Big East Comings and Goings

[rollskies]

Thought it would be nice to have a thread to see what’s going on with the other BE schools this off-season.

First up:


Edit: Find it a little odd that there has been no announcement yet on the future of Lavall Jordan

 

[rollskies]

Kam Craft staying committed to Xavier and Sean Miller

 

[Fairfield_1st]

Kam Craft staying committed to Xavier and Sean Miller

If announcing you're staying is a thing, the Twitterverse is going to get awfully muddy soon.

 

[rollskies]

If announcing you're staying is a thing, the Twitterverse is going to get awfully muddy soon.

My personal favorite is the edits they make for de-commitments

 

[don356]

Kam Craft staying committed to Xavier and Sean Miller

Don't see a lot of kids with a farmer's tan.

 

[rollskies]

 

[auror]

He was really good this year playing behind Watson. His on/off splits and advanced metrics were way better than Watson's. This will be an underrated development for the conference.

 

[BGesus4]

He was really good this year playing behind Watson. His on/off splits and advanced metrics were way better than Watson's. This will be an underrated development for the conference.

Yeah, pc putting the pieces together to be in the running to get picked 6th in the BE preseason

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yeah, pc putting the pieces together to be in the running to get picked 6th in the BE preseason

Are UConn fans really going there with the team that won a regular season championship and made the sweet 16? He's a good player.

 

[Dogman69]

PC with a core of Bynum, Croswell, Breed. They're a lock for a Wednesday afternoon exit at MSG.

 

[BGesus4]

Are UConn fans really going there with the team that won a regular season championship and made the sweet 16? He's a good player.

Are you asking if I’m a uconn fan or if you are in a dream state?

 

[Storrs South]

PC with a core of Bynum, Croswell, Breed. They're a lock for a Wednesday afternoon exit at MSG.

I think Minaya and Horchler both have an extra year if they want it but will be 24 and 25 next season. If the both came back I would pencil in for top half of Big East, but no idea what odds of one or both returning. Outside of that, yea would not consider that a strong core for next season.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

I think Minaya and Horchler both have an extra year if they want it but will be 24 and 25 next season. If the both came back I would pencil in for top half of Big East, but no idea what odds of one or both returning. Outside of that, yea would not consider that a strong core for next season.

Horchler is done. He has already played 5 years.

Press release from last year when he announced he was using his extra COVID year

Noah Horchler To Return For Another Season - Providence College Athletics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - It was announced today (March 28) that Providence College senior forward Noah Horchler (Melbourne Beach, Fla.) will return for another sea...

friars.com

 

[Storrs South]

Horchler is done. He has already played 5 years.

Press release from last year when he announced he was using his extra COVID year

Noah Horchler To Return For Another Season - Providence College Athletics

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - It was announced today (March 28) that Providence College senior forward Noah Horchler (Melbourne Beach, Fla.) will return for another sea...

friars.com

I stand corrected. I thought he only played 4 seasons + 1 redshirt year, with one of the 4 seasons played being the COVID year but I guess he is done based on the link you sent.

 

[Matt1010]

Croswell has a chance to be very good next year if he can learn to stop fouling, but for someone who has already played 4 seasons I'm not sure that'll change much. 6.2 fouls per 40 minutes is rough.

 

[auror]

I stand corrected. I thought he only played 4 seasons + 1 redshirt year, with one of the 4 seasons played being the COVID year but I guess he is done based on the link you sent.

He played his freshman year at Eastern Florida State College before North Florida, so a 1 year JUCO I guess.

 

[PNolanFan]

I think I saw somewhere that Depaul had some nice pickups already in the portal

 

[Storrs South]

Mike Anderson in big big trouble

 

[rollskies]

Mike Anderson in big big trouble

Wonder what Champegnie is gonna do. His decision to stay or go is going to be huge for St. john’s.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Mike Anderson in big big trouble

Why? He is doing the same thing RJ and Tyrese did and is a year older than both.

 

[Storrs South]

Why? He is doing the same thing RJ and Tyrese did and is a year older than both.

Sure doing same thing, but UConn (we hope) has a core of Andre, Hawk, and Sanogo to fall back on for next year plus Karaban and CFG that I expect to make contributions and TBD on Samson / Akok / Donovan.

If Champagnie doesn't return he has...Posh Alexander...Addae-Wussu...1 4 star recruiting coming in and a bag of leaves. Would be an uphill battle for them to be a top half Big East team without hitting the portal extremely hard in a way that was not evident from Anderson's work last offseason.

 

[imno1]

Wonder what Champegnie is gonna do. His decision to stay or go is going to be huge for St. john’s.

I think he'll take his chances either getting drafted or a FA signing. Another year is not going to get him into the first round

 

[Hoophound]

I think he'll take his chances either getting drafted or a FA signing. Another year is not going to get him into the first round

He’s a great player. Should have a decent career.

 

[Hungryhusky99]

Sure doing same thing, but UConn (we hope) has a core of Andre, Hawk, and Sanogo to fall back on for next year plus Karaban and CFG that I expect to make contributions and TBD on Samson / Akok / Donovan.

If Champagnie doesn't return he has...Posh Alexander...Addae-Wussu...1 4 star recruiting coming in and a bag of leaves. Would be an uphill battle for them to be a top half Big East team without hitting the portal extremely hard in a way that was not evident from Anderson's work last offseason.

Gotcha. I agree they are going to stink, I thought you were saying the Wheeler loss was on him.

 

[Rakkasan]

Are UConn fans really going there with the team that won a regular season championship and made the sweet 16? He's a good player.

Apparently the answer to your question was "yes."

 

[PChoops]

PC with a core of Bynum, Croswell, Breed. They're a lock for a Wednesday afternoon exit at MSG.

Why, because the names don't garner any attention, their HS rankings. I posted before Cooley does have a best work with a lesser named roster....ex this season, 2014 (BET champs) and 2016. Bynum should be 1st Team All BE, Crow should take another major step(took one this year) lead the league in rebounding, Breed's mins and points will go up and maybe in the running for BE defensive POY. I trust Cooley will hit the portal and PC will be fine, still waiting on Minaya's decision and got a 6'10 leaper athletic shot blocker who can step out in Castro who redshirted......hearing all good things.

 

[karstenkibbe]

Mike Anderson in big big trouble

Wheeler is a seriously high-character local guy from Stamford. Great family. Played two years of high school ball at Trinity Catholic before he moved on to St. Andrews. Hope he makes a solid living playing internationally.

 

[tcf15]

 

[awfuldan]

Surprised it’s not more tbh

 

[rollskies]

Surprised it’s not more tbh

Not surprising after the season they had. There were some rumors that Georgetown could land some of the LSU transfers because the assistant coach went to Georgetown.