The College Basketball Show

[RuffRuff]

Lewis is a slightly smaller multi year version of Thomas. He has a different game than Nowell.
I'd take Lewis, Mullins and Riebe.

Not sure a 6’2” 2G alongside a 6’ PG is the recipe in the day of guarding the 3pt line. Part of our secret sauce last year and the prior year was length across the 1-3.

Give me a little size at the 2 as an option, because next year our assortment would be small with Mahaney, Nowell and Solo.

 

[awy]

it's always tradeoffs and identifying priorities. does the 6'5 guy have the skills or processing to run the offense?

 

[navery12]

Not sure a 6’2” 2G alongside a 6’ PG is the recipe in the day of guarding the 3pt line. Part of our secret sauce last year and the prior year was length across the 1-3.

Give me a little size at the 2 as an option, because next year our assortment would be small with Mahaney, Nowell and Solo.

Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright on line 1 for you

 

[husky429]

Lewis is a slightly smaller multi year version of Thomas. He has a different game than Nowell.
I'd take Lewis, Mullins and Riebe.

Different positions. Lewis is 100% lead guard. Thomas is a 2 who passes well.

 

[husky429]

Shabazz Napier and Ryan Boatright on line 1 for you

I'm sure Hurley is so disappointed in our 6'3 and 6'1 backcourt this season. Really lowering expectations in those interviews recently

 

[UCfor3]

Not sure a 6’2” 2G alongside a 6’ PG is the recipe in the day of guarding the 3pt line. Part of our secret sauce last year and the prior year was length across the 1-3.

Give me a little size at the 2 as an option, because next year our assortment would be small with Mahaney, Nowell and Solo.

That's basically our backcourt this year along with Hassan who is no giant.

 

[awy]

dont think that trend is holding true recently. a lot of teams are going big, particularly at pg.

 

[gsmooth]

Not sure a 6’2” 2G alongside a 6’ PG is the recipe in the day of guarding the 3pt line. Part of our secret sauce last year and the prior year was length across the 1-3.

Give me a little size at the 2 as an option, because next year our assortment would be small with Mahaney, Nowell and Solo.

It was also very good in breaking the pressure as Newton, Spencer, and Castle saw over the top of would-be-traps and made the pass to get it over the half court line.

 

[Hunt for 7]

dont think that trend is holding true recently. a lot of teams are going big, particularly at pg.

That’s what I thought as well, which is why I looked. But in the data there are two very relevant data points.

When they started measuring without shoes.

And the majority of player are between 6’4” and 6’9”.

Unless the last two years are some type of anomaly you really don’t see any significant swings over a two year period.

But it does seem that there are fewer small guards.

Having big guards has worked out really well for us the last two years. I do think it offers an advantage on close outs to three point shooter as well as rebounding.

But great players are great players and I would take Kemba, Bazz and Boat on any team.

 

[Umami Zen]

Our roster is what it is. Our staff will put us in a position to win games. Our guards are not as big as last year's guards but we have a ton of athleticism on the wing/Solo that can provide disruptive defense and mismatch nightmares for the opposition. Our motion offense is tremendously difficult to defend and will give open shots and space for our guards to score and get their shots off. Our team defense will be effective with help defense as long as they funnel their guys to our Bigs.

Dan thinks we're pretty talented. I agree.

 

[awy]

That’s what I thought as well, which is why I looked. But in the data there are two very relevant data points.

When they started measuring without shoes.

And the majority of player are between 6’4” and 6’9”.

Unless the last two years are some type of anomaly you really don’t see any significant swings over a two year period.

But it does seem that there are fewer small guards.

Having big guards has worked out really well for us the last two years. I do think it offers an advantage on close outs to three point shooter as well as rebounding.

But great players are great players and I would take Kemba, Bazz and Boat on any team.

the nba relentlessly hunt for defensive mismatches and there's a lot of space on the downside in terms of getting cooked all game. the advantage of height for passing vision and options also a factor.

 

[Ricker]

IMO Thomas, Mullins, Ament, Bundalo, & Reibe are the guys that seem to have mutual interest and keep us at championship caliber. I would include Burries & Cenac but it seems like their interest in us is modest. If we miss on most/all of these guys, I'd rather wait for the portal. Adams, Greer, are good players but I don't think they are better than what we could expect from the portal. They really aren't the knockdown shooters we need, and, the portal offers players with more experience. In Lewis' case, if the staff feels good about our chances with Rippey, I'd rather push for Rippey in 2026. Tounde confounds me how to use him in our system but he has the talent and motor. It would be like playing a Jeff Adrien body type at the 2-3, that is wired to rebound, make things happen, draw fouls and score without shooting a high percentage.

The thread asked for predictions and mine are overall disappointing and hopefully wrong.
Thomas stolen by Calipari with an NIL offer we aren't interested in trying to match
Mullins decides to stay home at KY or Indiana & I say KY 2 hrs from home with 7' teammate Moreno
Burries go to a west coast team
Cenac goes to Houston (or maybe an SEC NIL offer)
Reibe goes to Creighton as the Kalkbrenner replacement because he can see how Kalkbrenner was used offensively
Lewis goes elsewhere because his greatest stated focus is playing time right away and sees Nowell, Mahaney, Ball as limiting his min

UConn Please Please Please gets 1 of Ament / Bundalo
UConn gets Darius Adams

Kudos to the staff if they can reel in Thomas/Mullins or both. I really want what these guys bring.
I also don't discount a surprise foreign front court player not yet known to us.
Maybe somebody in these NBA Africa development programs as a rim protector in the 7' range?

