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Curiosity question.. In the new age of portal recruiting.. When mutual interest has been expressed--Can we/could we invite a prospective portal recruit to a Tournament game or is that off limits?? Didn't know if portal rules allow for that..
 
Just a heads up... don't even think of suggesting John Hugley as a potential Clingan backup. You've been warned.
 
lange10 said:
Would have to imagine we’re only after a player of his caliber if Newton/Alleyne plan to graduate & Hawk leaves for NBA.

If Newton/Alleyne come back I’m not sure we’ll be in the portal for anyone more than a Joey C replacement.
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I assume they are all gone. Those 2 were celebrated on senior night, and of course the draft for Hawkins.
 
Umami Zen said:
Curiosity question.. In the new age of portal recruiting.. When mutual interest has been expressed--Can we/could we invite a prospective portal recruit to a Tournament game or is that off limits?? Didn't know if portal rules allow for that..
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I think they have to abide by the general recruiting rules once they're in the portal, so we can only pay for stuff on official visits, and I don't think you can do an official visit at a neutral site event.
 
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lange10 said:
Assuming so, too. Wouldn’t mind Newton returning & being a backcourt mate with Castle, though.
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I'd take em back, but assuming they move on since they are graduating, our starting 5 is this: (MPG in parentheses)

G: Portal Guard (28)
G: Castle (28)
W: Jackson (28)
W: Karaban (28)
C: Clingan (28)

Bench:
G: Ball (10)
G: Diarra (10)
W: Ross (5)
W: Stewart (5)
PF: Samson (15)
C: Singare (2)

That leaves ~15 MPG for another portal player, likely a back up center because Singare is so raw. And obviously the rotation is gonna be trimmed down as the season goes on, so I think we'll see some minutes competition between Ball/Diarra, and Stewart/Ross. Samson is an interesting case. If he develops the way Hurley talks about him, then that may mitigate the need for a backup C in the portal because he could definitely fill in that role.

We still need another proven shooter though, and they would likely steal the minutes from a mix of Ball, Diarra, Stewart, and Ross. That's my take on the situation going into this offseason.
 
caw said:
Interesting quote from Shaka Smart about taking transfers. Sounds like Hurley's view before last year.


I don’t get this to be honest, the narrative that Smart doesn’t take transfers is absurd. He just didn’t take a ton this past year.

I mean Kolek and Prosper were transfers, just not fifth year guys. And he even admits he was after fifth year guys until NIL went crazy. He may have backed off, but was it really because he trusted his guys (then why was he after them in the first place), or was it because he didn’t have a big enough NIL bag for the transfers?

Talk about framing the narrative after the fact.
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Don’t recall or see him saying he doesn’t take or disagree with transfer portal. He was stating the risk of losing faith on and from the players on the roster.
Shaka obviously likes and instills good chemistry and takes the time and invests in working on players skill levels.
You can’t argue the success.
 
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aburks41 said:
I'd take em back, but assuming they move on since they are graduating, our starting 5 is this: (MPG in parentheses)

G: Portal Guard (28)
G: Castle (28)
W: Jackson (28)
W: Karaban (28)
C: Clingan (28)

Bench:
G: Ball (10)
G: Diarra (10)
W: Ross (5)
W: Stewart (5)
PF: Samson (15)
C: Singare (2)

That leaves ~15 MPG for another portal player, likely a back up center because Singare is so raw. And obviously the rotation is gonna be trimmed down as the season goes on, so I think we'll see some minutes competition between Ball/Diarra, and Stewart/Ross. Samson is an interesting case. If he develops the way Hurley talks about him, then that may mitigate the need for a backup C in the portal because he could definitely fill in that role.

We still need another proven shooter though, and they would likely steal the minutes from a mix of Ball, Diarra, Stewart, and Ross. That's my take on the situation going into this offseason.
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I get what you are saying but also I wouldnt mind jackson, karaban and clingan playing 32 minutes a game, i also think its likely that stewart and ball each are above 5 and 10 respectively. Not sure as I am not the expert but it seems like coaching staff is high on both of them. I think that those two combined end up closer to 25 minutes. I dont have insight into Dan Hurleys mind but if all these guys come back we might only have minutes for 1 or no transfers.

Now if Hurley doesnt think any of the freshman are ready for primetime then we need to bring in 2 guys.
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Croswell 2.0:

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Had wondered but didn’t look into it on why he wasn’t playing. Says some not so nice stuff about Dixon. Either good player who needs a coach he meshes with.

gtcam said:
Don’t recall or see him saying he doesn’t take or disagree with transfer portal. He was stating the risk of losing faith on and from the players on the roster.
Shaka obviously likes and instills good chemistry and takes the time and invests in working on players skill levels.
You can’t argue the success.
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Full article link at bottom

When the news came out about [Pack] going from Kansas State to Miami, that was a watershed moment in transfer recruiting in our sport," Smart told CBS Sports. "It completely altered what other transfers wanted."

