Scott Suggs Will Redshirt

by thecassino on Dec 9, 2011 1:54 PM PST

Scott Suggs will not play this season after undergoing surgery before the start of the year. The thought was that he'd come back and be able to contribute by midseason and be ready to go for conference play.This effectively makes Darnell Gant the only senior on the roster, which does a couple things:
1) Alleviates recruiting concerns for this year, as there will only be one available scholarship.
2) Makes next year's team better, as it will be bringing almost everybody out.

These two things are of course contingent on transfers and early entries, and while nobody on the roster has really played well enough to move up draft boards all it takes it a hot March.

Suggs is one of the best shooters in the country, and having a full season of him next year is better than part of a season this year. He would have had to work his way into a rotation that already has some pretty good players and he'd be doing so from a disadvantage not being 100%. All in all, probably the right move for all parties involved.

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Good to have hime back

Makes me wonder about the scholarship balance again. We will have one available for next year, but 2 freshmen redshirting (Jerrau and Andrews). 2013 becomes important for recruiting, and we should have 3 players leaving then (Gaddy, N’Diaye and Suggs).

Hopefully the team will be ready for Duke tomorrow morning! Could be another fun game to watch if they play like they did against Marquette. Somebody needs to step up as the closer on this team (calling for Ross to demand the ball more at the end of the game!).

Benno

by Benno on Dec 9, 2011 2:32 PM PST reply actions

Ross

I think he was calling for the ball. Not sure on the last play, the only guy that was open was Gant

by CODawg on Dec 9, 2011 2:38 PM PST up reply actions

Lots of big time players being targeted for 2013

And a lot of them are very interested in UW. Wouldn’t worry about that class too much.

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by thecassino on Dec 9, 2011 2:44 PM PST up reply actions

Haven't been following the basketball recruiting

May I ask who the potential recruits are?

by Carl Shinyama on Dec 9, 2011 3:04 PM PST up reply actions

I hope your right about noone leaving

But I think Ross is gone.

by CODawg on Dec 9, 2011 2:38 PM PST reply actions

Hopefully not.

by Carl Shinyama on Dec 9, 2011 2:40 PM PST up reply actions

He's the wildcard

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by thecassino on Dec 9, 2011 2:42 PM PST up reply actions

Suggs coming back next year alleviates the loss of Ross by a lot though.

I don’t think Suggs is as good as Ross, but he can fill the same role Ross is playing on this years team next year if Ross leaves early.

by UW11Bowdown on Dec 9, 2011 5:55 PM PST up reply actions

I wouldn't bet on Ross being gone just yet.

… he needs to put up Klay Thompson like production to get into the lottery. He’s capable, but just being able to jump isn’t going to make him a first round draft pick. There is a lot of season left, but he’s not dominating anything yet.

Damn, my eyeball tastes good.
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by Gekko Mojo on Dec 9, 2011 6:18 PM PST up reply actions

Damn it

Happy that we get him another year, but disappointed that we won’t see him this year.

by kschimke on Dec 9, 2011 4:51 PM PST reply actions

The weird Superman coming to save us by some

was way overboard. I know it sucks not having that go-to guy since it’s arguably cost us two games now, but thinking Suggs is that guy is…optimistic at best. Don’t get me wrong, I love the guy, one of the best shooters in the Pac, but he’s never been more than a roleplayer.

I expect he’ll step up his game in his final season, but with all the doom and gloom around, people were really grasping thinking he’d transform the team with his veteran leadership. Ross needs to step up to that role since he’s the only guy who can reliably create his own shot against tough competition.

by Skeptical Dawg on Dec 9, 2011 9:29 PM PST reply actions