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Agree. As long as you have a vision for how you want to play, you’ve identified the traits you’re looking for and the kids you’re reaching out to embody those I don’t care how many kids you contact.

This is an awesome outside the box hire. Smart was the HC at Carleton College and won a million Canadian Natty’s. Beat IU like 10 years ago on a summer trip and a bunch other D-1 teams through the years. Had this weird defensive philosophy where they would force the ball to 1 side and just never let it get reversed.

Assuming it does happen with Schertz, may be forced to hook up SLU season tickets next year. When SLU’s good they’re an insane value. Season tickets in the lower bowl to watch A-10 basketball started at $500. Schertz is worth that investment all day.

From Lawrence, KS. Probably reasonable to make an assumption on this one,

They absolutely could have done worse. And anyone who parlayed Kelsey and Jake Diebler a month ago can afford Battle for Atlantis tickets now.

The replies are…..something.

Apples and oranges. When Oats took over from Hurley Buffalo was arguably the best program in the MAC and went to the Tournament the year before. He played a huge role in building it as AHC and then elevated it further as HC, but it was a very good gig at that point. ISU was a mediocre MVC program that had been irrelevant for a decade and Schertz energized it by year 2. Not saying who did a better job than whom, just that they weren’t comparable situations.

Yet more validation of how meaningless the NIT is: Felix Okpara just loaded up a 3 for Ohio St and nobody batted an eye. In any meaningful game he would’ve never taken it and if he had he would’ve had an immediate seat.

Not saying he’s as good as this at all, but his game has some similarities to what Jayson Tatum’s looked like in HS. He’s got top shelf footwork. He can face up in the mid-range and create space or he can drive it and finish. He has the same sort of patience. Even has a similar backward lean to his jumper. Potentially he’s a nasty matchup. 2 things I’d question without having seen him recently: 1) He was super oriented to his own offense and he liked to play with the ball. Curious how comfortably he blends with other good players. Would love to see a couple of his IMG games. 2) His on-court demeanor bothered me, but didn’t seem to bother his teammates or coaches at all. He would bark at guys constantly. Coaches, players, refs. And yet, absolutely no one seemed to care, even a little. Maybe there’s just some “Bryson being Bryson” to him and the people around him all the time know he’s harmless. And it didn’t seem to affect his play at all, it was just kind of odd.

If you have NFHS you can probably find several archived Bishop O’Connell games from this season. Almost all of the DMV schools are on the network. I was able to watch a bunch of his Soph year games after he was originally offered because Mt St Joseph’s was part of the network.

I would hope he wouldn’t be. Not a fan. At all.

For anyone interested, Jordan Christian has several full games on YouTube. Will probably watch a couple tonight.

This would be a fairly shocking turn. Before the Ignite stuff came up he looked to be an absolute done deal to Mich St. Clearly Izzo has moved on.

Got hurt in June of ‘23. Played the last 4 games of his high school year last year. If we’re gonna doom cast, let’s at least be accurate.

This is, of course, the rankest wishcasting imaginable, but a backcourt of Kanaan Carlyle and a healthy Jakai Newton would be the most athletic backcourt in IUBB history and would look nothing like the typical B1G guard pair. A dude can dream.

Plus athlete with length and great movement skills. Explosive 1st step and can get downhill pretty much at will. Has deep range both off the catch and bounce. Can facilitate when the mood strikes him. When engaged defensively he can stay frontal against pretty much anyone. 2 issues that require coaching and experience: 1) His pace of play is fast and faster. He can get hog wild. 2) Shot selection is a problem and Hasse didn’t him no favors by letting him just create for himself. But if the next guy gives him the keys and really works with him on PG mentality, and I see no reason to think he’s not coachable, he has the chance to be just nasty.

Would have been floored if they hadn’t gotten in here. Carlyle will be a very expensive get, but he’s an NBA physical talent.

Dude, you just post on here with 1 brain lobe tied behind your back, don’tcha?

Looking for his 4th school in 5 years and he CAN’T PLAY. No one’s ever won giving Devin Askew the keys to the car and the next one won’t, either. He’s gotten quite a ride on being a top 30is kid out of HS who was in reality an early maturer and has never improved.

There’s your swing at a McNeeley replacement. Appears to have had solid games against TCU and Texas Tech.

This kid’s game stats are kind of interesting. His 1st 5 games he was 25-79(31.6%) from the floor, including 8-35(22.8%) from 3. Yeesh. Then in his last 25 games he shot 180-375(48%) and 66-168(39.3%) from 3. Had 26 in a loss to Georgia.

I’m sure they’ll prioritize different things, but this is the sort of frontcourt piece I’d love to see them find. 5th yr stretch 4 who plays big enough to average almost 9 boards while shooting 37% from 3 on almost 6 looks a game. Saw him have a nice game against FAU earlier in the year. If you want to create real operating room for Reneau without playing Mgbako as a more or less full time 4, a kid like this is the ticket imo.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/tre-dinkins-1.html

You’re kidding?