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Post by daveg023 on Apr 17, 2024 11:24:43 GMT -5
Perhaps Fielder can help fill the gap, but we lost our #2 (Heath) and #3 (Styles) and #4 (Ish) leaders in 3PTM from last year. Mack's freshmen stats (44-27) equate pretty similar to what Heath and Styles provided, which by no means is prolific. Peavy we know is not a shooter, nor would I expect any one of Sorber, McKenna, Mulready, or Williams to fill this void.
A Center / PF rim protector is an obvious need, but I think you have to get one more threat from deep (a la a Malinowski type) to round out this roster. And that commodity is probably easier (and less NIL $ required )to find than the rim protector. But I really hope the staff doesn't think we are done with perimeter players.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 17, 2024 9:57:08 GMT -5
Beautiful to see the Mack commitment affirmed (seems like nothing is real in CBB until Tipton posts it). Obviously we are also in the hunt for a rim protector, with Cliff Omoruyi perhaps our top target. And we have a newfound alliance with Team Takeover, while hopefully achieving at least detente with Team Durant. Once we find a center, assuming nobody else breaks for the portal in the meantime—no guarantee of that, clearly—that would leave us with a roster of: Guards: Mack, Epps, Mulready, Guard TBD (Ben Hammond?) Wings: Peavy, McKenna, Fielder, Williams Bigs: Center TBD, Cook, Mutombo?? Where are the remaining gaps? [deleted, transfer speculation] If Cliff O turns down our NIL bag, what other big men could we target/are we targeting? Is Hammond the right fit assuming he’d want to stick with Kenny J? I am guessing you see 2 bigs and we leave one scholly open just in case. I think we need a little more shooting #hoyabaxa
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 17, 2024 9:50:06 GMT -5
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 17, 2024 9:32:31 GMT -5
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 16, 2024 14:26:48 GMT -5
When you say "outside" shooters, are you only talking about 3 point percentage because some of the guys you listed had very poor outside shooting numbers. Rowan was not one of our best outside shooters, you can't use him with such low volume. 24% of Epps shots were 2 point jumpers where he shot 40%. 33% of Rowans shots were 2 point jumpers where he shot 28%. 32% of Styles shots were 2 point jumpers where he shot 44% (good). Styles 3 point volume was still relatively low but his biggest issue was he only shot 50% at the rim despite his size. He missed an uncanny amount of layups and shots at the rim it seemed. Almost as if he had too much spin on these shots...
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 15, 2024 14:05:12 GMT -5
Losing Styles is not a good thing, either from his play or from the general regression into a merry-go-round of players. Yes, we were 2 and forever last year in conference, but Styles is certainly good enough to contribute for a team that is back at respectable levels. And likewise, I had hoped that part of Cooley's positives would be a culture that retained better than it lost. We don't know why he left, and it's far too early to understand whether this 2 of 5 transfers out (so far) is either indicative of longer term or good or bad ... but it certainly isn't a home run of retention that I hoped for. And I think we need to be probably a little better than average at retention long terms. So yeah, if this comes with more talent in, I suppose it's a net positive. But that's far from assured, or even rumored, and the overall trend of constant turnover is not productive. Styles was the the guy I wanted to retain second-most, so this is a hit. I believe someone posted it earlier, but among BE teams we had the fewest guys in the portal (2) except UConn. No one (or coach) seems to be immune to the current state of things.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 15, 2024 11:16:51 GMT -5
I liked Styles and he looked great in November and December but thought he disappeared way too often in BE play.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 14, 2024 17:15:34 GMT -5
The thing I’m clinging to is pretty much the entire conference will be weaker. UConn and Creighton will be good still, but I’d expect fall offs from pretty much everyone else. We are lot closer to the rest of the pack in terms of talent than we have been in 4 years.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 14, 2024 5:45:23 GMT -5
This would be the big one. Peavy and Mack with one more guy (either a rim protector or a shooter) would be pretty much an A outcome for this offseason. - Ish —-> Peavy - Rowan —-> Mack - Heath/Bristol/Mutumbo/Bacote —-> 4 talented freshmen Those are material upgrades to the roster and with any further development by Fielder this has the makings of a very competitive BE roster. I know it’s early, but most every other BE roster will be markedly worse given the talent other teams have lost, and this roster on paper has the ability to be top half of the league. I won’t go further than that right now, as we probably will be starting 3 guys from a 2 win season, but there is definitely reason for optimism.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 14, 2024 5:36:25 GMT -5
