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It will vex us at times next year. From the Athletic's Transfer Portal rankings (Vaaks is #10): "Ht: 6-7 Wt: 210 The Estonian native came to college basketball this season and was exceptionally productive as a jumbo guard for the Friars. There is very little that Vaaks isn’t capable of as a...

Can PSU afford to wait out the CFP to announce Cignetti in January? Hard to build a staff and complete for talent in the early signing period or transfer portal window in that scenario. Meanwhile, Matt Rhule and the PSU AD are real tight from working together at Temple.

So, he shores up some of BU's clipboard weaknesses and Tyler and Hammer's inexperience? And either brings some recruiting chops of his own or assumes operational responsibilities that help free up OA, Alexander, BU, etc to focus further on recruiting? Splendid.

It’s kind of like calling a foul in a black top pick up game. You can say something about it, but who is going to listen?

Maybe this has been answered previously, but do we expect any uptick in focus on HS recruits now that the extra 5th year players have cycled through? Or is it still, get old, stay old (if you can)?

Yeah, that line confused me. I would imagine he's #1 far more often than not.

Updated preseason rankings in the Athletic, post-draft declaration deadline. Pretty much hits all the main Loyalty off-season talking points: (1) Balkan moneyball experiment is fascinating; (2) defense is a potential concern; and (3) the tracksuit picture is sick and needs to happen IRL. Men’s...

IIRC, doesn't Underwood share that sentiment with Hurley about disliking the preseason holiday tournaments?

We took the same approach when TA was hired, IIRC.

" How do you feel about the Illini? Do you feel they have a Final Four-caliber lineup? — Jeremy B. I’m going to wait to see it before I go that far, but it’s promising. This is the furthest anyone has leaned into building a roster through international imports. UCLA’s 2023-24 team would be the...

What is the projected role we could offer? 15-18 minutes off the bench as primary back court sub?

He went to an NAIA school, which is in the same bucket as a JUCO re: recent court rulings.

Don't think that necessarily would have been the case, even if both Cal and Big Blue Nation wanted to make a change. Arkansas gave Cal the best possible exit landing between their deep pockets being able to offset the $ in his UK contract and Cal's longstanding friendship with the Tyson Foods...

There is history here. https://www.providencejournal.com/story/sports/2021/05/18/jayden-epps-providence-jayden-epps-decommit-providence-college-basketball/5151006001/