Keepers for next year

[RUDivision]

Give Pike a center. Someone as good as MJ or Cliff. Pair that with TF and we will have a competitive team. We might come up short but we’ll be in the conversation. That’s what we need. Not another “star”. We need to plug the black hole.

Ok now I get it! Your trying to build a team that takes us from awful to a competitive but ultimately not good team.

In that scenario then keep Francis, Buchanon, Lino, Powers, JMike and I guess Dortch. Bring in a few upgrades . Yes that team will be competitive but will still lose. You squeeze 3-4 more wins possible.


im trying to get us in the sweet 16. In that world no one returns maybe 2-3 guys. We buy 6 amd the current guys fill roles off the bench.

 

[-RUFAN4LIFE-]

Ok now I get it! Your trying to build a team that takes us from awful to a competitive but ultimately not good team.

In that scenario then keep Francis, Buchanon, Lino, Powers, JMike and I guess Dortch. Bring in a few upgrades . Yes that team will be competitive but will still lose. You squeeze 3-4 more wins possible.


im trying to get us in the sweet 16. In that world no one returns maybe 2-3 guys. We buy 6 amd the current guys fill roles off the bench.

Hate to break it to you, $10m of NIL isn't going to get you anywhere close to there.

 

[RUDivision]

Hate to break it to you, $10m of NIL isn't going to get you anywhere close to there.

Why not it did for the majority of the sweet 16. Obviously out lists like Duke but 90 % of the sweet 16 spent 10MM or less

 

[bac2therac]

Hate to break it to you, $10m of NIL isn't going to get you anywhere close to there.

Yes schools will spend more next year. but its not like everyone will be at 20 million

10 million is enough to compete and be a bubble team

Rutgers WILL ALWAYS have to do more with less. Its really no different than 2010. Imagine being thrown an undeserved lifeline to the Big 10 and then still setting the bar so low by saying we will never have enough money to compete

The moving of goalposts ridiculous

 

[Bob Chaewsky_rivals]

No I did not. 32.7% is average from 3. Nothing wrong with it.

34.4% from ANyWHERE is very bad.

My mistake. What do you think of a four year starter who shoots 44% overall, because I think that's what Braeden Smith shot this year? You don't think given several years Powers can't improve by more than 10%?

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

My mistake. What do you think of a four year starter who shoots 44% overall, because I think that's what Braeden Smith shot this year? You don't think given several years Powers can't improve by more than 10%?

First of all 44% shooting is WAY better than 34% (like galaxies apart). Smith never shot below 42.8% in a season. But beyond this, Smith shot 38% from 3 as a frosh (better than 32%). And Smith took 106 FTs as a frosh (more than 6X as many as Powers and he made most of them). From an efficiency standpoint the two couldn’t be more different. Derek Simpson is really your guy to compare to in trying to make your argument since Derek finally managed to shoot over 42% this season (he was 38% as a frosh). But even then - would you really pay “now” in the hope of getting what Derek did 3 years later in the A-10?

10% is a huge number to make up though in shooting percentage. Derek Simpson was worst in D1 at 30.5% in 2023-24 for perspective. He went down year over year when taking on a bigger role. Nobody shoots under 30% so to be at 34% is a pretty bad starting point.

 

[scarletpumpernickl]

A general question. How is the situation handled when the staff wants to replace a player but the player wants to stay? Is he given a low ball offer, told he'll be on the bench a lot, and suggested to look elsewhere for a better option?

 

[PSAL_Hoops]

A general question. How is the situation handled when the staff wants to replace a player but the player wants to stay? Is he given a low ball offer, told he'll be on the bench a lot, and suggested to look elsewhere for a better option?

Seems to me this situation is easier to manage than ever before. Rutgers doesn’t have to offer any money and scholarship limits are no longer really a “thing”. Anyone willing stick around for free presumably would be welcomed with open arms. Why not? But the reality is, nobody is likely to do that. A guy like Fall will still be able to collect a check at a low major based on his height. I’m sure he’ll be headed down that road.

 

[EddieWilsonLives]

little birdie told me Washington and Oregon offering Francis near 2M