UBinMD Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 28 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: Akron winning the offseason. Preseason favs? I would say they should have the best talent. If they put it all together, I would imagine they are the favorites heading into the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue32 Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 There's definitely something to be said for recruiting transfers with high major pedigree but they signed a bunch of role players on a West Virginia team that was rated lower than Akron last year. They could pop at Akron, but I don't think they look prohibitively talented. I think getting a group of transfers that played together at a previous school is interesting though. It sounds like Texas is trying to do the same thing by grabbing a bunch of the Indiana St. transfers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 15 hours ago, trueblue32 said: There's definitely something to be said for recruiting transfers with high major pedigree but they signed a bunch of role players on a West Virginia team that was rated lower than Akron last year. They could pop at Akron, but I don't think they look prohibitively talented. I think getting a group of transfers that played together at a previous school is interesting though. It sounds like Texas is trying to do the same thing by grabbing a bunch of the Indiana St. transfers. Something to consider? Continue with the international flair of this team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 2 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Something to consider? Continue with the international flair of this team? Works for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChubbyHubby Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Guessing we could make a spot for him on the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big 4 Hoops Blogger Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue32 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 17 minutes ago, Big 4 Hoops Blogger said: I wonder how many assists he would average in Canadian college basketball though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBulls99 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 Eagerly awaiting the flame wars here between Adams' uncle and the Adams haters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: 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: For sure. I imagine he'll do much better there with a better supporting cast, in a proper role as a shooting wing, and in a non-hopeless situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue32 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 30 minutes ago, MuchMany said: Eagerly awaiting the flame wars here between Adams' uncle and the Adams haters. The coach of the team that has won the MAC regular season the last 4 years seems to agree with me that Adams is a good MAC player and was not the issue with this year's team. I'm not Adams' uncle and Kowalcyzk is definitely not Adams' uncle, so I'll be interested to see how this can be spun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue32 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) What the 2 time MAC Coach of the year had to say about Adams: "'I have a tremendous amount of respect for Isaiah's talent level and competitiveness after seeing him play against us for the last two years in conference play,' Kowalczyk said. 'I told our players in our scouting reports that he was a first-team All-MAC caliber player. Isaiah is an extremely versatile player on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court. He can guard all five positions, score in the low post and knock down shots from the perimeter.'" What ubfan.com had to say about Adams: "I'd like him a lot more if he was an international freshman with no other D1 offers." Edited April 18 by trueblue32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 One thing that won't change for Adams with this transfer - he won't be on a MAC championship team! 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 That's a big pick up for Toledo He will do very well there in a system that fits his strengths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 53 minutes ago, trueblue32 said: What the 2 time MAC Coach of the year had to say about Adams: "'I have a tremendous amount of respect for Isaiah's talent level and competitiveness after seeing him play against us for the last two years in conference play,' Kowalczyk said. 'I told our players in our scouting reports that he was a first-team All-MAC caliber player. Isaiah is an extremely versatile player on both the offensive and defensive ends of the court. He can guard all five positions, score in the low post and knock down shots from the perimeter.'" What ubfan.com had to say about Adams: "I'd like him a lot more if he was an international freshman with no other D1 offers." That last line made me laugh more than it should have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Tee4three said: That last line made me laugh more than it should have "He can guard all five positions" That one made me laugh more tbh. He'll do well there for sure. Should benefit from not having to be the alpha, which he decidedly is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skrabukes Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 4 hours ago, DaBulls99 said: Well if he's an all league player next year, how many on here will continue to defend this 3 win leader? This guy can play. Plain and simple. So could Sy. Those guys were/are good. They were not put in a position to be successful this past season due to things that were out of their control. They were playing on a team that was losing to Robert's Wesleyan until a couple minutes left in the game. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever witnessed as a UB fan, alumnus, former athlete and reasonably knowledgeable person when it comes to sports. It was indefensible if you actually watched the 40 minutes of that game live. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 2 hours ago, skrabukes said: Well if he's an all league player next year, how many on here will continue to defend this 3 win leader? This guy can play. Plain and simple. So could Sy. Those guys were/are good. They were not put in a position to be successful this past season due to things that were out of their control. They were playing on a team that was losing to Robert's Wesleyan until a couple minutes left in the game. It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever witnessed as a UB fan, alumnus, former athlete and reasonably knowledgeable person when it comes to sports. It was indefensible if you actually watched the 40 minutes of that game live. No lies here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue32 Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) He had offers from UT, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Illinois-Chicago, Texas-San Antonio, and Wyoming How many of our players had other D1 offers much less 2 ACC offers? Edited April 19 by trueblue32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted Wednesday at 04:08 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:08 PM Kent retains Davis...good for the MAC to get some of the better players to stay put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted Wednesday at 05:43 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 05:43 PM 1 hour ago, DocCas86 said: Kent retains Davis...good for the MAC to get some of the better players to stay put. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted Wednesday at 06:34 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:34 PM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted Wednesday at 06:39 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:39 PM 4 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: 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. That has to be scary for those 2/3 that have no place to sit in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted Wednesday at 06:50 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 06:50 PM 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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