RaceToTheTop

Honestly, this one I find shocking with the assumption that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  But he's a really good buy low option considering his season last year.

Think you need to dig deeper than that on stats.  First off, if you are talking about the comparison of last year's team to next year's the fact is that Xavier Johnson wasn't our point guard.  It was a combination of Johnson and Cupps because of Johnson's injury.  I assume you are wanting to compare to how much we improved since last year, so that is the only thing that is important.
Cupps and Johnson combined for 1228 minutes, or 37.2 minutes average for Indiana's 33 games.  Rice averaged 33.2 minutes for Washington State.  To put them even, let's prorate Johnson and Cupps' stats -- give them 90% of their combined stats to even it up.
This yields:
In 33 games at 33.2 minutes, the Cupps/Johnson combo made 80 of 201 shots (40%), 25 of 69 threes (36%), 52 of 77 free throws (67%), had 111 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 72 assists (2.2 apg);  237 points (7.2 ppg).
Rice shot 44%, 28% from three, 81% from the line, 3.1 reb, 3.8 assists, and averaged 14.8 points.  So Cupps/Johnson isn't even close to what Rice did.  As I said, what Xavier Johnson did previous in his career isn't relevant if you are looking toward amount of improvement.
Now, for Ware and Ballo:  your comparison lacks a couple of items.  First Ballo put his numbers up in 25.9 minutes per game.  Ware put his up in 32.1 minutes per game.  If Ware had played Ballo's minutes, his scoring would have been actually LOWER than Ballo's -- 12.8 points/game.  Same with his rebounding -- in Ballo's minutes, he would have had 8.0 rebounds per game compared to Ballo's 10.1.

Honestly, this one I find shocking with the assumption that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  But he's a really good buy low option considering his season last year.

Honestly, this one I find shocking with the assumption that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  But he's a really good buy low option considering his season last year.

Think you need to dig deeper than that on stats.  First off, if you are talking about the comparison of last year's team to next year's the fact is that Xavier Johnson wasn't our point guard.  It was a combination of Johnson and Cupps because of Johnson's injury.  I assume you are wanting to compare to how much we improved since last year, so that is the only thing that is important.
Cupps and Johnson combined for 1228 minutes, or 37.2 minutes average for Indiana's 33 games.  Rice averaged 33.2 minutes for Washington State.  To put them even, let's prorate Johnson and Cupps' stats -- give them 90% of their combined stats to even it up.
This yields:
In 33 games at 33.2 minutes, the Cupps/Johnson combo made 80 of 201 shots (40%), 25 of 69 threes (36%), 52 of 77 free throws (67%), had 111 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 72 assists (2.2 apg);  237 points (7.2 ppg).
Rice shot 44%, 28% from three, 81% from the line, 3.1 reb, 3.8 assists, and averaged 14.8 points.  So Cupps/Johnson isn't even close to what Rice did.  As I said, what Xavier Johnson did previous in his career isn't relevant if you are looking toward amount of improvement.
Now, for Ware and Ballo:  your comparison lacks a couple of items.  First Ballo put his numbers up in 25.9 minutes per game.  Ware put his up in 32.1 minutes per game.  If Ware had played Ballo's minutes, his scoring would have been actually LOWER than Ballo's -- 12.8 points/game.  Same with his rebounding -- in Ballo's minutes, he would have had 8.0 rebounds per game compared to Ballo's 10.1.

Cliff Omuryi cuts his list to ........12.    North Caroilna, UCLA, Kansas State, Georgia Tech, Georgetown, Baylor, Alabama, Oregon, Washington, Georgia, St. John's, and Mississippi State.
All of which means he will probably end up at Arkansas.

Think you need to dig deeper than that on stats.  First off, if you are talking about the comparison of last year's team to next year's the fact is that Xavier Johnson wasn't our point guard.  It was a combination of Johnson and Cupps because of Johnson's injury.  I assume you are wanting to compare to how much we improved since last year, so that is the only thing that is important.
Cupps and Johnson combined for 1228 minutes, or 37.2 minutes average for Indiana's 33 games.  Rice averaged 33.2 minutes for Washington State.  To put them even, let's prorate Johnson and Cupps' stats -- give them 90% of their combined stats to even it up.
This yields:
In 33 games at 33.2 minutes, the Cupps/Johnson combo made 80 of 201 shots (40%), 25 of 69 threes (36%), 52 of 77 free throws (67%), had 111 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 72 assists (2.2 apg);  237 points (7.2 ppg).
Rice shot 44%, 28% from three, 81% from the line, 3.1 reb, 3.8 assists, and averaged 14.8 points.  So Cupps/Johnson isn't even close to what Rice did.  As I said, what Xavier Johnson did previous in his career isn't relevant if you are looking toward amount of improvement.
Now, for Ware and Ballo:  your comparison lacks a couple of items.  First Ballo put his numbers up in 25.9 minutes per game.  Ware put his up in 32.1 minutes per game.  If Ware had played Ballo's minutes, his scoring would have been actually LOWER than Ballo's -- 12.8 points/game.  Same with his rebounding -- in Ballo's minutes, he would have had 8.0 rebounds per game compared to Ballo's 10.1.

