g32knights wrote: Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:04 am
I'm having a difficult time figuring out which one is Purdue.
right? boilermakers with a big middle finger to the transfer portal. iirc, they don't have any transfers at all on their team, and most of their players were regional recruits. seems like a huge anomaly in modern d1 mbb.
Well fuck. He was super frustrating at times but his defense was top notch.
“The reality is that the hardest games to win are over teams on their home court. Teams that don’t play those games can spin it however they want, but what they’re saying is, ‘We don’t want to lose in our non conference season.’" - Sean Miller
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
“The reality is that the hardest games to win are over teams on their home court. Teams that don’t play those games can spin it however they want, but what they’re saying is, ‘We don’t want to lose in our non conference season.’" - Sean Miller
Georgetown would be a head scratcher.
Unless there’s something behind the scenes we don’t know about incoming players or unexpected ppl staying (CB). Maybe CB coming back and wants to play the 3 and Burries coming in at the 2
Must want a bigger role I guess. Seems every kid who is destined to be in college for 4 years needs to move st least one time to cash in.
Still I wonder why abd what he knows or thinks. Really going to miss him.
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Fishclamps wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:37 pm
Burries wouldn't play the 3 anyways right? He's only 6'2.
I meant more like maybe KJ knows Carter wants to return ( and he’d play more minutes at the 3 with Peat here) and if burries comes then he wouldn’t be a starter at the 2 either
All just conjecture on my part of course - he may just be looking for a starting role somewhere and CTL said it was TBD
Fishclamps wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:37 pm
Burries wouldn't play the 3 anyways right? He's only 6'2.
I meant more like maybe KJ knows Carter wants to return ( and he’d play more minutes at the 3 with Peat here) and if burries comes then he wouldn’t be a starter at the 2 either
All just conjecture on my part of course - he may just be looking for a starting role somewhere and CTL said it was TBD
That’s what I was thinking. That he would play the 2 but Burries is coming in at that spot.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
NCAA Tournament Team Loses Entire Starting Lineup to Transfer Portal
By Matt Wadleigh
The college basketball transfer portal opened on Monday, hours after the Sweet 16 field was finalized.
It didn't take long for players to jump in, and over 1,150 players entered during the first two days.
One notable entry is freshman Justin Pippen, who filed the paperwork despite his team, the Michigan Wolverines, being in the Sweet 16 as a No. 5 seed.
While there are a sea of players in the portal, one NCAA Tournament team has lost its entire starting lineup as of Friday. That team is Robert Morris, which was a No. 15 seed and lost to No. 2 Alabama in the round of 64.
Robert Morris Colonials head coach Andrew Toole.
Entering Friday, Robert Morris had already seen Kam Woods, Josh Omojafo, Alvaro Folgueiras and Amarion Dickerson enter the portal.
Then, D.J. Smith entered, per Adam Borst of Robert Morris Sports Now.
"All five of the Robert Morris starters from its Horizon League Championship team are now in the transfer portal as guard D.J. Smith entered on Friday," Borst wrote.
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Fishclamps wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:37 pm
Burries wouldn't play the 3 anyways right? He's only 6'2.
I meant more like maybe KJ knows Carter wants to return ( and he’d play more minutes at the 3 with Peat here) and if burries comes then he wouldn’t be a starter at the 2 either
All just conjecture on my part of course - he may just be looking for a starting role somewhere and CTL said it was TBD
That seems contrary to the fact that he had a starting role and asked to come off the bench here. College basketball will now be a transactional relationship based on what the player can get vs your need for their services and it will have a price. Supposedly paying Dent $3M (what was termed life changing money) in NIL because UCLA needed a pg. is an example. Unlikely Dent will play in the NBA because of his stature but it was a need that UCLA felt it had and paid to fill it.
College basketball like pro sports is soon going to require a cap manager to get the most bang for the buck. Sad it has come down to this but it is the new reality.
Fishclamps wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:37 pm
Burries wouldn't play the 3 anyways right? He's only 6'2.
I meant more like maybe KJ knows Carter wants to return ( and he’d play more minutes at the 3 with Peat here) and if burries comes then he wouldn’t be a starter at the 2 either
All just conjecture on my part of course - he may just be looking for a starting role somewhere and CTL said it was TBD
That seems contrary to the fact that he had a starting role and asked to come off the bench here. College basketball will now be a transactional relationship based on what the player can get vs your need for their services and it will have a price. Supposedly paying Dent $3M (what was termed life changing money) in NIL because UCLA needed a pg. is an example. Unlikely Dent will play in the NBA because of his stature but it was a need that UCLA felt it had and paid to fill it.
