It's official: Marcus Thornton to Georgia
The news broke on Twitter several hours ago, but it wasn't until his press conference at 11 am CT that 2010 Atlanta Westlake forward Marcus Thornton announced his intentions to play basketball for the home-state Georgia Bulldogs.
Texas was relatively late getting in on his recruitment, but losing Thornton most likely means that the Longhorns will not add another player to the 2010 class and will finally need to get some production from the triumvirate of Clint Chapman, Alexis Wangmene, and Matt Hill, hardly a guarantee.
It also puts more pressure on Gary Johnson and Tristan Thompson to log major minutes, replace the production of Dexter Pittman and Damion James and avoid foul trouble.
It's obviously not the end of the world, but losing Thornton hurts because Texas needed another frontcourt player who could come in and contribute immediately as a rebounder and finisher around the rim, exactly the skills that Thornton will now be showing off for the Bulldogs.
Best of luck to Marcus in Athens.
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He did what was best for him, but I was real excited to see him come here.
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I don't know
if it will be as much about replacing the production of Damo and Pitt, as it will be about increasing the production of our back court. Gary and Tristan should be very quality and yes, we need them to contribute significantly. And the 3 other bigs should do the dirty work and commit the fouls.
But if we are going to have success, don’t you think it will be because Ward, Brown, Joseph, and Hamilton provide the production?
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