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dvegas said:
In the Andy Baylock era (granted with very little scholorship money), he almost never recruited or gave try-outs to potential baseball players who were Engineering or Pharmacy majors, I guess he surmised the course load, labs, homework etc. was too much for them combined with the athletic demands.
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That's fine, but no university department is going to award a degree to a kid who hasn't completed the requirements; unless of course they have a North Carolina Tarheel type setup.
 
Hey Adrien! said:


What an interesting roster at Seton Hall.

aNo "classic" PGs, but between Richmond/Dawes/Odukale/Harris they can roll out lineups with three "combo" guards.

Very good work from Holloway this offseason!
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I give myself a 50/50 chance of making the Pitt team if I tried out next year.

Do they have any players? What is the point of not firing Capel?
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I give myself a 50/50 chance of making the Pitt team if I tried out next year.

Do they have any players? What is the point of not firing Capel?
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It's a football school now. Even with the ACC money, I wonder if eating multiple basketball coaching contracts so quickly is frowned upon. I don't think Pitt has crazy boosters looking to write checks to fire coaches (but I could be wrong).

Interestingly, I think they now have the same number of open scholarships as we do with the signings of Jorge and Guillermo Diaz-Graham. Full disclosure, I didn't know this. I looked up their situation and saw they have 3 open scholarships after signing these twins. Pitt is no longer in my sphere of attention which tends to be northeast or national teams. I don't know where they fit now. Midwest? South? They do seem to be drawing a lot of kids from NY/NJ/CT to the school from what I've seen, just not to the basketball team.
 
Anyone that rummages around on the other BE boards know if some CBB crazed fan has created some short of excel sheet with updated rosters for BE teams with portal losses/additions??
 
Storrs South said:
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Pitt gave a huge buyout to a guy that had made 3 NCAA tournaments in 9 years as a head coach at two decent programs, and then got no decent coaching offers for 7 years prior to Pitt showing up and offering him? Pitt is Pitt for a reason.

Capel's buyout drops to $5 million next offseason, which makes him much more fire-able.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Pitt gave a huge buyout to a guy that had made 3 NCAA tournaments in 9 years as a head coach at two decent programs, and then got no decent coaching offers for 7 years prior to Pitt showing up and offering him? Pitt is Pitt for a reason.

Capel's buyout drops to $5 million next offseason, which makes him much more fire-able.
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Not a fan of Capel at all and would hate to think of any program worth talking about hiring him
But in those 3 NCAAs with VCU and Oklahoma he made it to round of 32 and the Elite Eight
 
Carey was the only player Ewing named a team captain during his five seasons as a coach.
 
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Super efficient two-way two guard.

Kevin Willard's starting backcourt will be two transfer studs: Carey and Jahmir Young from Charlotte (19.6p, 5.9r, 3.7a, 1.1s, 34.1 3p% in 35.8 mpg).

Maryland doesn't have a lot of proven depth, but I like their starting lineup: Young, Carey, Hart, Scott, Reese. On my count, they have just 10 scholarships filled, so my guess is that they will get another player who plays somewhere within the 3 and 5 spots. Maybe Brandon Weston?
 
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Hey Adrien! said:
Super efficient two-way two guard.

Kevin Willard's starting backcourt will be two transfer studs: Carey and Jahmir Young from Charlotte (19.6p, 5.9r, 3.7a, 1.1s, 34.1 3p% in 35.8 mpg).

Maryland doesn't have a lot of proven depth, but I like their starting lineup: Young, Carey, Hart, Scott, Reese. On my count, they have just 10 scholarships filled, so my guess is that they will get another player who plays somewhere within the 3 and 5 spots. Maybe Brandon Weston?
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They might struggle defensively, but that’s a team that can score. They’ll be interesting to watch.
 
Storrs South said:
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Damn, nice get for Maryland. If you look back at the thread when he announced he was transferring I was hoping UConn would get him. But I was looking at Donald Carey skillset in isolation without consideration to who else UConn was trying to get. I don't even know if UConn was on his radar and vice versa.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Pitt gave a huge buyout to a guy that had made 3 NCAA tournaments in 9 years as a head coach at two decent programs, and then got no decent coaching offers for 7 years prior to Pitt showing up and offering him? Pitt is Pitt for a reason.

Capel's buyout drops to $5 million next offseason, which makes him much more fire-able.
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I wish I sucked at my job enough that someone would pay me $5mil to leave...
 
