ronbo said:
If the guy thinks that, you really can't blame him. Big Sky Basketball is not very good, 3rd worst RPI in the Country I read somewhere. Heck I wonder if any Big Sky team could even crack the top 10 in the California JC's?
The Big Sky does have the 3rd worst RPI in the country (I wish the Griz would move to the WAC), however, the Griz will probably get a 15 seed due to their RPI being better than a few of the teams in the NCAA tournament. Not only that the Griz finished the season very hot which I imagine will help their seeding in the NCAA Tournament. The Griz and PSU were the only two teams in the Big Sky to end up with a RPI better than 200. Unfortunately, other than PSU and the Griz, the rest of the Big Sky was WAAAY down on the RPI list. According to teamrankings.com Montana's RPI is 159 right now, PSU is 174. Every other team is 220 or worse (Weber 220, MSU 267, EWU 281, SAC 286, NAU 295, ISU 311).
As for Martin leaving. I very seriously doubt that's going to happen. Why would he leave a team that's obviously making improvements & will be in the NCAA tournament this year, to go play for a team in the ACC and have a very small chance of actually seeing the court? I'm not saying that Martin isn't a good player, and that he wont be a great point guard for the Griz, I'm just saying that this really doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
I also haven't seen this "ego" that you claim Martin has. He's been a unselfish player this year (Leading the Griz in Assists) & is a true competitor. At least the Criswell rumor was from a reliable poster who had a source that was a player on the team Criswell was thought to be transferring to. I'm glad that rumor turned out to be false. This rumor sounds like it has absolutely no truth to it at all.
The only two people even mentioning that Martin said that he could play in the ACC are a brand new poster (Hamilton Grizzly), and another poster who claims to have 'punked' Andrew Strait when he played against him, and claims to play for a college team that would beat the Griz (TheInsider). Not too reliable in my opinion.
Maybe Martin does think he could play in the ACC, but I seriously doubt he's said anything like that to the two posters in question, and I seriously doubt he's thinking about transferring.