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Unless KenPom's numbers are wrong, not one of those teams had 10 guys play 25% of the minutes. Auburn only had 8 - barely.
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What he just said.
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Any guesses on who the potential center addition might be? Have we been connected to any bigs?
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Are you saying 25% of a game is 10 mins and no team had 10 guys that averaged 25% of the PT so they couldn’t have averaged 10mpg? Well they did just look at the stats. I said A player doesn’t have to play in every game to be in the rotation… points for a creative argument tho
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I need someone to identify the two consecutive years that make up these two years in a row.
If a year where have three McDonald's All Americans coming is is one of those, we have officially landed in a bizarre alternate universe.
I was hoping Fairfield could get singare. Apparently he is far out of their league. My Fairfield insider contact told me santa clara currently has offered him 400k. His handlers think they can get 500k from someone so they are holding out. Crazy how much an unproven commodity can garner from desperate schools.
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Even taking the just-ended year, with the Big East Freshman of the Year and a possible lottery pick, doesn't quite work
And that was Duke’s undoing. Arguably their three best players played 36-38 minutes vs Houston. They were gassed by the end of the game. Flagg was tugging at his shorts near the end of the game exhausted. His last shot in the lane not surprisingly was short. Ngongba only got 5 minutes of PT in that game. The failure to have a bench developed that could even have given those guys 8-10 minutes of rest ended up being the fatal blow. It took Houston about 35-37 minutes, but they finally wore Duke out.
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It's April 15th and there's no shortage of competitive speculation on non-positive outlooks & outcomes, as though 67 NCAA Tournament team don't finish their season with a loss.
Some post as though there's a prize for being first to predict that the team won't or can't win a championship.
Some repeat their prior posts as though there's a prize for saying it the most times.
Some continue to discuss a current eligible player after repeated reminders not to do so, as though it's sufficient argument to in effect claim, "How could anyone do otherwise?," or, "But I can't help myself," or some other workaround/defiance/excuse/whatever, as though (by analogy) they've happily arrived at an available parking space right up front and chosen to celebrate their good fortune by pulling into it without considering that many others are respectfully forgoing that same wonderful parking space because it is marked for those who have a sticker that indicates recognized disability for which the space is reserved.
Consider that I and others, might have our own (reserved) thoughts on the 'off-limits' matter, but don't share them where we've been asked not to do so. It's possible to operate this way; it's tempting not to...especially for those competing to offer their predictive wisdom before others.
"Same as it ever was," eh?
Some post as though there's a prize for being first to predict that the team won't or can't win a championship.
Some repeat their prior posts as though there's a prize for saying it the most times.
Some continue to discuss a current eligible player after repeated reminders not to do so, as though it's sufficient argument to in effect claim, "How could anyone do otherwise?," or, "But I can't help myself," or some other workaround/defiance/excuse/whatever, as though (by analogy) they've happily arrived at an available parking space right up front and chosen to celebrate their good fortune by pulling into it without considering that many others are respectfully forgoing that same wonderful parking space because it is marked for those who have a sticker that indicates recognized disability for which the space is reserved.
Consider that I and others, might have our own (reserved) thoughts on the 'off-limits' matter, but don't share them where we've been asked not to do so. It's possible to operate this way; it's tempting not to...especially for those competing to offer their predictive wisdom before others.
"Same as it ever was," eh?
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or maybe the guy makes the foul shots at the end of the game and are the national champions
Does Flagg make that shot in the lane in the first five minutes of the game? I’d say yes. It’s not arguable that the kid was exhausted and tugging at his shorts.
Plus Proctor played 37 minutes. That free throw was likely affected by fatigue.
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any opinion on these guys?
Starting PFs (if Karaban leaves)
Alvaro Folgueiras R. Morris 6'9" 215 19.2 pts per 40 12.4 rbs per 40 (Providence?)
