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The recruitment of Wang has been a nice way to slowly detox from Portal Fever. I'm still think someone Wang-like while we're cooking up a deal for Momcilovic.

Belmont is perfect for him, next year he'll be a shooter with positional size in the portal getting overpaid by a p5 school.

Wang has length and a solid base. Dear Lord for my birthday against Purdue can I hear Don Fischer say "Wang backdoor...slams it in the hole!!!"

I think we're all pretty lock step on our opinions, with a group of us that thinks we still have a stash for the right guy.

Leon Phelps: I can understand you bein' angry, but you can't blame the Wang!

Looks like number 11. Potential fan favorite.

He seems to have been on his own making decisions. I'm not sure we're in the right place to take a high risk high reward player with maturity and coachability issues. He's has all the tools though. Could ruin a locker room too.

Miika article worth reading. https://www.hoopshype.com/story/sports/ncaab/2026/04/20/the-ceiling-of-miikka-muurinen-is-undeniable-but-he-has-bigger-problems-first/89685478007/

We're waiting on something. There are plenty of great teammates out there to fit the culture. Probably will still be after the draft process. I think we're still up to something.

10% of the top 200 players in the portal are still available. Plenty of bigs below that. Nico Bundalo would be great if he's wired right. Questions I'm that department.

Damian Willinson sophomore from SD State is interesting. Hits the offensive glass.

James Scott from Louisville by way of Ole Miss. Does Coach Carr have a connection?

There were a couple of summers in a row that I went to a lot of events. I'd compare my thoughts to what a lot of the scouts would say. Why not I'm an iu fan in my 50's I know everything. So I go back to look at what the 247 scout wrote about the kids out of high school. Aristotle had the dreaded "motor" questions. It's hard to catch the intangibles that can ruin chemistry unless you're there to see these kids live. I'd love Nico Budalo as our 3rd big, based on effort and measurables, but he's nuttier than a squirrel turd. Year 1a needs to be successfully safe. No craziness or character gambles. I think we have that now. Top 6 in the Big Ten. Set our identity. Coach needs to prove a couple of things. Can he coach elite talent and can he win a tournament game. I'll take a live body with experience as third big and let's take a run at Momcilovic. That means we wanna win the conference. Hell, then give a senior walk on the third scholly..

I think the volume 3 big wing is the difference between 6th in the Big Ten and in the hunt down the stretch. Mostly because of my hesitancy to totally trust Coach's ability to come out of his offensive comfort zone. If we play 4 out for 20 minutes running a lot of last years stuff I don't know he THE GUY will be.

Yes, that would be funny. But what we don't have is an impact wing. We have a group made up of promising but not ready and "hope they're better with us." I was being wishful and pretty specific with hopes for an impact player. He would push one of Mustaf or Harris to 6th man. Someone's going to throw a bundle at him. Why not us.

I think we're still keeping some powder dry for a potential starter. We have a roster and a style to promote. We have money for that type of add. There are several bargain bigs left ot there.

I love our fanbase. Lol I think there will be games that our two bigs play over 30 minutes. If we're a good team. (Top 20, better than 6th in conference) there should plenty of mop up minutes for a third big, to include injury/foul trouble. If Sherrell does average over 30 minutes it means he's under 250 and in great shape. I hope Burton can complete a season playing around 33 minutes a night.

I love our fanbase. Lol I think there will be games that our two bigs play over 30 minutes. If we're a good team. (Top 20, better than 6th in conference) there should plenty of mop up minutes for a third big, to include injury/foul trouble. If Sherrell does average over 30 minutes it means he's under 250 and in great shape. I hope Burton can complete a season playing around 33 minutes a night.

Absolutely I think there is hope that Harris is the scoring wing with renewed confidence. He's capable of shooting in the high 30's in high volume from deep. It will allow Coach to continue to run alot of the stuff he's more comfortable with. Sisley is going to be a glue guy small ball 4 and should excel in that role. Mustaf as a versatile defender that can keep the defense honest seems like a good plan for him. Burton changes everything if healthy. There's a world where we're a top 4 team in the Big and another where we creep into the tournament 11-9.

I think someone of size will be added. I'm not so sure they'll be expected to play much and we probably won't be overly excited. I do still hold out hope for a starting caliber wing shooter that would push the ones we have a notch down the bench. Let the combine get closer.

I think we'll land someone tomorrow.

Obviously high major schools see something that I'm not. One year of D1 basketball at a mid-major. Is he a Canadian legend? I'd take the guy from Irvine unless there's a Euro shocker.

I disagree with many of these rankings but Somto is unmanageable and Allen Graves is top 5.

I think we're a top 4 Big Ten team as is if: Coach has the playbookk to match the skillset of the team. Burton stays healthy Harris is similar to the player he was expected to be out of high school. One of the freshmen is ahead of the curve and contributes when we go 4-out. We should be pretty competitive at the top of the conference. Michigan will still be tough and if Illinois figures out the point???? After that it's wide open. I think 14 conference wins is doable.

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/college/sec/2025/03/30/alabama-basketball-big-man-aiden-sherrell-clears-the-air-about-height/82730972007/