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I think Jeseph merged the 2 threads (which made sense to me) and this title simply overwrote the other one.

I enjoyed this article specifically about him and his draft prospects but it was before the NCAA tournament. https://heavy.com/sports/2019/03/cj-massinburg-nba-draft-projections-mocks/ I think that is generally when multiple websites had him projected in the 2nd round. He had a quiet NCAA tournament not helped by playing a team like TT in the second round. Ive also heard performance in the PI doesnt go a long way regardless. CJs workouts are probably going to be the most important in deciding if he gets picked late 2nd or not. Either way cool to see his team win the title and Perkins had good statlines all 3 games.

This isnt true. CJ has been in some mock drafts and is definitely got a chance to be a late 2nd rounder. Some crazy website even had him mock drafted into the 1st round which I think is a certain reach. Getting a mens player drafted would be the last check on my bucket list for this years team. Hoping CJ has a good showing here to boost his chances of mid-late 2nd rounder.

Update! Actually found a stream of the game just to watch his 4th AB of the night. Down 1-2 in the count I was thinking how cool it would be if launched one out to make me eat my last post, next pitch he cranked a high fast ball out. So Murphy actually finishes the game 1/4 1HR 1RBI 1k Down 10-6 in the 9th, it also extended Seattles record 16 games in a row to start a season HR streak.

That's what I was thinking. And again if so, a very good retain especially if it helps maintain the offense. Thinking Quarles might quietly be the best keep down the road. Overall despite BH leaving, and maybe some disappointed about the hiring process, things are looking more positive. The staff is in place. Current players have held.

I thought the same thing, only lacks the uprights or you could play some legit indoor games lol. I suppose you could have some temp ones made to roll in for practice.

Yeah thats the problem, reasonably good players will leave that normally would stay. KJ is a very good WR but when he left I started to feel how this is going to look in the years to come.

I still don't see why Tyree left just to get a late draft spot with mechanics he could have refined next year. Reminds me of that Bowling Green QB many years ago (right around when Big Ben got drafted) with the dreadlocks. He left 1 year early got drafted late by I think Pittsburgh and faded out quick. Name escapes me.

Yeah Thorpe is like Oats or even BH to me, just an unknown. Its nothing I can really give an opinion about other than trusting JW with his staff. If I remember Oats had some NBA guys rotate on our AC staff, those are the only hires that will move anyones needle really, just from name recognition. All that said, Im just excited that JW seems to have his main staff in place and we can really get at the recruiting (I assume Thorpe becomes that guy). And like someone else mentioned I like his Chicago connection. Great area to poach from. We shall see how good of a job he does with it. I think the Jamie Quarles keep doesn't get enough attention. I remember when there was a lot of buzz about him a rising star of sorts. Wasn't it said Oats was looking to have 2 former assistants join him at Bama? I know BH was one of course but I wonder if the other was Quarles.

Saw that Hurley is making 2.4 as well at ASU (same as Oats if I recall). For some reason I didnt think ASU was paying that type of money to their basketball coach. What could Saint Johns offer?

Murphy got back to back games the last two days 0/3 2k 0/3 1k (game currently going on) Unfortunately with Narváez hitting so well I imagine Murphy isn't going to steal much play time any time soon.

Why would there be? They honestly don't interest me a lot although its interesting to see them make it to the final. I was actually rooting for Minn-Duluth (Derek Plantes old team) and was able to catch that game today.

This would be some great positive recruiting momentum. A lot of positives starting to add up since we finished the coach search.

This is so awesome! Huge for the program. Last thing I could ask for this year is possibly a men's player getting drafted like CJ Last time I watched wnba with any regularity was back when Candice Parker entered the league. I'll be watching some lynx games for sure.

Facility looks awesome. Crazy watching that video realizing we have one on campus finally.

Awesome way to finish off the year in the final poll. Unforgettable year

I thought about this as well but not sure if we'll ever know if it was true. Was kind of the mini dream scenario I thought, keeping JW, BH and JQ. But if JW is getting 300k base with max of 400k, then youd have to have offered BH 275? (forgot what hes being paid at Bama now, 265?)

Finally got to go back and watch the presser and player reactions. Definitely feeling the same thing as you, excited about the team again after a couple nervous weeks!

Since the coaching search ended, some positive momentum seems to be picking up again which is great. Ill consider it a bonus if JW keeps any of these guys I expected to be gone.

All the threads should be open now outside of Hawkins as everyone is still in play for the moment. Hope no one minds if I lock this one as the individual threads are open again.

Im good with it. And Im good with Alnutt. He took his time, he had his candidates, he did his search and landed on Jim. Moving on, and very excited.

Tech had it, good game though regardless. I didn't really gripe over our TT loss that much either way but certainly feels better seeing how they performed til the end.

I like this news especially if he helps keep the offense up tempo. Need someone to fill the recruiting shoes now.

Got into only his second game this weekend. Went 2/4 with 1 run , 1 walk and 2k Seattle is playing far better than I think most had thought, and Narvaez has been much better than I was thinking. So while the situation hasn't been perfect, Murphy has shown well in the couple games he has seen thus far.

Virginia vs. Texas Tech in the finals. No idea how Auburn blew that one. When you go up 2 possessions with under 10 seconds you gotta find a way to win. But overall happy about TT. The more they played the less down I was about our game against them. Honestly hope they win it all. Also flying under the radar Lipscomb made it to the NIT finals but lost to Texas. Even though the NIT is the NIT, only big name schools generally have won it or even gone to the finals. Would have been something for a school as a small as Lipscomb to win it.