dense
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Post by dense on Mar 29, 2024 2:14:02 GMT -5
I see Henton follows Adou Theiro of Kentucky just recently and he portals today. A big YES to him being the starting 4 next year. Use the NIL bag on him.
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EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Mar 31, 2024 10:54:31 GMT -5
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Post by thedragon on Mar 31, 2024 11:23:58 GMT -5
They do make the already perilous portal free agency more ridiculous with the timing. The transfer portal should open a couple days after championship game for 4 weeks. With the only exception to that window being if your coach leaves.
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Post by hoyaatheart55 on Mar 31, 2024 15:20:30 GMT -5
Portal wish list: Zach Edey
Maybe I can speak it into existence
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Post by HoyaAtHeart on Apr 3, 2024 1:02:34 GMT -5
Bring Malik Mack home. He obviously can handle the academic side of things as well.
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EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 3, 2024 11:50:21 GMT -5
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Post by hoyaboya on Apr 3, 2024 13:00:22 GMT -5
Also has a great look, surprised you didn't mention that - would be a fan favorite, especially transferring in from BC.
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jwp91
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Post by jwp91 on Apr 3, 2024 18:49:39 GMT -5
He is a 3 year starter...just curious...who are you benching? Epps or Styles?
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 3, 2024 19:12:29 GMT -5
He is a 3 year starter...just curious...who are you benching? Epps or Styles? Why can't all three start? This past season's back-court rotation was Epps, Heath & RB so it seems to me they can slot this kid right next to Epps
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Post by hoyaboya on Apr 3, 2024 19:29:30 GMT -5
He is a 3 year starter...just curious...who are you benching? Epps or Styles? Simple answer - Epps! He's a net negative despite his counting numbers, due to his ball dominance, poor shooting and poor defense. Might be more effective with fewer minutes and responsibilities coming off the bench.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 4, 2024 15:50:51 GMT -5
Simple answer - Epps! He's a net negative despite his counting numbers, due to his ball dominance, poor shooting and poor defense. Might be more effective with fewer minutes and responsibilities coming off the bench. I would not necessarily disagree with you depending on how our roster takes shape, I just don't realistically see that happening. I really do think if Epps could be taught to take his time, have fewer but better possessions, and play mostly off ball he'd potentially be a more valuable player. But, that assumes that Epps would change how he plays. It's hard to say if that's realistic. I know you'd probably say it's not, but I think it's possible we would be surprised.
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Post by madgesiq92 on Apr 5, 2024 12:45:42 GMT -5
I’d be paying more attention to thiis kid— Good all around player -TCUs best on ball defender
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 10, 2024 16:23:17 GMT -5
I'm Still not a fan of single-year players in a rebuild year but Gillis would be a nice pull.
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Post by jwp91 on Apr 11, 2024 13:46:03 GMT -5
I'm Still not a fan of single-year players in a rebuild year but Gillis would be a nice pull. Disagree. We are so young. We need to get old. Upperclassmen are the future, and we need to buy some while our current guys become them.
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 11, 2024 13:54:26 GMT -5
I'm Still not a fan of single-year players in a rebuild year but Gillis would be a nice pull. Disagree. We are so young. We need to get old. Upperclassmen are the future, and we need to buy some while our current guys become them. Older & experienced are two very different things in my opinion. If an older kid with no experience in a system isn't going to be that great of help to the younger players behind him. As I've stated often I'd rather play the youngsters If the squad was built to win next year, I'd be all for getting one year players.
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Post by jwp91 on Apr 11, 2024 15:01:45 GMT -5
Disagree. We are so young. We need to get old. Upperclassmen are the future, and we need to buy some while our current guys become them. Older & experienced are two very different things in my opinion. If an older kid with no experience in a system isn't going to be that great of help to the younger players behind him. As I've stated often I'd rather play the youngsters If the squad was built to win next year, I'd be all for getting one year players. I don't think this fan base or program can handle another 10th place finish. We need to get to .500 in conference ASAP. If playing the youngsters means we can't do that, then we need to rent some older players regardless in my opinion.
