Not bad!
From Mlive.com’s High School Basketball Bulletin:
Voss is a load on the court. More than simply another big body, his great agility and sheer basketball skills give him a significant advantage over similarly sized players. And while he’s not the type to sky above the rim on a regular basis, he has an innate understanding of how to leverage his body (gained most likely from his extensive time on the football field), that will enable him to compete inside at the collegiate level. Think of a poor man’s Tyler Hansbrough, on more of a MAC level.
CMU has received a commitment that might be its best of Zeigler’s tenure, when considering not just talent but style of play — 6-foot-8, 225-pound senior Colin Voss from East Grand Rapids. Voss is a hoss in the paint, not just big but with good hands and feet and a mean streak. He’s a good athlete who can play a fullcourt or halfcourt game and is comfortable handling the ball away from the basket.
Voss, Bankhoops.com’s No. 2 power forward in 2010, also had offers from Ball State, Drake, Pacific, Toledo and Wisconsin-Green Bay, as well as some mid-major offers for football (and conceivably could have gone high-major on the gridiron had that been his first choice).
Voss has something else in common with Psycho-T — he’s vicious. He plays basketball angry — like he’s playing football. When used appropriately this can be Voss’s greatest asset, as it is that extra gear that separates him from similarly skilled athletes. But when unchecked, this quality has a history of leading to some issues. Voss’s emotion, when channeled correctly, can be the driving force behind a dominating 20pt/20reb effort. But when unchecked it can also overwhelm him, and has been the catalyst to some unimpressive performances.
The Voss paradox is that his temper is simultaneously his greatest asset and his worst enemy, and his success at the next level will ride in large part on his — or failing that his coach’s — ability to temper his temper (fortunately, perhaps for both parties, that’s exactly the type of thing that college coaches like Zeigler get paid the big bucks to take care of, and channel toward whichever end is most useful).
Ultimately, this signing is huge for the future of CMU basketball, as it brings to Mt. Pleasant the potential cornerstone to a successful program. It also makes sense for Voss on many levels. First, choosing basketball over football is a logical choice, even for a physical specimen with an attraction to contact like Voss, because the career path of a basketball player is theoretically much healthier, and therefore longer. Second, given his talent it is conceivable that he could have played in the Big-10, but had he chosen to do so it would have likely been in a reserve role. His signing with CMU is a win/win, as CMU gets Big-10-lite talent, while Voss gets exponentially more playing time, and will have the opportunity to ultimately have a greater career.
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