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17 minutes ago, Tee4three said:

How is Sam Houston St at pf/c?

Believe that's where Foley went 

Primary PF for Sam Houston.  Their center may be done with his eligibility...so possible he goes there.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/cameron-huefner-1.html

Possible he goes to North Alabama or Jacksonville St to be much closer to home.

58 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

 

 

I would agree, but would be shocked if he went to a Wake Forest level team. 

I did some checking the first four teams just recently got portal commits at PF.  Maybe he goes to New Mexico State or one of the more teams.

9 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

Honestly I wouldn't mind if Jo returned from the portal at this point. Not sure how things are going on his end, but he's a serviceable 4 with good leadership and experience and would keep the smallest semblance of continuity.

Open to any mobile big though.

I agree , would welcome Jo back.

Have some competition though.

8 hours ago, Chet said:

Don’t forget about adding some basic structure on offense. How many long contested twos will we continue to see!!!!

I agree, Halcovage will need to improve team performance in these areas as well.

6 hours ago, TheCommish said:

Did you see the 2025 barttorvik projections? Moved up from 346 to 323

 

There is still one player to add, but I would not be surprised to see all preseason rankings showing little change from this past season.   Halcovage has added players that I would imagine are hard to predict how they will play.  Ultimately we may see, next March, they were spot on and that you are right about Halcovage.  I approach being a fan a little differently than you.  I am going to hope for the best.  That means improved shooting from 3, fewer turnovers, better defense (critical!) and a more team oriented approach.  I will wait to see if my hope is rewarded.   Time will tell.

1 hour ago, MuchMany said:

Good news imo. Someone shared a graphic from Evan Miya that had Fulcher as the worst D1 player in the country last season. Could you repost please?

Would like to see a power forward brought in with this last spot now.

Here is sampling of some PF/C per Barttorvik.  

We have been in touch with Ndur, who is from Canada!

31 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said:

 

I was wondering if this would happen when commit from Kavon.   Fulcher did not seem to fit with potential emphasis on 3 point shooting.  Now maybe they pick up a little more size. 

Some very positive words about this young man. Comments run the gamut from he will red shirt to he could start.  We will see how he and the other four class of 24 players stack up.  November and December will be very informative.  In the meantime, I will be wearing my rose colored glasses.

Personally I was hoping for some size that could help this year rather than a potential red shirt.  I guess that Oboh is likely to get roughly 15 minutes. Hope he can produce on par with Jack.  Hard to gauge how he will fare until we see action in November.

https://ubbulls.com/news/2024/4/25/football-nickel-city-collective-launches-as-nil-collective-for-ub-student-athletes.aspx

4 hours ago, MaineBull said:

With the commitment from Mighty our roster looks as follows:

Guards:  Dunn, Fulcher, Sabol, Boldin, Akot

Wings:  Wilson, Mcveigh, Michaels, Batchelor, Jackson

Bigs:  Mighty, Oboh

That gives us the following class breakdown:

Freshman (4):             

Michaels

Oboh

Jackson

Akot

Sophmores (4): 

Sabol

Boldin

Wilson

Mcveigh

Juniors (2):

Fulcher

Batchelor

Seniors (2)

Dunn

Mighty

That leaves us 1 scholarship left.

Hard to predict today with 1 spot left to fill but here is my guess at starters for next season as of now:

PG: Dunn

SG: Sabol

SF: Boldin

PF:  Batchelor

Center:  Mighty

I would like to see staff fill the last roster spot with a grad transfer who can start immediately and provide some veteran leadership and some scoring ability especially off the dribble.   I really like the direction this team is headed and I am looking forward to next season.  I think this team is much improved from last year and I think this team will be filled with the type of players this coaching staff covets and we will see a clear identity to this team next year.  You heard it here first, their identity will be the ability to shoot the open shot, their effort on the defensive end and their willingness to share the ball.  After last years team this will be a much welcome.  This team is going to surprise some people, especially with their ability to shoot and in my opinion they will be scrappy on the defensive end.  Lets hope the staff can bring in one more solid piece to build on what they have started.  Go Bulls!

I do feel they will be a better team, despite not having players with as much individual talent as a few of the departed players.  It is for that very reason, it is essential that the coaching staff instills team play and willingness to share the ball.  It also imperative that they bring defensive intensity game in and game out.

