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He did in fact get in trouble with the fbi stuff and was fired by pitino for it. Truthfully idrc if he gets us recruits now

I'm just saying I dont think he was some top 5 transfer like conwell was. He was a good player to get but I doubt he had the competition conwell and dix have rn. Devries has to find undervalued players like hepburn his first year

I would like to point out hepburn averaged 9 ppg the year before transferring. Devries is going to have to have a surprise year I think with some lesser known players before we start winning every recruiting battle like we want. If the money is the same players are going to choose the more proven coach

Jealous of louisvilles backcourt now lol. Mikel brown conwell and wooley may be the best back court in the country

Conwell is from Indy right? Plus it has to help that Devries beat ISU so he knows what kind of coach he is. I’d throw a bag at him

Chester Frazier? It doesn’t sound like he’s going to stay at wvu with the new coach

Another guy I would love us to get involved with. He can really shoot it

Pack, Conwell, Devries with a 3/D wing and rim protecting center is what I am currently dreaming of for next year

I know Im supposed to hate purdue but Id kind of hate if he left for another school. NBA sure but kinda sucks for college basketball that Purdue was Smith's first and only power conference offer and he'd leave them as a senior after all the development there. Idk maybe unpopular opinion

I wonder if west virginia fans keep the same energy they had because they also just hired a guy that was only there for a year

Guards are king in college basketball so just from a roster building standpoint I'd rather have my point guard be the first or second best player on the team. Still hoping for someone like pack and this guy as a bench player

Maybe it's because I was a young when this happened and don't remember but I dont really care about the incident lol. He was a college player and if he wants to be here now who gives a crap. He's a good coach especially as a recruiter and is singlehandedly the reason multiple wvu players came from illinois last year

So Preston Murphy is bamas main player development coach and an elite recruiter based on quick research. Is there a reason he’d leave bama? That’d be such a home run but what’s the connection

As a backup point guard I'd be happy with this but I'd want more out of our starter

McDermott said D-rock is what all the players called him at creighton also. I like it

Maybe he’ll win them over? I know a shocking thing to say since he decided to have a press conference today instead of being in the gym of a high school basketball team

Sounds like West Virginia tried to extend him in February with a nice raise and increased NIL budget and he still chose us. I love getting a guy that really wants to be here

West Virginia fans are salty because tucker did actually get 1 million in NIL from them. I assume we’ll pay him similar since he’s not an NBA player most likely and it may be his last payday

Dolson definitely has a type haha. Listening to this field of 68 podcast Devries sounds like Cig with his personality and work ethic

You know, no matter how you feel about Darian at least we didn't hire BRAD FREAKING BROWNELL

Idk maybe let him coach a game first?

West virginia boards throwing out some crazy NIL offers like 2 million but him and devries on the wings would be a great start

i'd love jonathan powell to follow devries on over also. That's a nice little core you have there. I am very interested to see what we do at PG and center. The point guard on Devries teams usually appear to be one of the two best players for him

He was probably our best returning players but I am not too sad about him leaving. He's honestly a very hard player to build a great team around since he is an undersized center that can't shoot. Good offensive player but I like my centers being the defensive anchor and this makes it easier to modernize our offense

I didnt realize Jayden Stone was on the roster also and didn't play a single game because he got hurt in the preseason. He averaged 21 ppg the year before. Devries kind of assembled a really interesting team before people got hurt. It's a shame we didn't get to see them play the whole year together. At least we know he understands how to use the portal. I think well be good next year. I'm interested to see what kind of team he assembles. He has usually been guard heavy and I hope that continues but I think with increased NIL funds he can attract more versatile big men and wings that he previously may not have had access to.