Marquette was at different stages of recruiting four transfers. And practically overnight, the tone and expectations of those recruitments changed, Smart told me. He didn't like what he was hearing and quietly abandoned those recruitments

www.cbssports.com

Court Report: How Marquette became one of college basketball's best teams despite shunning transfer portal

Marquette had everyone fooled after refusing to promise NIL money to transfers. "Hell no, we ain't doing that," Shaka Smart said
www.cbssports.com www.cbssports.com
 
aburks41 said:
I'd take em back, but assuming they move on since they are graduating, our starting 5 is this: (MPG in parentheses)

G: Portal Guard (28)
G: Castle (28)
W: Jackson (28)
W: Karaban (28)
C: Clingan (28)

Bench:
G: Ball (10)
G: Diarra (10)
W: Ross (5)
W: Stewart (5)
PF: Samson (15)
C: Singare (2)

That leaves ~15 MPG for another portal player, likely a back up center because Singare is so raw. And obviously the rotation is gonna be trimmed down as the season goes on, so I think we'll see some minutes competition between Ball/Diarra, and Stewart/Ross. Samson is an interesting case. If he develops the way Hurley talks about him, then that may mitigate the need for a backup C in the portal because he could definitely fill in that role.

We still need another proven shooter though, and they would likely steal the minutes from a mix of Ball, Diarra, Stewart, and Ross. That's my take on the situation going into this offseason.
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That'd be one really green bench. Need a proven defensive big and another wing/guard that can play solid defense (might have to be one of the frosh but none of them really come with that reputation).
 
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The Will Wade factor is already in effect at McNeese State:

They added former Cincy commit and Utah transfer Mike Saunders.

Such a slimy coach...
 
Hey Adrien! said:
The Will Wade factor is already in effect at McNeese State:

They added former Cincy commit and Utah transfer Mike Saunders.

Such a slimy coach...
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Will Wade’s contract worth $1.175 million, includes 5-game suspension

-> In addition to the five-game suspension, McNeese put in several other recruiting restrictions and safeguards.
  • McNeese will hire an additional NCAA compliance officer to work with Wade.
  • Wade will submit a weekly report on all recruiting activities, which will include phone calls and texts, which will be submitted to Deputy Athletic Director Bridget Martin. The report will also be forwarded to the Southland Conference league office.
  • Wade and his staff will participate in mandatory weekly NCAA compliance education classes conducted by Martin
  • Wade is not to have any off-campus recruiting-related activities through July 31, 2023.
  • Wade must reduce official visits by four during the 2023/2024 academic years.
  • Wade is banned from all recruiting conversations between Sept. 1, 2023, through Oct. 15, 2023.
  • Wade is banned from having any unofficial visits from Sept. 1, 2023, through Oct. 15, 2023. <-
 
Another high-impact guard of interest: Wofford freshman Jackson Paveletzke.

The 6'3 175 guard reminds me a bit of Tyler Kolek: crafty, creative and able to score at all three levels. Mature beyond his years.

15.1p, 54.5 2p%, 1.4 3PM, 39.3 3p%, 4.2 FTA at 84.2%, 3.7a, 2.4 TO, 0.8s. 20th in the nation in getting just 1.4 fouls charged/40 and 491st in the nation with 4.3 fouls drawn/40.
 
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fleudslipcon said:
Any hope that Yarin Hasson or Apostolos Roumoglou contribute next season?
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It is very rare that someone plays 0 meaningful minutes as a freshman and ends up being a meaningful piece of a team long-term. I'd love to see it, but I'm not holding my breath.

Guys like Phil Nolan, Deandre Daniels, Austrie all played as freshman. Not a ton of minutes... but they got in most games. Gavin Edwards comes to mind as well. He didn't play much, but still saw the floor in 53 games his first two seasons, playing around 7 minutes per game.
 
husky429 said:
It is very rare that someone plays 0 meaningful minutes as a freshman and ends up being a meaningful piece of a team long-term. I'd love to see it, but I'm not holding my breath.

Guys like Phil Nolan, Deandre Daniels, Austrie all played as freshman. Not a ton of minutes... but they got in most games. Gavin Edwards comes to mind as well. He didn't play much, but still saw the floor in 53 games his first two seasons, playing around 7 minutes per game.
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In the last twenty years, maybe Beverly? Or Okwandu? Both played in their first year but less than half the games and less than five minutes per game. Still few and far between.
 
caw said:
In the last twenty years, maybe Beverly? Or Okwandu? Both played in their first year but less than half the games and less than five minutes per game. Still few and far between.
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Facey ended up as decent player
 
Hey Adrien! said:
Another high-impact guard of interest: Wofford freshman Jackson Paveletzke.

The 6'3 175 guard reminds me a bit of Tyler Kolek: crafty, creative and able to score at all three levels. Mature beyond his years.

15.1p, 54.5 2p%, 1.4 3PM, 39.3 3p%, 4.2 FTA at 84.2%, 3.7a, 2.4 TO, 0.8s. 20th in the nation in getting just 1.4 fouls charged/40 and 491st in the nation with 4.3 fouls drawn/40.
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Those are serious numbers for a freshman. Much better than Kolek's for example.
 
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