Portal thread?

[Big_C_KU]

Houston and Iowa State are returning most everyone. Kansas and Baylor are both bringing in elite transfers, to go along with some returning vets.

Don't think it's far-fetched to see 3 of those four schools in the preseason top 5; all should be in the top 10 somewhere. And then Arizona will be in the league, too. Top-third of the league should be very, very strong.

Big 12 fell apart this March. Truth be told, I'd say it started in the conference tournament. Something was missing from a lot of teams in KC. The only memorable game I can even recall was the the Texas-Kansas State game. The conference needs to redeem itself this year.

I said in the middle of last season that I didn’t see anyone from B12 as a title contender (not even Houston) and wouldn’t be surprised if no one made the E8. Now Houston probably makes the E8 and maybe F4 if Shead doesn’t get hurt. But either way I didn’t like anyone from the B12. While the B12 was deep I didn’t see complete teams that looked like ones that could win a title. We’ll see if things are different for B12 this coming season.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Louisville killing it in the portal, are the Cardinals back or too early to tell?

Depends what back means. I suspect they’ll win more than 12 games in the next 2 years. 😜

 

[Kevin Bryan]

yep, these days I need 12 inches of BBC just to feel alive back there.

@lurkeraspect84 needs a girthy 14” just to feel anything.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

@lurkeraspect84 needs a girthy 14” just to feel anything.

So glad I just logged on. Like kismet.

 

[rockycard]

Depends what back means. I suspect they’ll win more than 12 games in the next 2 years. 😜

We’ll be better than Kentucky! I’m not saying we’ll be great, but Kentucky isn’t going to be anywhere close to being even as good as Calipari’s worst teams other than the 9-16 year. I would be concerned about your team more than taking JC type shots at Louisville.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

We’ll be better than Kentucky! I’m not saying we’ll be great, but Kentucky isn’t going to be anywhere close to being even as good as Calipari’s worst teams other than the 9-16 year. I would be concerned about your team more than taking JC type shots at Louisville.

Ruuude. I was giving Louisville a compliment.

 

[Deepelm]

Not portal but we dont have a recruiting thread, so.

 

[Afamu]

Dickinson officially back, haters.

Harris/Jackson
Griffen/Mayo/McDowell
Storr/Kugel/Passmore
Adams/Clemence
Dickinson/Bidunga

Massive improvement in depth/athleticism/shooting on paper.

So. He sucks.

 

[ExitFlagger]

So. He sucks.

18 and 10 while being double/triple teamed routinely sure does suck.

 

[Necessary Roughness]

@lurkeraspect84 needs a girthy 14” just to feel anything.

yep, these days I need 12 inches of BBC just to feel alive back there.

18 and 10 while being double/triple teamed routinely sure does suck.

I feel like all 3 of these posts are related, and Exit wins.

 

[boilerzz]

The final four was loaded with transfers.

How is a class with Storr, Griffen, Mayo and Kugel not top 8?

Purdue and UCONN each had just 1 transfer in last year.

 

[Afamu]

18 and 10 while being double/triple teamed routinely sure does suck.

He sucks.

 

[Big_C_KU]

Purdue and UCONN each had just 1 transfer in last year.

There’s no doubt continuity is underrated in these discussions for top teams and a lot of the transfers that were on the F4 teams this year were in their 2nd year in the programs.

For KU the good thing is we will be returning 6 players which is much better than the 3 we returned going into this past season.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Not portal but we dont have a recruiting thread, so.

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I hate you.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

PIIHB

I had to Google that. *His

 

[lurkeraspect84]

I had to Google that. *His

Damn, you're quick.

 

[ExitFlagger]

He sucks.

The dude that people called the best transfer ever last year sucks. Gotcha. Derpity derp. At least he couldn’t suck half as much as your posts.

 

[dukedevilz]

IF a major IF the Vols can add Tyson and Lanier the top 5 in some order will be Kansas,Iowa St, Duke, Tennessee, and UNC. If we only land 1 of the 2 of Tyson and Lanier I'd have us in the backend of the top 10

Even with those potential pickups, I still wouldn't have that UT lineup ahead of Houston. UH is returning 8 of their top 10 scorers, Arceneaux and Tuglar will be back from injury, they have a duo of 4-star recruits coming in, and they're Milos Uzan is transferring in from OU.

