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He's going to do the necessary things to ensure we can recruit at an elite level globally. That was his intention but he fumbled the ball a bit coming in the door. Next years roster will be bigger in the paint, more physical and our perimeter players longer and more athletic.

I think a couple of elite euro bigs and the best pg money can buy in the portal would put us back into tourney next year. We need to upgrade the staff a bit to accomplish that. I wonder what the financial commitment is moving forward for the basketball team. Football makes considerably more money.

I think with MSU's ability to defend the perimeter and rebound, also being on the road, it could be the worse loss we have this year.

What mightve been. Had Miokobu and Murphy walked through the door after Texas Tech and Alabama were eliminated this would've been a much different roster. A+ proven recruiters get you players. DeVries didn't build that team at WVU, his staff did. He fumbled the ball about as bad as you can the first two months on the job. We could've hired any coach in the nation and if they had Adams and Norton working in the players lounge trying to fill 13 roster spots, the roster would reflect it. Clark is solid. Kenny is probably washed up. Like I said, tweak the staff and flush this year when it's over. Get some players that belong on a competitive Big Ten team and see what DeVries can do with it. I'm just now watching this game. We just don't have a Big Ten roster. We knew we didn't.

Anyone overreacting, my guess is you didn't understand the importance of having a staff in place day one. You probably thought this roster was carefully crafted. The Murphy, Moikobi(sp) thing cost a year of what could've been a better roster. I wasn't a DeVries guy, but I think he's done really well considering the MVC caliber talent he has to work with.There isn't anyone in street clothes on that bench that can help us. He needs to tweak the staff a bit. I'm sure the portal wish list is being put together and back channeling has started. I squint and see 19 wins. That's good. We can get a jump on things. You have to come in the door hot, with at least one successful recruiter with you to flip a roster well.

Rod Clark is certainly the jewel of the group. Adams was never supposed to be a recruiting force on the first DeVries staff and that's evident with this year's roster, specifically Reed Bailey. The wild card is Kenny. Can he resurrect some of the magic from over a decade ago. He's certainly connected in the dmv. DD is a really nice modern offensive coach. Year 3 will be when we should expect return on investment.

I think if we can go 5-4 for the month of January and be at 15 and 7 we've maximized our talent. There's not much we can do to overcome the deficiencies we have. I think we'll have to win 2 of the three games in March and get one in the btt to make it in.

Enjoy the moment of where we're at right now, hard times are coming. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.

Yeah, the idea he was a shooter was based on an inflated 3pt% last year. He shot less than 2 a game and a couple of his games where 1 for 1, 2 for 3. Nothing about his career ever said Big Ten big to me. He is a good passer, and for his size he's a good ball handler. Atrocious career defensive numbers and the offensive rebounding numbers of a back-up point guard. Again,,,,the roster reflects our staffing during roster construction. The price tag on Bailey was reported to be 1.5m. 1.5 I think is the number of offensive rpg he gets. He was Adam's contribution. Next year will be different.

I'm for a line-up modification. I'd start by swapping bigs and inserting Dorn or Tren and splitting the pgs.

I'm glad this is at home. I love PSUs frosh pg and they have plenty of size.

I don't expect us to shoot 40+% as a team from three all year. I was disappointed with the free throw shooting. Coach DeVries has plenty of rope, this year we'll surprise a few teams at home. .500 in conference will be something to be proud of with this group. Year two make the tournament and year three it needs to be the DeVries vision and we need to be sweet 16ish. That's reasonable. We will get pummeled by a few teams this year.

Keep your eyes on all of the juniors and under that play C and PG. They'll probably hit the portal.

I enjoy watching this team. I think it's the type of style that will be enticing to talented 3 and d players as we move forward. Someone with Ke'el Ware's skill set would make the ideal 5 for us. I think we can find that on the oversees market. I don't think right now is the ideal roster for DD. There are glimpses of it. I look forward to the middle of the pack games we play. There are great stylistic match-ups there. I think we're a .500 team in conference. Louisville is the worst possible match-up for us because they're the same team except in year 2, deeper and more talented. I think we'll get stomped. Kentucky on the road will be tough too. 19-12 going into the conference tournament. There will worse teams than us make the tournament. I'm not sure we can.

I believe we will get one 5☆ or player in the top 25. I'm not sure who. A big or pg would be great.