There is an eternal debate over what college basketball coaches should do with scholarships that come open late in the recruiting cycle. Some coaches will simply “bank” the scholarship for the next year’s recruiting class, often carrying less than the allotted maximum on the roster. The theory goes that if they take a chance on a guy late in the process, the program might get stuck with a subpar talent on the roster. Then again, the fact that coaches will more or less intentionally go into a season with 11 players on scholarship suggests that it doesn’t really make much of a difference if the 12th and 13th players on the roster aren’t up to snuff.
Jerry Stackhouse picked up the young point guard over the summer.