I said in the middle of last season that I didn’t see anyone from B12 as a title contender (not even Houston) and wouldn’t be surprised if no one made the E8. Now Houston probably makes the E8 and maybe F4 if Shead doesn’t get hurt. But either way I didn’t like anyone from the B12. While the B12 was deep I didn’t see complete teams that looked like ones that could win a title. We’ll see if things are different for B12 this coming season.

Most everyone had their fair share of warts. Iowa State often struggled to score for long spurts; Baylor struggled to defend. Kansas had major depth concerns. I really liked the Houston team, though. Injuries took a toll on them.

Arceneaux was lost early in the season. Tuglar had a season-ending injury in late February, IIRC. And then J'Wan Roberts was playing through knee pain the last few weeks of the year. Obviously the biggest loss of all was Shead in the tournament. If completely healthy, I think they were a legit title contender. Not ahead of UConn, but I might have favored them over Purdue.

 

[dukedevilz]

Johnson will be playing for his 3rd school in as many years. After 2 failed destinations, I'm beginning to wonder if he's a false Prophet.

 

[dukedevilz]

Don't feel like Duke necessarily needs Brea. We have plenty of wings. But he is the best freaking shooter in the country, so how can you not pursue that? Might lose an incoming freshman if we land him, but oh well.

Also, the thought of UConn having Koby Brea AND Liam McNeeley is kind of terrifying. They'd be the ultimate splash brothers of college basketball.

 

[dukedevilz]

So far Louisville has brought in the following:

Chucky Hepburn, Wisconsin
Reyne Smith, Charleston
Koren Johnson, Washington
Aboubacar Traore, Long Beach State
Terrence Edwards, James Madison
J'Vonne Hadley, Colorado
James Scott, Charleston
Aly Khalifa, BYU

That's a monster transfer class. Traore-Edwards-Hadley on the wing is phenomenal. Honestly, this might already be a preseason top 25 team. None of the 8 guys committed are duds.

 

[Big_C_KU]

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Don't feel like Duke necessarily needs Brea. We have plenty of wings. But he is the best freaking shooter in the country, so how can you not pursue that? Might lose an incoming freshman if we land him, but oh well.

Also, the thought of UConn having Koby Brea AND Liam McNeeley is kind of terrifying. They'd be the ultimate splash brothers of college basketball.

Plus if they get Karaban back. That’s a tough 3/4 rotation. With Samson Johnson that’s a tremendous frontline. They badly need some guards though. Right now the only one who did something for them this past season was Diarra and not sure if he’s returning for his Covid year or not.

 

[dukedevilz]

Plus if they get Karaban back. That’s a tough 3/4 rotation. With Samson Johnson that’s a tremendous frontline. They badly need some guards though. Right now the only one who did something for them this past season was Diarra and not sure if he’s returning for his Covid year or not.

There aren't many all-conference type point guards left in the portal. At this point, you gotta imagine Ahmad Nowell will be starting at the 1. Diarra is solid, and they'd definitely want him back. But yes, they could really use at least one more playmaking guard.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

 

[FaithPlusOne]

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Is he also testing the draft waters? Good get for someone if he stays in college.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Is he also testing the draft waters? Good get for someone if he stays in college.

 

[jhmossy]

Cade Tyson to UNC. With RJ Davis and Seth Trimble all returning, I guess UNC will still be pretty good next year. That sucks lol

 

[WeAreDePaul]

Why would he want to go play for a coach who already wouldn’t start him? He’s gonna go follow that guy across the country?

 

[FaithPlusOne]

Why would he want to go play for a coach who already wouldn’t start him? He’s gonna go follow that guy across the country?

To be fair, that was at BYU. Sometimes guys transfer down programs to start. He could be UK bound.

