RaceToTheTop

Burton isn’t in the portal yet, is he?

He’s not.

I believe the redshirt rule changed in basketball either last year or this year so that redshirts can’t play in any games.

Justin McBride, James Madison. 6’7” forward. 15.3 points, 5.6 rebounds. 49 / 40 / 78

Basically just a little better version of Nick Dorn....shot 43% from three over the last two years for Belmont. Takes 80% of his shots from three. Elite free throw shooter (93%). He definitely adds shooting, but like Dorn (and arguably worse than Dorn) he won't add anything else. Defensively, he was described by Knoxville's sports radio host as a statue. Doesn't rebound well. NIck Dorn had 3 blocks and 9 steals in approximately 700 minutes. Lundblade had 2 blocks and 9 steals in 1100 minutes, and that was against mid major teams.

Cupps isn't in the portal. There are some IU accounts that are posting that Cupps is going into the portal and transferring to IU as an April Fool's Day joke.

If he projects to be a starter I would say that IU didn't do well in the portal. Shooting guards and wings seem to be more than abundant in the portal so you should be able to nab a high quality shooting guard at a discount.

Didn't think about that.

I like Cooper better than Drake and with the number of players IU is going to need to fill spots, not all of them will be starters. Could help with player continuity given that he still has three years but he's not a starter at IU.

Certainly wouldn't be a starter at IU. From Jeffersonville. 13.4 ppg, shot 44/36. Just a freshman so he would have three years but I certainly wouldn't call him a player that moves the needle.

FWIW -- Logan Duncomb might need to win a waiver with the NCAA to be eligible. Crazy career: In 21-22, only played 9 games (mostly in the second half of the season) In 22-23, only played 9 games before ending his season due to breathing issues and underwent sinus surgery I believe. First 8 games were before Christmas, one on January 14th. NCAA rule at the time was you couldn't play more than 30% of all scheduled games and games played must be first half of the season. He would be very close on that front. 23-24, transferred to Xavier but did not play for medical reasons.. 24-25, transferred to Winthrop. Brought along slowly due to medical reasons, played in 24 games, averaged 8 minutes. 25-26, stayed at Winthrop and had a great year, 18.3 points and 8.9 rebounds. Led the nation in fouls drawn per game (9.4 per game) and averaged 8.3 free throws/game.

Seems like the last couple of days the rate at which players are entering the portal has increased.

Finally healthy, averaged 18 points and 9 rebounds per game this year at winthrop

I did the math on my calculator and Drake earned DOMAIN ERROR NIL per minute played.