Art Vandalay

We sat right in the middle of the Xavier section and cheered for Kansas, they were not happy

Kyle visiting UCLA is odd as they have 2 transfer PF types already (ranked higher than Kyle) and a young C they like.

Man I guess we will just disagree. Besides Garcia, Hawkins is a very good PG who led the league in assists and shoots it decent. He will be in high demand in the portal. Christie is projected as an NBA draft pick this year. Lots of big names are after Payne and we saw how good he is. Their 5th starter Mitchell is a 40% 3 point shooter. That is a very talented starting 5 and they had 3 nice energy guys off the bench. Should have been a tourney team IMO

That was not surprising to me. I thought they should have been better, they had a lot of talent. Don’t think he did a real good job coaching them up IMO.

It looks like his rebounding picked up with his shooting when he started getting regular minutes the last 7 games. 3-6 boards a game, think that will improve as he gets stronger. Looks like maybe the light went on for him at the end of the season, excited to see what he brings

I hope and am assuming his role has been discussed. With Gary and Brice gone there will be wing minutes to be had in 25. Might be why he came in early. Give everyone a chance to see what he has for a full year and decide if he can be relied on for PT when they are gone. I am personally pretty high on him. Good size, strength, and athleticism. Believe he is going to shoot it at a high level to, always happy to beat out the blue team for an in state guy.

No worries, I agree that is the mindset they should all have. I have to believe Fred was very upfront with him in that he wants to have at least a 3 man rotation at the 4/5 and he would probably be the one starting on the bench unless we miss our other targets. He only played like 23 minutes a game in ND so it will not be a shock for him. I think part of the reason we targeted him is him being open to that role.

Why is most of their good players leaving? Offense sucks and they were a mess chemistry wise last year down the stretch. Unhappy players leave.

Agree and we beat Illinois the first time, #$@# refs

As for Morgan. I think we went after him early because he is a solid all around big guy who is willing to come off the bench. Most of those guys want starting roles. I think he is perfect as long as we get 1-2 more starter types. In all it appears to me we are getting much more athletic and increasing our skill as well. We are not going to be Tx AM athletic but we should be stronger and more athletic than last year. The one piece I wanted to see was a lead guard who could get in the lane and create for others. Maybe Ulis / Rollie can but I wanted to shoot high for that spot. We might have settled here for consistency over dynamic. Overall if we get Kyle / Milicic (at least 1) I am going to be very happy and feels like we can be better than last year. Assuming they play for each other like the last two years.

Hausen standing around the line is in a big part because of Novas offense. They pick the mismatches and everyone els spreads the floor. Might be why he is moving on. i hope Jano is better than both and think he will be at some point. However I want to win now and not taking any chances if we don’t have to. We have room, let’s fill it up with proven guys and make a run

They would role players here on hopefully a real good team, exactly what we want. I hope Jano can do it too but those guys are experienced high level shooters in major conferences and we have plenty of room. Better safe than sorry, get talent here and go from there.

Absolutely will have to agree to disagree on that, I think they are both well above average shooters.

I think he or the Nova kid would be great as 7-8 type guy both probably as good ot better as Wilcher as overall players. I probably favor the Nova kid a little more. I’m high on Jano too. PT at guard and wing will be competitive which is great.

You can’t replace Keisei but Griffiths and Essigan / Nova kid would be an upgrade in my opinion. if Mast is out and we get Milicic and Kyle (or some other rim protecting 4/5) I’d call that a 3 run homer

And Izzy just made it certain Hoggard is not coming back. This seems the most logical place.

Fred has had guys like him before. Still spread the floor with Kyle setting screens, pick’s roll etc. I’m not worried about that plus they really did not guard JA outside, they let him shoot and he did a good job of not firing them up like crazy and picked his spots well.

Seems so and the reviews from his practice squad time were positive. I am comfortable that he is a better point guard than JL was last year and I’m guessing he will be our back up or maybe he beats out Rollie. Either way we are in much better shape than last year.

We have 2 legit PG’s plus Brice and Jano coming in

Without a doubt, they play totally different positions. Griffiths is a guard / wing and will be a big part of us winning next year IMO

I hope that would mean we are sitting well its others. Milicic is my #1 but that is really stiff competition

He definitely could but we are apparently paying him a lot more and he likes our Ag program. Plus we are looking like a tourney team. Not saying it is likely but it is a possibility that would be ideal. Probably more likely Mast is out.

If they got them all, Morgan would be on the outside for minutes. That is what happens on really good teams and I hope we are working to get there. Milicic >>> Morgan in my book and I like Morgan.

Dang I love Milicic, a legit shooter who would thrive in our offense. I love Kyle because he is different than what we have but would be psyched for either and if we got both that would be incredible

100% this. He will not get anywhere near top dollar till he proves his knee. He will have top Drs and rehab free here. No brainer to stay unless he is just done with going to school