 

[Big_C_KU]

Cade Tyson to UNC. With RJ Davis and Seth Trimble all returning, I guess UNC will still be pretty good next year. That sucks lol

Think they’re pushing hard for Cliff Omoruyi as well.

 

[ExitFlagger]

To be fair, that was at BYU. Sometimes guys transfer down programs to start. He could be UK bound.

Prize recruit of 2024-25…..BYU’s 6th man. 😁

 

[PA_Panther]

I'm thinking UNC, but would love to see him land at Pitt.

He’s on campus and this one is over baby

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Robinson was 3rd on the team in minutes per game, you turd burglars.

 

[dukedevilz]

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Pope kind of needs Robinson. How embarrassing would it be for Pope if the only BYU guy to follow him is someone who's never played for him (Chandler)?

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Pope kind of needs Robinson. How embarrassing would it be for Pope if the only BYU guy to follow him is someone who's never played for him (Chandler)?

Why would it be embarrassing?

 

[dukedevilz]

Why would it be embarrassing?

Hall, Saunders, and Khalifa have already turned him down. To go 0 for 4 on your former players following you to UK wouldn't look great.

Probably not a huge deal in the long run, though.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Hall, Saunders, and Khalifa have already turned him down. To go 0 for 4 on your former players following you to UK wouldn't look great.

Probably not a huge deal in the long run, though.

Well he's targeting bigger fish, for the most part. It's also a somewhat unique situation with Hall and Saunders being homegrown Mormons. It's not exactly shocking that they'd stay at BYU, especially with a solid coach replacing Pope. As far as I know Hall wasn't targeted by Pope to follow him to UK (or vice versa). Glad Khalifa didn't follow him. I am not at all impressed with his game aside from his great passing skills for a big. Pope has already upgraded there with Amari Williams. Good chance they land Osobor too. Ideally you want him to have better talent than he had at BYU so I’m glad to see him targeting a ton of portal players since he has an entire roster to build from scratch.

 

[dukedevilz]

Well he's targeting bigger fish, for the most part. It's also a somewhat unique situation with Hall and Saunders being homegrown Mormons. It's not exactly shocking that they'd stay at BYU, especially with a solid head coach replacing Pope. As far as I know Hall wasn't targeted by Pope to follow him to UK. Glad Khalifa didn't follow him. I am not at all impressed with his game aside from his great passing skills for a big. Pope has already upgraded there with Amari Williams. Good chance they land Osobor too.

Hall was targeted. He didn't have any interest in following Pope, though. I understand those guys would be in supporting roles, likely 20 minutes or less. So, it's understandable why they'd want to stay put.

Khalifa is fun to watch, but also painful to watch because how slow he is. Still, seems like it'd be hard to pass on more money and playing for a blue blood.

Osobor would be a huge pickup. And I'm very bullish on Devion Smith... Still a lot of time to put together a top 10 team.

 

[Kevin Bryan]

Hall was targeted. He didn't have any interest in following Pope, though. I understand those guys would be in supporting roles, likely 20 minutes or less. So, it's understandable why they'd want to stay put.

Khalifa is fun to watch, but also painful to watch because how slow he is. Still, seems like it'd be hard to pass on more money and playing for a blue blood.

Osobor would be a huge pickup. And I'm very bullish on Devion Smith... Still a lot of time to put together a top 10 team.

I'm sure Khalifa will get some cheddar from Louisville. UK is making a run at Carr and I think he would be a great fit but doubtful they'd land both him and Osobor... would rather have Osobor. I love Smith's game and hope they land him eventually but that may be unlikely. I think he would've committed already but apparently there may be an issue with his credits transferring, especially since he's seeking to go to his 4th school in 5 years. I think that's going to be a pretty common issue going forward with a lot of guys. I love that Pope has already landed some solid defense with Williams, Butler, and Oweh. Hoping some offensive dominoes start falling next though.

 

[kyjeff1]

Why would he want to go play for a coach who already wouldn’t start him? He’s gonna go follow that guy across the country?

He looked at a chicks ass and had a sip of coffee last summer, so he was forced to come off the bench and play 35mpg.