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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 2, 2021 14:25:36 GMT -5
In other news - Lindbergh made it! |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 2, 2021 9:40:25 GMT -5
I know it is early, but you need to work on your math Zeke. With Wahab gone, we would only need 2 scholarships to open up.😉 Well, if Carey comes back we projected to be 1 over, so Q leaving brought us back to 13. It's possible that there's a loophole somewhere, that Carey won't count, that someone else isn't going to be on scholarship etc... But if you think we'd add Lykes + a big man transfer + Baldwin or another forward, it might mean 3 additional departures. With regard to Baldwin, I'm not sure about Curran throwing around "probable" and "likely". I do think we have a legitimate shot. Aminu's guardian has been putting it out there that we have a legitimate chance and there has been some discussion from a historically good source on HoyaReport about Ewing being close to something big. Not sure if Curran is piecing some of this chatter together and reading tea leaves or if he has a separate, reliable source. For right now I am keeping my expectations modest, but I do think we are a legitimate contender for Baldwin and not just a token team on his list. If you're into recruiting, it's worth watching closely this spring. I was not counting a big man transfer since there were no names thrown around in the article. But okay that would make 3. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 2, 2021 8:49:40 GMT -5
This article seems to be largely speculation, but Curran does indicate that he has some degree of sourcing on this rumor. I can't see getting our hopes up based on this, but it is still fun to imagine the possibility! hilltophoops.substack.com/p/ewing-georgetown-patrick-baldwin-chris-lykesDuring some game on TV recently (it might have been a high school game on ESPN), one of the announcers (a high school hoops recruiting guy) said that the consensus was that Baldwin would not end up at Duke. He did not speculate on where he might end up playing, but this was the first time I heard/read anyone say that Duke seemed to be out of the mix. Well if this happens we will need to open up 3 more schollies. I hate running away kids that want to be here but the talent is undeniable. I'm not as high on Lykes but Baldwin is a game changer and we would have expectations of BE championships and deep tourney runs. I'm talk playing on this coming weekend next year..... I know it is early, but you need to work on your math Zeke. With Wahab gone, we would only need 2 scholarships to open up.😉 |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 2, 2021 8:07:16 GMT -5
Jeff just can't win. On a night he leads the Nets to victory with 21, 8 and 2, all the headlines are "Aldridge leads Nets with strong debut" - 11, 9 and 6.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 1, 2021 18:18:46 GMT -5
True. I wasn't questioning your mention of Vi center and Hollinger. I don't really look at Vincente but Hollinger is definitely in the know. I was mostly referring to the ESPN talking heads that just troll for clicks.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 1, 2021 17:20:27 GMT -5
Omer Yurtseven can explain his decision to leave N.C. State and transfer to Georgetown in two words: Patrick Ewing. The talented 7-footer from Turkey wants to learn from the former NBA great and current Georgetown coach. He’s even willing to sit out a year, and put his own NBA career on hold, to do it. “He has been there, he has done that,” Yurtseven said of Ewing, an 11-time NBA all-star and hall-of-fame center. “I’m hoping he can teach me, as a big man.” Yurtseven, who has been projected as a late first-round pick, said he didn’t think he was ready for the NBA. “My goal is not to just be a first-rounder,” Yurtseven said. “I want to make an impact when I get there. I’m not 100 percent ready for that.” The chance to learn from Ewing, who went 15-15 in his first season as the Hoyas’ coach, outweighed another season at N.C. State, Yurtseven said. Yurtseven would have been the primary post option for N.C. State next season. The Wolfpack instead will now have to rely on an assortment of newcomers, including junior-college transfer Derek Funderburk and a pair of freshmen. www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/nc-state/article209040139.htmlThe News Observer saying he's a first rounder doesn't make that true... If he was a 1st rounder he would have left for the draft. There's only a couple of sites that are reputable when it comes to draft prospects and he wasn't listed on any of those. He wasn't listed by Hollinger or Vincente and those are the guys who actually talk to gm's and get legit feedback. You also don't get more appealing to scouts by delaying your availability by 2 years when they draft on potential. This. While media hacks (I.e.ESPN - ACC connection) may have put Yurtseven on a draft board, no NBA TEAM had him in their top 109 players. Ever. That is fake news. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Apr 1, 2021 7:49:13 GMT -5
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 31, 2021 23:20:28 GMT -5
If you look at all the names in the transfer portal for us to only have 1, shows this team is tight. We will have a big advantage if everyone stays cause every team will not have to adjust to playing with each other and personality dynamics. To have potentially 7 players that were here last year is a good thing. We will pick up a 4 or 5 that will help us and we will be fine. You do realize the portal is still open? The basketball Gods do not like to be challenged. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 31, 2021 16:06:27 GMT -5
Torrence from Marquette going to Syracuse. Odd that he would leave Marquette because of playing time, and ho to Syracuse to sit behind Magoo's pet dog Girard.
