College Basketball Transfer Portal 2024-2025

[A Fan]

Again there is a lot of not accepting reality in the above. . If you want to force free off the team to know exactly what x needs then fine if you want to create that kind of firestorm then that’s your call. However, in reality, right now he is on the roster and if healthy will be playing 30 minutes a game. With that said, There is enough minutes for a legitimate five and a rotational big with him on the roster, not just because of minutes but because players have to want to come here knowing there is free and hunter available along with all the other “stuff.”

Btw, Miller tried to get Ike in 23 and probably a few others but nil kept that from happening. Again, reality.

Force Free off the team ? Did I say that? Are you saying Free would enter the portal if Sean builds the roster ? After they carried him for two years through his surgeries ? Who is saying that?

[D-West & PO-Z]

Force Free off the team ? Did I say that? Are you saying Free would enter the portal if Sean builds the roster ? After they carried him for two years through his surgeries ? Who is saying that?

The implication is that Free could be a deterrent to some bigger 4/5's deciding to come to X and at the same time people don't want to count on Free being available. The easiest solution to that conundrum is Free not being on the team which obviously Miller hasn't done/doesn't want to.

[Xville]

The implication is that Free could be a deterrent to some bigger 4/5's deciding to come to X and at the same time people don't want to count on Free being available. The easiest solution to that conundrum is Free not being on the team which obviously Miller hasn't done/doesn't want to.

Exactly thank you. People seem to not understand the reality of the situation.

[IM4X]

Miller knows he owns this bad season. Even with a healthy Freemantle and Hunter, he knows he really missed on adding the kind of 5 capable of playing well at the BE level.

Sean is not okay at all with the way things turned out this year. In fact, you’d better believe he is sick about it.
He is sick about not bringing in a BE level Center.
He is sick about not getting his team into the tournament (and advancing).
He is sick about having his first losing record.
He is sick his team couldn’t win any signature games this season after beating National champion UCONN twice last year.
He is sick that none of his international players panned out this year.
He doesn’t want to feel sick anymore. He knows the stakes. He’s also has a reputation to live up to.

Sean is not going to let go of his entire front court from last year as well as Kam and Reed without being pretty damn sure of two things:
1. None of those players are going to be able to develop fast enough to play at the BE level by next year.
2. He is confident he can bring in players who can.

[xuphan]

Miller knows he owns this bad season. Even with Freemantle and Hunter healthy, he knows he really missed on adding the kind of 5 capable of playing well at the BE level.

Sean is not okay at all with the way things turned out year. In fact, you had better believe he is sick about it.
He is sick about not bring in a BE level Center.
He is sick about not getting his team into the tournament (and advancing)
He is sick about having his first losing record.
He is sick about his team this season getting thrash by UCONN knowing his team last season was the only one two beat their National Champion team twice.
He is sick about striking out with so many international players in one season.
He doesn’t want to feel sick anymore. He knows the stakes. He’s also has a reputation to live up to.

Sean is not going to let go of his entire front court from last year as well as Kam and Reed without being pretty damn sure of two things:
1. None of those players are going to be able to develop fast enough to play at the BE level by next year.
2. He is confident he can bring in players who can.

Thank you! Well said and gets to the point about how crucial this offseason is. No excuses.

[xuphan]

Exactly thank you. People seem to not understand the reality of the situation.

The reality of the situation is we have lost 8 front court players and currently have two who are coming off significant potentially career altering injuries. Would you like to share an article or information about how Free is recovering from multiple foot surgeries? Will he be ready to go to start the season? You know, since we are banking on him being healthy to lead the front court. I will say this, if Free gets injured again and Sean only brings in 2 front court players because he didn’t want to hurt Frees feelings, then Miller shoulders all the responsibility for it. No more excuses.

[Xavier]

Hasn’t he been practicing with the team for a bit now? Regardless, expecting 2-3 really solid front court players with the “hey you can play for sure if/when Freemantle gets hurt” is just not an easy sell. I wouldn’t be surprised at one really solid front court player and two that have shown good skill set but are far from sure things with the hope that the skill set translates well.

[Xville]

The reality of the situation is we have lost 8 front court players and currently have two who are coming off significant potentially career altering injuries. Would you like to share an article or information about how Free is recovering from multiple foot surgeries? Will he be ready to go to start the season? You know, since we are banking on him being healthy to lead the front court. I will say this, if Free gets injured again and Sean only brings in 2 front court players because he didn’t want to hurt Frees feelings, then Miller shoulders all the responsibility for it. No more excuses.

None of us know how free is doing. That’s my point. The other point is he’s on the roster. You are talking in circles. It has zero to do with frees feelings… what don’t you understand about it being difficult to convince a top ranked recruit of “hey you may play, not sure. We have free who is an all big East performer so if he’s healthy he will play a lot, but he may not be able to or may get hurt.. ya wanna sign?” What is so hard to understand about that? Can you get a 5, sure. Can you get a rotational 4/5 sub? Sure. You tell me how you get 3 legitimate guys in the scenario that x and miller is in. And don’t use the cop out of “oh that’s why miller gets paid the big bucks.” The reality is that you can’t because this isn’t fairytale land.

[MHettel]

Hasn’t he been practicing with the team for a bit now? Regardless, expecting 2-3 really solid front court players with the “hey you can play for sure if/when Freemantle gets hurt” is just not an easy sell. I wouldn’t be surprised at one really solid front court player and two that have shown good skill set but are far from sure things with the hope that the skill set translates well.

As an aside, I’d like a job that pays 3M a year and I don’t have to deal with things that aren’t easy. Sounds amazing.

In fact I’ll give 2M to the XU NIL fund just to make sure Millers job stays easy.

[MHettel]

None of us know how free is doing. That’s my point. The other point is he’s on the roster. You are talking in circles.

What is this fascination with “talking in circles” as a bona fide response? Is that just the adult version of “my dad can beat up your dad” when you internet argument breaks down?