Recruits should add some competition in the lineup
By ANTHONY GAGLIANO
Published April 21, 2004
TAMPA - As many as four new faces could dot USF's starting lineup in 2004.
Those were coach Robert McCullum's words as the Bulls announced their spring signings Tuesday. The team added guard Montavious Waters and forwards Marius Prekevicius and Maurice Mobley on Wednesday and guard Collin Dennis and forward Solomon Jones in the fall. It's possible one or two more signings could come.
"There could be nine or 10 guys, undoubtedly, capable of starting," McCullum said. "The bench is the best weapon out there. So there could be not that much of a difference between the guy who starts and the guy who doesn't. And you want it that way."
Waters brings a 6-3, 195-pound frame to the point guard position out of Westover High in Albany, Ga., where he averaged 19.5 points and made first-team all-state.
Waters and Dennis, a 6-2, 180-pounder from North Richland Hills, Texas, could form the starting backcourt when the team enters the Big East in 2005.
"They have the potential to have people saying, "How did they get those two guys,' " McCullum said.
Prekevicius, 6-5, plays for the Lithuanian under-21 team this summer. He brings three years of eligibility after playing one year at Weatherford College in Texas.
Mobley brings the size, checking in at 6-5, 240 pounds. Playing for Parkland College in Champaign, Ill., he averaged 12.1 points and 8.8 rebounds to earn all-conference and all-region honors.
