townsonkid wrote:

I’m losing interest in college bball, and the Dukes, due to this ever revolving door. Who is gonna be leaving on this already bloated roster?

Well, I'm not too happy with this scenario either but I love college bball like you and this is the new landscape. I can't walk away from it so I'll hang in and hope that the Dukes navigate through these troubled waters. So far we seem to be doing pretty well with it all. I know the other shoe will drop at some point but think we will come out better than many other mid majors. Time will tell.

WashPaRick wrote:

Butler going to Charlotte.

Really have no idea where he would have fit in here. Have lots of 2 guards. Need PG and big. 
Can't find room for everybody. I wish Austin well.

El Presidente wrote:

Lets get the kid from N.Dakota. That would be a great and much needed get for us.

Agree El Presidente with your last two posts here. He would put us over the top, but still think we'll dance with the current roster if none of the freshmen enter the transfer portal.
 

If we have no more additions I'm seeing our starting 5 as

 C   Williams
PF  Gunn
SF  Baker
Sg  Castro
PG  TDM    unless Spears comes in and impresses

Rayrich wrote:

El Presidente wrote:

Lets get the kid from N.Dakota. That would be a great and much needed get for us.

Agree El Presidente with your last two posts here. He would put us over the top, but still think we'll dance with the current roster if none of the freshmen enter the transfer portal.
 

You may be right about that. Still can't imagine that we are set just yet. Think there has to be one more name. Maybe someone whom we've not even heard of.

Tydus is in the portal again.

Players transferring from a P5 school to an A-10 school were not happy with their playing time most likely. Have to wonder if they were really P5 players. Not too worried about that. Liking what we've accomplished so far. Lets get the N. Dakota kid!!

And who did Mark Schmidt beat out to get the kid from Pitt???? Well, how about Georgetown, Arizona State, Wichita State, Butler and VCU!!!!  Now this kid may have wanted to get out of Pittsburgh, but c'mon, who did we beat out to get some of our guys (just sayin)????  As my friend the Iron Duke said, with a new facility, school commitment etc. you would think we no longer have to pick the low hanging fruit so to speak.  Were we not told we would be recruiting at a higher level by both KD and Harper?  Now I said I like 3 of the 4 guys we signed, but I can't help but think about what Tejas said in his post.  College sports is all about recruiting.  Look at the top teams in football and bball, they are not signing 2 Star players and even on a conference by conference level the top tier in our conference are generally beating out some lower Power 5's to sign players - many of whom are at least 3 Stars.  Obviously, there is a direct correlation between talent level and winning and if KD wants to "win championships" we have to sometimes beat other good programs in recruiting talent, period.  Yes, every once in a while you can get an "under the radar"' guy, maybe because of injury or whatever (look at Sin), and a player may also really develop - although I think that is more challenging with the new transfer rules - but the predominate ingredient to winning college bball is quality recruiting.  Which leads to my final point about no one on our existing roster entering the portal when there are already 1100 + kids in it.  Guys let's be honest here, we have a couple of guys who should probably be playing at a lower level and if they are still on scholie then you can forget about "championship level" in the A-10, let alone dancing.  KD, maybe you need to have the Chuck Noll discussion with a couple guys..................  

Coulibaly is about 6'8" and seems to be more of a defensive player than an offensive threat; but maybe Schmidt can find a way to get more out of him on offense.  Stepping down a notch to the A-10 might allow him to have more of an impact, but we shall see.  Certainly not an earth-shaking development.  Bonaventure kind of lived a charmed life this season, but I don't think things will come that easily for them next season.  

Grammudder I do remember the eggs and greasy bacon late in the evening in High School after kegs (in all the local parks) and HS dances!  Ended up there many a night after parties on the Bluff as well - too funny my friend!!!  Your post cracked me up and I will try not to make you dizzy with my roller coaster comments!  LOL.  Agree, we need to see how it all shakes out, but I can't help myself sometimes.  

P.S. I will take you up on the beer at Milano's!!!!

P.S.S. Iron Duke you have me falling off my chair, killing me as well - love it!!!!!

Lot of guys picking their new schools, we should be due for another.

Styles1229 wrote:

WashPaRick wrote:

If we have no more additions I'm seeing our starting 5 as

 C   Williams
PF  Gunn
SF  Baker
Sg  Castro
PG  TDM    unless Spears comes in and impresses

I see the starters as:

Baker
Williams
Harris
Acuff
Austin

6th man TDM

I'll check back on this in 7 months and see how we did.