The Men's Basketball Transfer Carousel 2023-24

[RF1]

Given coaching changes typically result in a lot of player transfers, which PC players are likely to enter the portal after Cooley leaves?

[reef]

I would guess @ least 4 RF1

[SmartyBarrett]

Given coaching changes typically result in a lot of player transfers, which PC players are likely to enter the portal after Cooley leaves?

I wonder how many follow him to G'Town.

[reef]

Given coaching changes typically result in a lot of player transfers, which PC players are likely to enter the portal after Cooley leaves?

I wonder how many follow him to G'Town.

I would guess maybe 1

[rhodyblue12]

Which geographic areas are the strength of our recruiters?
Do we have a NY/NJ connection? If so, Niels Lane is in the portal. Roselle Catholic kid.

[bigappleram]

Which geographic areas are the strength of our recruiters?
Do we have a NY/NJ connection? If so, Niels Lane is in the portal. Roselle Catholic kid.

Woodward is an NYC/NJ guy. Austin covers NE. Kenny has the DMV ties. Born in Maryland and was part of Team Takeover.

[rhodyblue12]

thanks

[Dino611]

Happy we’re going after him

[jcru]

Yes, good fit.

[Dino611]

Another one

[RhodyRams916]

Another one

I notice a pattern. A lot of these guys are good or great shooters. I’m glad Archie is aware!!

[Billyboy78]

Long list.

[STC]

May have been posted already but here’s another transfer linked to Rhody. 38% shooter from three point land in 3 years at AU.

[STC]

4 openings, nobody penciled in as a starter, seemingly unlimited playing time to offer… I’m expecting big results from Archie and staff during this portal cycle. Time to earn that fat paycheck.

[Dino611]

4 openings, nobody penciled in as a starter, seemingly unlimited playing time to offer… I’m expecting big results from Archie and staff during this portal cycle. Time to earn that fat paycheck.

5 let’s be real Carey isn’t coming back

[Dino611]

As expected we’re involved with him

Turns it over a lot but looked at his stats, Enoch averaged 1.4 block/game last year hot damn

[Rhody15]

Arkansas the only high major in on a transfer? Wow I’m shocked.

They must literally have an automated text/email/call get sent out to every double digit scorer who enters the portal.

[Jdrums#3]

We are casting a wide portalpalooza net. We are hitting it hard early. Archie and staff are on a mission!

[PeterRamTime]

Arkansas the only high major in on a transfer? Wow I’m shocked.

They must literally have an automated text/email/call get sent out to every double digit scorer who enters the portal.

Didn't Musselman just not recruit high school players at all at Nevada?

[SmartyBarrett]

Arkansas the only high major in on a transfer? Wow I’m shocked.

They must literally have an automated text/email/call get sent out to every double digit scorer who enters the portal.

Pretty sure Bryant subscribes to that same text service.

[KevanBoyles]

Looks like we’re sending out a lot too.

[giovanni]

[bigappleram]

Moral of the story…players may leave and it’s no knock or fault of the coach. But you just rinse repeat and reload. Princeton coach about to get paid.

[section(105)]

We are casting a wide portalpalooza net. We are hitting it hard early. Archie and staff are on a mission!

Hope so, b/c we are a long way from, mission accomplished.

[Rhody72]

Princeton has much to offer as long as enrollment services is cooperative.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Princeton has much to offer as long as enrollment services is cooperative.

Maybe we could get them in a 3 for 1 series? 3 in NJ and one @ Mohegan?

[Dino611]

I think Jersey was saying we should go after him

[Jersey77]

I think Jersey was saying we should go after him

Yep, like him just not sure we can land him.

[theblueram]

I think Jersey was saying we should go after him

Yep, like him just not sure we can land him.

Against that list? Don't know anything about this guy, but those schools are not a roadblock for us.

[steveystuds06]

I think Jersey was saying we should go after him

Yep, like him just not sure we can land him.

Against that list? Don't know anything about this guy, but those schools are not a roadblock for us.

Absolute beast on the boards

[Jdrums#3]

We could sure use a beast on the boards in the front court.

[Iggy1979]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

[theblueram]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

Mussleman does it all the time. Why is this bad? It's the wild west out there now.

[Bos8]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

I think this is a bit different then your typical high school recruit. Everything is really condensed with the transfer.
I would imagine with many of these, we have an assistant coach reach out with a "hey, this is coach x from URI. Looking forward to building a relationship, getting to know you/your family, and seeing if we could be the right fit. Let us know if you are interested etc".

I think as these guys start narrowing down to top 3 and we miss out on a lot, then it may be worrisome.

[SmartyBarrett]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to.

And if you miss on one or two of those few targets then you're behind on everyone else. Need a lot of irons in the fire.

[Rhody15]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

So what happens if we only had a few targets and we didn’t get them? We’d be screwed.

Archie and co HAVE to cast a wide net.

We have zero talent.

[jcru]

Iggy is a very respected poster from way back, but these comments tell me he did realize how bad things had gotten.

He's not alone either, there were many posters who were under the impression we could just return most of our roster, and with a little seasoning and a little coaching up here or there, they would all be fine.

