Gary Franklin To Baylor

by shaq on Jan 12, 2011 11:17 PM PST

Considering our extreme lack of depth at the point guard position, I would have thought that CBH would have made a strong run at Gary Franklin, who recently transferred from Cal to Baylor. At UCLA, he would have been able to join his high school teammates, the Wear twins and TL. I'm concerned with our inability to sign a quality PG and possibly passing up on Franklin.

Does anyone have any information on why we either were not interested in Franklin or he was not interested in UCLA?

It is pretty depressing to see that half of the Mountain West Conference is better that us. Something is terribly wrong at UCLA and I just don't see it getting any better.

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My assumption

is that Cal would not let him transfer to another Pac-12 school.

by LavinRuinedCollege on Jan 12, 2011 11:29 PM PST reply actions

also he would lose a year of eligibility if he stayed in the same conference

from what I understand. A shame but maybe another transfer will pop up somewhere around the country.

by BruinEngy on Jan 12, 2011 11:34 PM PST reply actions

I believe

he loses a year of eligibility no matter where he goes. Same as the wear twins.

by OswegoBruin on Jan 13, 2011 9:31 AM PST up reply actions

Not true, exactly.

Going out of the Pac he sits an academic year, but within the NCAA’s five year limit of beginning and ending eligibility would have the ability to play a total of four basketball seasons – not losing any athletic eligibility. By the Pac rules, an inter-league transfer also loses a year of athletic eligibility.

So, to Baylor he restarts next January in the middle of his freshman basketball year (and gets to play alongside Bobo!) If he came here, he’d restart next January in the middle of his sophomore basketball year.

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by KSBruin on Jan 13, 2011 10:07 AM PST up reply actions

Trust me when I say this

You want no part of Franklin. If he couldn’t handle Monty’s style, you would have seen the same problems with Howland.

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by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 13, 2011 2:07 AM PST reply actions

Ditto

Franklin may be a nice kid and all, but from all appearances it seems that he’s got some very bad ghosts whispering in his ear telling him how great he is. He would have been the exact wrong fit for Howland and your team.

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by SoCal Oski on Jan 13, 2011 7:15 AM PST up reply actions

Actually

He’d fit in perfectly with our team.

Not that that’s a good thing.

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by gbruin on Jan 13, 2011 8:04 AM PST up reply actions

LOL!

Also, is he a PG or more of a 2 guard? With Norman Powell coming, and Lamb already here, and Lee going nowhere, he might not see much playing time anyway.

But hey, what do I know. I’m just the 800 lbs bruin in the room.

by tasser10 on Jan 13, 2011 8:45 AM PST up reply actions

Depends on who you ask

No, really. According to yesterday’s SF Chronicle, Franklin and Monty could not even agree on whether Gary played point guard or shooting guard while at Mater Dei.

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by Patroclus on Jan 13, 2011 9:13 AM PST up reply actions