Transfer thread

[Charliebball]

Attention Dillon77: Raoul strikes again!!!!!

How is this possible, I thought Louisville already had a bevy of very tall people


Raoul ‏@Raoul_000 40m40 minutes ago
Raoul Retweeted Louisville Cardinal

Jeff Walz confirming that Louisville does have an open scholly. One possibility is ex-Illini Chatrice White.

Raoul added,

Louisville Cardinal @TheCardSports
"We currently have a scholarship left to give," Walz on potentially adding another recruit.
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[HuskyNan]

Might need a new seat, or a new butt.

5 hour drive isn't a very big deal.

Well, you're a young 'un.

 

[meyers7]

Well, you're a young 'un.

I feel old.

 

[Dillon77]

Well, you're a young 'un.

I hear you. In 8 days, I'm getting ready for an 11-hour trip to pick up my daughter from South Bend and can guarantee you that by the Ohio-Pennsylvania border I'll need to get out and take a walk....and not just to clear my head

 

[CocoHusky]

Well, you're a young 'un.

I strongly approve of the New Avatar.

 

[Dillon77]

Attention Dillon77: Raoul strikes again!!!!!

How is this possible, I thought Louisville already had a bevy of very tall people


Raoul ‏@Raoul_000 40m40 minutes ago
Raoul Retweeted Louisville Cardinal

Jeff Walz confirming that Louisville does have an open scholly. One possibility is ex-Illini Chatrice White.

Raoul added,

Louisville Cardinal @TheCardSports
"We currently have a scholarship left to give," Walz on potentially adding another recruit.
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Due to the recent comings and goings there, I guess there is one scholarship open....with all due respect to our Cardinal colleagues, it's hard to keep track. However, take a check at the door: there's a mess of young posts coming in the door there. Plus, there will only be so many shots to be had in two years, with Hines-Allen, Moore, Durr, etc. still slated to be there.

BTW, Ms. White was scheduled to be at Louisville for a visit last weekend...no news on how that went.

 

[Geno-ista]

Da'Shena, a Stamford native, played at St. John's and she's currently an assistant there. Da'Shena is the player that edged out Tiffany Hayes for Big East Freshman of the Year and was a key player on the Johnnies team that beat UConn at Gampel in 2012. Terrific player.

She was a heck of a player and that St John's team was an athletic and talented team!!!! And they deserved to win that game. I thought we would lose a couple fans in Gampel that night!

 

[Charliebball]

Due to the recent comings and goings there, I guess there is one scholarship open....with all due respect to our Cardinal colleagues, it's hard to keep track. However, take a check at the door: there's a mess of young posts coming in the door there. Plus, there will only be so many shots to be had in two years, with Hines-Allen, Moore, Durr, etc. still slated to be there.

BTW, Ms. White was scheduled to be at Louisville for a visit last weekend...no news on how that went.

I just posted this in my old thread about UConn being short front line help............Louisville has two top 30 2016 6'4" recruits (Johnson, Shook) coming and they already have two sophs at 6'3" Fuehring and 6'4" DeGrate..............UConn has 6"5" N Butler
and ...........................................

Raoul ‏@Raoul_000 12h12 hours ago
WBB: Loretta Kakala—6-3 C, Manteca HS (CA)—is heading to Louisville today for an official visit; #26 player in 2017

Blending power and finesse, strong and physical on block with nimble footwork in paint; interior game delivers in traffic; pounds glass, rebounds and initiates fast break; mobile in uptempo game; higher motor effort on both ends of the floor adds to next level impact; an elite prospect in the class of 2017.

 

[SCGamecock]

How is Jeff Walz convincing all of these top players to look at Louisville? Some of ya'll talk about Dawn and her "unfair" recruiting advantages..but Walz is running circles around just about everybody on the recruiting trail..

 

[Charliebball]

How is Jeff Walz convincing all of these top players to look at Louisville? Some of ya'll talk about Dawn and her "unfair" recruiting advantages..but Walz is running circles around just about everybody on the recruiting trail..

