College Basketball Transfer Portal 2024-2025

[Xavier]

Would you play Free at the 5? I don’t think Free can guard the 5 and would be a big liability on the defensive end.

He can’t guard the 4, either. He’s a liability no matter where you put him on that end. If we could get him, I would. I’d even consider putting him at the 3 spot if either A) Freemantle would consistently hit open 3s or B) we brought in a stretch player that could. Would be a major mismatch somewhere on the floor and think a good coach could find ways to exploit it.

But agreed, would be tough to land him IMO.

[profson]

There are zero people this past year and zero people on the current roster than can guard the 5.

As long as Free outscores the guy he's guarding, it's a win. College hoops has really moved to positionless basketball. I find it funny that for 100 years, teams played with two post guys, now it's like you have 3 heads if someone mentions it.

Elite scorers are 10x more valuable than elite defenders.

Not every program is going to have players as skilled and big as guys like Kalkbrenner and Clingan. There's just not enough of them to go around.

The one thing Steele did right to almost turn a season around was playing Tyrique and Hankins together. It's real tough to guard.

Not a good comparison. Hankins was 6’11 (or a full 6’10”) and a decent rim protector (1.5 blocks/game in fewer than full minutes). Neither Townsend nor Free is close to that profile.

[drudy23]

Not a good comparison. Hankins was 6’11 (or a full 6’10”) and a decent rim protector (1.5 blocks/game in fewer than full minutes). Neither Townsend nor Free is close to that profile.

So add a rim protector. It would be great to have a guy come off the bench that does nothing but alter shots. It's exactly what Clingan was last year.

Not every big guy has to average 16 and 10. You're assembling complementary pieces, not a bunch of guys to go get buckets.

[MHettel]

So add a rim protector. It would be great to have a guy come off the bench that does nothing but alter shots. It's exactly what Clingan was last year.

Not every big guy has to average 16 and 10. You're assembling complementary pieces, not a bunch of guys to go get buckets.

I think Abou was meant to be that exact kind of guy this year. Let Free handle the offensive responsibilities and have Abou setting screens for shooters and do some offensive rebounding.

Then defensively, we know Free was gonna get used, so Abou can be some help and muscle.

I think it would have been OK. Not great, but certainly better than that blowout diaper that we had to witness.

[MHettel]

I really do not understand the "rankings" for the players in the portal.

Kachi Nzeh is ranked 114, which is 10 spot HIGHER than Marcus Foster at 124. Now, Marcus Foster is exactly what we needed to add to this roster, but he HAS played in 112 games and scored over 1100 points. Nzeh has done essentially nothing, aside from some meaningless minutes on a team that was out of contention. Head scratcher.

Here is another example. Let say my roster is purged, and I need to rebuild using the portal. I grab the following ranked guys: #21, #71, #77, #82, #84, #90, #93, #100. So right there you've got 8 of the top 100 players in the portal. Great start, yeah? Lets add some depth with #219.

You just added 80% of all the minutes played last year at 8-24 Louisville. Was the coaching that bad? Or are these rankings so far off? Or just the wrong mix of some very good players?

[Xville]

I think transfer portal rankings are really stupid as I stated earlier. Not anything I pay attention to…Quincy and Dayvion were ranked pretty low, Boum was as well and all are/were studs , so I take zero stock in them.

[MHettel]

I think transfer portal rankings are really stupid as I stated earlier. Not anything I pay attention to…Quincy and Dayvion were ranked pretty low, Boum was as well and all are/were studs , so I take zero stock in them.

The other ranking service I found had NZeh at 266. so a massive gap between that and 114.

I can kind of get putting guys in some "tiers." The cant miss guys that have already proven it at the highest level go in the first tier. then the mid-major studs that also have proven can be in the top 1 or 2 tiers. And so on. But actually putting 300 guys in a certain order is impossible given the lack of diligence. was Nzehs 114 ranking based on potential and the fact that he has 3 years left? Casue that makes no sense because this whole thing has become a year to year situation. Just ask Kerr Krissa, who is in the portal again this year.

[ArizonaXUGrad]

I see a lot of new names in the portal pretty consistently. Things have cooled off for us as of late. Miller still has a ton of work to do.

[XUGRAD80]

I see a lot of new names in the portal pretty consistently. Things have cooled off for us as of late. Miller still has a ton of work to do.

But there’s not yet a bunch of signings. One coach said, “the longer you wait, the better the price will be.” , when asked about the lack of signings.

Does make me nervous though.

[Xville]

From my understanding there is also a dead period now for a week where you can’t do in home or school visits