This past season was merely a transition year, between the salvage effort to pick up the pieces of a 4 year stint from David Cox, and to where Archie wants to be going forward. If anyone wants to be upset, be upset for URI's failure to pull the plug on Cox earlier.

OR, better yet, don't be upset, since if they had pulled the plug a year earlier, we might not have ended up with a proven coach like Archie.

This is going to be an extreme recruiting season than what we are used to. It has to be. Future years may not seem AS extreme, or, they might be close to in some aspects, as this is what the college game evolved to, by the hands of the NCAA themselves.

[STC]

In addition to our roster being completely devoid of talent I think being “in” on a bunch of recruits can help build a buzz around a program. Regardless of what you think of Grasso, he offered everyone and their mother and that helped build a buzz around the Bryant program which helped secure talent. This program needs buzz to allure top portal talent, because we can’t sell results right now. Hurley built a buzz on the trail by landing EC and Hass early on. As a moribund program, we can’t rely on on-court results for buzz. If we can land 1-2 notable portal pieces then other recruits will take note and see what is being built at Rhody.

[brady1]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

Love your stuff Iggy but that’s a pre portal thought in my CYO opinion!

GO RHODY!

[theblueram]

He's not alone either, there were many posters who were under the impression we could just return most of our roster, and with a little seasoning and a little coaching up here or there, they would all be fine.

I would like to see names that said that.

[jcru]

I'm going to decline. If I start cutting and pasting everyone since the season ended who basically said as much, I'm going to be in a dog house I can't get out of.

I plead the 5th.

[RhodyRams916]

In addition to our roster being completely devoid of talent I think being “in” on a bunch of recruits can help build a buzz around a program. Regardless of what you think of Grasso, he offered everyone and their mother and that helped build a buzz around the Bryant program which helped secure talent. This program needs buzz to allure top portal talent, because we can’t sell results right now. Hurley built a buzz on the trail by landing EC and Hass early on. As a moribund program, we can’t rely on on-court results for buzz. If we can land 1-2 notable portal pieces then other recruits will take note and see what is being built at Rhody.

Well said.

[theblueram]

In addition to our roster being completely devoid of talent I think being “in” on a bunch of recruits can help build a buzz around a program. Regardless of what you think of Grasso, he offered everyone and their mother and that helped build a buzz around the Bryant program which helped secure talent. This program needs buzz to allure top portal talent, because we can’t sell results right now. Hurley built a buzz on the trail by landing EC and Hass early on. As a moribund program, we can’t rely on on-court results for buzz. If we can land 1-2 notable portal pieces then other recruits will take note and see what is being built at Rhody.

Next November is the time STC. We will land a top player or two, and then it starts. That is my hope. If not, well, I hope we get good transfers.

[STC]

Archie and co. can absolutely not afford to whiff this portal cycle. They need to establish some building blocks for the future.

[adam914]

Something else to keep in mind with these lists...I wish I could find the tweet again, but I saw a reporter recently post that he saw a player mention a list of schools that he had heard from after entering the portal, so the reporter reached out to one of the coaches on the list to check with him. The coach said that not only had the team not reached out to the player, but the coach had never even heard of the player and didn't know who he was. Not claiming that's happening here with anyone specifically, but I found it pretty interesting.

[PeterRamTime]

Where the portal playaz at?

Let's guess

Will we get our first commit this week?

Next week?

[rhodysurf]

Something else to keep in mind with these lists...I wish I could find the tweet again, but I saw a reporter recently post that he saw a player mention a list of schools that he had heard from after entering the portal, so the reporter reached out to one of the coaches on the list to check with him. The coach said that not only had the team not reached out to the player, but the coach had never even heard of the player and didn't know who he was. Not claiming that's happening here with anyone specifically, but I found it pretty interesting.

I think it was hurley who said that his assistants are doing all the portalling and he has no idea what’s going on with them, so maybe it’s that kind of deal

[NYGFan_Section208]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

So what happens if we only had a few targets and we didn’t get them? We’d be screwed.

Archie and co HAVE to cast a wide net.

We have zero talent.

zero percent talent zero

[Rhody15]

That URI is on so many lists is bad IMHO. I was hoping they'd target a few who were good fits and the staff had connections to. This scattershot approach shows desperate things are.

So what happens if we only had a few targets and we didn’t get them? We’d be screwed.

Archie and co HAVE to cast a wide net.

We have zero talent.

zero percent talent zero

What dude? That has nothing to do with this post. But I’ll play that game, sure.

Masks at games for 3 years.

Still waiting on my 4 pack for Shaidzon from you.

[NYGFan_Section208]

So what happens if we only had a few targets and we didn’t get them? We’d be screwed.

Archie and co HAVE to cast a wide net.

We have zero talent.

zero percent talent zero

What dude? That has nothing to do with this post. But I’ll play that game, sure.

Masks at games for 3 years.

Still waiting on my 4 pack for Shaidzon from you.

I'm saying we had zero percent talent, don't get your shorts in such a bunch...it's ok to laugh at one's self sometimes.
PM me how I owe you a 4 pak and if it's true I'll make it happen. Otherwise, try to lighten up some (and not fer nuttn, you could still end up being totally right on easy ed)