It's the shirts.......................and his has a stage hypnotist pretending to be an assistant coach.................

 

[UcMiami]

How is Jeff Walz convincing all of these top players to look at Louisville? Some of ya'll talk about Dawn and her "unfair" recruiting advantages..but Walz is running circles around just about everybody on the recruiting trail..

No idea - I think he is a good coach, and the Louisville facilities are great, and the location is pretty good, but the school is pretty meh. Being centrally located certainly is a plus - they are within long driving or short flight of a ton of talent.
The other thing is that he has had very limited success with top end talent - less than most of the other 'top ten' type of teams - he is definitely a volume first recruiter and the roster hovers around 15 most of the time. Durr is the first absolute blue chip recruit he has landed.

 

[Boreifs]

We should be hearing something soon about Stevens. Where ever she chooses to go, she'll probably want to attend summer school. If so, she'll have to enroll by mid-May.

Duke Finals end on May 7th. It's hard to imagine she would announce a transfer before finishing her exams.

 

[Orangutan]

Seems like Louisville has 25 scholarships.

Come on down to Walz Ford and get yourself a certified pre-owned Taurus...

He sure is a salesman.

 

[Charliebball]

Duke Finals end on May 7th. It's hard to imagine she would announce a transfer before finishing her exams.

or getting them graded......,......

 

[Carnac]

Duke Finals end on May 7th. It's hard to imagine she would announce a transfer before finishing her exams.

I totally agree. I also recognize that when you're a blue chip / scholarship athlete transferring in from another school, you don't have to jump through all the hoops than the average "non-athlete does. Someone from the basketball office (an assistant coach /staff member) is assigned to assist you (literally walk you through the enrollment process), and see that you are enrolled, and you get your desired classes. This can be done in less than an hour.

Assistant coaches/staff members are able to cut through all the red tape that non-athletes have to go through. That protocol is already in place. No doubt the athletic departments have a designated contact person in the office of admissions that expedite the process of enrolling new athletes coming in to the school. They can have her enrolled in school and get her classes in less than an hour. In most cases, the athlete does not have to physically be on campus for this process to be done. It was done for me, and that was over 40+ years ago. I did all of my school business and got all of my classes through a staff member in our basketball office. It was a streamlined operation than ran as smooth as a baby's cheek.

 

[Dillon77]

I just posted this in my old thread about UConn being short front line help..Louisville has two top 30 2016 6'4" recruits (Johnson, Shook) coming and they already have two sophs at 6'3" Fuehring and 6'4" DeGrate....UConn has 6"5" N Butler
and ........

Raoul ‏@Raoul_000 12h12 hours ago
WBB: Loretta Kakala—6-3 C, Manteca HS (CA)—is heading to Louisville today for an official visit; #26 player in 2017

Blending power and finesse, strong and physical on block with nimble footwork in paint; interior game delivers in traffic; pounds glass, rebounds and initiates fast break; mobile in uptempo game; higher motor effort on both ends of the floor adds to next level impact; an elite prospect in the class of 2017.

I did a similar post on another school's site and have one to add for 2016:
- - Bianca Dunham, incoming 6'2" forward from the Philly area.

On top of all that, it's not like Hines-Allen is playing out by the perimeter...she loves her lane. Going to need multiple police to control who plays and lane traffic!

As many have pointed out on this page, it seems to be a volume business (still) with Coach Walz, as opposed Geno and MM's more selective style. In my (very) humble opinion, little harder to get your recipe right when you've got ingredients coming in from all over the place.

 

[Charliebball]

I did a similar post on another school's site and have one to add for 2016:
- - Bianca Dunham, incoming 6'2" forward from the Philly area.

On top of all that, it's not like Hines-Allen is playing out by the perimeter...she loves her lane. Going to need multiple police to control who plays and lane traffic!

As many have pointed out on this page, it seems to be a volume business (still) with Coach Walz, as opposed Geno and MM's more selective style. In my (very) humble opinion, little harder to get your recipe right when you've got ingredients coming in from all over the place.

