LSU's Johnson confirms release of Morgan

by jjreicher on May 14, 2008 3:12 PM PDT Comment 5 comments

Louisiana State men’s basketball coach Trent Johnson confirmed Tuesday that star recruit J’Mison Morgan will be released from his commitment to the school.
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The Bruins can finally contact Morgan now that LSU has released him from his letter of intent.

Not much to say that hasn't already been said at BN about this situation. Hopefully Morgan does indeed come to UCLA and hopefully he can be at least a part-time impact player next year, considering our lack of big men.

Gordon, and potentially Morgan, would receive ample opportunity to start next season as the Bruins must replace Love and center Lorenzo Mata-Real. Junior forward Alfred Aboya may also leave the team to focus on academics, which would open another spot on the roster for the incoming post players.

This last bit is what I'd like to call the "Love Effect." Rare is it that a freshman, especially a freshman big man, comes in and contributes immediately. Rarer still is it when that player wins the POY award in the Pac-10. I have big hopes for Morgan, sure. But Alfred Aboya is a seasoned veteran, a vastly improved player in his time here, a key to our success next year, and a great Bruin, a true representative of our university. I'm sure the author did not intend a slight at Aboya, but it came out sounding that way.

To next year! Go Bruins!

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Alfred Aboya and Bruin basketball

Based on a comment AA made recently when asked about next year (as in “you kidding?”), could be taken either of two ways, and I hope it is the latter. Either he meant, “Come back for all that work when I can focus on academics?”.... or “What makes you think I am not having the time of my life and I realize this has been a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I will seize and go until my eligibility drops off the end of the table, starting or off the bench?”.....
Bill

BillSouthBay

by Mensgym on May 14, 2008 3:33 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Aboya Applying to UCLA Grad Program

Aboya is waiting to see if he will be accepting to the Public Policy grad program at UCLA. If he is accepted, he will also come back to the team for his last year of elgibility.

by Gen2Bruin1987 on May 14, 2008 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Win-win for the school and AA2

Seems the grad program would find a way to accept Aboya. Not because he’s a BB player, but because of his background, his academic achievements thus far, and his unlimited future ahead. That’s the kind of person you want in your program. He’ll be as good for the grad school as the grad school will be for him.

greg in denver

by gbruin on May 15, 2008 7:33 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Agreed.

I’m not sure why some people tend to underestimate or overlook AA2’s incredible contributions to the team, and his tremendous improvment—-surely everyone agrees that KL is well beyond any averages for a freshman player, and several times the very best play by the team happened when KL, LRMAM, and AA2 were on the floor. Also, remember DC’s prediction regarding AA2 in his recent interview. (I’m not about to doubt DC.)

Love My Bruins

by Bruingirl83 on May 15, 2008 9:48 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I can't help but feel...

a bit of schadenfreude over JM’s balking at playing for Trent Johnson. Even moving to the SEC, Trent can’t get a break against UCLA. If you believe this, the main reason he left the Farm was because of his difficulty in recruiting top players.

by BruinTechie on May 15, 2008 11:02 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs