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I would be irrationally excited if we managed to land Humrichous. To me he’s a combo of Domask and Minix but he’s 6’9 and a better 3 point shooter. The possibilities with him are endless. Bootyball? Check. Deadly stretch 4? Check. We could play super big and play him at the 3 or play small...

I promise this isn’t sour grapes, but I really don’t understand how Ballo is the top rated transfer. I think he’s really good, but to me he is a really poor man’s Kofi. The times I’ve watched him his hands have been suspect and he just seems a little clumsy and uncoordinated, and also doesn’t...

Yes. Sometimes I go through all the adversity that Underwood has gone through that likely would have sunk some of our prior coaches. To wit, 1. Losing Mr Basketball and having him transfer to one of our biggest rivals. 2. Failing to land EJ Liddell 3. Losing your back court of the future to...

If Louisville in his top 2, seems to indicate biggest bag is at least a a pretty strong factor. And I don’t blame him. Likely not an nba player so next year might be the biggest payday he will get. Really good player but if it’s all about the bag, probably not the best fit. Think we will...

That’s fair. I actually thought Amani showed great instincts and really good, active hands in drop coverage to the point where I think he would have taken Dain’s minutes had he not gotten injured. But maybe we didn’t want to rely on a below the rim player who is probably generously listed at...

I get needing to put the best roster together possible and that this means recruiting over your own players at times, unpleasant as that can be. I’m not 100% convinced Booth is a clear upgrade over Amani to the point it’s worth recruiting over Amani to get booth. Maybe they figured Amani is...

The other thing with May, is he even at Michigan if Purdue manages to beat FDU? I really liked FAUs roster, but I highly doubt they would have gotten by Purdue in the round of 32.

I think we can get a guy who’s going to be 80% of what Storr can be at about 50% of what Storr is asking.

Conwell was another that I meant to put on my bigger guard/wing board and didn’t. Would love to land him. Lots of good players out there. We will be fine.

Throw Roddy Gayle on that list too. If we are already poaching in conference with Storr, why not?

No inside knowledge but plenty of bigger guards/wings in the portal. A few names I’ve seen: Otega Oweh- doesn’t look to be the scorer Storr is but 37% from 3 on low volume and looks to be a much better defender. Plus he took an OV here in high school so we have a connection. Dre Davis -...

I’m oddly serene about portal season. We’ve got a great sell: winning program, top 3 conference, track record of transfer success, immediate playing time and, at a minimum, competitive NIL. I’m sure we will get outbid and may lose a couple of our top targets but there are so many good players...

Was just going to say this has Woodson/IU vibes. Strike out on top candidates. Turn to an alum who fan base is like warm on at best. But, I have gotten the impression BBN wasn’t wild about Cal’s one n done model but tolerated it as long as they won. Chance Pope brings in less splashy players...

Also, at this point I’m sure Underwood has a big ole house that’s paid for. After that you can’t spend the type of money he makes in Champaign. Sure he’s built a very nice nest egg that continues to compound etc. Not saying Lexington is Manhattan (the real one, not Kansas), but if Brad sticks...

I’m wondering this as well. Let’s say Storr wants to play out the draft process and isn’t ready to commit until Memorial Day. Or maybe it’s a RayJ situation where he tells the staff what they want to hear but doesn’t commit and continues to shop around for better offers. And let’s say Oweh is...