Some late recruiting news came out today. Former Maryland recruit, Martin Breunig, has signed a financial aid agreement with Washington. With the departure of Maryland's coach, Breunig was released from his scholarship agreement with Maryland. The other school in contention for the 6'9'' 235lb big man was USF. Let's be honest, USF has nothing to offer when compared to UW, so losing out on him would have been a big red flag in my mind.
The difference between a financial aid agreement and a scholarship is fairly subtle overall, but important. Essentially UW is tied to Breunig, but Breunig is not tied to UW. Breunig can "decommit" from UW at any point, but UW has to give him a scholarship should he hold true to his word.
He is described as a better midrange shooter than a finisher at the basket, but has the tools and muscle to get it done around the rim. He will likely find his main role at the 4 position, but occasionally pushed to a 5 when Aziz needs a sub or gets in foul trouble.
Speaking of Aziz, sounds like the big man has gotten bigger and added some more muscle to his frame. The scoring is still developing, but Romar will get him there. Never fear.
Now that school is done for the year, I'll have some more time to write and I'll try to get a article up about the incoming recruits for 2011-2012.
Thanks for the updates.
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Ed
No problem and thanks for the support.
ReplyDeleteIf he comes close to the last (3) Husky Germans, Husky Nation will be estatic. Shrempf, Welp, and Zevenbergen. Don't remember if Peter Gudmundson was German.
ReplyDeleteYeah, if he is half the player those guys were, our big man problem will be solved. Realistically I just hope he is worth 15 minutes of play time and can score 8 points a game, maybe grab 6 or 7 boards.
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