address....or use the link below 3. the only way to add emails to our list is to have the recipients type in their own emails...I cannot add them... 4. "He didn’t get that experience. as well as the coaches’ and writers’ poll. Oregon would rank 3rd in NBA talent if Bol Bol were not out for the season, while Florida would be 29th with Keith Stone, and Vanderbilt’s loss of Darius Garland dropped them from 33rd to out of the following list due to missing the top 50 by two spots. Yeah, he got to do the Zoom interviews and all that, but I thought he got short-changed.". His initial spot is low as a “7” as he debuts as an honorable mention after his top 50 juniors on the prospect list at NBADraftent, but once listed players start to get observed by others. Sign up for our MU Hoops newsletter! Thank you! The threat of playing a team and players that have not played up to their potential could be most evident when MU visits a Providence team that dominated the first half in Milwaukee despite the struggles of freshman point guard, best NBA Prospect in the Big East according to NBADraft.net, but only the 95. most valuable player to date of 107 Big East players based on Value Add. This will also be a new way to share our stories and connect with the MU basketball community. Mock Drafts, Class Rankings and 247 Class Rankings. Kenpom rated him the MVP of the home win over Seton Hall to break the Friars 0-3 Big East start. When compiling the team rankings I give each team credit for 100 points for every prospect on their roster, then adding each of those players’ ratings (e.g. His 14 points per game over his last two years at Marquette would be the highest on the UVA offense last season. Marquette Hoops is now verified on Facebook! The defense was still great (52.4 points allowed, the best in the country), the offense though struggled mightily with 57 points a night. Sam Smith's Top NBA Draft Options for the Bulls at No. Hauser, though, will be their top offensive option and have the capabilities of bringing home nearly 20 points a contest. That was the biggest difference from their championship season to this past one. Last year the Hoos did not have the services of Marquette transfer Sam Hauser. That defensive identity will still be the mantra of the program this upcoming year. Other great players like Michigan State’s Joshua Langford and Virginia Tech’s Justin Robinson (if out for the year) will definitely hurt their team’s Value Add rankings because they both ranked in the top 50, but neither makes the prospect list from NBADraft.net yet. NBA Draft 2020: Scouting report on Deni Avdija and Killian Hayes, top two international players on the board An international coach gives his assessment of two likely top-10 picks Yet, that is not what the Cavs will need him to be with Huff controlling the interior. find the link here https://247sports.com/college/marquette/Article/Check-out-Marquette-Hoopscom-on-Facebook-118488369. And aside from Diakiete and Key, the rest of the roster is returning. Arguably, many regarded him as one of the biggest impact transfers during the 2019 offseason after he averaged 14.9 points, shot 45% from the field and 40% from 3-point range. Diakite, even though he was the primary scorer, did not have the shooting numbers that most Power-5 programs would want from their best player. Offensive rating of 22 (average just over 100) against only the 264. team in the country (Siena) for one of the worst Value Add’s of the season (0 for 5 shooting, 3 turnovers, poor opponent) and has had very poor offensive ratings of below 80 in 11 of his 22 games so far. Huff will assumingly take a step forward as well without playing behind Diakite anymore. Zion Williams is worth 200 points to Duke). Sam Hauser has been the 3rd most valuable Big East player so far according to Value Add, and is listed the first time at NBADraft.net, starting as the 19th best prospect as one of the best juniors on the class rankings page. Difference Between NBADraft.net Future Potential vs. Value Add Value to Date. Menu. Perhaps the most important addition, though, is the subtraction of Diakite and Braxton Key. His initial spot is low as a “7” as he debuts as an honorable mention after his top 50 juniors on the prospect list at NBADraftent, but once listed players start to get observed by others. Offensive struggles plagued the team for most of the year, but before everything was shut down, the Cavaliers finished last season strong. Sam Hauser DraftExpress Profile: scouting reports, videos, stats and logs. Two great appearances against Seton Hall in the past few weeks resulted in fantastic Offensive ratings of 152 and 151 as he scored 26 points despite attempting only 11 field goal attempts in the two games combined and committed only one turnover. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. =================================================================.