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Intriguing. Huge Reb and Blk numbers at App St in limited minutes. Worth a shot in my book.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xville
Also, why the hell cant guys shoot FTs anymore? I havent shot a basketball in years, and even when I did I was awful. But I think with 20 minutes of practice I could hit more than 43% of my Free Throw attempts....
Oh ye of little faith……Quote:
Originally Posted by XUGRAD80
Could possibly see another commit tomorrow or over the weekend.
This almost makes me want to send him away again. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by noteggs
What do fans know? I trust Miller to do his job, and do it well.
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Now have three proven guards that shot 35+ from deep, three proven bigs coming off of injury that can hopefully play, and maybe a legit returning wing. I am cautiously optimistic.
Edit: Interesting, I thought Storr was comitted to Illinois but he just committed to KU.
Hmmm. 2.8 blocks a game and only 1.3 fouls. Current Sun Belt defensive POY. Intriguing indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xville
Garrison is apparently visiting this weekend too. He’d be a great get! Fingers crossed. Get him and Conwell and keep des and let’s go ahead and start the season.
Interesting Tweet from Paul Fritschner. I would've thought that Des was definitely coming back by this point. It's getting fairly late in the game.
If he wasn't happy for whatever reason, wouldn't he have already announced he was leaving? Again, if Miller had told him that he wasn't going to see a lot of time at the PG spot, he would've entered his name in the portal? Or, if Miller was recruiting his replacement(s), wouldn't Des have known this some time ago?
At this point I'm thinking both Des and Green will be back - especially if there's no announcement by end of day tomorrow.
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Dante Maddox Jr. and Marcus Foster have committed to Xavier's backcourt.
The two big decisions now are Ryan Conwell (Indiana State transfer) and Desmond Claude.
Xavier had the 8th most efficient offense in the country in '22-'23. Sky is the limit for next season.
I added the last season points from everyone on the roster as of today (Free & Hunter's 22/23 season). We have over 100 points per game for next season...and we may not be done!
I hope the idea is that everyone gets similar number of possessions but maybe few minutes and we just out run everyone we play. Could be some exciting basketball starting this fall!
Agreed. I think next years team assuming we keep des and get Connell is going to look an awful lot like this past years bama team. Hopefully they can play a bit of d. But x would certainly outscore people with that roster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dblue
I see the potential in this roster, but we need more.
Caveat. This isn’t the old days where you bring back 3 starters, have a couple rotation guys become starters and then hope your freshmen can provide a few minutes. You don’t “sit” on a core group of guys and wonder what they might do in 2 or 3 years.
In this environment, you put together a new team every year. If you want a final four, then you need that roster right now. I can see it coming together, but we aren’t there yet.
Backcourt seems loaded already, and assuming nobody else comes or goes we are ready for the season. If Comwell comes, then I just have to assume either Green or Dez leaves. And I dont want either of those guys to leave (yearning for the good old days), but if it happens then I think we’re covered.
We NEED Free and Hunter back and healthy. Who knows, though, right? If they ARE back, then 4 is locked down. And a little bit of 3 if we wanna play big with Hunter there.
Still need a piece at 5. Can’t go into a season with one guy. Injuries and other things happen, so need a starting quality guy to come in and shore that up. Harrison or the guy from App St seem to be just what we need.
Last point. Having 8-9-10 deep talent means nothing if you don’t use it. We need a crazy tempo and the ability for all of these guys to get their minutes. No more seasons of Jack Nunge playing 33-34 minutes. 2 deep at every position. 20 minutes each. Team players would buy into that. Play fast enough and 20 minutes is enough.
I said the before, but I believe it more now than ever. Next years success will be determined in April.