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Post by FrazierFanatic on May 8, 2024 11:46:13 GMT -5
Good pickup. Need a center. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, Burks is ranked #504 in the current portal and was among only five three-star players to have ever signed in the Calipari era at Kentucky--in other words, everyone else was a four or five star. If all Georgetown was recruiting for was someone to fill Ryan Mutombo's seat on the bench, that's not progress. www.kentucky.com/sports/college/kentucky-sports/uk-basketball-men/article287852805.htmlWow, nothing like slamming a player literally minutes after he becomes a Hoya. Guess they were right about you DFW.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on May 4, 2024 18:54:02 GMT -5
Gutted it out when everything was slipping away. A proud program. Congratulations on 6 straight.
Now hopefully some noise in the NCAA'S!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on May 3, 2024 13:01:07 GMT -5
We will be on the list when all is said and done! You sure about this b&g?
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 30, 2024 18:29:58 GMT -5
Close the deal Coach!
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 29, 2024 17:24:48 GMT -5
That’s interesting. Who has the GU record? Mac? Pryor? Bowen? Pat Jr? Mike Frazier!! 😁😁
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 29, 2024 16:14:00 GMT -5
A legacy transferred, wow! He got his Georgetown degree. Ryan is going to do incredible things in his life that have nothing to do with basketball. So we have to wish him one season of playing time to enjoy the game.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 26, 2024 11:58:24 GMT -5
This coach is 99% correct, since it was anonymous anyway it would have been better if he called out the Board of Governors instead of the "NCAA". The Board makes the rules decisions, the NCAA tries to enforce them. The system is out of control due to the greed of the administrations of the powerful member programs. I feel like they need to go to a 2yr contract and only 1 un-penalized transfer(unless coach leaves/is fired). This WW West does feel like it can't be sustained. I don't think limiting (penalizing) transfers will work, will be challenged in court as restraint of trade.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 25, 2024 16:01:38 GMT -5
I thought they had one of the biggest NIL pots?
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 24, 2024 19:15:37 GMT -5
I cannot imagine Cooley asking a kid to do that and thereby limit his own opportunities. More likely that he was upfront about our portal recruiting, told Supreme his minutes would be drastically cut if we find a better option, and Supreme now knows that we have so he is looking for a place with PT.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 24, 2024 8:14:18 GMT -5
Before I dive into more fun debate with other people's arguments, I want to go down a couple of more statistics. Turnovers are a key indicator for one's oncourt effectiveness and efficiency. A player can put up commendable numbers that garner all the attention such as points, rebounds, assists, etc, but often enough we don't know the whole complete story until we see what their turnover stats are. I have seen my share of Hoya bigs over the decades who have come up short in the wrong way in this category despite their quality production in other areas. So color me impressed when I went back to sports reference and saw that Fielder committed a grand total of 13 turnovers for the entire year. Thirteen over the course of 467 minutes played. I was floored by those numbers. A freshmen big who turns over the ball that little despite having the ball in his hands in territory stretching from inside the paint to beyond the three-point line is not that common. Tt suggests he can take care of the ball and not waste possessions by travelling, making bad passes or succumbing to unforced errors. That means when he is taking dribble drives to the basket, which was probably his second most frequent type of attack when he was looking to score, he did so without dribbling the ball off his feet. Look how his turnovers compared to other teammates, in particular the other "bigs". I hate to beat a dead horse but Ish Massoud accumulated twice as many turnovers in 589 minutes. Supreme Cook had 47 in 866 minutes. It should come as no surprise that guards and wings accumulated more turnovers because the ball is in their hands more. So lets look at assists and assists-to-turnovers ratios. Drew had 23 assists to 13 turnovers. That is almost a 2 to 1 ratio for a freshman big which is remarkable. Ish had 11 less assists (12) than Fielder despite playing over 120 plus more minutes. Cook had a mere 18 assists in 866 minutes. So from an assist to turnover standpoint Cook was 18 to 47; Ish was 12 to 26. Both of them are in the negative. Fielder was 23 to 13. Lets not stop there. Lets look at Styles. In 1073 minutes: 26 assists and 49 turnovers. Epps in 1010 minutes put up 123 assists and 98 turnovers. In 686 minutes Rowan accumulated 82 assists and 62 turnovers. For Jay Heath who played 886 minutes he had a total of 60 assists and 41 turnovers. In 649 minutes Wayne Bristol managed 25 assists and 19 turnovers. It should come as no surprise that guards and wings would amass more assists than turnovers. What is surprising is that Fielder's ratio is better than all of our guards and wings of that season. Even more shocking is another category. Fielder was the second leading Hoya in blocks despite playing the least minutes of the 8 guys who made up the primary rotation. Styles led everyone with 21; Fielder fell one short with 20. Cook in 400 more minutes had a mere 16 blocks. Massoud ended up with 11. One more category. Steals. Fielder had the least in 10 but that was still highly impressive considering the position he played and the limited minutes he got. Epps led the way with 34, followed by Wayne and Rowan with 28 apiece, followed by Cook with 25, followed by Heath with 21, followed by Styles with 18 (even though he led the team with 1073 minutes) and finally Massoud with 14. If you consider the minutes each played, Drew's total of ten is proportionally better than everyone other than Epps and possibly Rowan and Wayne. The numbers were not all good for Fielder. He picked up a disproportionate amount of personal fouls, which largely explains some of the questions regarding his minutes. His rebounding numbers could have been stronger too. Although, even on this front, his final total of 98 minutes was still twenty higher than Massoud's. (I'm sorry, Ish; its not personal). So to sum it up just by the numbers how did Fielder stack up compared to the other seven dudes who logged the big minutes: -second to Cook in 2-point FG% and overall FG% -a close second to Cook in eFG% -the best three-point percentage on the team -the best ORtg on the team -the best DRtg on the team -the best assist to turnover ratio -second on the team in blocks -sneaky good at steals. I understand Fielder's faults and I have not been trying to cover them up. But he was playing on a squad full of players with faults. My argument remains, respectively, that this kid should have gotten more time. And these numbers contradict the various negative narratives from many of Hoya fandom, a couple that have gone as far as implying that he isn't capable of being a starter for this team anytime soon (no, SF, this is not directed at you). If the analytics of Fielder were negative and far worse, his same detractors would use them as the final say. But the numbers counter the viewpoint that they put forth. I was told there would be no math. 😡
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 23, 2024 19:06:48 GMT -5
But it's on the Internet!??
