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ibleedhuskyblue said:
Yes, but i think the idea is that we get everyone in and hopefully decided by then so that anyone on our current roster who wants to enter the portal can make that decision before the 5/1 cutoff date.
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That is awesome respect to the guys... Again why Dan Hurley and staff are loved by the players
 
businesslawyer said:
Ross has a chance. He doesn’t have to beat out AJ or Castle for playing time. Just players coming into the program who are good players but who have not played at anywhere near a national championship level. If he’s not good enough to beat them out, he gets to select whether he wants to stay and be out of the rotation or go somewhere else. No college is promising players they will be getting minutes there second year regardless of how good they are.
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I don’t say he doesn’t have a chance. And he is just a convenient example I’m saying his road is possibly more difficult than it might have been even 3-4 years ago because guys who might be no better than he have transferred in from lesser programs where they got a load of playing time and game experience and may well have a significant leg up compared to competing against an incoming freshman. I’m also saying going forward that we don’t know what impact if any the portal will have both on how hs kids choose and how programs offer. Obviously it will vary from program to program.
 
cohenzone said:
I don’t say he doesn’t have a chance. And he is just a convenient example I’m saying his road is possibly more difficult than it might have been even 3-4 years ago because guys who might be no better than he have transferred in from lesser programs where they got a load of playing time and game experience and may well have a significant leg up compared to competing against an incoming freshman. I’m also saying going forward that we don’t know what impact if any the portal will have both on how hs kids choose and how programs offer. Obviously it will vary from program to program.
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That’s true. But it’s also true that players have always been recruited over by incoming frosh and JUCOs, and that the way those players get playing time is to go to a lesser school (which is also now easier). And there will be players on some schools that get playing time because players in front of them head to greener pastures who wouldn’t have before the portal.

Ultimately, the same number of young men will be college starters and college rotation players with or without a portal. Some will benefit from the new ease of moving, some won’t.
 
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businesslawyer said:
That’s true. But it’s also true that players have always been recruited over by incoming frosh and JUCOs, and that the way those players get playing time is to go to a lesser school (which is also now easier). And there will be players on some schools that get playing time because players in front of them head to greener pastures who wouldn’t have before the portal.

Ultimately, the same number of young men will be college starters and college rotation players with or without a portal. Some will benefit from the new ease of moving, some won’t.
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I agree. But the overall skill level of portal guys the last few years compared to JUCO is not in the same universe. I agree that a kid can find a place to be a key player. But I am saying the kid who might have picked our program as lets say a top 75 hs kid might now decide to try and be the kid who goes to Dayton, East Carolina or Dayton and maybe portal out eventually. Do you disagree that top tier programs will opt to fill voids with top portal players at least if they don’t get what they want out of a freshman class? And on how that impacts players already in the program? The competition to be nationally relevant is pretty fierce at the top as conference consolidation shows. Hurley will do what he needs to do to keep us in the discussion not to mention the entitlement that half the BY thinks we have to be the top dog.
 
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AntG168 said:
I’ve heard about the worry for him defensively:

Well he just had a very impressive 1:1 stop in open space on Gonzaga’s Hickman.

This shows me there is something there for Hurley to work with.

I’ll check back in soon.
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I remember cam was going to be a defensive liability. He certainly was not. I think he improved immeasurably defensively from the beginning to end of season. Mahaney is a good athlete, his defense will be fine in this system
 
jibsey said:
We have been lucky the last 2 years injury wise. It makes sense for Hurley to guard against it tanking things.
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We had chronic injuries during the course of the season and Danny and the kids only lost 2 games fully healthy. Clingan, Alex, Castle, and Cam all missed time. But we were injury free when it mattered most. McCullar misses time and their team collapsed. The difference was our starting 5 was better than Kansas and they had no bench. It’s important to have a deep bench with quality players and be able to lego the roster as to not miss a beat.
 
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Drame said:
Kids dont have to commit by 5/1.
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I know but it’s the deadline for entering the portal. Hurley wants as many guys to commit before then to give current players the chance to assess what’s best for them
 
cohenzone said:
I agree. But the overall skill level of portal guys the last few years compared to JUCO is not in the same universe. I agree that a kid can find a place to be a key player. But I am saying the kid who might have picked our program as lets say a top 75 hs kid might now decide to try and be the kid who goes to Dayton, East Carolina or Dayton and maybe portal out eventually. Do you disagree that top tier programs will opt to fill voids with top portal players at least if they don’t get what they want out of a freshman class? And on how that impacts players already in the program? The competition to be nationally relevant is pretty fierce at the top as conference consolidation shows. Hurley will do what he needs to do to keep us in the discussion not to mention the entitlement that half the BY thinks we have to be the top dog.
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What you say is all true with this added consideration. As our program continues to be linked as one of the best, I see us obtaining more upper 4* and 5* high schoolers. This results in not having to dip very deep into the transfer portal for upper level talent every year. Right now, we are lucky to grab a 5* whereas Duke? Kansas et al, have an entire team of 5*s. This coming year we are forced to go portal hunting for a lot of kids as our entire team is turning over. When we can get to a state where the staff can cherry pick 1 or 2 high level UConn type players from the transfer portal, we will have reached nirvana.
 
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FearThePups said:
I care that Shulga visit sooner than later to gauge mutual interest and fit. Don’t want to pin all hope on Mahaney.
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Mahaney is finishing his visits today. Deep breathes.
 
ec33 said:
Mahaney is finishing his visits today. Deep breathes.
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Agree but with his choice down to UK and us, at least Creighton’s opening may be closed out to him. I was worried when Trey Alexander said he wasn’t returning and all those minutes were open.
 
businesslawyer said:
The portal will make things different, no question. I just don’t see it as problematic. Maybe it means in the future a Ross goes to Dayton where he can transfer to the Big East after 3 years. This isn’t a problem for the universe of college basketball players.
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It certainly seems like it has the potential to make the mid and low majors minor league feeders.
 
bendm said:
I know but it’s the deadline for entering the portal. Hurley wants as many guys to commit before then to give current players the chance to assess what’s best for them
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Says who?

There is already a backup plan that we "know" about. There will be a plan after that.

Someone is coming in to fill that role whether it is Option A, B, C, or Z. (With the roll UConn is on landing people how many options do you think it is going to take?)
 
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