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FYI In the portal listing regarding Roumoglou, Seydou Traore is transferring from Manhattan, was at Our Savior in NY, and is from France. 6'7 215lbs. I'd be hard pressed at the coincidence if they are not closely related. This suggests the family likely has much more direct insight to ncaa...

Besides being listed on the roster as a forward, and exclusively playing in the frontcourt in high school, what causes you to believe Ross is expecting non-garbage time minutes at the guard position? I agree he is agile enough, has size to match up against tall shooting guards, and was an...

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I understand being short ball handlers when we basically only had Gaffney to spell RJ Cole. On this roster, Ball is capable at least as a combo guard, and Stewart had the ball in his hands from end to end on his AAU team and would surprise you with his handle. The early posts about Stewart...

Reed's commit reminds me how far Hurley has come as a coach over the past couple of years. When Clingan committed it was questionable if Hurley was going to be flexible enough to abandon the high hedge defense with a player that didn't fit the mold of playing that way. Hurley had tried to put...

That particular event and my having the exact same thoughts were the first thing that comes to mind in this thread.

In the clips against 'big cliff', he dwarfs cliff who I absolutely have never coveted. Goldin or Wolf were my first choices, but Reed checks a lot of boxes, especially size and power in the post. It's tough after being spoiled the past 2 years with Donovan & Adama, but that is a standard that...

Arkansas with a $5 million nil kitty and none of it spent yet

Stay with a home & home schedule that makes the league distinctive and the best

They would be my preseason pick because I think Flagg is so good he can compensate for coaching weakness. On the other hand, I agree with other posters that an older more experienced team with quality coaching might trip them up. Thats why they play the games.

Easy to pick out Alex. Which is your son? This has all been a good ride for you. First was the satisfaction that a person like myself would pick out and love Alex enough to advocate for him to be a husky. Then the satisfaction that so many Big East and other teams would offer, with the...

I thought the 'list' was who had reached out, rather than his list. I also thought there was some posts that were positive. I didn't interpret the threads as precluding us.

Do we also get to claim a share of the Big Ten Title after knocking off Northwestern, Illinois, Purdue?

Essentially 25% of all championships against a field of hundreds of challengers. With Nova, Cuse, and including Louisville, teams with Big East credentials have won 40% of the tournaments in the last 25 years, plus Georgetown knocked on the door.

Just had to take a victory lap from my Aug 2021 post Ricker JoinedSep 2, 2011Messages1,340Reaction Score14,468 Aug 2, 2021 Add bookmark #53 OMG!! How do I send a thank you note to Tom Moore and what do I owe him!! It has been a privilege to be of service. (tongue firmly in cheek) If Sanogo...

I'm not going to win Nuzzi's pool with any of the prior predictions. UConn 78-Purdue 62 or UConn 76 - Purdue 65 are much better scores :)

Essandoko looks fine to me. With bulk and an occasional 3, that is just what we need to compliment our returning centers. He seems poised with the ball and puts it on the floor. With experience vs Ky, Seton Hall, Dayton etc I don't see why we can't do well with him. The second set of clips...

I think an important game factor will be long rebounds on their missed threes leading to frequent transition offense for us. I think the key to us winning is 26-28 minutes with Clingan on the court and getting a high percentage of their 3 pt misses 2 quick Donovan fouls turns this game...

I'd like a post player addition to give us attributes different from what we expect from Johnson & Singare. Ideally strength to defend power bigs, and/or shooting to stretch the floor. I'm not aboard the 'Big Cliff' train. So far the Stanford center or a player like Yale's Wolf if he enters...

Off the top of my head, Corey Floyd, Akok Akok, Posh Alexander, Wusu, ... that ship has sailed

Just a general speculative answer to Johnson's capability to play the 4. 1) He must have shown something to intrigue the staff in the 2 years before he had his first start at that position 2) He could shoot the 3 as a spot up shooter in HS which is how I first noticed him 3) Kids have some...

When did Samson Johnson's potential get limited to only playing the '5'. Before the foot injury, supposedly he was the starter at the '4' when Sanogo AND Clingan were at the '5'. I think the way we play him now is a pretty strong way to use his talents, but it might not be the only way...

Have they stopped picking a Big East Tournament team and now just The Most Outstanding Player? Nothing comes up on the Big East website or my searches.

Kentucky's A+ game could beat us, when Shepard and the guards are hitting 3's and their bigs are defending the rim. They were scary good vs NC and a couple other teams, but then have other pedestrian games. I'd rather not take the chance that we catch them on an A+ night. Our 'A' game beats...

Really a bitch that UConn coaches have to deal with other teams trying to poach our players even before the season plays itself out. The Georgetown article a couple weeks ago that described their in season efforts to approach players on other teams through third parties is evidently the current...

Watching Auburn / South Carolina reminds me of how many quality future players were in the Putnam Science vs New Hampton game years ago. Karaban was up against Goodin (the Russian 7' center for Florida Atlantic), Josh Gray (7' South Carolina center), Elijah Hutchins-Everett (Seton Hall backup...

Please let it unfold this way. Houston & Tenn together NC & Arizona together Kentucky & Kansas in Purdue's bracket Our 8/9 Nebraska/Texas is strong but 4/5 is Wash St /Auburn and 2/3 is Iowa St/Duke I don't think there could be a much better path to the final 4 (I dread Ky and they should lose...

nc st was awful down the stretch missing 5-7 FTs in the last couple minutes including front ends, missing a wide open dunk with 30 sec left up by 5 and adding to the embarrassment by getting a T for hanging on the rim, the refs equally sucked by awarding the ball to Duke after a review that...

This is set up to handing us a share of the regular season title which is a bit disappointing to not have Marquette at full strength

It isn't that they know who is going into the portal, its that they are trying to induce them to go into the portal by expressing interest through back channels with emphasis on how much NIL money they will have to spend. Certainly creates pressure on existing teams to meet rising financial...

Talk about an article loaded with specifics about Cooley 'backchannel contacts' (ie in season tampering), NIL budget info, and specific targets that are currently playing big roles on other teams, including Wolf from Yale with expectations he will enter the portal. I'm impressed that this...

Given that he is a smart kid, got here early, has been here summers, and might have had eligible credits coming in, I bet he is on pace to graduate at the end of next year and that that will play a role in his decision at the end on this season. Maybe @gwhuskyfan can ask him about his academic...

This post in the Marquette forum made me chuckle That wasn’t just a run of the mill ass-whoopin… We’re talking medieval colonoscopy with no meds, utilizing a barbed wire wrapped hand trowel performed by a circus geek trained 3 sheets-to-the-wind rabid velociraptor kind of ass-whoopin…

I have to ask. Any connections to any of our previous Wolf's? Enosch Wolf, Dennis Wolf, Nicole Wolf?

Comparison to 1999 Duke/UConn separating from the field and meeting in the finals is interesting. Jake Voskuhl was very foul prone in certain games and was also our key answer to Elton Brand. I felt we would win if Jake could stay on the court. I feel the same way with Clingan vs Edey. If...