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We had $20mil to spend on 12 players. It would be impossible to be outside the top 5. Torvik or somebody’s entire roster rating is a better judge. And we’re doing well there. But not top 5.

Who said anything about a lower tier big? $1.5M would have gone a long way in securing a solid 15-18 mpg big off the bench. Doubly, it prevents the staff from completely running Sherrell and/or Samet into the ground by seasons end playing each 30+ a night. God forbid one of them gets hurt, season is over if that is the case. I’m not sold on either Harris or Mustaf, lofty high school rankings be damned, which are completely irrelevant at this stage. You may be, that’s your opinion. Dorn is a proven high level 3 pt shooter on good volume, we don’t have any of those next year. I’m not convinced the production from Harris or Mustaf is going to match the price tag they came with, especially compared to what Dorn was likely commanding.

Oh come on already, you wanted to dump 2 we landed as part of the #3 portal class in favor of a lower tier big and Dorn whose scoring fell off significantly through the season and failed to help at all as we missed the tourney . This is pure hypocrisy and laughable— complain and bitc% about what DeVries has done in the portal while disregarding it’s the #3 class for good reason and ignoring that the player you now pine for gave us nothing down the stretch. Just laughably hypocritical. We have a group of much better players now, except for Wilkerson (who I’ll miss). Depth is a question mark, but pinning for the guy whose scoring dropped off a cliff and just some so so big is just plain laughable. Yeah, drop Mustaf for a cheaper guy and keep Dorn, that would make us so much better. Good grief. And yes Harris is worth the roll of the dice, dude is an outstanding shooter, well-ranked and recruited out of HS for it, now he’ll get a chance to show when not buried on the bench. Dorn? I would’ve like him to stay for depth but not at the expense of who we landed, no way.

How so?

One big speed hump.

Yeah you could argue Michigan had been the B1G best program over the last 15 years even before May got there. Even Howard led that program to an elite 8. There is no argument to be made that IU was even remotely close to being the best B1G program the last 15 years. Much easier to turn around a program that was rolling that hit a little speed bump for 2 years then a program that’s last 10 years has been 1 big speed bump.

What’s mediocre about have a solid bench? Have we just convinced ourselves Harris is better than Dorn? Mediocrity is best case scenario if one of Sherrell or Samet get hurt.

This is weird. Had to pay 4 bucks for a weekend pass to watch EYBL streams last session but this one appears to be free. Probably because last session they made a grand total of 4 bucks.

The Illinois route is definitely going to be much more common.

Howard was the anti-May in terms of coaching, so the May hiring was doubly good.

It's an opinion on a message board that I clearly stated was speculative. If speculation isn't for you on this one... no worries! It's Friday at 5:00 and life is lovely.

Knowing Carr has a relationship with the coach doesn’t magically validate the rest of the story you invented. You took one small fact and built an entire narrative around it with no evidence. C'mon bro...

It's been established that the Euro coach that recommended Sokolov is a buddy of Carr's.

That’s not really “speculation” though. Speculation is connecting dots from actual information. This is just inventing a narrative with zero evidence and presenting it like insight. If you admit you don’t know whether DeVries has even scouted or spoken to the kid, then claiming he’s only trusting “Carr’s friend” is basically making things up.

Apples and oranges. In any event the building is underway.

Are you pining for mediocrity? The why is completely obvious

But...why did DeVries refuse to watch any of the tape? Sounds like Woody, not DeVries.

Glad to see this. They have really, really got to make sure they keep Branham hooked up.

Adams and KJ started the day at the 3SSB event in Mishawaka. Thomas Carr in Memphis for the EYBL event. DDV in Cincy for Branham and the UAA event. Limit is 4 on the road at any one time.

Yep. Yigi is also particularly foul prone. Something to watchout for. Knowing DeVries he’ll run some 4 guard sets and have Mustaf at the 4. Could be some solutions.

Michigan was built back up in a day after the Howard disaster.. ;)

Hey, Hoosier's kinda cute

Why? What does Harris do that Dorn can't? Is Harris going to be a 38% volume 3 point shooter this year? I think that is absolute best case scenario for Harris this year. He's not an elite athlete or a lock down defender. His best case scenario is what Dorn did last season while likely making twice the amount. What happens when Samet rolls an ankle in the middle of January and is out 3 weeks with a high ankle sprain? You going to play Sherrell 40 minutes a night with Sisley playing next to him for 32 minutes for 6-7 straight games? How's that going to work? What happens when Sherrell picks up 2 fouls before the first media timeout? Yeah good luck.

Good Lord no.