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1 hour ago, xDerekRx said:

Looks like CJ didn't get into the game.

If a healthy DNP, that's crap. Gotta be some team with available minutes for him.

Wow, Perk definitely making a case for himself with that effort. Seems they're figuring out that he can shoot the 3 too. Last game you could tell he was wanting the 3 from the top of the key coming off ball screens and they weren't looking for him. 2-4 today

Huge!! Seems like Hardnett would have been more of a sure thing for immediate play given the redshirt last season. Mballa played in some games including the tourney game against us. Having both for next season would be unbelievable.

2 hours ago, Jeseph said:

Arkansas seems interested as well - I'm pretty sure they just watch our recruiting targets to develop their own at this point...

That tweet about Arkansas' interest also mentions the possibility that John doesn't sign anywhere this year and reclassifies to 2020...either way I'm not holding my breath on him coming here. 

1 hour ago, SGBull said:

Lunardi released his early bracketology today and has Ball St winning the MAC. That is bold for a team that went 6-12 in the conference last year.

Laughable. I bet less than 1/4 of his initial mid-major auto picks actually make the tourney. Even that might be optimistic.

30 minutes ago, DocCas86 said:

Not that my opinion matters, we are a great choice even with Oats departure.  Would be nice to wrap up the 2019-2020 team.

Technically, Oats' departure is the only reason we could be a choice at all now for Hardnett. Likely wouldn't have had an open scholarship otherwise. 😄 Seriously, can't say enough about the new staff bringing in the type of class they have so far, and yes this would wrap it up nicely.

1 hour ago, DooleyBull06 said:

Michigan is the only team on that list that scares me. Can’t blame him if he went there. That’s a step up from Cincy. Although I think Howard is trying to fill a roster and once the next recruiting cycle ramps up he would look to have similar success as Penny has in terms of recruiting. Meaning if Hardnett goes to Michigan, in a year or two he would be passed by incoming highly touted recruits. While if he comes here he’d be a fixture his whole career.

It's an interesting scenario for sure. Yeah he picked the big name school over us the first time, so he could easily do it again. But maybe he didn't love sitting out last year at Cincy and decides he'd rather take the (pretty much) guaranteed minutes here over possibly riding the pine again at Michigan?

As Bill mentioned, who knows what this means regarding Nigel John. Assuming Hardnett would be able to play immediately though, I'd be thrilled to get either of these guys to fill out our roster.

https://twitter.com/ColbyGHoops/status/1141088006197194754

Says we have reached out to him, along with Michigan, George Washington and the Bonnies.

50 minutes ago, McBulls said:

I think they see the writing in the wall. You almost never see it made public that a school has pulled a scholarship offer. Seems like a PR move to avoid having to explain to fans that Buffalo beat them out for a player they wanted!

I think that's likely the case. Another article posted today on that site simply says John is currently on a visit to "another school." The rest of that article is behind a "subscriber only" paywall so it's possible it goes on to identify us as the other school, but I thought that was funny.

And it's not like they didn't want him. Article makes it sounds like he was their preference over Eric Hamilton but they moved on when John didn't jump at the offer.

https://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2019/06/10/pitt-ends-recruitment-of-2019-c-nigel-john/

Looks like Pitt pulled its offer. Gotta love our chances now!

4 minutes ago, trueblue32 said:

I think he already went on a Pitt visit, he also visited Oklahoma State

Thanks, couldn't find anything about a visit to Pitt online, just that they offered him. The OK State visit was a month ago now so figuring/hoping they've moved on.

Hopefully we seal the deal here. Does he have a visit scheduled with Pitt at this point? Seems like they are our only competition for him. And they already got Eric Hamilton who we were speculating about in another thread, so hopefully we can beat them out for John.

Looks like a huge pickup for the future. MAC teams will have a serious problem matching the athleticism of Mballa, Jeenathan, Nickelberry etc. at the forward position in 2020-21.

14 hours ago, ed said:

I've posted this before, but the wnba is a joke. even top picks aren't guranteed a contract. max salary is like $115k (after 6 yrs). Last year's top pick signed for $52k/yr.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/05/sports/wnba-los-angeles-sparks.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/sports/basketball/diana-taurasi-focusing-on-playing-in-russia-where-the-money-is.html

 

This is why WNBA teams can't even be mad when their star players get injured playing overseas in the offseason. Happens every year.

Anderson's retirement should help. Not that it would have made any sense to keep him anyway if Tyree had a strong camp, but it'll mean more throws and opportunities for Tyree in camp/preseason.

Others reported so far: Chuck Harris to the Bears, James O'Hagan to the Giants

$75,000 guaranteed probably not what he was hoping for, but he has a great shot to land on the roster with a good camp. 

Tyree signed with the Bills, per Adam Schefter!

Hopefully our guys are already getting calls from teams about UDFA signings, but still...ouch. 

200 picks in now and Tyree's still on the board...yeah, someone gave him some baaaaad advice. Even with all the receivers who ditched, I don't see any way another year at UB could have tanked his stock any worse than this.

Panthers are in the market for a backup QB to Newton. Reports say their preference is Will Grier from WVU but if they miss out on him, Tyree could be a good fit for them.

16 hours ago, admin said:

Look at this. ESPN now thinks we are in a power conference. Ha. We are now in elite company. 

Hopefully they don’t fix this error. 

A pretty decent chunk of this list aren't in power conferences either. Not sure what their definition is but it's not one I'm familiar with.

1 hour ago, ubmae86 said:

This game is awesome! I'm totally cool with having lost to Tech, they are playing crazy good March ball.

Great game, even better story for Virginia to win it after last year's disaster. Congrats to them

Definitely an easy guy to root for. Even with continued success I don't think we have to worry about him taking another job in a few years.