Posted by zbrent716 on 2/23/2012 1:45:00 AM (view original):
Andrew Waltz was recruited with a 10 WE.

Freshman year - 28/31 starts, 18.9 MPG, gained 3 points in WE to 13.
Sophomore year - 28/29 starts, 25.2 MPG, gained 4 points WE to 17.

I feel pretty confident saying that current WE impacts the development of WE.

Posted by rednu on 2/22/2012 5:05:00 PM (view original):
Doesn't rate of WE growth depend in part upon the "He appears to be a below average/average/above average student on the court and in the classroom" sort of message you get in scouting visits? I've always been under the impression that it did... [Edit: This is in addition to other factors already mentioned like starts, minutes, etc.]

Posted by Trentonjoe on 2/22/2012 2:38:00 PM (view original):
Under ideal circumstances (starting, playing lots of minutes,  having a WE over 30)  I would bet on 4, be happy with 6 and do a jig if it went over 8. 

Posted by girt25 on 2/24/2012 12:07:00 AM (view original):

Posted by rednu on 2/22/2012 5:05:00 PM (view original):
Doesn't rate of WE growth depend in part upon the "He appears to be a below average/average/above average student on the court and in the classroom" sort of message you get in scouting visits? I've always been under the impression that it did... [Edit: This is in addition to other factors already mentioned like starts, minutes, etc.]

No, that has nothing to do with it.

Rate of we growth depends on where the we starts (as iguana said, guys that are very low or high will move slowly; guys right in the middle move the fastest) and PT/starts. That's it.

Posted by asher413 on 2/24/2012 12:50:00 AM (view original):
Don't forget promises!

I had always understood that a promised start or minutes will decrease the WE gain for those starts and minutes, is that true?