B-town hoopsfan 491 Posted December 8, 2018 Report Share Posted December 8, 2018 Had 21 today on 11 shots. I don’t so much watch him anymore because Im bummed we missed out on him. I watch him because he’s a good player the recruiting services weren’t high on that miles identified. Really think we got 3 of those kinda guys in this class and we got 1 last year in heiman. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BmoreRed 87 Posted December 9, 2018 Report Share Posted December 9, 2018 Can we all not talk about it? Since we're all looking him up, let's just not talk about it. He is really good. Probably NBA good kldm64 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thrasher31 498 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Old friend alert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uneblinstu 2,533 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Hmmm... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 woah! The question is what does the PG position look like for Indiana as Kenya Hunter was the reason he almost went here. Otherwise the familiarity with Nebraska and the potential for playing time here have to be at least appealing. thrasher31 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
49r 7,478 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 30 minutes ago, hhcmatt said: the familiarity with Nebraska and also with Trey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 18 minutes ago, 49r said: and also with Trey He was there with Sham as well. You never know how guys get along. OmahaHusker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Assuming that going to an established winning program isn't what Xavier Johnson is looking for, he seems like exactly like the guy we're looking for and the type of guy we might target. Pitt wasn't exactly running a high speed offense so if that is what Johnson is looking for he actually might come here. Here is a writeup about from Pitt Rivals about this. https://pittsburgh.rivals.com/news/johnson-leaves-pitt-1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 https://pittsburgh.forums.rivals.com/threads/xavier-johnson-transferring.186995/ Seems like Capel and Johnson weren't seeing eye to eye to the point where Johnson is unhappy enough to leave before the end of the season. This is exactly the sort of dude we recruit here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dead Dog Alley 1,426 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Following is my extensively detailed, profound in-depth analysis of what we could expect if Xavier Johnson shows up in Lincoln: We'd be good. roscoe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hal9000 1,243 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 11 hours ago, uneblinstu said: Hmmm... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Silverbacked1 4,419 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 If you go to a Pitt web site they are happy to see him go. He was a bad point, uncoachable and not a team player. So we have that going for us. Minnesota_Husker 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck Taylor 825 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I thought one of the reasons Trey left Pitt was because they didn't play together well. Anybody else recall that? OmahaHusker and colhusker 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 8 hours ago, Silverbacked1 said: If you go to a Pitt web site they are happy to see him go. He was a bad point, uncoachable and not a team player. So we have that going for us. We call this the Cam Mack effect Silverbacked1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OmahaHusker 318 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Chuck Taylor said: I thought one of the reasons Trey left Pitt was because they didn't play together well. Anybody else recall that? This is true. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swan88 1,443 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 This is from a March 19, 2020, article in The Pitt News: Some have cited homesickness, poor team chemistry or the emergence of primary scorers like Xavier Johnson and Justin Champagnie as reasons for McGowens’ departure. He ominously voiced his frustrations after Pitt’s final loss to NC State in the ACC Tournament, commenting that Pitt succeeded earlier in the season when “nobody had their own personal agendas” and “everybody was just together and just cared about winning.” Whatever the case, McGowens was ultimately a poor fit with Johnson in the backcourt. Neither complemented the other, with both profiling as shooting-averse slashers. With Capel failing to surround the duo with capable shooters to provide greater spacing over the past two seasons, it became increasingly apparent that one would have to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 12 minutes ago, Swan88 said: This is from a March 19, 2020, article in The Pitt News: Some have cited homesickness, poor team chemistry or the emergence of primary scorers like Xavier Johnson and Justin Champagnie as reasons for McGowens’ departure. He ominously voiced his frustrations after Pitt’s final loss to NC State in the ACC Tournament, commenting that Pitt succeeded earlier in the season when “nobody had their own personal agendas” and “everybody was just together and just cared about winning.” Whatever the case, McGowens was ultimately a poor fit with Johnson in the backcourt. Neither complemented the other, with both profiling as shooting-averse slashers. With Capel failing to surround the duo with capable shooters to provide greater spacing over the past two seasons, it became increasingly apparent that one would have to go. Yeah, fit be dammed; our kind of guy! Silverbacked1 and Chuck Taylor 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ConkTrifecta3 80 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I would suspect we wont be going after him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
49r 7,478 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, ConkTrifecta3 said: I would suspect we wont be going after him Yes, it seems Indiana would be the Big Ten team of choice for his talents. HB 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LK1 1,679 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 I don't think we need another iso guy, though it would be nice to have a true PG who is a freak athlete. We already probably have too many slashers. We need shooters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 This is via a Pittsburgh based sports site. The video itself is a bit drawn out. I'd boil it down to this guy talking to someone from the camp of the players who thinks Capel needs to get a better handle on his program. The other somewhat expected nugget is the mutual interest between Johnson and Indiana because of Kenya Hunter. thrasher31 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
REDZONEDAN 374 Posted March 3 Report Share Posted March 3 “This year is going to be like free agency, but without the money.” I agree with the first part, but not the second part. throwback, Swan88 and Silverbacked1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hhcmatt 13,364 Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 Is the next coach at Indiana going to re-hire Kenya? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ConkintheCorner 266 Posted March 15 Report Share Posted March 15 5 minutes ago, hhcmatt said: Is the next coach at Indiana going to re-hire Kenya? How about we drop Gates for Kenya! hhcmatt and Dead Dog Alley 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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