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BOOM! Raequan Battle

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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by Griz__00 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:47 pm

25% from the floor and 20% for 3 on a UW team we beat in a down year, and you say “boom”?😂



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by Hawks86 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 3:01 pm

it's so simple maybe you need a refresher course.


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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by Cataholic » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:41 pm

Griz__00 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:47 pm
25% from the floor and 20% for 3 on a UW team we beat in a down year, and you say “boom”?😂
If you want to talk smack, go to the smack board. Moderators - please do something about this 5th grader that keeps derailing threads.



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by mslacatfan » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:58 pm

Cataholic wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:41 pm
Griz__00 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:47 pm
25% from the floor and 20% for 3 on a UW team we beat in a down year, and you say “boom”?😂
If you want to talk smack, go to the smack board. Moderators - please do something about this 5th grader that keeps derailing threads.
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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by mslacatfan » Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:59 pm

Congrats Raequan! Looking forward to seeing what you can do!


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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by MSU01 » Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:49 pm

Looks like he'll have three years of eligibility at MSU if he takes advantage of his extra year. Very highly ranked coming out of high school, appearing in several national Top 100 rankings. Never really appeared to get it going at UW but the talent is clearly there!



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by coachouert » Sun Apr 11, 2021 7:57 pm

Griz__00 wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 2:47 pm
25% from the floor and 20% for 3 on a UW team we beat in a down year, and you say “boom”?😂
#moraLvictories


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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by BelgradeBobcat » Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:29 pm

No Big Sky school would have had a shot at getting this kid out of high school. He's definitely worth the risk of a scholarship. Maybe Sprinkle can push the right buttons to really get him going. Sometimes a change in scenery makes all the difference.



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by ilovethecats » Mon Apr 12, 2021 8:43 am

BelgradeBobcat wrote:
Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:29 pm
No Big Sky school would have had a shot at getting this kid out of high school. He's definitely worth the risk of a scholarship. Maybe Sprinkle can push the right buttons to really get him going. Sometimes a change in scenery makes all the difference.
Absolutely. Despite poor numbers last season, he is most definitely worth the risk.

In regards to Sprinkle getting him going, my wish list for about 18 years running is STILL to get a knock down shooter. We were spoiled there for a stretch starting with coach himself. Then Justin Brown and Pete Conway. Hell, throw Lazosky in the conversation. Guys that when they shot, you were surprised when it DIDN'T go in. In this offense, I think a big time shooter would be a difference maker.



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by imacat » Tue Apr 13, 2021 6:23 pm

Welcome to the Bobcat Family RaeQuan!!

I found this article discussing him entering the transfer portal.

https://247sports.com/college/washingto ... 163123620/



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Post by thefrank1 » Thu Apr 22, 2021 9:04 am

I'm excited to see him perform here. He's got a lock on the All Big Sky Hair Team!


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Post by grizzh8r » Sun May 02, 2021 8:29 am

Sounds like an introspective dude who was a square peg trying to be shoved into a round hole by the UW coaching staff. Super excited that the Cats get him for 3 years. Hopefully he blossoms into his full potential under Sprinkle's tutelage. If he does and Sprinkle has recruited the right complementary pieces, he, Belo and crew should win a lot of games the next few years, break the drought and go dancing at least once, hopefully more! IMO, MSU finally has the size/length and some depth with similar talent to legitimately compete for BSC titles.


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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by Bobcat4Ever » Mon May 03, 2021 12:10 am

I’m just liking this guy. And I think he made a great choice in Montana State, for all of his goals.



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by kennethnoisewater » Mon May 03, 2021 9:11 am

I've been thinking about this guy the last few days, and I'm excited for him and for MSU, but I'm also excited for the Native Americans in the northwest to possibly have somebody to look up to. I'd rather watch a good team from a place like Rocky Boy or Lodge Grass or Arlee than anybody else, at least in Montana. It's just so much fun and free. And when you talk to those guys, they help you understand just how much basketball means to them and their communities. They're from a warrior culture, and when warriors can't be warriors anymore, they lose their purpose in life. Basketball gives them a chance to still be warriors, and it gives so many of them so much life. But basketball ends for them, and sometimes it ends during high school because of drugs, alcohol, suicide, challenges with academics, or because they've started a family. For others, it ends because their game has never translated into the college game. "There ain't no plays", like Raequan Battle said. That's what makes it fun, but college coaches just look at it and realize there's not much they can do with that.

If he's able to be successful, it will be in part because Danny can find a way to make that "rez ball" style work at the college level. It will also take Battle making some changes to his game I'm sure, but hopefully in a way that he feels like he can play free. And if that works, there is some real talent in this state every year that just doesn't quite work most of the time at the college level. Maybe it can help MSU, but ultimately I hope it can help some of these kids on the reservations get out of the generational cycles of substance abuse, suicide and poor health that so many of them are in. I'm excited for this guy, and not just because I think he can help MSU win games.


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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by duelalumnicat » Mon May 03, 2021 11:22 am

Thank you kennethnoisewater. That is a great post.



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Re: BOOM! Raequan Battle

Post by RickRund » Mon May 03, 2021 2:42 pm

duelalumnicat wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 11:22 am
Thank you kennethnoisewater. That is a great post.
Yes, very good post.


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