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Transfers
Mar 30, 2021 17:44:46 GMT -5
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 17:44:46 GMT -5
At least 2 other players have entered the portal, a third has put his name into the NBA hopper, and there are strong feelings around that program that more are leaving. This one is not on Kadary. Frazier, Bol Ajac wasn't getting any playing time and Braswell was losing time to Richmond. If you said Guerrier or Griffin then maybe I could agree but Richmond will be in exactly the position all Cuse guards/wings invision themselves next season. Top 2 option on O and not having to play any D..... There is a real problem on that team. Buddy Boeheim had some great games, but on more than one occasion when he shot poorly his dad protected him and blamed the other players for not getting him the ball in the right spot. Add to that Girard starting every game despite the fact his game has deteriorated over his 2 years and there will be more players transferring. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 15:51:53 GMT -5
There is no surer sign that the transfer explosion is ruining the college game than Hoya fans wanting to recruit Syracuse players. The man made his bed in upstate NY. Let's not have him bring his fleas here. Once you start letting them in...can hatred really be forever anymore? I really don't care that he went to Cuse the bigger issue to me is he is leaving a school that is giving him a lot of PT. Pretty much the entire team is coming back so why is he bailing? This smells of him being a hothead to me. Maybe he wants to be closer to home but that doesn't bode well for GTown either.... At least 2 other players have entered the portal, a third has put his name into the NBA hopper, and there are strong feelings around that program that more are leaving. This one is not on Kadary. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 15:11:07 GMT -5
Is anyone else surprised there has not been more activity on the transfer portal from the current Hoya roster? Q entering the portal was a big surprise and loss. Seems like multiple players are leaving pretty much every program in the country. Is there a deadline for when players need to decide of they will enter the transfer portal? Maybe the current players like it here? Blasphemer! |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 12:19:55 GMT -5
Saw a Battle4Atlantis list with UConn on it. I think they were invited before the Big East switch so not sure if that would rule us out - or if we would even be interested with a conference team already in.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 12:16:04 GMT -5
Kadary Richmond, Syracuse in the portal. Loved him coming out and I would say take normally; but once you go to Syracuse you are dead to me. Pass. Agree 100%. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 10:43:37 GMT -5
Kadary Richmond, Syracuse in the portal.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 9:15:25 GMT -5
I interpreted the capitalized STUDENT ATHLETE exactly the same way, ie this transfer is more on the academic side than athletic. Whether that is true, or a statement written by someone else, who knows? IF this is the case, it's no different than plenty of non athlete students, who transfer to a place that is better for them academically. Unfortunately, we're all (including me) a bit skeptical of any major D1 athlete ,with pro aspirations, who transfers for academic reasons. In any event, he's gone and I wish him well. Why are you all assuming that student athlete being capitalized means that Qudus Wahab isn't living up to his end of the bargain academically? That seems to me a really shaky assumption in a pandemic year where everything is virtual. He was Big East All-Academic team last year, it easily could be that he's not getting what he wants academically out of Georgetown given the constraints that are put on him by basketball scheduling and the pandemic. I don't think you can read much into that post and I certainly don't think people should be inventing quotes out of thin air to fit a narrative like the Hoya Sports columnist on Twitter. Yeah let's not start down this road. All speculation and does not matter anyway. |
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 30, 2021 9:13:02 GMT -5
I think there may already be a thread on this but could not find it. What have we got lined up so far?
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 29, 2021 13:23:13 GMT -5
True I had not considered using the medical year and then the COVID year that everybody can have.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 29, 2021 12:49:26 GMT -5
However it would save the team a scholarship for next year if you use skip the medical redshirt and use the COVID exemption instead. I guess unless you know the player wants to hang around for a sixth year after next season.
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Post by FrazierFanatic on Mar 29, 2021 11:28:37 GMT -5
This doesn't apply to Carey since he did not have a medical redshirt, but a theoretical question - a school has to apply for a medical redshirt to get a player an extra year of eligibility. So if a senior or grad senior was injured this year and would otherwise qualify for a medical, but the school did not apply, that player could instead just use the COVID waiver and not count against the scholarship limit, right? In fact there would be no reason to apply for the medical waiver.
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