Keshawn Murphy Miss State 6'10" 230 19.5 12.3
Jamichael Stillwell Milwaukee 6'8" 225 18.5 15.2
Malique Ewin FSU 6'11" 230 21.7 11.6
Darrion Williams Texas Tech 6'6" 225 20.1 7.3
Nick Pringle South Carolina 6'10" 220 15.4 10.2
Ante Brzovic C of Charleston 6'10" 225 22.6 10.0
Jakobe Coles Grand Canyon 6'8" 230 20.3 8.0
AK Okereke Cornell 6'7" 235 21.7 7.2
Derrion Reid Alabama 6'8" 220 17.0 7.9
Backup Centers
Noah Amenhauser C Carolina 7'2" 255 19.3 10.7 1.4 blocks per 40
Enoch Boakye Villanova 6'11" 255 7.7 11.2 1.2
Demetrius Lilley LaSalle 6'9" 245 16.0 12.0 0.6
Doryan Onwuchekwa Ga Tech 6'11" 240 7.7 10.8 1.3
Matthew Van Komen Elon 7'4" 260 10.4 13.7 4.0
Backup PFs (if Karaban stays)
Owen Aquino Liberty 6'8" 230 14.0 8.9
Ezra Ausar Utah 6'8" 242 21.6 8.6
Amar Kuljuhovic N Dakota 6'8" 225 17.4 11.1
Justin McBride Nevada 6'7" 238 16.8 9.0
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When Duke played good competition, they struggled. They had the size to win it all. The coaching staff and players buckled when they got challenged. You can win with a short bench. Duke played 10 guys, Houston played 8. Duke should’ve held that lead they had. They had a significant lead at 30 seconds too
LJ Cryer played 40 minutes, Sharp 34, Roberts 35
It also boils down to how many minutes am the bench guys are getting. If several are playing only 3-5 minutes, sure, they’re technically playing 10, but really only 7 got substantial minutes. Flagg carries a lot of the offensive burden and clearly he showed fatigue more than Cryer did. The bottom line is that Duke’s bench was not developed enough to allow them to take the strain off a few of their starters in the most important game of their season. Had Duke won and played Houston two nights later in the finals, it probably would have been even more evident. That loaded recruiting class didn’t help their bench depth enough.
Wait, WHAT? Bad recruiting? They were ranked in the top 10 by pretty much every single publication in the country. Before the season started, pretty much everyone on here was predicting a threepeat and now Hurley is getting bagged for having a bad recruiting class?
UConn has 3 McDonald's All Americans in the same damn class for 2025.....
You all need to get a grip. You can't win every year.
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I think the point is that recruiting rankings don't really matter once you're on campus. McNeeley was a hit, Reed was a hit.... Mahaney, Nowell, Abraham were misses. I wouldn't call it a horrible recruiting year if your hit rate is 40%--just not a very good one
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And I'd like to think that'll help us win a few games.
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In terms of backup center, Boakye is exactly the type of guy we need: a no-nonsense, strong defensive low-post center.
Also, adding a capable backup center opens up more opportunities for two-big lineups w/ Reibe at the 4.
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Is currently out of eligibility. Applying for a waiver. Doubt he gets it.
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No one ever saw Abraham but the coaches in practice. We don’t know what he will turn out to be but usually fans get an extended look at a player before calling him a miss. At least we saw Nowell.
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Just doing some quick looking, killing some time:
-JaKobe Coles is grad transfer seeking a medical waiver. Unsure of status. Other than that, pretty decent metrics. 3pt shooting is a crapshoot. Other than 23-24 at TCU where he shot 42%, has been consistently in the 28-32% every other year.
I'd ride with Stewart & Ross vs. him as a backup. Would generally be an inferior 1-yr replacement for Alex.
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Abraham wasn't supposed to be a freshman wonder. We will be able to see firsthand if he was Big East capable as he develops at Georgetown.
As for the other "misses," we have to keep in mind that the UConn System is kind of new for the coaches. They took their system and got it to work with the players that had on hand. Now they are trying to find guys they view as "system fits" and they seem to be struggling.
We still have the incoming freshman class that was recruited around the "system." We will see how they perform next season and beyond.
In the meantime, they seem to be looking for players that match people who were successful in the program. Newton, Demary. Diarra, Smith.
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and Nowell battled through multiple injuries (shoulder and ankle) and never moved the same or handled the ball as well after the injuries
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I posted about this. Especially the shoulder part. And it got removed. That kid probably was too injured for us to get an honest read on him. Shoulder injuries will limit your ability to fully move or use that arm for several months. In the NIL era, to expose the extent of an injury probably hurts a player’s value.
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Liam Murphy, 6'7" 220# W/F from N. Florida (previously Columbia). From Staten Island, NY.
Would be an interesting/potentially valuable bench piece. A bigger "Joey C" type player.
6th man at UNF. Shot 42.3% on a TON of 3pt shots (246!). No idea how his defense is, general metrics aren't great but I have not watched a single UNF game and their KP defense is horrendous (#353) so it may also be due to the whole team!
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Liam Murphy, 6'7" 220# W/F from N. Florida (previously Columbia). From Staten Island, NY.
Would be an interesting/potentially valuable bench piece. A bigger "Joey C" type player.
6th man at UNF. Shot 42.3% on a TON of 3pt shots (246!). No idea how his defense is, general metrics aren't great but I have not watched a single UNF game and their KP defense is horrendous (#353) so it may also be due to the whole team!
EDIT: Mods, please feel free to delete/move if not the right thread
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it's hard watching a ton of talent drop off the portal board
trust in Hurley . . .
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