dutchcountry7 Posted August 25, 2023 Share Posted August 25, 2023 On 8/23/2023 at 10:36 AM, DooleyBull06 said: The transfer portal is similar to one and dones. Every year you’re essentially forming a new team. If this is the route he wants to go then more power to him. As we are seeing, there’s a bunch of ways to form a team. But more important, is winning. If you don’t win none of it matters. If you win players, regardless if they are transfers or high schoolers, will want to play for you. This is a very good way to get a talented team on the floor at a mid-major when you are a coach that isn't very good at coaching or player development. You bring in talent above the level of your conference and even when they underperform because they don't play well together you find success simply due to their talent they came in with. However, in the NIL era, even more so than before, you're going to have to be going after the guys that other programs passed on. Your offer is going to have to be their best offer to land a recruit. Which means you're going to end up with the legal issues and locker room drama that come with the type of players who found Arkansas State as their best option, despite their great talent, as many other programs passed on them. This could work out for BH if he finds success right away and is poached by a major conference program hopeful to get a fast riser on the cheap, but it could easily turn sideways quickly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 In other news....Hodgson's recruiting appears to be ramping up. https://www.on3.com/college/arkansas-state-red-wolves/news/4-star-pf-josh-hill-commits-to-arkansas-state-bryan-hodgson/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 (edited) 32 minutes ago, Chet said: In other news....Hodgson's recruiting appears to be ramping up. https://www.on3.com/college/arkansas-state-red-wolves/news/4-star-pf-josh-hill-commits-to-arkansas-state-bryan-hodgson/ Interesting it was down to George Mason, Georgia St and Arkansas St for a 4-star. He had P5 offers, I assume Hodgson was the recruiter for the Alabama offer. Hopefully it’s a good pickup for him. Edited October 26, 2023 by UBinMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MuchMany Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Chet said: Not sure we need updates on the 204th ranked player in 2024 committing honestly. This kid is likely nothing special, but Hodgson has always been able to recruit and I don't expect that to change. I think we'll get our share of 3 star guys too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Per 247, held offers from Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, Memphis and St John's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 29 minutes ago, Chet said: Per 247, held offers from Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, Memphis and St John's. Those offers are 1-4 years old and likely no long honored. Happens all the time if a player is highly recruited and declines over a HS career. https://www.verbalcommits.com/players/rchaun-king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 10 hours ago, Chet said: Per 247, held offers from Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss, Memphis and St John's. Alabama = Arkansas St for those that regressed but still have a connection to BH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Laquill didn't have a great start to his Arkansas St. career. Came off the bench, 14 minutes, 3 points on 1-5 shooting (1-2 from 3), 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 foul. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 15 hours ago, Chet said: That trilly Donavon has now tweeted a few times about hodgson recruits, and if I remember correctly was tweeting things about the chaos revolving around the ub job opening I guess what I'm saying is I wonder if there is a connection there Anyways glad to see him still doing his thing in recruiting and hope it translates into success on the court Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 7 hours ago, UBinMD said: Laquill didn't have a great start to his Arkansas St. career. Came off the bench, 14 minutes, 3 points on 1-5 shooting (1-2 from 3), 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 foul. He’s still in college? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DooleyBull06 Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 5 hours ago, Tee4three said: That trilly Donavon has now tweeted a few times about hodgson recruits, and if I remember correctly was tweeting things about the chaos revolving around the ub job opening I guess what I'm saying is I wonder if there is a connection there Anyways glad to see him still doing his thing in recruiting and hope it translates into success on the court Who is Trilly Donovan? Legit question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 26 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: He’s still in college? Getting his PhD in Russian Literature at Arkansas State. 