Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan State have just as many guys ranked top 100 in HS too.
Talent matters
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Day dreaming over here....
Starters (potentially very long line up)
Cliff OR Transfer 5th Yr Big (if Cliff Gone) (6'10 / ?)
Mag (6'7)
Gavin (6'7)
Paul (6'7)
Transfer 5th yr PG (?)
Reserve Guards
Spencer
Simpson
Davis
Wings
Hyatt
Ndongo
Chol
Bigs
Wolf
Freshman (Bodo?)
Transfer Out
Reiber
Oskar
Miller
If we can keep the recruits. We have to dance this year and make it to November.
Everyone lauded how we had no transfers out last off season.
Maybe we would have benefited from some to bring in more impactful players.
Maybe we would have benefited from some to bring in more impactful players.
No transfers is probably not ideal since no coach hits on 100% of their recruits. There will always be people on the roster that don't pan out
If you hit on all your recruits then there won't be enough playing time to go around
You don't want crazy turnover every year but some roster turnover can be a good thing
Compared to other players he looks 6’1” not the 6’3” in the program. Needs a little more time in the strength program.
Gonzaga please.. don’t give other local teams oxygen at the garden. RU owns the place for that game.
I don’t think they would schedule two big east teams ( SJ and Prov) to play each other in that situation
I think the point was that Pike wouldn't look to bring in a transfer starter if it meant one of them going to the bench.
Yes Gonzaga would be nice. But I won’t be at all disappointed if it’s St. John’s as that has to be a road game for us, right? Old big east foe at the garden… battle for nyc against an inferior team. Let’s go!
That’s what I have been saying all along.
Also fine with the other locals (Fordham, Iona or Manhattan) if they want to make their home game there too.
It’s like Temple for Football…is it really an away game?
You absolutely have to be a potential troll but assuming your not, are you actually saying the 2 freshman Purdue guards, playing with an automatic double-team draw Player of the year, Zach Edey, is the way to evaluate players???
Painter has better guards on his roster, he actually started the 2 freshman guards because Edey lightens the workload because of Edey and because they're spot up shooters, who can catch and shoot, once Edey is doubled.
Once Edey is removed from the equation, those guards look no different than Derek Simpson....Simpson is a better defender and would put up the same stats if he was on Purdue playing with Edey.
The Woolfolk jury is still TBD, but so was the case on Eugene Omoyuri, Myles Johnson, Caleb McConnell and Mawot Mag. All have thrived in roles that were overwhelming for them in spots as freshman and sophomores....
Chol is really a 2023 recruit with a head start in a redshirt role this year, but anyone complaining about depth or lack thereof, is fine to do so. Freshman usually struggle in most leagues, but if a top 5 program is your standard, there's 350 other programs to choose from that get ignored, I guess.
Loyer is legitimately good. It’s not surprising you can’t see that. I’m not reading the rest of your drivel.
I have known RU72 for years and all I can say is that he bleeds Scarlet. He has shown it with the behind the scenes things he has done for this program and with his pocketbook. He is telling you some of what he hears. Not everything he hears comes true but believe me sometimes depending on the source you want to believe them but know they are BS artists. Personally I know of several incidents when our ADs were warned about what would happen if they took a certain path when factual information was given to them and they went in the wrong direction.