Quote from: AndOne on August 26, 2013, 05:06:29 PMQuote from: petemcb on August 26, 2013, 02:52:34 PM
Any word on whether Luke Johnson is returning to BU this year?
Surprisingly, Johnson was active with the BU squad in the recently completed summer league at JOG in Deerfield. I say surprisingly because, from all accounts, the story he gave Bosko when he left Carthage was that he felt he is a D1 level player currently and a future NBA player, and the way to D1 and the NBA was not through Carthage. Therefore, I think the combined local D3Hoops community was somewhat shocked when he showed up not at a D1, but at Benedictine last season. I had assumed BU was just a way station on the trail to D1 which Johnson declared himself fit for when he bid adieu to Carthage. Accordingly, that is why I found it surprising to see him still associated with the BU boys this summer. Perhaps the D1s he contacted decided that they really had no use for a soft 6'9" player who disdains any form of physical inside play, and instead prefers to hang out around the arc and fire up threes, on which he was successful an astounding 23% of the time at BU last year.
In conclusion, all indications point to Johnson playing for BU again this year. Likely just a short delay on his way to NBA stardom. I'm sure the BU staff is happy to have the benefits of his services again. He is one heck of a D3 player, that most D3 teams would be thrilled to have.
According to Coach Bunk's Twitter, it sounds like he'll be staying at BU for good...Like you AndOne, as a former Eagle, wasn't exactly impressed with how Johnson and the 6'8 or 6'9 Tim McGinty played together. Granted they had only half a season together and I expect better things this year, but in a conference that isn't exactly a big and tall conference (most bigs tend to be 6'5 or 6'6) they didn't exactly dominate.