The best thing about Peavy is that he’s a really good defender. The second best thing is his versatility. I think hes most naturally a 3, but can easily slide up to 2 or down to 4. Gives us a lot of flexibility as we see how the rest of the roster comes together and how quickly some of the young guys are ready to contribute. I also like the fact that there was no real pre-existing connection to him. He’s not a DMV guy transferring home or a guy who had ties to our staff when they were at PC. We just identified a major need (perimeter defense) and went out and found someone who could help. The fact that we beat some good competition probably speaks well to our NIL offering too. Well said. This feels like a major win for the staff on selling the program.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 13, 2024 20:27:16 GMT -5
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 10, 2024 19:24:36 GMT -5
This is interesting as DePaul is a conference rival and Jordan is a well-respected assistant coach that Chris Holtmann is adding to his staff. Am I the only one enjoying the “this is interesting…” additions to each post to meet the boards standards? Shades of “I’m only here so I won’t get fined”.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 10, 2024 6:31:38 GMT -5
I always thought the arc of Rowan's usage this year was odd. To start the year he was playing heavy minutes then seemed to get in the doghouse and didn't crack 16 minutes (3 of which were under 10 mins) for a 5 game stretch in January vs SHU, @ UConn, @ Xavier, vs Butler, and @ PC. Coincidently (or not) that happened to probably be the most competitive 5 game stretch the team had all year. Then after that he played at least 16 minutes in all but 3 games the rest of the way. barttorvik.com/playerstat.php?year=2024&p=Rowan%20Brumbaugh&t=GeorgetownUsually a freshman might ease into a season and then get extended time as the year goes on. What was weird was the staff (maybe by necessity) gave him a long leash to start the year, then kinda buried him once BE play started, only to go back to him for bigger minutes in late February and March.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 7, 2024 20:25:54 GMT -5
Does any one think that Hurley might be drawn to the NBA challenge? He often cites Billy Donovan's advice and now if he matches his b2b championships, does he then follow suit for a new focus? They have seem hyper focused this year on checking off a BE Title, and now the repeat, so is there a possibility he says I did everything I wanted here? The team coming back isn't going to be nearly as good, and and he is not one to love the transfer portal. I don't think it's likely, but reading the tea leaves I wouldn't say it's not a possibility if the right job and situation were to present itself.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 3, 2024 14:03:55 GMT -5
It seems the plans as laid out by Hilltop a few weeks back have changed.... hopefully for the better?!
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 2, 2024 12:48:52 GMT -5
I only posted to show the degree of the misinformation spread among BE twitter now with the Xavier guy getting on it. We should lean into being the villain here.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 2, 2024 12:32:50 GMT -5
Maybe the school’s social media team can lean into the joke / dispel the noise. Lean into to being the villain and play along like Marquette did with Kolek.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 2, 2024 12:27:58 GMT -5
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 2, 2024 10:47:38 GMT -5
Two Ivy guys (Dingle and Ledlum) went to St John’s last year. So what does that tell you… What does it tell us given that they both graduated from their former schools? Are you implying that you can't get a good education at St. John's or Tennessee? Did the O'Connell kid from NC State suddenly give up on academics after transferring from Stanford? How about Malcom leaving Gtown to go to Queens College of Charlotte? These posts aren't good looks in my view? My point was I think we are overselling the fact that just because someone has spent time in an Ivy league school, that Georgetown would be more appealing for academic reasons specifically. NIL $, coaching staff, location, playing time, etc all seem to rank higher in most of these transfers. I'm not selling any other school short or the fact someone who goes from a school that is considered more academically rigorous doesn't care, I'm just saying I think it's a much smaller factor than others want to believe. And the point about grad transfers vs undergrad transfers is a point well taken. I think you are more likely to see academics a bit more of a factor for someone who has yet to graduate versus someone who has a degree. I believe as a grad student you are only required a small course load anyway compared to undergraduate students.
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Post by daveg023 on Apr 2, 2024 10:28:54 GMT -5
Two Ivy guys (Dingle and Ledlum) went to St John’s last year. So what does that tell you… Were Dingle and Ledlum already graduates of Penn and Harvard respectively? Would think that might be a different situation than a true freshman transferring out of an Ivy. Fair distinction. So possibly. But I still think it’s like the 4th or 5th factor to many of these kids now.
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