2025 Portal Season

jessej · Monday at 1:42 PM

Patriotsince81 said:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBfNPNtxxno

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/howard-bison.com/stats/mbball/2024/pdf/cume.pdf

Shot 268 free throws. Wow! Haynes led us with 187.

Creighton men’s basketball adds commitment from MEAC Player of the Year

Harper put up stellar numbers in his freshman season at Howard, averaging 19.3 points per game.

www.wowt.com

Harper to Creighton

Surprise #1 - never heard Maryland or Georgetown or Villanova as an option
Surprise #2 - Creighton over Ohio State

I hope he got paid
DC to Omaha? he may be in the portal 11 months from now

gmujim92 · Monday at 1:56 PM

NewPatriot said:
He's a hybrid foward. A guy who can score from any place on the floor. He can post up, face up and break opponents down off the dribble, face up and hit a 15 feet, catch and shoot, excellent passer, excellent cutter to the basket.

He's 15-16 pt scorer with a 50%/36%/77.6% shooting splits.

He's going to start with Adebayo.

Also very long arms and his tape shows great instincts for getting in passing lanes — won’t provide an extra rim protector like Woody, but would expect him to be disruptive defensively in his own way.

gmujim92 · Monday at 2:11 PM

Verdad said:
The way I view the roster build is that it is basically a camp invite - think you are good enough to step up and start/play significant minutes in the A10? Come try - best 8 will play. Rest we will help find you a place next year, and if you aren't in the rotation at all you can redshirt.

I'm not concerned at all about keeping anyone happy with minutes - let them all fight for it, competition breeds excellence.

Watson’s addition will make for some very interesting competition for starting spots and minutes, similar to how adding Anderson and BOC allowed Tony to bring Jared and KD off the bench:

5 — Allenspach, Ellington, Kanga
4 — Adebayo, Sivka, Watson
3 — Watson, Hill, Long, Booker
2 — BOC, Troutman, Booker
1 — Mincy, BOC

jessej · Monday at 2:18 PM

Jay2014 said:
Looks like we are getting Watson from DSU! Fantastic get!

https://x.com/joe_knows_news/status/1916710651239543186?s=46&t=SPAULOBHtYuHTegQzAwSjg

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jruby · Monday at 4:04 PM

gmujim92 said:
Watson’s addition will make for some very interesting competition for starting spots and minutes, similar to how adding Anderson and BOC allowed Tony to bring Jared and KD off the bench:

5 — Allenspach, Ellington, Kanga
4 — Adebayo, Sivka, Watson
3 — Watson, Hill, Long, Booker
2 — BOC, Troutman, Booker
1 — Mincy, BOC

Mincy 6'1 BOC 6'4 Watson 6'9 Adebayo 6'8 and Allenspach 6'11 would be a very long and tall team. Like it! PPG Mincy 15 BOC 9.1 Watson 15.5 Adebayo 13.2 Allenspach 7.8. it's 60.6 vs 49.2 for the 5 starters last year.

gmujim92 · Monday at 5:49 PM

jruby said:
Mincy 6'1 BOC 6'4 Watson 6'9 Adebayo 6'8 and Allenspach 6'11 would be a very long and tall team. Like it! PPG Mincy 15 BOC 9.1 Watson 15.5 Adebayo 13.2 Allenspach 7.8. it's 60.6 vs 49.2 for the 5 starters last year.

Lots of different options:

Could go BOC (6-4), Hill (6-5), Watson (6-9), Adebayo (6-8) and Allenspach (6-11) if you want to have P4 length on the floor.

Can also play Adebayo at the 5 and Watson at the 4 against smaller teams that like to spread you out with their guards.

Very versatile and deep 10-man rotation without including the freshmen.

GMUgemini · Monday at 8:19 PM

Watson to UTEP. Scratch him off the roster:

https://x.com/ByGeorgeGMU/status/1917010145596608947

Milt Mudflap · Monday at 8:27 PM

DRK331 said:
Gio Emejuru is transferring to East Carolina

I heard they had a need for brick hands and timidity

mbush · Monday at 8:49 PM

Sad about Watson. He (or Avery Thomas, who also went elsewhere) are sort of perfect for this roster.

A long SF who can shoot from deep is, to my eye, the only missing ingredient.

gmuballer14 · Monday at 9:03 PM

GMUgemini said:
Watson to UTEP. Scratch him off the roster:

https://x.com/ByGeorgeGMU/status/1917010145596608947

UTEP over GMU, ouch.

GMU79 · Monday at 9:04 PM

gmuballer14 said:
UTEP over GMU, ouch.

Well, they do have a NCAA championship banner.

jessej · Monday at 9:58 PM

GMUgemini said:
Watson to UTEP. Scratch him off the roster:

https://x.com/ByGeorgeGMU/status/1917010145596608947

More money or more guaranteed playing time?

gmuballer14 · 2025-04-30T12:05:38-0400

So who is the target now, or is this the team essentially?

Junkees9 · 2025-04-30T12:40:40-0400

Blame it on the ever deteriorating impact of the NIL on many programs, like ours, but to me what this team lacks is the shooting stud from a bigger program, e.g., Schwarz and Maddox -- guys who have proven themselves on bigger stages as opposed to those looking to make their mark after having been in somewhat lower tier programs. Maybe everything will turn out fine, but I think the margin of error going forward will be extremely thin. We don't seem to have an obvious "go to" guy. Possibly one will emerge but it gives me pause.

gmujim92 · 2025-04-30T12:44:09-0400

gmuballer14 said:
So who is the target now, or is this the team essentially?

Lots of dudes still in the portal, I’d be shocked if the staff isn’t doing due diligence and trying to add more

jessej · 2025-04-30T14:51:25-0400

gmujim92 said:
Lots of dudes still in the portal, I’d be shocked if the staff isn’t doing due diligence and trying to add more

i am wondering how the playing time works out for this 10.
once signed Seniors/Grad Students are locked in.
But Juniors/Sophs are likely to move on without sufficient playing time.

gmujim92 · 2025-04-30T15:38:36-0400

jessej said:
i am wondering how the playing time works out for this 10.
once signed Seniors/Grad Students are locked in.
But Juniors/Sophs are likely to move on without sufficient playing time.

The best 8-9 by the end of December will play all the meaningful minutes in conference games, then next offseason most of the roster will be in the portal for one reason or another. The new normal.

Old Ram · 2025-04-30T17:43:45-0400

gmujim92 said:
The best 8-9 by the end of December will play all the meaningful minutes in conference games, then next offseason most of the roster will be in the portal for one reason or another. The new normal.

Lather, rinse, repeat…

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