I went back, and on this site it looks like a thread has hit the 10k mark 3 times.

No Marlon Jones has 11846 views: http://ramblermania.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=759
Smart has 19222 views: http://ramblermania.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=853
New Candidate for AD has 10644 views: http://ramblermania.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=773

Keep an eye on Carson Shanks from North Dakota. 7 foot grad transfer, Mullins recently followed him on twitter.

He put up decent numbers last season but fouls a lot so he only averaged 12 mpg last season. Killed UNI with 17 points and 8 boards in 17 minutes. Would be a great body to have.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... son-shanks

He also followed back along with most of the team, Porter, the MBB page, and the school page. Verbal Commits has him as a verbal commit to Utah St, but in his twitter bio it says "Loyola-Chicago Rambler Basketball Player" I think he might be a "silent commit"

Another great find by Blers!

Interesting. A grad transfer or international player might make a lot of sense for these spots.

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Carson Shanks' signing is official.

It's official:

www.loyolaramblers.com/sports/m-baskbl/ ... 17aaa.html

First seven footer in history? Wow!

Getting pretty excited about next years core. Our depth is really good if even 3 out of the 5 newcomers pan out. I could see him playing 10-15mpg... about what Kirby contributed, maybe a bit more if he stays out of foul trouble. The difference is Shanks has a more polished offensive game and can go up and dunk it when open. Also looks like a good locker room guy to have, great to take some pressure off Krutwig in his freshmen season. Also gives him a good body to practice against as well.

One scholarship left!

"Will be the program's first 7 footer to appear in a game."----well, that's a pretty good way to address the team's lack of size!

"averaged 2.2 rebounds per game"----oh.

Looking at his game log the low numbers are due to foul trouble. Against Southern Utah he somehow fouled out in 10 minutes... ouch
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basket ... son-shanks

Still this late in the cycle it's a solid add; immediate eligibility, and you know what you're getting. I'm just glad we have a big who can do this when open under the basket:
https://twitter.com/undinsider/status/8 ... 4782020608
https://twitter.com/undinsider/status/8 ... 8473623552
https://twitter.com/undinsider/status/7 ... 8281375744

A comparison of last year's performance on a per minute basis of LU's rebounders:

Kirby 9.1 r/40m 7.1 p/40 .458 fg% 289m

Jackson 7.0 23.6 .669 765m

Shanks 7.0 16.8 .542 391m

Ingram 6.8 16.7 .529 945m

It is interesting how shanks & Ingrams stats track.