This is all speculation on my part, but based on the timing of some of the recent announcements here is what I think is happening:

Littleson is transferring.

Castro told coach he wanted to return to Duquesne.

Coach waited for Haruna to make his decision.

Once Haruna committed elsewhere, coach allowed Castro to take littleson's scholarship spot.

That should be it for our roster, but after this crazy offseason who knows.

Last edited by Dukes2012 (5/10/2017 10:22 am)

Dukes2012 wrote:

This is all speculation on my part, but based on the timing of some of the recent announcements here is what I think is happening:

Littleson is transferring.

Castro told coach he wanted to return to Duquesne.

Coach waited for Haruna to make his decision.

Once Haruna committed elsewhere, coach allowed Castro to take littleson's scholarship spot.

That should be it for our roster, but after this crazy offseason who knows.

 
I agree with all of this. The only confusing thing is that if Castro is returning why is the Martin kid still considering us?

I think that RMU to the Horizon League is a reach.   IUPUI or Omaha would be a way better fit for their profile.   

I think RMU is trying to move.   If they move I bet it is to Patriot League would could be a knife to NEC football.

Last edited by duqkurt (5/10/2017 6:58 pm)

duqkurt wrote:

I think that RMU to the Horizon League is a reach. IUPUI or Omaha would be a way better fit for their profile.

I think RMU is trying to move. If they move I bet it is to Patriot League would could be a knife to NEC football.

You have to be an elite school to join the Patriot League. I'm not sure Duquesne could get in, let alone RMU. RMU isn't a good institutional fit in the Horizon, which is mostly large public schools. RMU would do well to join the MAAC.
 

Tejas_Duke wrote:

I wish the Robbie Bobbies well. it would not hurt to have three competitive teams in the area, one in an A conference, Pitt, one in a B conference, Duquesne and the Horizon is a C conference, much better than the D minus of the NEC!

Of course if we could become dominant in the A10, a BE invite could well come. The consensus on the BE board is that DU, and St L. are are great geographic, and institutional fits, but are too horrible at hoops to be seriously considered.
 

Monty Boykins close to a decision, supposedly down to Pitt, Penn State & Duquesne as his final 3.  

http://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2017/05/09/monty-boykins-approaching-final-decision/

CLK wrote:

Monty Boykins close to a decision, supposedly down to Pitt, Penn State & Duquesne as his final 3.  

http://pittsburghsportsnow.com/2017/05/09/monty-boykins-approaching-final-decision/

It's entirely possible that I missed it, but I don't remember seeing any reports that we even offered boykins. Maybe a verbal offer was made on the visit.

Matthew Steinbrink‏ @MattSteinbrink

Lafayette graduate transfer Monty Boykins will announce his decision on Monday. Pitt, Penn State, Duquesne seem to be the top three.

Last edited by CLK (5/13/2017 4:46 pm)

Panther1979 wrote:

Boykins is headed to Pitt...

As expected (even assuming we had a scholarship to give).  I think Boykin will help Pitt next year.  We still got the better trade.  I'd rather beat out Pitt for an exceptional big man freshman recruit like Swingle than get a one year grad transfer.      
 

pitt needs bodies.  we dont have room.  I dont think any grad player is going to help them next year.  Hopefully we, with our limited roster size, can get a winning streak going vs them.

duq81 wrote:

townsonkid wrote:

pitt needs bodies.  we dont have room.  I dont think any grad player is going to help them next year.  Hopefully we, with our limited roster size, can get a winning streak going vs them.

He made the right choice. He'll see the floor there if he's any good at all. They need players, and they don't want to clog up their roster with 2 star freshmen. Stallings is going to live or die with the class he signs in the fall. I don't want him to fail too much. They might get rid of him and hire a replacement who has a clue, like Dixon did. Let Pitt be middling. Just good enough for Stallings to keep his job. We will then have a chance to be competitive with them if Dambrot gets the job done.
 

That's the Wayne Fontes strategy of coaching. The Detroit Lions would start out 1-8 or 2-6. When Wayne's future was the subject of speculation, the Lions would magically come alive and finish 8-8. That happened pretty frequently as I recall. So go Stallings, 17 or 18 wins a year will do nicely.