 

[Mooch82]

IMO Thomas, Mullins, Ament, Bundalo, & Reibe are the guys that seem to have mutual interest and keep us at championship caliber. I would include Burries & Cenac but it seems like their interest in us is modest. If we miss on most/all of these guys, I'd rather wait for the portal. Adams, Greer, are good players but I don't think they are better than what we could expect from the portal. They really aren't the knockdown shooters we need, and, the portal offers players with more experience. In Lewis' case, if the staff feels good about our chances with Rippey, I'd rather push for Rippey in 2026. Tounde confounds me how to use him in our system but he has the talent and motor. It would be like playing a Jeff Adrien body type at the 2-3, that is wired to rebound, make things happen, draw fouls and score without shooting a high percentage.

The thread asked for predictions and mine are overall disappointing and hopefully wrong.
Thomas stolen by Calipari with an NIL offer we aren't interested in trying to match
Mullins decides to stay home at KY or Indiana & I say KY 2 hrs from home with 7' teammate Moreno
Burries go to a west coast team
Cenac goes to Houston (or maybe an SEC NIL offer)
Reibe goes to Creighton as the Kalkbrenner replacement because he can see how Kalkbrenner was used offensively
Lewis goes elsewhere because his greatest stated focus is playing time right away and sees Nowell, Mahaney, Ball as limiting his min

UConn Please Please Please gets 1 of Ament / Bundalo
UConn gets Darius Adams

Kudos to the staff if they can reel in Thomas/Mullins or both. I really want what these guys bring.
I also don't discount a surprise foreign front court player not yet known to us.
Maybe somebody in these NBA Africa development programs as a rim protector in the 7' range?

I was with you re: Lewis when I thought we were in the driver's seat for Thomas, but am sort of in the "you can never have enough ball handlers" camp at this point and like to bring in one ball handler with each class. So I'm all in on Lewis at this point.

Definitely want one of Mullins/Burries/Adams...in that order, although being a West coast kid Burries seems like a longshot. I would LOVE Mullins and think he'd be a stud for us, but competition is stiff and the Midwest factor could work against us.

No real clue about Ament - obviously it would be amazing to reel him in but I don't have a great feel for his recruitment right now.

Definitely want one of Bundalo/Reibe (you can thrown Cenac in this group as well but seems like a longshot). Reibe sort of seems like a Creighton lean but I feel like we could wow him on his visit.

Tounde and Greer are interesting...Greer doesn't have an offer yet so we may be in wait and see mode with him. 10 years ago I would have loved Tounde, but in today's game I'm also a little unsure how we would use him. That being said, he still seems like an absolute dog and winning player, so I'd trust DH and staff to use him the right way.

 

[UofCT]

For the first time in maybe forever i am not stressing about recruiting. Assuming we only lose AK and the seniors we will be so loaded it’s not even funny.

 

[UKemba15]

With one wave of his Gandolf wand we could blow Cameron Indoor onto Mars.

Gandalf uses a staff, nerd.

 

[QuickDraw]

Gandalf uses a staff, nerd.

how do you know, nerd?

 

[auror]

Indiana, UNC, or Kentucky would be good for us as they're also recruiting Reibe.

The interesting thing though is that he was set to visit Indiana next week with his teammates Mullins and Sisely. Hoosiers trying to do the big local visit to lock them all up. But now Moreno is committing a few days before that. All rumors pointing to Kentucky convincing him not to go on that visit.

Can only be good news for us with Mullins if Indiana's position is slightly weakening.

As expected, Moreno picks Kentucky.

 

[Drame]

Different positions. Lewis is 100% lead guard. Thomas is a 2 who passes well.

Agree Lewis is a lead guard but he attacks and is creative and looks for his own shots. Can get a bucket when the clock is low, like Thomas. Nowell is a lead guard but a different type. He's a floor general that looks to set the offense up, plays within the offense and is a dog on defense.

 

[Drame]

After watching Ament more. Im not sure he's one and done. He's so slight that it may take him time to excell at what he has at teh high school level. I could see the big east eating him up. Toure looked better and more ready than Ament at the Elite 24 game.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

After watching Ament more. Im not sure he's one and done. He's so slight that it may take him time to excell at what he has at teh high school level. I could see the big east eating him up. Toure looked better and more ready than Ament at the Elite 24 game.

Different players, different positions

 

[navery12]

After watching Ament more. Im not sure he's one and done. He's so slight that it may take him time to excell at what he has at teh high school level. I could see the big east eating him up. Toure looked better and more ready than Ament at the Elite 24 game.

That's an interesting take since the recruiting guys said he's the guy who's most likely to challenge AJ Dybantsa to go #1 next year after watching that same game