Think you need to dig deeper than that on stats.  First off, if you are talking about the comparison of last year's team to next year's the fact is that Xavier Johnson wasn't our point guard.  It was a combination of Johnson and Cupps because of Johnson's injury.  I assume you are wanting to compare to how much we improved since last year, so that is the only thing that is important.
Cupps and Johnson combined for 1228 minutes, or 37.2 minutes average for Indiana's 33 games.  Rice averaged 33.2 minutes for Washington State.  To put them even, let's prorate Johnson and Cupps' stats -- give them 90% of their combined stats to even it up.
This yields:
In 33 games at 33.2 minutes, the Cupps/Johnson combo made 80 of 201 shots (40%), 25 of 69 threes (36%), 52 of 77 free throws (67%), had 111 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 72 assists (2.2 apg);  237 points (7.2 ppg).
Rice shot 44%, 28% from three, 81% from the line, 3.1 reb, 3.8 assists, and averaged 14.8 points.  So Cupps/Johnson isn't even close to what Rice did.  As I said, what Xavier Johnson did previous in his career isn't relevant if you are looking toward amount of improvement.
Now, for Ware and Ballo:  your comparison lacks a couple of items.  First Ballo put his numbers up in 25.9 minutes per game.  Ware put his up in 32.1 minutes per game.  If Ware had played Ballo's minutes, his scoring would have been actually LOWER than Ballo's -- 12.8 points/game.  Same with his rebounding -- in Ballo's minutes, he would have had 8.0 rebounds per game compared to Ballo's 10.1.

Merrimack guard Jordan Derkack, NEC player of the year, has transferred to Rutgers.  6'5", 17.0 ppg, 6.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.1 steals.  47/28/72 shooter.
Is there any team next year that is going to look more different than they did last year than Rutgers?
Incoming:  
Eastern Michigan guard 6'4" Tyson Acuiff.  Averaged 21.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists.  Shot 43/29/81. Merrimack 6'5" guard Derkack. Princeton 6'7" forward Zach Martini.  8.4 pts, 3.3 rebounds.  Shot 45/39/83.  Bulk three point shooter. small forward 6'8" Ace Bailey, #2 player in the class shooting guard 6'6" Dylan Harper, #6 player in the class power forward 6'9"  PF Lathan Sommerville, #103 in the class small forward 6'8" Bryce Dorstch, #148 in the class power foward 6''7" Dylan Grant #177 in the class outgoing:
6'11' Center Cliff Omuryi, 10.8 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.9 blocks/game 6'7" forward Mawot Mag, 9.1 ppgs, 3.8 rpg 6'3" shooting (challenged) guard Derek Simpson.  8.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.9 apg 6'8" G/F Gavin Griffiths.  5.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg 6'9" forward Antwon Woolfolk.  3.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg 6'9" forward Antonio Choi.  Only managed to play 56 minutes in two seasons 6'6 forward Aundrae Hyatt (graduated).  10.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg. 5'11" guard Noah Fernandez (graduated).  6.4 ppg. 6'4" guard Austin Williams (graduated).  4 ppg, 2.7 rpg.  

Maybe, but I doubt Humrichous is going anywhere that would only get the minutes that Essegian would be expecting to get as a bench guy.  Essegian would be a guy who you could use as a bench shooter for a season and if his game shows anything like he was as a freshman, he's a potential starter his senior year.

Think you need to dig deeper than that on stats.  First off, if you are talking about the comparison of last year's team to next year's the fact is that Xavier Johnson wasn't our point guard.  It was a combination of Johnson and Cupps because of Johnson's injury.  I assume you are wanting to compare to how much we improved since last year, so that is the only thing that is important.
Cupps and Johnson combined for 1228 minutes, or 37.2 minutes average for Indiana's 33 games.  Rice averaged 33.2 minutes for Washington State.  To put them even, let's prorate Johnson and Cupps' stats -- give them 90% of their combined stats to even it up.
This yields:
In 33 games at 33.2 minutes, the Cupps/Johnson combo made 80 of 201 shots (40%), 25 of 69 threes (36%), 52 of 77 free throws (67%), had 111 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 72 assists (2.2 apg);  237 points (7.2 ppg).
Rice shot 44%, 28% from three, 81% from the line, 3.1 reb, 3.8 assists, and averaged 14.8 points.  So Cupps/Johnson isn't even close to what Rice did.  As I said, what Xavier Johnson did previous in his career isn't relevant if you are looking toward amount of improvement.
Now, for Ware and Ballo:  your comparison lacks a couple of items.  First Ballo put his numbers up in 25.9 minutes per game.  Ware put his up in 32.1 minutes per game.  If Ware had played Ballo's minutes, his scoring would have been actually LOWER than Ballo's -- 12.8 points/game.  Same with his rebounding -- in Ballo's minutes, he would have had 8.0 rebounds per game compared to Ballo's 10.1.

