Kerwin Walton 2020 SG

[jon4thejays]

So after getting Baylor, are we still in on this guy? Two walk ons?

[CouncilBluffsJay]

So after getting Baylor, are we still in on this guy? Two walk ons?

I would assume we're out unless we know someone is leaving by midnight.

[jon4thejays]

He still has. 100% crystal ball for Creighton.

[ZMagic30]

Barring an unexpected exit, Creighton isn’t adding anyone else

[CouncilBluffsJay]

He still has. 100% crystal ball for Creighton.

FWIW no one is really known to be recruiting him. That doesn't mean he isn't being recruited though. Minnesota fans have mentioned him and I've seen one Nebraska fan say that he's visiting Nebraska next week. Wouldn't be surprised if the CB doesn't change unless he tells someone important point blank he's going to "XYZ school"

[vivid_dude]

Missing out on Kerwin a few years ago hurt.
TyTy going back on his commitment felt awful.
We made the final 2 for Josh Primo (current San Antonio Spur) and didn't get it.
A few others out there...

There's no way I can prove this, but I would contend that we wouldn't be a Top 5 team right now heading into next season if those players would have come to Omaha. TyTy and Primo were one-and-dones. Kerwin didn't pan out; maybe he would have at Creighton, but who knows? And putting aside performance and longevity at CU, their presence here would have prevented the current roster from forming as it has.

I hope all of the guys above enjoy tremendous success. We can all succeed.

[Chicagojayfan]

Missing out on Kerwin a few years ago hurt.
TyTy going back on his commitment felt awful.
We made the final 2 for Josh Primo (current San Antonio Spur) and didn't get it.
A few others out there...

There's no way I can prove this, but I would contend that we wouldn't be a Top 5 team right now heading into next season if those players would have come to Omaha. TyTy and Primo were one-and-dones. Kerwin didn't pan out; maybe he would have at Creighton, but who knows? And putting aside performance and longevity at CU, their presence here would have prevented the current roster from forming as it has.

I hope all of the guys above enjoy tremendous success. We can all succeed.

...

This is pretty much it - our circumstances worked out about as well as anyone could have hoped.

In the case of Kerwin, I think he showed a ton of potential his freshman year at NC. Just about every metric went backwards last year. I get made fun of for talking in terms of Per 40 numbers, but they are a good way to show up differences that aren't as apparent when playing time changes:

Pts: 15.6 to 10.3
Assists: 3.5 to 1.3
FG%: 44.4% to 37.3%
3PT%: 42.0% to 35.4%
PFs: 2.0 to 3.2

Provided there isn't something odd going on with him that we don't know about, I think someone's going to get a really nice player wherever he transfers

[SeattleJay]

If the G league elite trials go really well for BS and he decides to go pro (I selfishly hope not and understand a few folks think it’s quite unlikely), is Kerwin still available at that time? Those trials end mid May.

[T-bone]

All comments from Baylor have suggested he is coming back to college while keeping the door only very slightly open.

[gtmoBlue]

ChicagoJay.
A very good look at KW's regression from Frosh to Soph.
However, you left out one metric: Coaching change.
He went from being a sterling frosh under Roy to...
doghouse dweller under lil Hubie. Hubie thinks denegration, fatmouthing,
and browbeating players is a way to motivate them.

Whichever team (UMinn, Drake, other) gets him will inherit a very good player.