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Posted: 3/24/2025 8:02 PM
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Quite a few new names followed overnight:

Malek Gomma, Seattle - 6'8 245
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Per 40: 10ppg, 10rpg, 1bpg
Per 100: 15ppg, 14rpg, 1bpg

Santiago Trouet, San Diego - 6'10 218
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Per 40: 14ppg, 11rpg, 1bpg
Per 100: 19ppg 14rpg, 2bpg

Keeyan Itejere, NKY - 6'9 220
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Per 40: 11ppg, 8rpg, 2bpg
Per 100: 16ppg, 12rpg, 4bpg,

Julius Mims, Idaho - 6'9 190
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Couldn't find BB reference page.

KyeRon Lindsey, Murray State - 6'8 220
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Per 40: 17ppg, 11rpg, 2bpg
Per 100: 26ppg, 17rpg, 3bpg

Noah Amenhauser, Coastal Carolina - 7'2 255
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Per 40: 19ppg, 11rpg, 1bpg
Per 100: 30ppg, 17rpg, 2bpg

Most of these guys have already been to 2-3 schools, so I think that debunks our recruiting philosophy of not targeting guys who have transferred a lot.
We’ve reached out to Malek Gomma from this list.

https://x.com/365_recruits/status/1904305864304971794?s=4...
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Posted: 3/24/2025 8:30 PM
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3ppg on a team that finished 4 games under .500 - ?? Seriously ??

29% at the FT line one year and 50% the other. At least it's trending up.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 9:20 AM
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I wouldn't look too far into the early contact stages, especially as it relates to Gomma. He's from the Pacific NW, he'd probably prefer one of the closer schools geographically anyway.

If I recall, we really only knew about Reef and Cornish once they had visited. Outside of that, Pavs, Wiz, Baker, and Searls just kind of popped up as gets.

New names from the MAC staff is following -- Kyler Vanderjagt of CMU and also Toledo's Javan Simmons. Although I feel like Simmons lands with a bigger fish, thought the recent following that was notable.

William Kyle III is another. Kyle was a beast at South Dakota State two years ago, but didn't really have much impact at UCLA. He'd be a big time get, but I feel like he'll still garner interest from P6 schools as at worst, a rotational big.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...
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The curious case of John Hugley moves on. Enters portal today.

Pitt
Oklahoma
Xavier
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Four schools in like a 4-5 year stretch.

He started 10 minutes a game this past season at Xavier. He could come to Ohio and play 32 minutes per game and raise his stock and get a great gig overseas or even possibly get on NBA radar. But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 10:06 AM
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The curious case of John Hugley moves on. Enters portal today.

Pitt
Oklahoma
Xavier
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Four schools in like a 4-5 year stretch.

He started 10 minutes a game this past season at Xavier. He could come to Ohio and play 32 minutes per game and raise his stock and get a great gig overseas or even possibly get on NBA radar. But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
Maybe this our chance -- now that he's banked a few hundred thousand, he actually wants to play more.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 10:47 AM
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Brandon Noel of Wright State in the portal. Man what a miss by MAC schools on that kid. Mostly D2 offers out of high school, goes to Wright State and is a starter and double-double machine from day one.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/brandon-noel...
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Posted: 3/25/2025 10:51 AM
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FearLeon wrote:expand_more
The curious case of John Hugley moves on. Enters portal today.

Pitt
Oklahoma
Xavier
????

Four schools in like a 4-5 year stretch.

He started 10 minutes a game this past season at Xavier. He could come to Ohio and play 32 minutes per game and raise his stock and get a great gig overseas or even possibly get on NBA radar. But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
An unfortunate place to be, but I agree. Basically how I feel about our current state as well. Not only do we have to fight for recruits, but we have to fight P5's saying I know you can play 30 minutes in the MAC, BUT we'll give you a quarter million to *mayyyyybe get some minutes here.
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Isaac Jack in the portal, started at Buffalo and spent the last 2 seasons coming off the bench at Dayton. Rate stats are good, would be one to keep an eye on.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/isaac-jack-1...
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Posted: 3/25/2025 12:21 PM
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But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
If he was content making money sitting on the bench at P5 programs, why does he keep transferring?
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But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
If he was content making money sitting on the bench at P5 programs, why does he keep transferring?
Just a theory --

When he went from Pitt to Oklahoma, he was coming off a season playing only 8 games. Once he played 24 games with decent rotational stats at Oklahoma last season, his agent could have convinced he'd get a bigger payday in the portal this past cycle after proving he was healthy.

As for now -- yea, he may actually be looking for more minutes in his final season + Sean Miller left.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 1:26 PM
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Add Nolan Dorsey of Campbell (6’6) and Josh Ogundule (7’1) Tennessee State to list of recent portal entrants that staff follows.

Ogundule is a big boy at 275, he’s been around the block with stops at Iowa and MTSU. Coming off his best year at 7ppg and 4rpg. I wonder how good of game shape he’s in, since he only eclipsed 20 mins 8 times all year but started 20 games.

