How about coaches? Feels just like last year, misses on Storr, Maddox, etc….. more excitement / interest in who we are chasing than who’s going to coach them…. Like last year with O, wouldn’t pulling in a quality coach or two help bring some players in?
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They will round out their roster, but they will have a bunch of money for him if he wants to come back.
UConn had 3 international players on last year's NC winner
They had 4 international players on the team the year before (also won the NC)
I didnt go any further back than that, but you can certainly be successful with them
The notion that EuroLeague is soft is kind of bunk, Wembanyama is on record as saying EuroLeague is more physical than the NBA and Doncic rather infamously said it was easier to score on offense in the NBA than in EuroLeague
Bigtex
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of course - not all teams are even done playing yet.
I mean i get where you are coming from but let's be honest it's easier to score in NBA than any other league. It's turned into a damn near dont play defense league
What’s the timeline you’ve heard for Will and KJ to announce for the draft?
Partially because we have Young Underwood and Hamer as part of our staff….. Kinda a like not being prepared for a common inbound play all year
Agreed. Never going to fault a guy for wanting to be closer to his fam, especially if the rumors about his mother dealing with sickness are true. Money can buy a lot of things, but it can’t buy time.
How does not getting Sellers have anything to do with Brad changing his mind?
If Hum is willing to be the 8th guy, I’d love to have him back. If him coming back means some less than ideal rotation decisions by the staff might be at risk (say playing Hum over this next year’s version of Morez), then I’d rather not have him back. That’s nothing against him, to be clear; that’s more about in-game coaching priorities.
sacraig
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I know NOTHING and if I was forced to put money on it I would go NBA, but I don’t think it’s the slam dunk everyone else does. He is extremely thin/lanky. He got knocked off balance quite often and really struggled when guys were physical with him. He could really use another year to build his body for the marathon that is the NBA schedule.
To be clear I know absolutely zip. This is my opinion. I’d still go NBA, but it is not an easy decision. We’ll see.
Have a good night, gang!!!
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Watch some re-runs of late 2000's Big Ten to scratch this itch.
You hit “post” before adding……. /s.
foby
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So next years team will already be more recognizable than this past season. That I like. Run it back, Tomi!
Kind of relieved no Sellers or Dix. I didn't want them before I heard they were going to commit, and now that that fizzled I again have no interest in them. Plus it would have felt dirty rooting for an iowa guy.
Kind of relieved no Sellers or Dix. I didn't want them before I heard they were going to commit, and now that that fizzled I again have no interest in them. Plus it would have felt dirty rooting for an iowa guy.
yep sure... now that they're gone, all great to go 
I’m talking about the past 5 years of Brad recruiting. We’ve went from EDGs, to Guard U, to wanting length and athleticism, to 5 shooters even if they can’t guard their shadow.
Houston recruits the same kinda dudes every year, most consistent program in college recently. I just want Brad to be more consistent with style.
Sanogo was the only real contributor in ‘23 and yes he was extremely physical. He also wasn’t from Europe. We’re recruiting more finesse players that can shoot. Sanogo was more like Kofi
I am not sure how that matters? He was offered by Creighton this off season.
It's as simple as is there at least one NBA team out there willing to commit to drafting him in the first round. Based on the draft boards the answer is yes, so he's gone.
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