Hey Adrien! said:


What an interesting roster at Seton Hall.

aNo "classic" PGs, but between Richmond/Dawes/Odukale/Harris they can roll out lineups with three "combo" guards.

Very good work from Holloway this offseason!
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Do they have any good ball handlers / playmakers? I look at Memphis last year, all the talent in the world but they were bad (at least early) mainly because they didn’t have a single primary PG.
 
Chuck said:
It's a football school now. Even with the ACC money, I wonder if eating multiple basketball coaching contracts so quickly is frowned upon. I don't think Pitt has crazy boosters looking to write checks to fire coaches (but I could be wrong).

Interestingly, I think they now have the same number of open scholarships as we do with the signings of Jorge and Guillermo Diaz-Graham. Full disclosure, I didn't know this. I looked up their situation and saw they have 3 open scholarships after signing these twins. Pitt is no longer in my sphere of attention which tends to be northeast or national teams. I don't know where they fit now. Midwest? South? They do seem to be drawing a lot of kids from NY/NJ/CT to the school from what I've seen, just not to the basketball team.
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I hate Pitt almost as much as BC. Loved it when I saw Khalid dancing on the scorers table at Pitt and shouting at the student section.
 
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Georgetown adds another transfer:

Bryson Mozone, 6’6 205 GR from SC Upstate, 15.8p, 5.7r, 1.3a, 38.6 3p% (about ½ ftas from three) in 33.2 mpg.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Georgetown adds another transfer:

Bryson Mozone, 6’6 205 GR from SC Upstate, 15.8p, 5.7r, 1.3a, 38.6 3p% (about ½ ftas from three) in 33.2 mpg.
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I kinda like their roster this year...it wouldn't surprise me if they finish in the 7/8 range. It also wouldn't surprise me if they go 0-20 again
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Georgetown adds another transfer:

Bryson Mozone, 6’6 205 GR from SC Upstate, 15.8p, 5.7r, 1.3a, 38.6 3p% (about ½ ftas from three) in 33.2 mpg.
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……..and he can probably run all day long if he gets 33.2 mpg.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Georgetown adds another transfer:

Bryson Mozone, 6’6 205 GR from SC Upstate, 15.8p, 5.7r, 1.3a, 38.6 3p% (about ½ ftas from three) in 33.2 mpg.
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Georgetown has become St. John's : a way-station with no long term planning.

Ticket sales next year haven't even been announced. There's a trend here.

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DFW HOYA said:
Georgetown has become St. John's : a way-station with no long term planning.

Ticket sales next year haven't even been announced. There's a trend here.

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And that's really too bad. IMO for the Big East to optimize it's branding and long term on court success it needs UConn, Nova, GTown, and St. John's to be perennially top 25 teams (added bonus would be DePaul/Marquette for Chicago market). UConn and Nova have the national recognition and respect and are blue bloods or elite programs with historical success. GTown and St. John's are in major cities and could captivate those cities on some level which in turn would give them some national prominence, but they just have not had the success to warrant that. People in NYC and DC will simply and easily turn their attention to the other many sports & entertainment options that exist within those cities.

I guess what I am really trying to say is, as UConn fans and BE fans, we should be pulling for GTown and St. John's to be successful year after year. Plus, it would help BE recruiting in NYC and DC area even more.
 
aburks41 said:
I kinda like their roster this year...it wouldn't surprise me if they finish in the 7/8 range. It also wouldn't surprise me if they go 0-20 again
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Me too. Lots of mystery in how Ewing will build his rotations, but they certainly don't lack volume.

They're rich with guards (Harris/Anglin/Heath/Spears) and smaller wings (Murray/Mozone/Murray/Bristol/Riley).

I'm still lukewarm on their 4s/5s (Mutombo/Akok/Wilson/Ezewiro/Bass), but he needs just one of those guys to truly step up.

Personally, if Georgetown wants to take the next step, I'd expect Dante Harris to play less than what he has in the last two seasons (30+ mpg). 40.9 2p%, 26.8 3p% won't cut it for a Big East caliber starting guard.
 
UConn and Nova have the national recognition and respect and are blue bloods or elite programs with historical success.

I remember GTown having historical success and I think they won the NBE tournament 2020-21. While they had a really bad record last season, they were competitive in many games. They are not on the same level as Nova, but again, in the NBE, nobody but Creighton comes close in the past 6 years

I have little doubt that GTown and St Johns will be consistently strong very soon and watch out for DePaul.
 
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