I'm just amazed that a very much in demand post player would want to join a team that had so many others at the very same position and in the same class or just one year older.....................why would you want to play 8-12 minutes when you could be a 30 minute per game starter by your sophomore year with another winning team?

Come to think of it...........it must be a Kentucky thing because Cal does the exact same thing at Kentucky.........why would a top 20 talent be willing to play 10-15 minutes a game when they could be the focus of another competitive team?

 

[SCGamecock]

As many have pointed out on this page, it seems to be a volume business (still) with Coach Walz, as opposed Geno and MM's more selective style. In my (very) humble opinion, little harder to get your recipe right when you've got ingredients coming in from all over the place.

For the past few years we've had pretty full rosters. I think 10-12 is a perfect roster size. Next year we'll have 11 scholarship players and 1 walk-on. Post depth will be an issue but for the most part I'm looking forward to the smaller roster.

 

[SCGamecock]

No idea - I think he is a good coach, and the Louisville facilities are great, and the location is pretty good, but the school is pretty meh. Being centrally located certainly is a plus - they are within long driving or short flight of a ton of talent.
The other thing is that he has had very limited success with top end talent - less than most of the other 'top ten' type of teams - he is definitely a volume first recruiter and the roster hovers around 15 most of the time. Durr is the first absolute blue chip recruit he has landed.

This is very true. Louisville has great facilities. The Yum Center is fantastic and their practice facilities are some of the best anywhere.. plus being in Kentucky means they have decent access to talent in the deep south, mid atlantic, northeast and midwest.. Good analysis.

 

[UcMiami]

For the past few years we've had pretty full rosters. I think 10-12 is a perfect roster size. Next year we'll have 11 scholarship players and 1 walk-on. Post depth will be an issue but for the most part I'm looking forward to the smaller roster.

I think when the roster gets above twelve, it can become a little unwieldy to get good coaching to all the players and enough practice time to keep everyone sharp - I think it can also diminish the experience for everyone, coaches and players. I use the word 'can' because it doesn't have to if the mix is just right and the players especially are mature about the distribution of time, but that isn't easy to do.

 

[Dillon77]

I'm just amazed that a very much in demand post player would want to join a team that had so many others at the very same position and in the same class or just one year older......why would you want to play 8-12 minutes when you could be a 30 minute per game starter by your sophomore year with another winning team?

Come to think of it......it must be a Kentucky thing because Cal does the exact same thing at Kentucky....why would a top 20 talent be willing to play 10-15 minutes a game when they could be the focus of another competitive team?

Yup...but a lot of the guys signing on to Cal's program know that they'll only be there a year or two before the "up and out" stage to the NBA. At least, they hope so Pretty sure that's not the same deal with Jeff & the 'ville.

But I completely agree with the main point. Ah, the puzzles!

 

[Dillon77]

For the past few years we've had pretty full rosters. I think 10-12 is a perfect roster size. Next year we'll have 11 scholarship players and 1 walk-on. Post depth will be an issue but for the most part I'm looking forward to the smaller roster.

Coach McGraw seems to like that targeted size, as well. They'll be 11 players as of now (recoveries go well, knock on wood), unless one person comes in to take the roster place of Taya Reimer between now and then. We'll see. Of those on the squad last year, Irish players -- save Diamond Thompson -- all saw minutes.

 

[Checkmate]

Roma 6-2 post from Wagner is going to Duke

5.7 ppg 10 rebs

Wagner College Seahawks

 

[HuskyNan]

DePaul is losing two players to transfer.

Womens Hoops Announces Roster Changes for 2016-17

 

[UcMiami]

DePaul is losing two players to transfer.

Womens Hoops Announces Roster Changes for 2016-17

Mentally I do differentiate between graduate transfers and undergrad transfers - the grads don't have to sit so it is an easy decision and most of those who do transfer have a particular course of study in mind that the original school may not offer or may be generally weak in.