Per 40 stats show 18ppg and 11rpg FWIW.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/stats...


Dorsey also had a few stops at New Mexico and Holy Cross. Won CAA DPOY. Per 40 mins bumps him up to 11ppg, 8rpg, and 2 spg.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...

Edit — Riley Mulvey of Iowa. 6’11, only played 7mpg. Per 40 mins shows 12ppg/11rpg/2bg

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamel...
Another big off the board. Mulvey to Siena.

https://x.com/sam_federman/status/1904567958224920675?s=4...
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Posted: 3/25/2025 1:28 PM
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But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
If he was content making money sitting on the bench at P5 programs, why does he keep transferring?
Keep chasing that dangling carrot.

It's hard to imagine how many half-truths are being told to these kids.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 1:32 PM
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But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
If he was content making money sitting on the bench at P5 programs, why does he keep transferring?
Keep chasing that dangling carrot.

It's hard to imagine how many half-truths are being told to these kids.
I dunno, man. I find the extent to which people go to act like these kids are hapless victims here more than a little bit patronizing.

They're adults. They're talented and hardworking. They're pursuing something they've worked really hard at. It feels like there's a tendency to paint the old system as one that was -- despite the fact that they sued to overturn it -- in the best interest of the athletes who otherwise will get taken advantage of.

I'm not sure I see it.
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Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame wrote:expand_more
But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
If he was content making money sitting on the bench at P5 programs, why does he keep transferring?
Keep chasing that dangling carrot.

It's hard to imagine how many half-truths are being told to these kids.
I dunno, man. I find the extent to which people go to act like these kids are hapless victims here more than a little bit patronizing.

They're adults. They're talented and hardworking. They're pursuing something they've worked really hard at. It feels like there's a tendency to paint the old system as one that was -- despite the fact that they sued to overturn it -- in the best interest of the athletes who otherwise will get taken advantage of.

I'm not sure I see it.
I agree with you. However, I do see how kids can and are still being taken advantage. Certainly, they're adults - being told they will be given the world by smarter, richer, more saavy adults. There is always going to be an imbalance of power when one side has the money, and the follow-through power.

I think thats what we don't see outright. And are unlikely to see a lot of - other than that kid who didn't play for maybe UNLV or somewhere and left - because it makes the athletes look like 1) they were taken advantage of, which is embarrassing 2) someone else was just better and 3) they were promised playing time and didn't get it (so they look like they didn't work hard or just wanted to be given a spot)

I'd like to think someone from Oklahoma wasn't putting something in his ear, and the same with Xavier... come home. Come back here and you'll be a star - meanwhile, they recruit 3 centers who are better. To X it's just another practice body. Every coach tells you what you want to hear you so keep chasing it until you get it.
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I still wonder how much Jaaron Simmons was led on by Michigan. Was he promised playing time? Or just a "chance to compete?" From my perspective, partway through the season, I thought it was clear he was merely brought in as a contingency plan for the more highly touted youngster, Zavier Simpson. I'd like to think, in hindsight, staying at Ohio and being an all-conference guy with a major role would have been more appealing, but only Jaaron knows for sure.
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I still wonder how much Jaaron Simmons was led on by Michigan. Was he promised playing time? Or just a "chance to compete?" From my perspective, partway through the season, I thought it was clear he was merely brought in as a contingency plan for the more highly touted youngster, Zavier Simpson. I'd like to think, in hindsight, staying at Ohio and being an all-conference guy with a major role would have been more appealing, but only Jaaron knows for sure.
I'm not sure I fully get why it matters. A coach could -- in good conscience -- have told Simmons he expected him to start and be the primary point guard. But basketball at that level is a competitive thing, and Simmons got beat by a better player.

I very much doubt that Jaaron Simmons thought that he wouldn't have to compete for playing time at that level; I suspect that he thought he'd win the competition and just didn't. It feels like far too simplistic a narrative to make it about big, bad, powerful coaches lying. I'm willing to bet basically any amount of money that the best college basketball coaches go out of their way to create competition and dont shy away from that I'm recruiting.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 4:19 PM
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I still wonder how much Jaaron Simmons was led on by Michigan. Was he promised playing time? Or just a "chance to compete?" From my perspective, partway through the season, I thought it was clear he was merely brought in as a contingency plan for the more highly touted youngster, Zavier Simpson. I'd like to think, in hindsight, staying at Ohio and being an all-conference guy with a major role would have been more appealing, but only Jaaron knows for sure.
I'm not sure I fully get why it matters. A coach could -- in good conscience -- have told Simmons he expected him to start and be the primary point guard. But basketball at that level is a competitive thing, and Simmons got beat by a better player.

