RaceToTheTop

One note on Ben McCollum that I read....his philosophy in building a winning culture early is to get wins rolling. To that point, his teams have not played a true road game in the last nine seasons (Drake played in a non-con tournament this year and went 3-0 on a neutral floor). So his last eight years at Northwest Missouri State his teams only played home games in non-con. Will be interesting to see what he will do with Iowa's schedule going forward.

Don't know. I know that I would take the Washington State version of Myles Rice and not the one last year in Mike Woodson's system.

Flopped at two stops now. Not sure what is going on.

Coaching Changes X rumors: -- West Virginia interviewing someone live today and it's not Jerrod Calhoun. -- There is some smoke tying Richard Pitino Jr to Villanova

Marcus Adams, CSUN. Previously committed to Kansas as a freshman and then to BYU. Has either two or three years eligibility remaining. 6'8" forward, averaged 16.1 points, 4.9 reb, 1.5 assists. Shot 53/40/74. Langston Love, Baylor. 6'5" guard. Over three seasons at Baylor averaged 8.5 points and 2.6 rebounds in 21.9 minutes/game. Shot 43/39/78.

Kimani Hamilton, High Point. 6'7" forward. 13.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists. Shot 52/32/72. Dailyn Swain, Xavier. 6'8" wing. 11.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists. Not a three point threat.

IU walk on Jaden Bobbet in the portal FWIW

Doryan Onwucheka, 6'11" Center, Georgia Tech. Ranked 112th in class of 24. Likely will have 4 years eligibility as he only played the first 10 games. Averaged 3.5 points and 4.9 rebounds in 18.2 minutes.

Updated. Removed Jerrod Calhoun to West Virginia as original report has not been collaborated. Team/coach out/coach in Colorado State: Nico Medved OUT Drake: Ben McCollum OUT Florida State: Leonard Hamilton OUT, Luke Loucks IN Indiana: Mike Woodson OUT, Darian DeVries IN Iowa: Fran McCaffrey OUT Ben McCollum IN Miami: Jim Larranga OUT, Jai Lucas IN Minnesota: Ben Johnson OUT Nico Medved IN NC State: Kevin Keatts OUT, Will Wade IN Texas: Rodney Terry OUT Sean Miller IN Utah: Craig Smith OUT, Alex Jensen IN VCU: Ryan Odom OUT Villanova: Kyle Neptune OUT Virginia: Ron Sanchez OUT Ryan Odom IN West Virginia: Darian DeVries OUT Xavier: Sean Miller OUT

Davin Cosby, Wake Forest guard. Two years of eligibility left. 4 start out of high school, played at Alabama as a freshman. Has not played that well in college compared to his rating. 90% of his shots have been from three and he has made 48 of 147 over two years (33%). Elijah Moore, Syracuse guard. Freshman 4 star, still three years of eligibility left. Started 16 games for Syracuse. Averaged 15.7 minutes, 5.2 points, 1.5 reb, 1.0 assists. Shot 39/31/75.

Per Evan Miya's stats: Conor Enright was DePaul's second most efficient player and the Blue Demons and in terms of +/- they were 4.5 points/40 minutes better with him on the court than off (this was also second on the team).

Hey Coach Hurley....

Just for some perspective: Nico Medved went 17-17 in his sole season at Drake. He was immediately followed by DeVries who averaged a 25-9 record over the next six years.

Tyrell Ward, LSU 6'6" guard. In 22 minutes per game averaged 9.1 points, 2.3 rebounds, 0.8 assists. Good three point shooter, was 52 of 126 (41%) for the year.

Go back and find USPS’s post on how good he is defensively.

Updated, assuming Sean Miller is going to Texas. Team/coach out/coach in Florida State: Leonard Hamilton OUT, Luke Loucks IN Indiana: Mike Woodson OUT, Darian DeVries IN Iowa: Fran McCaffrey OUT Ben McCollum IN Miami: Jim Larranga OUT, Jai Lucas IN Minnesota: Ben Johnson OUT NC State: Kevin Keatts OUT, Will Wade IN Texas: Rodney Terry OUT Sean Miller IN Utah: Craig Smith OUT, Alex Jensen IN Utah State: Jerrod Calhoun OUT Villanova: Kyle Neptune OUT Virginia: Ron Sanchez OUT Ryan Odom IN West Virginia: Darian DeVries OUT Jerrod Calhoun IN Xavier: Sean Miller OUT

Gotta give Gottlieb credit or he'll take it anyway.

$5 to the first guy who can get 'Chris Beard to Texas' trending on X.

I'd call it 'The Robert Vaden'.

Current look: Team/coach out/coach in Florida State: Leonard Hamilton OUT, Luke Loucks IN Indiana: Mike Woodson OUT, Darian DeVries IN Iowa: Fran McCaffrey OUT Ben McCollum IN Miami: Jim Larranga OUT, Jai Lucas IN Minnesota: Ben Johnson OUT NC State: Kevin Keatts OUT, Will Wade IN Texas Rodney Terry OUT Utah: Craig Smith OUT, Alex Jensen IN Villanova: Kyle Neptune OUT Virginia: Ron Sanchez OUT Ryan Odom IN West Virginia: Darian DeVries OUT

Personally, I think most/all that hit the portal are gone. They don't seem to be a fit for the system -- with Fran it was push pace, shoot threes, not play a lick of defense.

Amir Khan has announced he's following Will Wade to North Carolina State as a graduate assistant manager. We are now in the day where student managers get recruited.

FWIW, I am going to be posting guys I think are capable of filling out a power 5 roster, whether it is at IU or elsewhere and whether it's a starter or end of the rotation guy. I'm not suggesting any guy is a fit for IU...there is a separate thread for IU interest.

Could be filling out pretty much a whole roster so you'll need guys like this -- looks like a guy who can contribute down the road if not immediately.