VUCommodores.com is reporting that all of Vanderbilt's 3 verbal commitments: Kyle Fuller, a 6'1 point guard from Moreno Valley, CA, Josh Henderson, a 6'11 center from Roanoke, VA, and Rod Odom, a 6'8 forward from Bellport, N.Y. have all submitted signed letters of intent to Coach Kevin Stallings today. Vanderbilt beat out some big time programs UCLA, Louisville, and Wake Forest (just to name a few) for the services of these 3 guys, giving Commodore fans even more to get excited about.
Here's the question though: how is Vanderbilt able to offer 3 scholarships? The NCAA allows men's basketball teams to offer up to 13 full scholarships (partial scholarships are unavailable). Right now, the 16 man roster has only 2 seniors (Jermaine Beal and Chris Meriwether), only 1 of whom is on scholarship. Junior Joe Duffy and redshirt freshman Jordan Smart were walk-ons, but according to the 2009-10 roster, each have been awarded scholarships for this season. Thus, Vanderbilt and CKS have to find 2 additional scholarships from somewhere. The question, is where will these scholarships come from? Will the 2 walk-ons get awarded a scholarship next year? Will just one? Is one of the scholarship players leaving early? Clearly, the coaching staff has thought this out or they wouldn't be signing players they didn't have scholarships for. Let the speculation begin...
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Not sure what the plan is, but this is a good problem to have.
Please start the season already!
Scholarships are coming from the law school: $ saved by not supplying alcohol at University-sponsored social events + tuition increase.
No fuzzy math here.
dan cage felt so bad about actually taking a scholarship for 4 years that he is reimbursing the school.
The process of oversigning your basketball team is not an unheard of thing. In fact, it may mark Vandy's ascension to the ranks of the top programs. Coach Cal had a football team worth of scholarship players a few minutes after signing with Kentucky. Common practice.
They'll more than likely strip Duffy and Smart of their scholarships next year.
Don't forget that at least one player a year leaves the program. Drop a walk-on and some other player will transfer for "unknown reasons", then there will be enough scholarships for the incoming threesome.
Go Dores.
It's good to be GOLD.
Anonymous raises a point. This time last year Calipari had not only his recruits, but also Billy Gillispie's recruits signed up. He found room for all his guys, even if it was at the expense of some other players.
Things can be fineagled I imagine.
Last Season there was an extra scholarship that went unused. Vandy signed Jenkins and tried to sign Ryan Kelly. So essentially, there is an empty scholarship on the books that can be given to a walk-on this season (a 1 yr type of thing). Scholarships are renewed each year, if a walk-on gets one for a season, it is understood that is a season thing.
2) George Drake left over the summer. Nobody filled that scholarship. Again it is likely given to a walkon this season only. Now you have 2 available schollies for next year.
3) Beal graduates, opening up another.
So you have 3 scholarships available for the 2010 class. Walk-ons understand they don't keep their schollie if they are lucky enough to get one for a season.
There will likely be another scholarship available in the Spring if AJ or Taylor go pro. That said I doubt Stallings would use it, so that he can have at least a 2 man class for 2011.
Excellent news. Cave Spring puts out some pretty good talent.
Everyone needs to stop talking about Ogilvy and Taylor going pro. Taylor is not going pro, yet. And Ogilvy will most likely end up another Vandy draftee in the 2nd round that never makes a roster. He's good, but there is no way his injury prone, winded, and easily dominated butt will ever make it in the NBA.
For both of our sakes VandyGold, I hope A.J. comes out and shows an extra gear this year.
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