The transfer portal opens today

[UConnSwag11]

Dan Hurley brought up tampering several times after the game, pleading that his little-used freshmen wait their turn behind the number of future NBA players in UConn’s starting lineup. “I get the intel from my staff, different programs that, while they’re still playing and while other people are still playing, are tampering… The whole thing is just an embarrassing mess the way some programs operate,” Hurley said. “Our game is so despicable in some ways with the way people are functioning in March.”

Donovan Clingan authors another chapter in UConn history with dominant Big East title game

Adding onto his illustrious basketball resume, Bristol native Donovan Clingan had one of his most dominant games in leading UConn to the Big East Tournament title.

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Teams went after Johnson last year

 

[uconndogs]

Unfettered free agency.......that's where we are heading. Teams with access to the most money will acquire and retain the most talent. As this process matures it will be grotesque for those of us who experienced college athletics over the past 30-40 years.

Honestly, it doesn't hold any interest for me, even recognizing that UCONN has a fighters chance with mens and womens hoops to compete at the highest levels. Football is a lost cause......

 

[superjohn]

Unfettered free agency.......that's where we are heading. Teams with access to the most money will acquire and retain the most talent. As this process matures it will be grotesque for those of us who experienced college athletics over the past 30-40 years.

Honestly, it doesn't hold any interest for me, even recognizing that UCONN has a fighters chance with mens and womens hoops to compete at the highest levels. Football is a lost cause......

Thanks for your interest in UConn basketball.

 

[uconndogs]

Oh..... and btw, a lot of kids are going to get hurt in this process. Instead of sticking with a good program and coach who will instill discipline they will take the easy way out and most likely stunt their development.

 

[Dove]

Oh..... and btw, a lot of kids are going to get hurt in this process. Instead of sticking with a good program and coach who will instill discipline they will take the easy way out and most likely stunt their development.

Self-inflicted pain.

 

[uconndogs]

Thanks for your interest in UConn basketball.

Gee, clever, first time that post has ever been used....

I've been a fan for over 40 years, this model of college athletics is very disappointing to me. What can I say.

Carry on.......

 

[RedStickHusky]

I'm curious what you need to do to get kicked off the team at Louisville. Anyone know?

Homework

 

[uconndogs]

Self-inflicted pain.

Of course it is. That's what 18-19 year olds do without a little discipline and structure.

 

[uconndogs]

Home

lol!

I'm curious what you need to do to get kicked off the team at Louisville. Anyone know?

Not pay the hookers?

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

Oh..... and btw, a lot of kids are going to get hurt in this process. Instead of sticking with a good program and coach who will instill discipline they will take the easy way out and most likely stunt their development.

You could also say coaches who use the portal to bring in guys over them are taking the easy way out instead of developing the guys they have, which can also stunt their development.

It’s a two way street.

 

[his dudeness]

Cliff Omoruyi reportedly will be entering the portal. Staff wanted him bad out of high school but ended up with Sanogo reclassing instead. Pike will be under pressure to win big next year with 2 top 5 recruits.

Unconfirmed buzz on the St John's board about Des Claude too, but Xavier is still playing and that could be false info from delusional Johnnies.

 

[UCTitleTown]

Favors the bad teams that aren't in the post-season. The playing field should be even for all, at least for the portal. We already know NIL money isn't equal.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Favors the bad teams that aren't in the post-season. The playing field should be even for all, at least for the portal. We already know NIL money isn't equal.

Will be interested to see how it plays out. Most of the big-budget programs that have NIL money to spend are in the tourney, so presumably it would behoove the better players to wait to decide. I’m sure the staffs of those programs are monitoring and will be at a minimum in the ear of these players while the tourney is still ongoing.

 

[uconndogs]

You could also say coaches who use the portal to bring in guys over them are taking the easy way out instead of developing the guys they have, which can also stunt their development.

It’s a two way street.

Totally agree. The coaches, athletic departments and school presidents should all be ashamed of themselves for their greed. That's what lead to where we are today. With leadership,the kids could have been much better treated and a level playing field (more or less) could have been maintained. Instead we now have professional developmental basketball and football leagues.

 

[HooperScooper]

Homework

At Louisville? Oh yeah, that's got to be it.

 

[HooperScooper]

lol!

Not pay the hookers?

That can't be it. The school does that for them.

 

[Sphinx]

Unfettered free agency.......that's where we are heading. Teams with access to the most money will acquire and retain the most talent. As this process matures it will be grotesque for those of us who experienced college athletics over the past 30-40 years.

Honestly, it doesn't hold any interest for me, even recognizing that UCONN has a fighters chance with mens and womens hoops to compete at the highest levels. Football is a lost cause......

Agree. There is no stretch of the word "college" elastic enough to enable the word to be used to describe current big-time "college" athletics. Even "semi-pro" is insufficient, since semi-pro implies that the athletic activity is ancillary to the participant's primary occupation and principal source of income. Major college athletes today are professionals (to the extent that mercenaries are worthy of the label.). It is possible that we will look back on last year's UConn Huskies as the last true NCAA "college" basketball champion.

 

[Tenspro2002]

A Harvard senior who averaged half a point per game? Just go to McKinsey, dude. What the hell are you doing?

 

[Tenspro2002]

The only saving grace here is I have to imagine that the top transfers will hold out for the top teams who are still playing (and who have big NIL to offer). I don't think the few-week head start actually helps the minnows all that much.

The only teams who potentially benefit are the big-name, big-money teams who were terrible this year. I guess St. John's fits the bill?

 

[SubbaBub]

Portal rules are poor constructed but from the students POV, if you are considering a transfer March is about when you'd start reaching out.

That said, no reason they can't push it 2 weeks until all but 4 teams are done.

 

[BGesus4]

Stojakovic is in the portal. He’d be a great fit for our offense.

 

[HooperScooper]

Decommit that is an interesting one. I think he's originally from DC.

BREAKING: Top-30 recruit decommits from Michigan following the firing of Juwan Howard

Khani Rooths, a top-30 prospect in the 2024 class, has decommitted from Michigan following the firing of Juwan Howard.

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[UConnSwag11]

Stojakovic is in the portal. He’d be a great fit for our offense.

Someone on twitter said he was a former UCONN target

 

[twiceahusky]

That can't be it. The school does that for them.

Correct. Students are responsible for just the tip.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Someone on twitter said he was a former UCONN target

He was but his final list was all west coast if I remember correctly.