I very much doubt that Jaaron Simmons thought that he wouldn't have to compete for playing time at that level; I suspect that he thought he'd win the competition and just didn't. It feels like far too simplistic a narrative to make it about big, bad, powerful coaches lying. I'm willing to bet basically any amount of money that the best college basketball coaches go out of their way to create competition and dont shy away from that I'm recruiting.
By Jaaron's own admission he said he wanted to play in the NCAA Tournament and playing at Michigan gave him the better opportunity to do so. Coach Beilein brought him in as an insurance policy in case Simpson didn't make a significant leap from Freshman to Sophomore year, so I have no doubts Jaaron knew he was going to have to battle for a position. Maybe he underestimated how good Simpson was going to be, maybe not. He was never promised playing time.

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2018/02/jaaron_simmons_c...

Jaaron just had a weird trajectory at Ohio. His first season he led the nation in APG and broke the school record for total assists in a season. He was all-MAC in year two. But even if he does return for the next season, I'm not sure how good that Ohio team is: Jason Carter went down for the season after three games. That team definitely doesn't go 14-17, but they weren't making the tournament either. Hindsight is crazy and we were all pissed off at the time about it, but Jaaron made the right move in the end.

EDIT: then again, coaches can be professional liars.
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I'm far from angry about it, just curious. That all went down pre-NIL. He transferred here from Houston, a higher level program where he only averaged 11 minutes per game. He came here, closer to home and averaged basically 36MPG, 16pts/7ish APG for two years. Up at Michigan, it's down to 8MPG and 1.5 points. Maybe he wasn't promised time, maybe he bet on himself and Simpson was just the better player? I guess we'll never know, but it sure made for an odd career arch as a player.
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Posted: 3/25/2025 5:05 PM
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On a long list of schools that have reached out to Northwestern’s Blake Barkley. 6’8 Wing it looks like.

https://x.com/jakelieberman2/status/1904639566889566224?s...

He's from Morgantown, FWIW.
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But these guys would rather get paid 250K to sit on the bench at a power 5 program.
If he was content making money sitting on the bench at P5 programs, why does he keep transferring?
Keep chasing that dangling carrot.

It's hard to imagine how many half-truths are being told to these kids.
I dunno, man. I find the extent to which people go to act like these kids are hapless victims here more than a little bit patronizing.

They're adults. They're talented and hardworking. They're pursuing something they've worked really hard at. It feels like there's a tendency to paint the old system as one that was -- despite the fact that they sued to overturn it -- in the best interest of the athletes who otherwise will get taken advantage of.

I'm not sure I see it.
I disagree. In general they are immature and are easily mislead. This is even more so when you get agents involved. Being an agent for an 18-year-old who has spent many years honing his basketball talent, and in many cases knows very little about the ways of the world, seems like a lucrative enterprise that would attract a lot of scumbags. And, unfortunately, these kids will fall for their lies and half-truths in many cases. I remember being 18, and my critical thinking skills were not the greatest. I actually think we went the wrong way when we lowered the voting age to 18. I think we should have raised the draft age to 21, instead. Many people, especially males, mature a great deal between 18 and 21. Women are often more mature at an earlier age, but that's a discussion for another day. I suspect that these remarks will be wildly unpopular with the BA masses, but that's how I see it. Now, I'm going to invite Alan Swank over to watch my an exciting episode of "Father Knows Best" from my DVD collection.
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Posted: 3/26/2025 8:53 AM
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We’ve expressed interest in Texas A&M Corpus-Christi’s Dian Wright-Forde. Another 6’3 guard. Numbers two seasons ago were better than this most recent.

https://x.com/theportalreport/status/1904875279178248622?...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...
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We’ve expressed interest in Texas A&M Corpus-Christi’s Dian Wright-Forde. Another 6’3 guard. Numbers two seasons ago were better than this most recent.

https://x.com/theportalreport/status/1904875279178248622?...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...
I'd much rather roll with Sheldon, Burris, and Fisher than a guy on a downward trend from the Southland. What are we looking for?
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We've expressed interest in Lemoyne's Ocypher Owens, 6'8" 215 forward who averaged 9 and 6. I think he would have two more years as he's a JUCO product.

https://lemoynedolphins.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster...
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We’ve expressed interest in Texas A&M Corpus-Christi’s Dian Wright-Forde. Another 6’3 guard. Numbers two seasons ago were better than this most recent.

https://x.com/theportalreport/status/1904875279178248622?...

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/_/id/...
I'd much rather roll with Sheldon, Burris, and Fisher than a guy on a downward trend from the Southland. What are we looking for?
This is where I get confused with the staff's roster build strategy. Are we just throwing interest at the wall and seeing who reciprocates because we have scholarships?
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We've expressed interest in Lemoyne's Ocypher Owens, 6'8" 215 forward who averaged 9 and 6. I think he would have two more years as he's a JUCO product.

https://lemoynedolphins.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster...
This might be one to watch. He was HS teammates with AJB at Orlando Christian Prep.

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