But even with Searls joining up, some other power forward type (besides Evans) might be good insurance since injuries do happen now and then.

This is the last year of the Covid "bonus" year which it why there is such a bumper crop of talent in the portal even though N I L might make it a yearly event. UCLA just took a commit from a guy ranked #104 in the portal. You know it's a deep portal class when that same site has Sullinger and Marcus Hill ranked #167 and #168....and Indiana has shown interest in Hill.

Thus, getting a combination inside/outside power forward should be an option in addition to a combo guard who can play both "quarterback" and wing. I like the Hall kid that's leaving Tulsa. He was buried on the bench so the stats are not impressive but he has that Ali Ali versatility.

Reynolds has already committed to USF. That's school number four and I've seen UC fans call him lazy this season.

Absolutely we should get another front court player, but I'd prefer someone with two or three years of eligibility left. Even in the transfer era and some teams needing to flip their entire team from one year to the next, it would be best to employ some amount of long term planning. Clayton, Searls, and another one year rental leaving at the same time leaves only Evans and an out of position Hadaway as your returning front court in 2025.

Meanwhile, Wisconsin transfer AJ Storr is demanding $1 million from his next school. Kansas countered with $750K and AJ declined.

$1 million. To average under 32% from three and 0.9 assists. As a guard. At his third school.

For me to ever type "a nation never await" will be a great day.

Hahahahaha.

Us younger people would see it differently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones_(Teenage_Mutant... )

Those who contend any single player is worth anything remotely close to the same value as a top tier coach understand nothing about college basketball.

A top player could give you 1 or 2 championships over 1-4 years. A top level coach will bring you conference and national recognition and titles for decades. They will bring in 10s of "top tier" players.

Then there's the supply and demand part of the equation. There are maybe 10 coaches in the world that can succeed at the Coach K level. Maybe 50 that can generally succeed at top levels. Compare that to the quantity of elite players. You get 25 McDonalds All Americans every single year. There are over 1400 players in the portal, if even 10% are top contributors that's another 100+.

So not only do coaches provide more value, they provide it for longer, and there are less options to choose from.

Put another way. If we swing and miss on a single recruit, is it the end of the world or do we just go to work trying to find another guy? Compare that to how disruptive it is to the program to lose a John Groce, Jim Snyder or Danny Nee.

Players and coaches values aren't even in the same stratosphere.

These guys are the ones who will price themselves out of the game. Got to love the advice and direction some are getting.

Beat me to this. Yea, I remember reading that at on the board. I wonder if Boals would even bother with guys who took the highest bidder only to end up in a lesser position -- depending how you look at it.

Foster went to a losing team, back in the portal. Could have been the difference for a winning team (us) and still parlayed it into a bigger opportunity. Okonkwo got to experience the tourney, but hardly sniffed the court.

I'm just waiting for Javonte Brown to re-enter at this point.

Garrison Keeslar to Chattanooga.

He follows both Casey Crawford and Mike Cifliku, so I’m guessing we’ve been in contact.

The portal is overflowing with 6-7 white kids from smaller schools.

Can't we just get a different one?

Like Keller Boothby. If he was any whiter, he'd be clear.

One season he hit 49% from three.

And being from Cornell, a nation would never have to await grades being posted.**

** Right, Fear Leon?

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