26 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: Who is Trilly Donovan? Legit question. https://theathletic.com/4765841/2023/08/15/trilly-donovan-college-basketball-twitter/ Quote At 4:13 a.m. ET on Jan. 5, a little-known Twitter account going by the name of Trilly Donovan posted that then-Texas coach Chris Beard would be fired later that day. About 10 hours later, national reporters began tweeting out the news of Beard’s dismissal. That wouldn’t be the first — or last — of Trilly Donovan’s scoops. Though few noticed, he broke the news of Tulsa’s interest in Eric Konkol in March 2020. He also had the ACC/Big Ten Challenge coming to an end. It was nearly a year into the account’s existence when he broke the Beard news, and he had around only 300 followers at the time. But by the time the transfer portal started humming in April, Trilly Donovan had gained a reputation as one of college basketball’s most trusted news breakers. He has over 24,500 followers on the platform now known as X, and fans fervently await his dispatches on recruiting and coaching moves. “He’s pretty accurate,” Kansas State coach Jerome Tang said. “It’s like he’s sitting in people’s staff meetings.” All of which raises the obvious question: Who the heck is Trilly Donovan? I tried to solve the mystery myself and even got him to agree to an interview. Once given a phone number, I could surely crack the case. One problem: He had ground rules. It had to be over Zoom, he wasn’t turning on his camera and I had to promise not to share the audio. Trilly did provide the following biographical info: He works in college basketball, he’s 32, married, no kids and lives somewhere out East. That’s the extent of what he’ll reveal. Even in an interview setting, he will not say his first name. He will say he’s not an agent. He’s not a reporter. He’s not a coach. And … “I’m not Billy Donovan,” he said, laughing. (But he grew up a Donovan-era Florida fan.) The account started in February 2022 fairly innocently and never with the intention to become what it is now. The man behind Trilly Donovan said he’s always been a huge college hoops fan and is in a group chat with three other buddies involved in the sport. His original intention was to post some fun obscure stats and “point out nuances that maybe a casual college basketball fan wouldn’t catch.” That’s what it was at first, with ridiculous tweets like this one that celebrated Arizona walk-on Grant Weitman for his “trillions” — the Mark Titus-created term for putting up zeroes in every box score category except minutes and the motivation behind the “Trilly” in Trilly Donovan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee4three Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 (edited) 49 minutes ago, DooleyBull06 said: Who is Trilly Donovan? Legit question. It's a burner account, it's made a lot of noise in this off season breaking some big time news in basketball It's gotten to the point people have tried to figure who he is, was even an article about him in the athletic (edit: post above mine has a portion of this article) Edited November 9, 2023 by Tee4three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 20 minutes ago, MuchMany said: Getting his PhD in Russian Literature at Arkansas State. https://theathletic.com/4765841/2023/08/15/trilly-donovan-college-basketball-twitter/ PhD in Russian Literature even sounds made up. No offense to Arkansas St, but is Russian Literature a big thing there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 1 minute ago, UBinMD said: PhD in Russian Literature even sounds made up. No offense to Arkansas St, but is Russian Literature a big thing there? PhDs in Russian Literature absolutely exist, Tolstoy, Gogol, Pushkin, Dostoevsky... But you caught me, it was a stupid joke poking fun at the academic rigor of Arkansas State and our old buddy 'Quil. 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, MuchMany said: PhDs in Russian Literature absolutely exist, Tolstoy, Gogol, Pushkin, Dostoevsky... But you caught me, it was a stupid joke poking fun at the academic rigor of Arkansas State and our old buddy 'Quil. 😅 I had no doubt it was a real major, I was just suspicious that this particular institution had a robust Russian literature department. 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooklynBull Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 Russia must be a thing is Arkansas. Pat Summerall was a Russian History major at the University of Arkansas. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 14 minutes ago, BrooklynBull said: Russia must be a thing is Arkansas. Pat Summerall was a Russian History major at the University of Arkansas. 0.14% of the state of Arkansas is considered Russian, national average 0.75%. Jonesboro (location of Arkansas St) is below the state average at 0.11%. Little Rock is slightly above the average at 0.15%. Yarborough Landing leads the state at 7.59%. May you one day win a trivia contest with this information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UBinMD Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 This will be an interesting game against a like opponent: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 It’s really too bad we didn’t hire from the Nate Oats coaching tree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB92 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 I watched that game last night. They miss Miller, but still have all the plays you’d remember. Lots of 3s and run outs. In Tuscaloosa today. Still Ball and Oats… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBulls99 Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Gotta love the Alabama hard hat for a program with more resources than God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebird96 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) “Blue Collar Basketball” seemed to mesh with the royal blue of UB better than the crimson of Bama. Shame we couldn’t have trademarked the term somehow, bigger shame it has faded from being the Bulls’ identity/philosophy. Edited January 26 by Bluebird96 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuchMany Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 2 hours ago, DaBulls99 said: Gotta love the Alabama hard hat for a program with more resources than God. Resources plus hard work is a highly effective combination from my experience. They're not always mutually exclusive. How is #8 Kenpom Alabama not ranked atm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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