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Don’t know about the money, but their coach has an impressive résumé. Known for quickly turning around struggling programs.
 
Oregon adds two more players from the portal. After adding 6' 1" Freshman Avary Cain from UCLA, the Ducks have received transfers from 5' 9" Kosovo native and Washington State senior guard Astera Tuhina and from 6' 2" Aussie forward Mia Jacobs, Senior out of Fresno State.

Tuhina was a 35 game starter for WSU averaging 8.0 pts, 3.2 Assists, and 37.3% from Three.
Mia Jacobs, a 34 game starter, led Fresno State with 18.3 ppg and 14.1 Reb. Shot 38 % from Three.
This brings Oregon to 14 on next years roster (minus any as yet unknown portal defections).
 
Ciscokid said:
Don’t know about the money, but their coach has an impressive résumé. Known for quickly turning around struggling programs.
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Floridaduck said:
Oregon adds two more players from the portal. After adding 6' 1" Freshman Avary Cain from UCLA, the Ducks have received transfers from 5' 9" Kosovo native and Washington State senior guard Astera Tuhina and from 6' 2" Aussie forward Mia Jacobs, Senior out of Fresno State.

Tuhina was a 35 game starter for WSU averaging 8.0 pts, 3.2 Assists, and 37.3% from Three.
Mia Jacobs, a 34 game starter, led Fresno State with 18.3 ppg and 14.1 Reb. Shot 38 % from Three.
This brings Oregon to 14 on next years roster (minus any as yet unknown portal defections).
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After losing everyone from that great 2020 recruiting class, Kelly Graves looks fully engaged in the new Wild West NIL/Portal days. Nike money paying dividends? It appeared that Kelly's run was over, but it looks like he's in resurrection mode.
 
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After losing everyone from that great 2020 recruiting class, Kelly Graves looks fully engaged in the new Wild West NIL/Portal days. Nike money paying dividends? It appeared that Kelly's run was over, but it looks like he's in resurrection mode.
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I know Graves wants to get back to the high powered offensive game he prefers. He is building a speed roster with improved 3 pt capability not sure how NIL affects these two latest foreign players however. Aren’t there NIL restrictions on overseas players?
 
Floridaduck said:
I know Graves wants to get back to the high powered offensive game he prefers. He is building a speed roster with improved 3 pt capability not sure how NIL affects these two latest foreign players however. Aren’t there NIL restrictions on overseas players?
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So far as I know, yes. Their Visa does not permit them to work, per se. Arizona's foreign players that graduated in 2024 were able to create and sell shirts they designed and also to earn money from a meet and autograph event, although I don't know the details (donations? charge? for what?) as we didn't attend. But definitely no NIL for them.
 
Oregon now has 5 foreign players: a German, a Luxemburger, a Swede, an Aussie, and a Kosovan. They do get “goody bags” from Nike regularly. Maybe there is a workaround from Nike in their native countries.
i expect the Ducks to add one more… a big hopefully. Arizona transfer Breya Cunningham had Oregon as a finalist out of high school. Maybe I am daydreaming. No insight on that.
 
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Interesting. I thought she’d follow her HS friend, Jada Williams.
 
Dillon77 said:
For a guy who recommended several restaurants to me in Winston-Salem years ago, that's not simply not going to get you a cordial served around dinner on the porch this spring! Plus, we're at 5 ( count rehabbing Leah Macy coming aboard)! :rolleyes::rolleyes:

We'll see if some folks are visiting this weekend. Coach Ivey can drive you to the ends of your patience on this front, but she is thorough and has brought in good results in the portal before. The trouble is -- at least this year -- she needs at least four or five people.

Now, about that refreshing adult beverage? ;)

BTW, I like Cowles. Tall, athletic and runs well, which would fit in well with Hidalgo, Prosper and Bransford. Cowles played well against ND this year, which Ivey undoubtedly noticed. That's what got Liatu King noticed by Coach Ivey last year, too.
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I'd better keep my mouth shut as Duke is currently at 10 down from 14. :oops:.
 
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You got a good one. Offensively, Breya could score from anywhere in the paint and Arizona developed her hook shot to something really nice.

Arizona's issue with her was that she was foul prone - as one of her teammates explained it on Adia's radio show, Breya never met a shot she didn't think she could block. Plus, she did reach-ins when she wasn't under the basket. In spite of coaches and teammates mentoring her, she never did correct either bad habit. Unfortunately, unlike Texas, Arizona didn't have a lot of other options, forcing players to play out of position, etc. But she couldn't be "benched" until she fixed it. I'm sure Vic will be much more successful at that.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
You got a good one. Offensively, Breya could score from anywhere in the paint and Arizona developed her hook shot to something really nice.

Arizona's issue with her was that she was foul prone - as one of her teammates explained it on Adia's radio show, Breya never met a shot she didn't think she could block. Plus, she did reach-ins when she wasn't under the basket. In spite of coaches and teammates mentoring her, she never did correct either bad habit. Unfortunately, unlike Texas, Arizona didn't have a lot of other options, forcing players to play out of position, etc. But she couldn't be "benched" until she fixed it. I'm sure Vic will be much more successful at that.
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I know you mean well, but somehow your description is less "a good one" and more "a project with upside potential." The snarky me was tempted to say she's a perfect fit because Vic won't force her to develop an offensive game more than 5 feet from the basket...
 
TheFarmFan said:
I know you mean well, but somehow your description is less "a good one" and more "a project with upside potential." The snarky me was tempted to say she's a perfect fit because Vic won't force her to develop an offensive game more than 5 feet from the basket...
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I don't view her as that much of a project. She developed her body, her moves, her shot and everything else that was asked of her. It was the fouling. Isis Beh was her main mentor and she said it best - there are some shots you can't block, so you just have to let them go. There are others that you might block, but you have 4 fouls, so you need to let them go. But there were no consequences at Arizona for not correcting. I don't think that will be the case at Texas.

I don't know how good or bad her mid-range is. She took some and made some, but it wasn't the game she was developed for. Entry passes and quick shots, pick and rolls, etc. What Vic won't require is a 3 point shot I suspect, and gaining one can be useful. Beh did develop one, for instance and it can make a difference in a game. But it isn't Vic's game.
 
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