3 minutes ago, Tee4three said:

So one scholarship left, it would be fantastic if they can get someone that has shown they can score/bucket getter

Teams coming together nicely. I like the make up. Just seem to be missing a scorer 

I may be misguided - if we are going for Villanova model (48% of FGA from 3), then I think you go for someone with size who can shoot the 3.  Too bad we didn't have some NIL bucks to get Skogman back here!  Add that to Sabol, Boldin and Batchelor, and my vote for most improved Wilson and I think offensively this team will be improved.  

The concern I have is they have to improve defensively as well. 

1 hour ago, UBinMD said:

Ask and ye shall receive!!

That is 'mighty' good news!  Sorry couldn't help myself.

17 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

Just mind boggling to me there are 1200+ still hanging out there, not to mention JUCOs and HS available. With Duke losing 7 guys already, it's complete chaos. 

For sure, and don't forget about D2/D3 players.

4 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

That has to be scary for those 2/3 that have no place to sit in a week.

They don't have to be committed, just in the portal by May 1st.  But with 1200+ ( 3+ available transfers per D1 team) not committed, I suspect some will end up in JUCO or dropping down a level.

24 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

Obviously nobody wanted him for whatever he was looking for. I'm sure it's not because he just loves Kent St. so much he couldn't leave.

I am sure you are right,

Here is a summary of the transfer portal based on verbalcommits.com.  These numbers are 'as is' I have not attempted to correct.  I know of at least one gap in vc data - they still show Adams as not committed. 

At this point, almost 1/3rd of all transfers have committed.  Of the 1/3rd committed, 6% have decided to return back to their old team.  The MAC has had a total of 66 players enter the portal, with 24% of them committing to date (2 returning to their original school).  I think the deadline is one week from today to file the paperwork to go into the portal.

Kent retains Davis...good for the MAC to get some of the better players to stay put.

1 hour ago, DaBulls99 said:

I believe the stud point guard who committed to us was a Cage guy as well. 

If you mean Quintin Cooper, the answer is yes, unfortunately.

Kanye's new team.

27 minutes ago, UBinMD said:

Armani Mighty - 6'10" C from Boston College. Has a visit to Towson and the Buffalo on Monday

Another player from Canada!  Didn't get much playing time in two years at BC.  BC just picked up Chad Venning from Bona. 

1 hour ago, Tee4three said:

So roughly similar target as jo smith, interesting 

I've never been a big graph guy ha just the basic chart of numbers I can see (I can't see the chart to shared that well but appreciate it greatly)

With the last two scholarships I'd love to see at least one upper class big, and the more I think about it an upper class guard

Wouldn't mind having the ability to slot sabol/boldin/Wilson/McVeigh into a more proper position on the team and let them develop more naturally 

I didnt fully explain.  The list of players are somewhat in line with the player who heard from UB, Ndur, and the kind of player I am thinking they would like to get.  Especially the ones who have shot the 3 with a little success. It does seem like with Ndur they were somewhat in line with replacing Jo's production.

Sorry the chart was not too easy to make out.

Having posted that list, I can almost guarantee who they pick up won't be on it.  I was kind of interested in Batchelor's teammate, especially since I saw him working the 3s into his routine.

9 minutes ago, trueblue32 said:

 

I was thinking the staff was going to go for size with two remaining scholarships.  I wouldn't be surprised if UB is no longer in the mix.

One thing that won't change for Adams with this transfer - he won't be on a MAC championship team! 😁

11 minutes ago, MuchMany said:

Eagerly awaiting the flame wars here between Adams' uncle and the Adams haters.

I actually expect him to bounce back after a tough year.  FWIW, here is what the barttorvik.com roster cast tool estimates the impact of the Isaiah Adams commit:

On 4/16/2024 at 5:44 PM, Tee4three said:

2 scholarships left? Get an upperclassmen big with experience and then maybe a freshman that you'll redshirt regardless of position 

Per Barttorvik.com here is what I see in terms of SR PF/C available similar to Malachi Ndur who UB has contacted.

You can see that Malachi Ndur stats are similar to Smith's although he played fewer minutes.  Here is a chart of all available PF/C by PRPG! and prior team rank:

The 'purple' dot is Ndur and 'aqua' dots are seniors.  This I hope gives some perspective as to level we are targeting vs what is available.