Matt Derenbecker has at least proven that he is an SEC level player

Eddie Ludwig on the other hand needs to grow up and quick. He's way to timid to play at this level right now.

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I don't think anyone is happy with how the team is playing, but some people were saying that Derenbecker wasn't even a D1 player. He reminds me a lot of Ricky Blanton and I think he will go on to have an excellent career at LSU.

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Some of us that actually saw him play in HS predicted as much Bubba. Never understood the guys who said he wasn't SEC calibre. Vandy has made the NCAA tourney many times with guys who's games resembled his coming out of hs. Ideally I would have liked to have seen him and Courtney R/S but times are what they are. When the current freshmen are juniors and with the guys already coming aboard next season this team will contend for the SEC. I'm still hoping Ross-Miller can come back on board after his stint at UNO.

Once he gots his outside stroke going, look out

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MD has at least proven that he is an SEC level player

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I saw Matt play in high school and I didn't have a doubt that in time he would a player.

He's not a hi flyer or a player to bring out the Wows, but he's a solid basketball player who knows how the game should be played. imo

We just have to hold our water for another year to see if TJ can land some of the Louisiana talent on the way out of HS.

Not hating at all, but over the long haul he is going to have to guard MUCH better. It is great to score 12 a game, but if you give up 18, it really doesn't matter much does it?

People were of the belief this guy was good and ranked highly because he was dominant at Country Day don't understand how recruiting works in regards to camps, AAU, and travel tournaments. He didn't just do this at a 1A school against other 1A schools just like Big Baby wasn't just good against 2A teams at U-High.

At least he was thrown into the fire and will only get better.

The next Chris Mullins

Well, he did leave out "Gym Rat," which should be a required element in the Gold Medal round, along with "hustle" sprinkled in liberally.

But, as a long forgotten comedian once said, if stereotypes weren't true, they wouldn't become stereotypes.

"Black people do sit on the porch a lot and Mexicans do have a lot of black velvet paintings."

There's actually a Times-Pic story from last year about Matt D. that calls him a Gym Rat. It's like people know the code words, but they can't help using them.

It's kind of like making player comparisons. I tried not to compare him to Ricky Blanton, but I couldn't help myself.

i've seen the hummel comparison at times, that 1st bucket he scored against ole miss for example.