I am thinking that we will soon see some DU names in the transfer portal

My guess is Marcus is not coming back, so what I'd like to see is keep the 4 freshman (Acuff, Dre, Baker & Okani), MHughes comes back (really need him in the middle), Barna is added (I checked and he had some good offers - Tulane, Texas A&M, Kent State) along with transfers at the PF, PG and a SG/scorer.  Incoming quality would make me very happy and addition by subtraction of a couple of our current guys.  If Hughes comes back then a transfer big is not as critical as Hima can eat some minutes and develop and we still have Kelly. Time will tell........

This new transfer rule is going to change the recruiting landscape of college basketball entirely and it will happen very quickly if it is kept in place. If you are a coach and have access to hundreds of college level players every year that can move up or down conferences and you have college tape and 1-3 years of eligibility, why would you waste your time recruiting high school kids who are totally unprojectable at the college level and will likely leave in 2 years max anyway?

Every year you will have a different roster and it will just turn into a total arms race to acquire talent. We only get these kids for 4 years max anyway, I kind of like the new model.

For example take a lower tier power 5 conference team like a Wake, DePaul, Nebraska, Kansas State (Pitt!!!). What if they took Grady from Davidson and guys like that and built a mid-major all-star team to compete in those conferences, they would be a competitive team in a power 5! Better results than they would get getting the level of recruits they do out of high school to play in those conferences.

Feels like that’s where things are heading....

Last edited by Duques102 (3/24/2021 8:58 pm)

The successful coaches (KD?) will adjust to the changing landscape. I suspect he will handle it better than many. Believe there will still be a place for HS recruits but not like before. No telling how that will play out though with all coaches scouring the portal. A real game changer. Will be interesting. The 4* or 5* recruits will still be highly sought after but coaches will be less willing to take a chance on lesser HS players I imagine.

Last edited by El Presidente (3/24/2021 11:19 pm)

CLK wrote:

Dukes in his final six schools.  Decision coming 

4izzle 🏴 on Twitter: "Not gonna be a pic or edit to announce my final list of schools for those who care for an update, I’m just gonna tweet it and this is the tweet. these schools are in no particular: NC A&T Duquesne Albany UC Riverside UNC Wilmington Nicholls St Decision pending... 💪🏾" / Twitter

Really appreciate the leg work you've done CLK. Always look forward to seeing your posts. I really like our chances here and think this would be a really nice addition in this crazy world of transfers..
 

Committed to UC Riverside

El Presidente wrote:

Sometimes I scratch my head when I hear the final choices of some players. I guess they have their reasons for their selection of schools. 

Yes. You'll give yourself a headache trying to figure this stuff out. Don't blame guys going to mid majors and making a name for themselves. Dukes need a forward and shooting guard at this point. The Weather brothers would fill that need, but don't think that's happening. Keep plugging away and let's see what happens.