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Transfers
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via mobile
Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 23, 2024 16:26:49 GMT -5
If Cliff gets the godfather offer that he seeks from somewhere else, good luck to him. Can't begrudge him or any other kid for doing so, especially if they're not a surefire NBA player. That being said, I am curious to see what the final number is vs. our offer. If we got blown out of the water and someone else massively overpaid, I can live with that. If we were haggling over 100-200K and had the opportunity to meet in the middle but chose not to, I'd be a little bit more annoyed. Time will tell. I'm not sure time will tell Yeah we will never know yet that type of info.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 23, 2024 12:08:14 GMT -5
While I would rather have Omoruyi if that was the choice we had, I think Awaka would be a big improvement on the defensive end over Cook IF he can avoid fouling. That's really been a huge problem for him both freshman and sophomore year and is an inherent limit to his minutes. If we aren't in the running for Omoyuri, I think Awaka would be a nice pickup. The guy just did an official visit at Georgetown and 3 nights ago was partying at Kenny Johnson's condo watching a fight. Additionally, we probably have more NIL money to give him than any other team does. How is that not "in the running for Omoyuri"? Awaka doesn't move the needle for next year's Hoyas team. He's a slight upgrade to Cook but I'd rather those minutes go to Fielder and Sorber, if Awaka is our option - especially if Awaka costs anything from an NIL standpoint. "Probably have more NIL money to give him than any other team does" is entirely speculation.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 22, 2024 11:36:04 GMT -5
We did lay an egg that day. He was frustrated like the rest of us; I'll bet 95% of board members screamed worse things about the Hoyas at their televisions that day.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 22, 2024 7:22:08 GMT -5
Welcome to the Hilltop Mr. Williams, can't wait to see you in blue and gray. Now - get back to work! Two or three hundred shots a day in the gym, every day between now and September.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 22, 2024 7:16:06 GMT -5
I knew there would be an excuse. But like I said, if it was bad news, trust me he would have found his way to the Internet in Ireland. And I've been on the Board since 1999 (predecessor board until 2004), so I fully understand all that DFW does and have noted dozens of time over the years my thanks and appreciation for his work making this site available to all of us. But we can be honest about his negativity. I think you are equating the frequent negative slant on the front page with some perceived bias on the part of DFW that does not exist. He is an ardent fan like the rest of us, probably moreso than most of us. The entire program has been a frustrating, exasperating, depressing and painful negative for years. Not just on the court, but on an administrative level as well. The front page has reflected that.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 21, 2024 9:30:39 GMT -5
The real question is…can he carry the torch from guys like Reggie Cameron and Kaiden Rice? I would think the real question is whether the last month of his freshman season was the anomaly, and we can get 35%+ from him. But you go ahead and do your thing. I was done with my coffee anyway.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 20, 2024 15:26:27 GMT -5
This is interesting as it gives perspective on what a point guard in the transfer portal is expected to make in NIL, as stated by a current head coach. Surprising that Iowa can't pay somebody $500K when we have a current NIL budget of $4M to recruit. I thought our NIL budget was "reported". Now we "have" $4 million? Quite a jump there. Not to mention that our NIL "budget" is not all to recruit, it includes money to current players. But of course you know that, it just does not fit into your agenda. Such a sad little life you lead.
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Transfers
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 19, 2024 11:14:28 GMT -5
I think a two-year binding commitment (on both sides) would be doable. If a player wants to leave after a year, they have to sit that next year out. Very limited exceptions (like a head coach leaving). Would have to work through some employment law considerations, but it would give some stability. hm Right. It'd just have to be contractual instead of rule based, as the NCAA is basically lost in terms of court rulings. I actually think probably the best solution is like soccer, with release clauses. You can exit, but there's a price your new team has to pay. This discourages movement and compensates the school so they can go get a replacement. And it's a nice variable negotiation point for the initial NIL - some players will choose flexibility, and some salary. If we're going to be professional, we should be professional. So schools can buy players from other schools? That is the point at which college basketball ceases to exist (not sure it really exists any more as it is).
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 19, 2024 11:05:03 GMT -5
I can completely see there be an effort to create longer term contracts. I think the current system is going to drive everyone nuts. Who will the longer contracts be with? Right now the money comes from outside of the Colleges & Universities whose scholarships are one year at a time. Virginia just passed a law that universities can pay NIL directly. Expect to see other states jump on board.
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