Pierre to SMU!
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Really good player. Glad he stayed away from SEC.
This guy is about like Eaglestaff in that where he wound up tells you how good he actually is.
Ole miss and Arkansas are reaching desperate territory for a scoring guard
Some of these portal guys will never be heard from again. Yates and Pierre for example.
Cal,Beard and Pearl missed out. Couldn't have happened to 3 better dbags.
Yes and even more interesting for Lamar. Lamar and him graded out about the same on offense and defense but Lamar was WAY above in 3% makes
I was thinking same thing they are looking more at the PF/C spot they really need help there. The wings are guards are solid with what they have there and coming in
Must be the bag.... just don't get how some of these mid majors have a chance at a major D1 program and end up elsewhere.
They are spending on football. Guess they're going to get into basketball too?
They were but the are solid at the wing spot on returning players and freshman coming
Wow Beard really choked this one away. For more information Google "Chris Beard choked".
Yeah. SMU is a mega rich private school. Go look at some of their alumni, the “pony express” in the 80s is the tip of the iceberg. Now that pay for play is legal, they’ll be a top 25 program across any sport the donors want them to be
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I've said it before in other threads. Anymore it's not history, tradition or how many championships you have recruiting kids anymore. nil has brough more players into the game. It used to be the best of the best would go to the blue bloods, but now they go to whoever can write the fattest check. That's why there's more competition for recruits than there used to be.
In the short term I agree but long-term how willing are boosters gonna be to cut a check for a player when the results aren’t there? At some point boosters will get tired of paying a kid $2+million dollars only to miss the tournament.
SOME of these guys dont want to get shutdown in the tough SEC. They want the best rate and school where they can pad their numbers and raise their stock. Can’t really blame them.
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I think exposure and playing on the big stage is important as well. Most mid major guys transfer to a big program. This decision is odd.
Yep, that big Dallas money.
SMU has already stated that they are committed to rebuilding the football program at any cost, so I guess the same extends to basketball too. In the age of pay for play there isn't a better example of irony than one of the only program in history to get the death penalty for paying players.
It’s easy to forget because of how unnatural it still feels, but SMU is an ACC team now. He’ll get enough exposure there if he’s actually good.
It "feels" like we had given up on him and have focused on Wilkerson. Hopefully we get Wilkerson and can be done.
SMU is in the ACC now so technically more exposure and a bigger stage than they used to be on. They're a P4 school now.
Glad he went somewhere that won’t hurt us or we play him. Big Dallas money probably offered considerably more than the other teams.
Now if you’re winning a title or two then boosters will be happy to keep paying but there’s no way I’d keep pumping large amounts of money into the schools NIL if I were a big booster and only getting S16’s/Elite 8’s out of it.
We aren’t quite in that spot but we are in desperate territory for a SG as far as being able to compete for a title. Wilkerson is a must have.
Exactly. I thought this since the beginning. Boosters will only keep giving their money with no results/titles for so long before they stop. It’s the big reason the current system isn’t sustainable. The high end guys should be around a million at the very most. Even that’s alot to expect boosters to shell out year after year.
Now if you’re winning a title or two then boosters will be happy to keep paying but there’s no way I’d keep pumping large amounts of money into the schools NIL if I were a big booster and only getting S16’s/Elite 8’s out of it.