If he adjusts to this level of basketball quickly enough, he looks like he could be an exciting player. If all of these guys who have committed indeed sign in a couple of weeks, this is one of the deepest recruiting classes we've had in a while.

 

Thanks Rick.  I did not realize this but he lead the JUCO ranks in scoring

Nick Sloan‏@NJSloanKCK7 MarTra'Vaughn White led the entire National Junior College AA in scoring this season. He also won a few awards as well. FREAKING STUD.

Correct article:

http://www.kcbluedogs.com/2013/03/former-blue-dog-travaughn-white-wins.html

He averaged 25.9 points a game in the 2012-13 season. He's also improved his rebounding since graduating from Washington High School - averaging 5.5 rebounds a game.

He shot 53.6 percent from the field this season.

 

Last edited by CLK (4/05/2013 11:54 am)

So, who are the players that make up this class? I see Watkins listed on Scout's database. Watkins and White are listed on the Rivals base. I know we have Jordan Robinson and Desmond Ridenour. Is there another player coming in this year?

 

Last edited by xlopjoe (4/05/2013 1:36 pm)

xlopjoe wrote:

So, who are the players that make up this class? I see Watkins listed on Scout's database. Watkins and White are listed on the Rivals base. I know we have Jordan Robinson and Desmond Ridenour. Is there another player coming in this year?

 

 You have all four that are either signed (Watkins) or committed Robinson, Ridenour, and now White.   I would expect at least one more and possibly save the other remaining scholarships for next year.

Last edited by levon1975 (4/05/2013 2:27 pm)

CLK wrote:

Here are his JUCO stats


 

That's a great stat line. At 497.8 points per 40 minutes (1242.4 in conference play), we might need to limit his game time to around 35 minutes in order to let the nets cool down.

PG Article

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/duquesne/duquesne-adds-two-to-recruiting-class-682243/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Trib Article

http://triblive.com/sports/college/district/3788074-74/college-dukes-duquesne#axzz2PWPYM5IK
 

I never got the hype on the board about Evans. The fact that no Big 10 schools were after him spoke volumes to me.  Robinson wasn't that highly regarded. We have two 3 star guys in this class. When did that ever happen? No one of note came in with Pipkins.

CLK wrote:

PG Article

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/sports/duquesne/duquesne-adds-two-to-recruiting-class-682243/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Trib Article

http://triblive.com/sports/college/district/3788074-74/college-dukes-duquesne#axzz2PWPYM5IK
 

Great comments from his current coach: " He's an explosive player who's hard to stop coach Tony Turner said. He can get to the rim. And it doesn't matter who's there, he can get right over the top of anybody.

Meet our new friend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV3CdZ_jdHU
 

levon1975 wrote:

duq81 wrote:

On paper, when was the last time we landed a class this good? 1978, with Atkins, Arnold, Bill Clark, and Rod Scott? The ill fated class of 1970, with Lionel, Searcy, Kinsey, and Oscar Jackson,?

 
Dan Slater from Monaca was in the class with Train.  Slater was a talented player who suffered a bad ankle injury, and never fully recovered.  WIth the progress we've made in medicine he might have had a chance to make a full recovery today.

The Big Train was actually considered the third best of those recruits after Searcy and Kinsey. Does anyone remember Donny White, who was also in that class? He left DU for Maryland after a dust up with a Dukes walk-on. He was a big prospect, but disappeared at Maryland.

Despite Duquesne's lack of success with JUCO players (Remember Ernie Cooper??   Remember MO DRINKS (OR UN-REMEMBER HIM)  Myles Powers??)  Akthouhg those were players from a Bygone Era - Our JUCO record is somewhat disappointing. 

Looks like Travaughn might be a POSITIVE get for us --   How many players that size AVERAGE OVER 5 REBOUNDS A GAME???   It seemed like we got maybe 20% of the loose ball/long rebounds this year -  maybe Trevaughn is a little like Wayne Gretzky -  who said 'I GO TO WHERE THE PUCK IS GOING TO GO -  NOT WHERE IT'S ALREADY BEEN" 

Wrlcome on Board Trevaughn!!

We have had some success with JUCOs (add Billy Searles and Rocky White to the list)  Those were two local kids from CCAC so we had a better idea of what we were getting.  Barnett Harris was another JUCO who had a solid career at the Bluff -  still on the whole I think the minus players have exceeded the plus players.

Even though there was nowhere near as much size back then -  still seeing Billy Searles at 6'6 maybe 190 as our CENTER is another indication of how the game has changed.

As for Maurice Drinks -- Younger members probably never heard of him (same for some of our "middle aged" fans) -  Mo was a 6'10 JUCO who selected Duquesne over UNLV (and this was when Tark had some terrific teams which were almost exclusively JUCOs) but never played a game here -  left school due to some "personal" problems -  never heard from again. (didn't play for any major school etc.