Chuck Taylor

3 hours ago, 49r said:

 

Yeah, Robin...talk about jumping the gun here.

 

Lots of pieces yet to settle into their spots.  Let's talk in a couple of months..

Nooooooo, I want to talk about it now!

1 hour ago, millerhusker said:

Indiana got Kanaan Carlyle. So now they’ve added two combo guards who each average about 1 made three per game on low percentage. Next to Galloway who does the same. Their McDonald’s AA three point sniper decommitted. They swapped out their 7 footer for another who is also an elite rebounder (not their issue) but is less versatile and less athletic than Ware. Which should effectively clog things up even more next to Reneau and all their guards who can’t shoot but also don’t have any amount of room to penetrate. Their fans are super pumped about their #1 rated portal class though. 

Omar Ballo is no. 1 in 247's portal rankings.

Myles Rice was all Pac-12 as a freshman. We always assume our freshmen are going to improve 3 pt %, so I guess his could as well.

Kanaan Caryle, another freshman, averaged 11.5 ppg at Stanford.

Trey Galloway shot poorly last year but was at 46% the year before. Big difference: he took 60 percent more shots last year because nobody else on the team could shoot.

Reneau is a beast.

That's a hell of a lineup, no matter what you think of Woodson as a coach (he won 23 games and an NCAA win in '23).

20 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Worster's great grandfather was born in Lincoln.

His great-great grandfather migrated to Lincoln from Russia.

Russian Germans have quite a history in Lincoln. Runza, anyone?

6 hours ago, HuskerActuary said:

He has delayed his decision and will not be announcing today.

UNO fans expecting good news today:

6 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Can't say I watched much UNO basketball. How is Fidler defensively?

I watched him and thought he was limited. Pretty slow footed. On the other hand, his offensive efficiency is elite. Of his final 4, I think he'd be the best fit at Mich State (top 10 defense, fills a void), but that's probably his 4th choice.

2 hours ago, Art Vandalay said:

Some are worried with Trey and Baylor gone Kalk might take a portal look himself, for a huge payday. Would love to see it.

Calling hated foes by first names and nicknames just kind of 

1 hour ago, HB said:

 

Getting the respect I deserve!  

Funny, I thought he was referring a coach or media type and needed to spell it out, because the only HB I knew of was HB.

16 hours ago, Huskerpapa said:

I still believe HB who indicated we are going to have a massive talent upgrade.

Sorry, who is HB? My brain isn't processing well right now.

Isn't his MSU visit this weekend? Odd timing for announcement, seems to rule out Sparty.

17 minutes ago, TourneyBound said:

Boy that would be quite the haul..

 

If Fidler was to come that would put us at 6 seniors next year I believe..  I know the transfer portal age is different but anyone else a bit concerned with having that many seniors...??

My only concern is that next year's portal won't have Covid seniors. So teams will be plugging holes more with underclassmen than they have been. Still plenty of transfers, but I think this will make it tougher to rebuild quickly. No 5th year players, and the seniors you bring in won't have a bonus year.

Filling 6 holes next year isn't ideal, but I'm sure we can find a way.

2 hours ago, hskr4life said:

Theres been some big time entries today alone.

Nothing to base it on, but it feels like guys have had time to weigh their current team's offers and now they're hitting the portal for $.

For example, 2 Arizona starters announced today, so they're not leaving for playing time. 

14 hours ago, jason2486 said:

She's hot as hell

I'm not seeing it, coach.

I wonder if they won't go to the NBA for their next coach. Very few college coaches have the stature to satisfy Kentucky fans, and the ones that do might not want to put up with the fan base's expectations. 

2 hours ago, hhcmatt said:

 

Please, God, let me never see this at PBA:

For all the hubbub about the portal, the list of players available isn't that overwhelming. A lot of nice pieces to fill in a roster, but I don't recognize half of the guys in the top 25. Storr is really the only "wow!" departure from the Big Ten on the list.

I LOVE college basketball and have watched a few NIT games. Indiana State is expecially fun to watch. Seton Hall reminds me of Rutgers, physical and not that skilled. Both from Joisey.

I'll never forget where I was when I saw that.

Musselman to USC rumor picking up steam, Arkansas fans are already pushing for Chris Beard.

2023 target Kerr Kriisa back in the portal.

14 minutes ago, cornfed24-7 said:

I have nothing but a feeling, but I feeeeeel this can't be true. Gotta be closer to 50/50 right?!? Like we have 6 open spots. Presumably they will all transfer down/laterally. And we'll fill 6 open spots. From guy moving up/laterally. Make it make sense! 

A LOT of guys go into the portal and don't get an offer from anyone. (If you leave Detroit Mercy for more playing time, where do you go?) In addition, a lot of coaches oversign on recruits, and guys get bumped to make room. They move down.

It's not a zero sum game. Or maybe it is a zero sum game. I can never get that right.

39 minutes ago, millerhusker said:

I’d guess >50% for sure. The successful transfers get all the attention, but seems like for every successful one there are 4 players who aren’t in the rotation at their new school. Everything goes in cycles and I do believe the newness of the portal will wear off and the negative side of it will come to light eventually. 
 

Pretty soon the “new thing” that wins out for both players and coaches will be consistent player retention. 

Couple of points on the portal:

1. The vast majority are moving down, not up, and I'd guess most of them are happy with their increased playing time. They might be less happy if they see the team they left had an injury or suspension that would have meant more playing time if they had stayed, but generally they'd be moving to a situation where they were wanted. 

2. The portal has put a head count on transfers and makes it seem like it's exploding now, but teams were losing a couple of players a year before NIL. 

2 minutes ago, Vinny said:

It also shows me that portal rankings aren’t the most meaningful. A lot of players leaving because they weren’t in a situation that allowed them to showcase their talent. Like Lawrence, who played out of position this year because we needed him to. His ranking is grossly deflated because of that. I’d take his re-commitment in a second and he would likely be the lowest rated player from the portal we get.

I agree. I just don't think he was lured away by bags of money, because he wouldn't appear that impressive to a program that had bags of money. His departure is more likely due to displeasure over his role next year or some other factor.

9 hours ago, B-town hoopsfan said:

Someone had to approach him with a bigger NIL offer right? 

JLaw is 431 is Torvik portal rankings. You can argue that's way too low, but it makes it pretty clear that he didn't get a money bag thrown at him. He's leaving because either he wants to play closer to home or he doesn't see his role expanding with the players we're recruiting.

He's very valuable to us, but he's not a very shiny new toy to other programs.

Interesting that Rutgers is losing guys with that great recruiting class they have coming in. Maybe they spent all their NIL on incoming freshmen.