Welcome to MSU, Kyle Ahrens

6'5" SG from Ohio, committed last night according to Rexrode. At work so hard to do the linking thing.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recruiting/player-Kyle-Ahrens-141382

Great another skinny white kid. Just what we always seem to need.....

Blanch32 wrote:Great another skinny white kid.  Just what we always seem to need.....

Racist.

My scouting report based on his photo:

High basketball IQ
Student of the game
Gym rat
Does the little things
High motor
Gamer
Loves to play defense

http://www.freep.com/article/20140606/SPORTS07/306060110/kyle-ahrens-michigan-state-basketball

The spirit of Byrdman lives on.

After breaking his leg in a game in December and missing most of his junior year...

Welcome, but I'm not going to lie. Reading that tidbit made me a lot less excited.

Sorry but I'd rather have high motor guys who play defense than primadonnas any day of the week. UConn schooled MSU with defense. They really only had one clutch shooter for that game.

Rodeo Burger wrote:My scouting report based on his photo:

High basketball IQ
Student of the game
Gym rat
Does the little things
High motor
Gamer
Loves to play defense

Coach's son?

Blanch32 wrote:Great another skinny white kid.  Just what we always seem to need.....

Duke never has any luck with these kids.

Turtleneck wrote:

Duke never has any luck with these kids.

In case you haven't been able to tell, we ain't duke nor play their style

Blanch32 wrote:

In case you haven't been able to tell,  we ain't duke nor play their style

What sucks is even Izzo's own son realizes we aren't Duke. Deep down you know that must have hurt his old man for his son to pick Duke over us in his bracket. And then have his son be right.

HillSpartan wrote:

Well, provided he can get the full 30 seconds he seems to require to set up his jumper he should be fine.

Giant Moose wrote:After breaking his leg in a game in December and missing most of his junior year...

Welcome, but I'm not going to lie. Reading that tidbit made me a lot less excited.

Hmmm. I've seen this movie before...

Welcome Kyle !!

Looks good to me.

Giant Moose wrote:After breaking his leg in a game in December and missing most of his junior year...

Welcome, but I'm not going to lie. Reading that tidbit made me a lot less excited.

To me, this means he'll spend his entire Sr year trying gain trust in his healed leg. His freshman year at State will be spent learning how to play real basketball and get in shape.

Cautiously optimistic.

All Your Base wrote:

To me, this means he'll spend his entire Sr year trying gain trust in his healed leg.  His freshman year at State will be spent learning how to play real basketball and get in shape.

Cautiously optimistic.

I don't think that's the case at all. Since getting back on the court, he's been tearing it up. 2 recruiting analysts had mentioned him as a guy who is way underrated (at about #150 in the nation). He couldn't be playing timid if he's getting that kind of unsolicited praise.

All Your Base wrote:

To me, this means he'll spend his entire Sr year trying gain trust in his healed leg.  His freshman year at State will be spent learning how to play real basketball and get in shape.

Cautiously optimistic.

Sadly this is where I am, too. This feels like it's gonna be 3 years of hearing about how this kid shot 100 threes in practice at a 90% clip while he averages 2.7 PPG over that stretch.

Could be Byrd. Could be Stauskas.

Bill S. Preston, Esquire wrote:Could be Byrd. Could be Stauskas.

True. Until I see otherwise, though, I'm inclined to view him as the latest recipient of the Tom Izzo Backcourt Diversity Scholarship.

Didn't know his Bro was at tOSU?

Sibling rivalry: Ahrens brothers set to meet in Michigan State-Ohio State matchup

lol, I just scrolled all the way to the top. Seeing Rexrode's name makes this thread seem ancient.

Which it is.

Is Rexrode still working in Tennessee?

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Is Rexrode still working in Tennessee?

Rexrode never stops applying for work that’s farther away from you.