NCAA MBB Transfer Portal

[Stuhoo]

Just now, Hardwood83 said:

Are we allowed a veto? If so I'm using mine on Love. Attitude, streaky, selfish. Nothing about him interests me. 

Talented, high ceiling, needing a father figure head coach that will tell him the truth. That interests me.

[Hardwood83]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Talented, high ceiling, needing a father figure head coach that will tell him the truth. That interests me.

You're an optimist and I'm a pessimist! 

Obvious talent, but just as obvious (to me) is the likelihood to detroy a team. 

[Artie86]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

Talented, high ceiling, needing a father figure head coach that will tell him the truth. That interests me.

I guess, if you look at it that way,....... I'll listen. Could end up a great story.

[Stuhoo]

3 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

I guess, if you look at it that way,....... I'll listen. Could end up a great story.

Currently I have no reason to think he's considering IU.

[IUFAN1976]

4 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

You're an optimist and I'm a pessimist! 

Obvious talent, but just as obvious (to me) is the likelihood to detroy a team. 

I 100% agree with you!  Seems like a guy that doesn’t know when not to shoot.  Only shot it at 29% from 3 but took the most shots!  Truth be told, he was the one who destroyed the NC chemistry 

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

No. 

He looks and plays like a 40 year old.

So we'd be getting two 20 year old players for one scholarship, yes?

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

Burnett from Bama is in the portal.   Interesting career so far.   Had an IU offer back in the Archie days.   Picked Texas Tech over a ton of schools.    People on here wanted him bad.    Went to Bama and never could get it rolling.    Ranked around the 30’s.    Hopefully 3rd time is the charm with him.    The new norm.  Even highly ranked kids will enter and exit the portal.    At first I was skeptical if it would change the way coaches would recruit moving forward but now I see clearly why coaches are willing to take a chance on kids with experience and just as talented in the portal then high school kids.     I feel for the high school seniors trying to find a team nowadays.    Hopefully after the covid year it helps out 

Have to say if I were advising a high school kid now, I'd be telling them at all costs to avoid signing in the spring and strongly considering how stable the coaching situation is.

[Uspshoosier]

Epps is transferring from Illinois.    Sounds like Georgetown will be a place he considers.    He decommitted from Cooley and providence to go to Illinois now he might play for him anyway. 

[Stuhoo]

Just now, Uspshoosier said:

Epps is transferring from Illinois.    Sounds like Georgetown will be a place he considers.    He decommitted from Cooley and providence to go to Illinois now he might play for him anyway. 

Oof.

Thats an excellent young player and a bad look for Underwood 

[Uspshoosier]

Just now, RaceToTheTop said:

Have to say if I were advising a high school kid now, I'd be telling them at all costs to avoid signing in the spring and strongly considering how stable the coaching situation is.

I might be telling them to sign as quick as possible just to have a guaranteed spot.   

[Uspshoosier]

Just now, Stuhoo said:

Oof.

Thats an excellent young player and a bad look for Underwood 

That’s how that program is going to be it looks like.    They have the NIL money to bring whoever they want basically but underwood isn’t for everyone and by the looks of it they will transfer out just as fast 

[RaceToTheTop]

4 minutes ago, Uspshoosier said:

I might be telling them to sign as quick as possible just to have a guaranteed spot.   

Agree.  What stinks is when they do that and then a coaching change occurs and you don't fit what the new coach wants.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

30 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Talented, high ceiling, needing a father figure head coach that will tell him the truth. That interests me.

Not me.  I don't want to become a rescue mission for troubled souls.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

1 hour ago, Golfman25 said:

Best players come from HS.  JHS was never going to be in the portal.  

Perhaps the best players come from HS but it's looking more and more like the best teams come from the portal.

[Lebowski]

2 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Why spend April-July bouncing between AAU events and holding your breath that a verbal commit from a HS junior will hold up until signing day when you can recruit the portal for 8-10 weeks and call it a day?

This^^^^

I've said on here before that if I were coaching in the NCAA this would be my strategy for building a team, in any sport. Every team in the final four has at least 1 transfer in the starting lineup and only one team (UCONN) is starting a freshman. (Not counting Boyd with FAU because he had 23 games under his belt the previous year.) Miami has the most transfers in the starting lineup with 3 (Pack, Omier, Miller). 

EDIT: And if I were fortunate enough to be offered a scholarship to play at the next level I would make my school of choice based on NIL dollars offered, coach's development success, or school's rep in a certain sector. Probably in that order as well. And if none of those worked out I would feel fine with that because I'll have the option to transfer out. 

[Uspshoosier]

13 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

This^^^^

I've said on here before that if I were coaching in the NCAA this would be my strategy for building a team, in any sport. Every team in the final four has at least 1 transfer in the starting lineup and only one team (UCONN) is starting a freshman. (Not counting Boyd with FAU because he had 23 games under his belt the previous year.) Miami has the most transfers in the starting lineup with 3 (Pack, Omier, Miller). 

He is a redshirt freshman.   Crazy that IU was probably in the lead for Karaban before the coaching change  

[Demo]

This one will be interesting: Auburn’s Chance Westry enters the portal. Top 50ish ‘22 wing who hurt a knee in the fall, had a scope, came back for a minute and then shut it down. 6’6” slasher/defender/secondary facilitator. Not a great shooter, but really good getting downhill and finishing.

[Bowhunter]

There has never been a better time to come to IU and get playing time other than when Crean took over when it was a mess.

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, Uspshoosier said:

That’s how that program is going to be it looks like.    They have the NIL money to bring whoever they want basically but underwood isn’t for everyone and by the looks of it they will transfer out just as fast 

Just don’t see that satisfying the locals for very long. The Illinois fanbase has a little IU fanbase to it in the sense of tradition. 

Obviously that all changes if he ever does anything in March, but early returns are not great there. 

[Uspshoosier]

25 minutes ago, Demo said:

This one will be interesting: Auburn’s Chance Westry enters the portal. Top 50ish ‘22 wing who hurt a knee in the fall, had a scope, came back for a minute and then shut it down. 6’6” slasher/defender/secondary facilitator. Not a great shooter, but really good getting downhill and finishing.

They had a big man leave as well today