Honestly, this one I find shocking with the assumption that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  But he's a really good buy low option considering his season last year.

Think you need to dig deeper than that on stats.  First off, if you are talking about the comparison of last year's team to next year's the fact is that Xavier Johnson wasn't our point guard.  It was a combination of Johnson and Cupps because of Johnson's injury.  I assume you are wanting to compare to how much we improved since last year, so that is the only thing that is important.
Cupps and Johnson combined for 1228 minutes, or 37.2 minutes average for Indiana's 33 games.  Rice averaged 33.2 minutes for Washington State.  To put them even, let's prorate Johnson and Cupps' stats -- give them 90% of their combined stats to even it up.
This yields:
In 33 games at 33.2 minutes, the Cupps/Johnson combo made 80 of 201 shots (40%), 25 of 69 threes (36%), 52 of 77 free throws (67%), had 111 rebounds (3.4 rpg), 72 assists (2.2 apg);  237 points (7.2 ppg).
Rice shot 44%, 28% from three, 81% from the line, 3.1 reb, 3.8 assists, and averaged 14.8 points.  So Cupps/Johnson isn't even close to what Rice did.  As I said, what Xavier Johnson did previous in his career isn't relevant if you are looking toward amount of improvement.
Now, for Ware and Ballo:  your comparison lacks a couple of items.  First Ballo put his numbers up in 25.9 minutes per game.  Ware put his up in 32.1 minutes per game.  If Ware had played Ballo's minutes, his scoring would have been actually LOWER than Ballo's -- 12.8 points/game.  Same with his rebounding -- in Ballo's minutes, he would have had 8.0 rebounds per game compared to Ballo's 10.1.

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Honestly, this one I find shocking with the assumption that Carlyle is committing this weekend.  But he's a really good buy low option considering his season last year.

Cliff Omuryi cuts his list to ........12.    North Caroilna, UCLA, Kansas State, Georgia Tech, Georgetown, Baylor, Alabama, Oregon, Washington, Georgia, St. John's, and Mississippi State.
All of which means he will probably end up at Arkansas.

He’s not starting for Michigan or Maryland either.

Connor Essegian visiting tomorrow.

You forgot this for Trish:
4. I have doubled and tripled down on Mike Woodson not being able to succeed so the idea of actually having a good team next year scares the crap out of me.

Maybe UK?  Pope might have an upper classmen heavy team for the first time in Lexington in nearly 2 decades.

13 former McDonald’s all Americans have entered the portal.  

Merrimack guard Jordan Derkack, NEC player of the year, has transferred to Rutgers.  6'5", 17.0 ppg, 6.0 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 2.1 steals.  47/28/72 shooter.
Is there any team next year that is going to look more different than they did last year than Rutgers?
Incoming:  
Eastern Michigan guard 6'4" Tyson Acuiff.  Averaged 21.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists.  Shot 43/29/81. Merrimack 6'5" guard Derkack. Princeton 6'7" forward Zach Martini.  8.4 pts, 3.3 rebounds.  Shot 45/39/83.  Bulk three point shooter. small forward 6'8" Ace Bailey, #2 player in the class shooting guard 6'6" Dylan Harper, #6 player in the class power forward 6'9"  PF Lathan Sommerville, #103 in the class small forward 6'8" Bryce Dorstch, #148 in the class power foward 6''7" Dylan Grant #177 in the class outgoing:
6'11' Center Cliff Omuryi, 10.8 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 2.9 blocks/game 6'7" forward Mawot Mag, 9.1 ppgs, 3.8 rpg 6'3" shooting (challenged) guard Derek Simpson.  8.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.9 apg 6'8" G/F Gavin Griffiths.  5.8 ppg, 2.2 rpg 6'9" forward Antwon Woolfolk.  3.3 ppg, 3.1 rpg 6'9" forward Antonio Choi.  Only managed to play 56 minutes in two seasons 6'6 forward Aundrae Hyatt (graduated).  10.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg. 5'11" guard Noah Fernandez (graduated).  6.4 ppg. 6'4" guard Austin Williams (graduated).  4 ppg, 2.7 rpg.  

Off to Loyola Chicago.

The top 7 includes:
6 players who averaged double figure points last year
2 first team all-conference players
2 conference freshmen of the year
1 all-conference honorable mention
2 McDonald's All-Americans
Experience, talent, production. We see you Woody, prove it to us.