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Post by prhoya on Apr 11, 2024 15:18:06 GMT -5
Disagree. We are so young. We need to get old. Upperclassmen are the future, and we need to buy some while our current guys become them. Older & experienced are two very different things in my opinion. If an older kid with no experience in a system isn't going to be that great of help to the younger players behind him. As I've stated often I'd rather play the youngsters If the squad was built to win next year, I'd be all for getting one year players. We have no system. The Primo Epps offense is not a winning/sustainable/successful system, and never mind our defense. We have just 4 returners. We’re starting from scratch. Again.
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Post by hoyasaxa2003 on Apr 11, 2024 15:31:11 GMT -5
Older & experienced are two very different things in my opinion. If an older kid with no experience in a system isn't going to be that great of help to the younger players behind him. As I've stated often I'd rather play the youngsters If the squad was built to win next year, I'd be all for getting one year players. We have no system. The Primo Epps offense is not a winning/sustainable/successful system, and never mind our defense. We have just 4 returners. We’re starting from scratch. Yes, and it is frustrating that we are starting from scratch. I don't think any of us, one year ago, thought that would be the case. That said, given how horrible we were last year, I think (a) getting a new assistant, and (b) largely starting from scratch is a good thing. If we weren't starting from near-scratch, it would mean that we would be primed for a repeat of last year, and I don't think anybody wants that. Our defense to me is the real worry. How could it have been so bad, even with the roster we had? I really still cannot wrap my head around that. While our offense was not good, it actually improved quite a bit. Under Ewing, our last offense was ranked 189. It finished at 96 this year. While 96 isn't great, I think if overall we were 100-ish level on everything, people would feel a lot better. In fact, I am really not worried about the offensive end. If we had a top 100 offense with a not-so-great and somewhat inexperienced roster, I expect that to improve even further next year. The real problem was our 321 ranked defense. Even a 200 level defense this year would have likely garnered us a few more wins. The defense HAS to get substantially better, and quickly. Top 100 minimum.
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EtomicB
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Post by EtomicB on Apr 11, 2024 16:37:42 GMT -5
Older & experienced are two very different things in my opinion. If an older kid with no experience in a system isn't going to be that great of help to the younger players behind him. As I've stated often I'd rather play the youngsters If the squad was built to win next year, I'd be all for getting one year players. We have no system. The Primo Epps offense is not a winning/sustainable/successful system, and never mind our defense. We have just 4 returners. We’re starting from scratch. Again. Not sure I understand your point here, how does this tie into recruiting players with only 1 year left of eligibility?
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Post by bills on Apr 11, 2024 16:45:11 GMT -5
We are significantly ahead of where we were this time last year and are not starting over by ay definition. Last year we returned one starter, one occasional bench player, and one player who seldom got any playing time. We had no freshman recruits coming in. This year we have 4 returning starters including our top two scorers, our must accurate 3 pt shooter, and our leading rebounder. We have four very strong freshmen coming in that include one of the top freshman centers in the country. three of those freshmen were elite defenders in high school. Sorber will be a big step up over Cook offensively and defensively, and Cook a much better back up than Massoud was. Fielder will be a HUGE improvement defensively and offensively over Massoud. McKenna gives us a high potential defender to back up Styles who will have less foul trouble not having to play the PF position for extended minutes, Mulready provides the backup to Epps that we did not have last year and should be a better defender. Williams could well be a good fill in at several positions giving us much better flexibility than Bristol did.
We have a big hole at PG where we need a starter and a backup. And we need a very good pickup PF that can give us strong defense and outside shooting if Fielder needs to relieve Sorber in the Post. Who we get from the Transfer Portal to fill those holes willl have a significant impact on our success next year, but we are in a much stronger position than we were at this time last year with three holes to fill instead of 10.
Even with solid additions for those three roles we will not have a top BE team. But I think we will have one that has a good chance of being .500 in conference play. Only Epps and Cook are definitely gone after next year with at least 5 solid players in the early stages of their college careers. This is absolutely NOT starting over!
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