College basketball like pro sports is soon going to require a cap manager to get the most bang for the buck. Sad it has come down to this but it is the new reality.
It’s not contrary assuming my what if is true.
KJ isn’t better than Carter at the 3, and wouldn’t likely be better than Burries at the 2 - so he would be coming off the bench most likely. He might want a guaranteed starting role this year.
I agree it is a different world now with the amount of money being tossed around with NIL
TheCat wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:48 am
Indiana's ENTIRE team has either left because of graduation or the portal. The ENTIRE team.
It's really sad what NIL has done to the sport.
“The reality is that the hardest games to win are over teams on their home court. Teams that don’t play those games can spin it however they want, but what they’re saying is, ‘We don’t want to lose in our non conference season.’" - Sean Miller
TheCat wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:48 am
Indiana's ENTIRE team has either left because of graduation or the portal. The ENTIRE team.
It's really sad what NIL has done to the sport.
Don’t forget that their coach is quitting and that they had like 9-10 seniors. NIL or no NIL, they were going to do a complete overhaul.
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
TheCat wrote: Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:48 am
Indiana's ENTIRE team has either left because of graduation or the portal. The ENTIRE team.
It's really sad what NIL has done to the sport.
Don’t forget that their coach is quitting and that they had like 9-10 seniors. NIL or no NIL, they were going to do a complete overhaul.
I honestly forgot their coach quit. That explains it then.
“The reality is that the hardest games to win are over teams on their home court. Teams that don’t play those games can spin it however they want, but what they’re saying is, ‘We don’t want to lose in our non conference season.’" - Sean Miller
Yea the Stephen one is a bit of a head scratcher - I know the story came out that Stephen was the one who asked to burn his RS to help team out when MK was officially out for year; even after CTL told him there wouldn't be many minutes.
Maybe CTL should have taken a more hardline approach and said no need to burn the RS - you won't get PT this year but we'd love to have you for next year and onwards.
“The reality is that the hardest games to win are over teams on their home court. Teams that don’t play those games can spin it however they want, but what they’re saying is, ‘We don’t want to lose in our non conference season.’" - Sean Miller
Of the 12 coaches, Rush picked the one whose fans have the deepest passion, the longest memories, the greatest lung capacity and … did I mention deep passion?
UAEebs86 wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:25 am
At some point it will be easier to list who is not in the portal since almost every player is going to be looking for a bigger payday every year.
Robert Morris had all 5 starters enter the portal.
Legit ?: we lose Bradley would you take Kriisa back?
do kriisa and tommy see eye to eye on things? i liked kriisa for his scrappiness and attitude, which can be great for team chemistry, but i was under the impression that he and CTL didn't get along. i also wonder if he's damaged goods and there's more to his injury than what's reported. he seems a bit prone to getting hurt.
We need a new name for college athletics that fits the time and this era. The professional league of university sports? Does that work.
Whatever it is, it sucks hairy Bigfoot balls
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azcat49 wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:03 pm
We need a new name for college athletics that fits the time and this era. The professional league of university sports? Does that work.
Whatever it is, it sucks hairy Bigfoot balls
Over 1000 kids were in the portal on day 2 of it opening. We need a salary cap for starters. No one should be getting $3 mil to play college ball
When the average G league guy gets 80k a year against the average P4 starter getting 500k, it screams of over paying.
Hope these guys that enter spare us the thank you post about being the best fan while they twist the knives in our back.
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UAEebs86 wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:05 pm
This is actually worse than professional sports. The players are just mercenaries at this point.
Unlimited transfers and insane NIL at the same time - and they want the fans to stay interested and pump in more money.
Bold strategy Cotton.
This. Unless you have someone like Caleb with little eligibility left, or some one and done, why would anyone bother buying one of those NIL Jerseys? Or any player merch? It's just so pointless.
And coaches now have zero incentives to develop players because then they just leave for the highest bidder like Henri.
“The reality is that the hardest games to win are over teams on their home court. Teams that don’t play those games can spin it however they want, but what they’re saying is, ‘We don’t want to lose in our non conference season.’" - Sean Miller
azcat49 wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:03 pm
We need a new name for college athletics that fits the time and this era. The professional league of university sports? Does that work.
Whatever it is, it sucks hairy Bigfoot balls
Over 1000 kids were in the portal on day 2 of it opening. We need a salary cap for starters. No one should be getting $3 mil to play college ball
So now it looks like HV has been gone for a couple weeks and that reporter who pissed off Tommy was onto something with her sources.
Guess we succeeded in hiding him from the NBA but not college ball.
boilermakers with a big middle finger to the transfer portal. iirc, they don't have any transfers at all on their team, and most of their players were regional recruits. seems like a huge anomaly in modern d1 mbb.
