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Michael Kessens transferring in from Longwood U.?

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Michael Kessens transferring in from Longwood U.

According to the scout site this kid is transferring to UA:

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Looks like he put up some decent numbers against fairly decent competition, 17 points against Arkansas.
 
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Almost averaged a double double.. But don't know much about him. But nothing wrong with getting a big who can score.
 
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Looking at Kessens' Twitter, it seems Malik Smith from FIU (14 ppg) also visited with him and is considering the Tide. I wonder if CAG is not confident in the upcoming class, or he feels another may jump ship. Including Tarrant and Kessens, Smith would be a 3rd transfer who sits a year before they're eligible.
 
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jangalang said:
Looking at Kessens' Twitter, it seems Malik Smith from FIU (14 ppg) also visited with him and is considering the Tide. I wonder if CAG is not confident in the upcoming class, or he feels another may jump ship. Including Tarrant and Kessens, Smith would be a 3rd transfer who sits a year before they're eligible.
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Malik Smith has already graduated. Could he play immediately if he has eligibility left?

Check that he may have only graduated from Jr. College
 
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Without looking at either player's situation, I'd say the 2015 and 2016 recruiting are both going to be pretty big.
 
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One positive note about these transfers is that they will provide the other guys with some good competition during practice. Tarrant, Kessens, and hopefully Smith (assuming he has to sit a year) teamed up with the incoming freshmen Hale and Taylor should provide some good match-ups for Engstrom, Jacobs, Cooper, Key, Pollard, Retin, Releford, and Randolph. With some mixing-and-matching back and forth between freshmen and veterans we should have the best practice squad since CAG arrived.
 
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seebell said:
Malik Smith has already graduated. Could he play immediately if he has eligibility left?

Check that he may have only graduated from Jr. College
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Thought he had a four-year degree. Even if he had a two-year associate's degree, he could play immediately. Kessen sits a year...
 
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TIDE-HSV said:
Thought he had a four-year degree. Even if he had a two-year associate's degree, he could play immediately. Kessen sits a year...
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That would be great if we get Smith and he is eligible to play immediately. I'm still holding out hope there is a big man somewhere that can come in and play right away.
 
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Malik Smith

Looks like Smith has been around the block. Post-grad year at Notre Dame Prep, stint at South Plains College, and a year at Jacksonville College, before playing this past season at FIU. It also says he did receive his Associate's degree.
 
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Rumor out is that recently ousted Longwood coach Gillian may be part of the kessens deal coming to bama as an assistant
 
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A Juco and 2 transfers. Interesting.
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With two transfers that limits us to eleven scholarship players on the active roster. I hope we don't have a couple injuries or the bench will get thin in a hurry.
 
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With two transfers that limits us to eleven scholarship players on the active roster. I hope we don't have a couple injuries or the bench will get thin in a hurry.
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Our bench was thin already. The only way it wouldn't be thin is if the transfers were Freshmen.
 
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so is there any info out there on what style of player Michael Kessens is?
 
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Re: Michael Kessens transferring in from Longwood U.

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With two transfers that limits us to eleven scholarship players on the active roster. I hope we don't have a couple injuries or the bench will get thin in a hurry.
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Sometimes I wonder if I our fans watch basketball outside of Bama. Remember 2 maybe 3 years ago when UNC was down to walk-on PG bc they had an unexpected transfer and Kendall was injured. Contrary to popular belief this stuff happens.
 
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