A couple folks asked me to kind of rank the 2017 Villanova prospects that I have watched closely over the past few weeks.
For the purpose of this discussion I will not include the following guys at this time (don't want to muddy the waters with the guys you may have seen mentioned with 'Nova but that the Cats aren't in good shape with): Knox, Bowen, Diallo).
In order to try to not turn this into a debate on positions, I have created only two lists - one is for the guys who are primarily viewed as point guards and the other is for the guys who can be generally classified as wings. To add some clarity, I have put in parentheses behind the name of each wing player the number designator (from the old school PG / 1, SG / 2, SF / 3, PF / 4 world) that most closely describes the skill set of each wing player (the skills most commonly identified with each old school position). In each case that number is based on my view of the players skill set as of today from my observations - not projections. I also have noted with a Pass or RS in parentheses those players I wouldn't offer or would offer if they were willing to redshirt.
First the PG list:
1 Trevon Duval
2T Chris Lykes
2T Quade Green
3 Tremont Waters (pass)
4 Daron Russell (pass)
Now the wings:
1 Brandon Randolph (2)
2 Lonnie Walker (2)
3 D.J. Harvey (3)
4 Jordan Tucker (3)
5 Hameir Wright (4) (RS)
6 Jermaine Samuels (3) (pass)
7 Justin Smith (3) (pass)
For the purpose of this discussion I will not include the following guys at this time (don't want to muddy the waters with the guys you may have seen mentioned with 'Nova but that the Cats aren't in good shape with): Knox, Bowen, Diallo).
In order to try to not turn this into a debate on positions, I have created only two lists - one is for the guys who are primarily viewed as point guards and the other is for the guys who can be generally classified as wings. To add some clarity, I have put in parentheses behind the name of each wing player the number designator (from the old school PG / 1, SG / 2, SF / 3, PF / 4 world) that most closely describes the skill set of each wing player (the skills most commonly identified with each old school position). In each case that number is based on my view of the players skill set as of today from my observations - not projections. I also have noted with a Pass or RS in parentheses those players I wouldn't offer or would offer if they were willing to redshirt.
First the PG list:
1 Trevon Duval
2T Chris Lykes
2T Quade Green
3 Tremont Waters (pass)
4 Daron Russell (pass)
Now the wings:
1 Brandon Randolph (2)
2 Lonnie Walker (2)
3 D.J. Harvey (3)
4 Jordan Tucker (3)
5 Hameir Wright (4) (RS)
6 Jermaine Samuels (3) (pass)
7 Justin Smith (3) (pass)
