Montana State men's basketball news: Another forward in, Pfe

Gidal Kaiser · Post by **Gidal Kaiser** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 5:46 pm

http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ap ... s/?p=10729 I'll find out more about Norman in the next day or so, along with who might be joining the staff. Biggest question I have is: who does this affect? There are now seven rostered forwards, two rostered centers and 16 total players on the roster. A Division I team is only allowed 13 scholarships, so something has to give.
ADDENDUM: As far as I know, MItchell Schwab and Steven Davis are current non-basketball scholarship players. Davis has academic/Native American scholarships that cover everything and Schwab is either paying his way or has academic scholarships or both. My only other thought is that the Montana boys - Brumwell or Robison - will be asked to relinquish it. But that's just a thought

BelgradeBobcat · Post by **BelgradeBobcat** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:29 pm

Wow-sounds like a good get. I wonder if he can jack threes?

But seriously...since he was a SMU last year doesn't he have to sit out this season?

Gidal Kaiser · Post by **Gidal Kaiser** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:48 pm

I think he might; the release didn't say. I'll ask Brad when I see him next, which should be sometime this week

jon · Post by **jon** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:10 pm

My best guess would be either Brumwell will lose his scholarship, or Budinich is actually going to be kicked off the team for good (rather than just the suspension)....

LTown Cat · Post by **LTown Cat** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:24 pm

jon wrote:My best guess would be either Brumwell will lose his scholarship, or Budinich is actually going to be kicked off the team for good (rather than just the suspension)....

Im pretty sure Budinich is now a walk-on.

Potomac Griz · Post by **Potomac Griz** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:39 pm

Did he put on 3 inches and pack on 25lbs in the offseason? The article says much needed size at 6'9" 220lbs...

ESPN and the SMU roster has him listed at 6'6" 195.

http://www.smumustangs.com/sports/m-bas ... ric00.html
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketb ... ric-norman

He had some pretty impressive high school stats, so hopefully he's a good one. Haven't found much info on his ability to jack up the 3 though

MSUcantouchus · Post by **MSUcantouchus** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:07 pm

I think I heard Brumwell is transferring to a smaller school.

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BelgradeBobcat · Post by **BelgradeBobcat** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:46 pm

Potomac Griz wrote:ESPN and the SMU roster has him listed at 6'6" 195.

I figured that. Since the Durham days our men's bball players are listed about 2" taller and 20 pounds heavier than they really are. I don't know why they do this-it's almost laughable.

Hawks86 · Post by **Hawks86** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 10:52 pm

From what I could gather he is available to play this year. He was released,along with others, by new coach Larry Brown.

ilovethecats · Post by **ilovethecats** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:46 am

MSUcantouchus wrote:I think I heard Brumwell is transferring to a smaller school.

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so where he should have been to begin with....

i miss the durham days.

LTown Cat · Post by **LTown Cat** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:53 am

I would be interested to see a stat on the retention percentage per year for players and also for coaches under Brad. It can't be very good, especially for players. MSU must turn over close to or above 50% of their roster every season. It seems like that is much higher than normal.

duelalumnicat · Post by **duelalumnicat** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 2:18 pm

Does the APR apply to basketball?

MSUcantouchus · Post by **MSUcantouchus** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:44 pm

ilovethecats wrote:
MSUcantouchus wrote:I think I heard Brumwell is transferring to a smaller school.

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so where he should have been to begin with....

i miss the durham days.

sadly I do too

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Gidal Kaiser · Post by **Gidal Kaiser** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:26 pm

From what I've gathered, Budinich, Davis and Schwab are the three non-scholarship players and Brumwell isn't going anywhere. The other stuff - retention rate of players and coaches - I will look into.

Hawks86 · Post by **Hawks86** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:18 am

duelalumnicat wrote:Does the APR apply to basketball?

Yes. MBB is at 965. Loved Durham but he left with an 804.

I also noticed in one of Gidals B&G posts that Huse has not been given a contract extension. So, barring anything short of a miracle NCAA tournament run, this will be his last year. It will be interesting and potentially fun to see what happens this season.

jon · Post by **jon** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 12:57 pm

Not sure how well it has been published but hearing that he will be eligible right away (which someone else posted in this thread, wanted to confirm I heard it also). Basically when Brown was hired at SMU, he said he could be on academic scholarship but not athletic scholarship, which would basically mean he wasn't part of the team. Needless to say, he transferred out of that situation.