Yea the kid was our best shooter by far on a team that struggled offensively and won multiple games for us with game winning shots at the buzzer.
2 years from now this isn’t a big deal.
Next year - this will hurt.
Yea the kid was our best shooter by far on a team that struggled offensively and won multiple games for us with game winning shots at the buzzer.
2 years from now this isn’t a big deal.
Next year - this will hurt.
The current landscape of college basketball (NIL and portal) is really putting a hit on my enjoyment of the sport
I’m not gonna predict the long term impact - maybe the younger folks like this “free agency world” we are in right now - but personally I hate it
I’m not gonna predict the long term impact - maybe the younger folks like this “free agency world” we are in right now - but personally I hate it
Its kind of late to announce Spencer entering transfer portal when the word all along was that he was returning.
I wish we could know all the numbers. How much NIL money is on the team now? What is Spencer getting? Who are the biggest donors and what are they putting up? What does it cost to get a top recruit? Is it a one year agreement? The fact this all happens in the shadows is so, so bad for college sports.
Wish him well. Great half a season for us.
Wish him well. Great half a season for us.
Many of us are but the vast majority do nothing but post on a message board and mostly to complain.
Can't blame him. As Don Barzini said in The Godfather: 'After all, we are not Communists'
We just lost our only legit shooter on a horrible offensive team. He isn’t athletic, but is deceptive defensively and is a very smart player. Easily the worst loss we could have had other than Cliff.
Agree 100%. It's actually the most rational move a player can make. It's clearly a business, and this is a business decision, and it's entirely logical that he would do it.
This news sucks. Thanks a lot buddy for leaving this late in the process
Gavin gets the green light from half court now
Let me make sure I have this right, the NIL is everything narrative is that we have a million for Ace Bailey for next season and enough to keep Cliff and Paul and get Griffiths, but not enough for Cam?
Never mind, I don't expect logical answers when it comes to NIL.
It's a basketball evaluation, we have guards and a Top 20/40 shooting guard arriving....we have a Top 200 incoming guard in JaMicheal Davis and have an emerging sophomore in Derek Simpson.....we also have Noah Fernandes......and I assume, Paul Mulcahy is back. That's 6 guards if you had Spencer.....why is this surprising??
The basketball evaluation says we have an adequate or better shooter/player in Griffiths. Are you saying Griffiths is not a good shooter or cannot play the 2G position?
One of the more intriguing “where does he land” transfers of the portal season imo.
I think if we polled the board it would be a wide range of programs.
I think if we polled the board it would be a wide range of programs.
There's a big difference between a true freshman and a red shirt senior...right? One was playing in high school gyms in 2023, and one was hitting game winning threes at #1 Purdue. I would assume that's a part of the evaluation
We are saying he is a FRESHMAN. He may not be ready to start on Day 1. We are a NCAA team with Griffiths and Spencer (assuming Cliff returns), , and an NIT team otherwise.
Rutgers would not have achieved a winning season last last year without Spencer scoring in double figures.Fans don't forget the winning shot against number one ranked Purdue on the road.
Highly disagree.
For once we were going to put 2 legitimate shooters on the floor. Now we are not.
Cam was the most surefire starter out of everyone you just named, what the hell are you talking about !!
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Apparently ed cooley was guaranteed around $2.5-3mill a year in pay for play payroll with GTown.
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Arriving. They won't adjust to college play overnight. Cam is a proven commodity and a very good player. It's a big, big loss. Stop the nonsense.
This blows and as big of a fan to Rutgers I am really rethinking my long term plan of wanting to attend live to games anymore. NIL is destroying my interest and I rather watch from my TV saving 5 figured every year than watch what’s going on.
No loyalty to a school anymore and to me while I don’t fault the players you just can’t get attached to them anymore. It has nothing tk with the school on their jersey anymore.
Blows
No loyalty to a school anymore and to me while I don’t fault the players you just can’t get attached to them anymore. It has nothing tk with the school on their jersey anymore.
Blows
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We have potentially 2 of the top 5 high school kids coming in 12 months. Stay the course. This is just a rough part of the current reality.
That pic in the tweet might match Pike's reaction upon learning today's Cam news, LOL
You're not paying attention, with Mulcahy back, there's 6 guards with Spencer. There's no room for 6 guards.
The notion that we are without a shooting guard is absurd. If you told me Griffiths wasn't coming in, then I would be concerned.
I wouldn't pay Spencer big money to stay, he's not more valuable than Griffiths, or other guards like Fernandes, Simpson.
The roster needs a 4/5, not asking Mulcahy or Griffiths to play the 4, because Spencer is your 1 position player, who can't play the PG or isn't a combo guard.
Everyone is saying NIL BUT - the portal/not having to sit out a year AND the COVID year are more important
There sare so many transfers last year and this year because the portal is still new and there are so many Grad transfers because of the COVID year.
Once the COVID year works itself through, we'll see fewer and fewer transfers and it will level out at half or less what we've seen the last two years - once they only get 1 for "free" until they graduate and don't get the extra year.
There sare so many transfers last year and this year because the portal is still new and there are so many Grad transfers because of the COVID year.
Once the COVID year works itself through, we'll see fewer and fewer transfers and it will level out at half or less what we've seen the last two years - once they only get 1 for "free" until they graduate and don't get the extra year.
Our mods confirmed Ace Bailey had multiple million dollar NIL offers before committing to RU. So now you know.
We should still be good for a little while. Especially if we get Harper for a year. After that, I fear the “haves” will further separate themselves from the “have nots”. The key now is for Pike to try to find a replacement for Cam for next season sifting through the slim pickins. Not confident. UNC’s Love is available
I believe but if we didn’t have enough for Cam, we certainly won’t have enough for him.
I have to say I am shocked. The way the team looked to be constructed he should have had a very big year next year. He no longer needed to bring the ball up, and with additional shooters on the floor, other teams would no longer focus on him the way they did last year, which should have opened up a lot of shots for him. Maybe we can still get him to come back.