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Apr 14, 2024 13:06:04 GMT -5
Post by cherokee04 on Apr 14, 2024 13:06:04 GMT -5
Doesn’t sound like we closed the deal with Dubar. He will take other visits. Whatever our result with Dubar ends up being, we likely can't afford to have our normal portal additions if we want to do much next season. I think CRB will get us to the NCAAT one way or another, but this season was our best shot in all likelihood to get a Final Four while CRB is coaching. It is what it is - we will continue to remain a nationally relevant program that several good coaches will have a strong interest in when CRB steps down.
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Apr 14, 2024 17:07:55 GMT -5
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Post by awinatl on Apr 14, 2024 17:07:55 GMT -5
Doesn’t sound like we closed the deal with Dubar. He will take other visits. Whatever our result with Dubar ends up being, we likely can't afford to have our normal portal additions if we want to do much next season. I think CRB will get us to the NCAAT one way or another, but this season was our best shot in all likelihood to get a Final Four while CRB is coaching. It is what it is - we will continue to remain a nationally relevant program that several good coaches will have a strong interest in when CRB steps down. Any idea why Barnes only had one 2024 high schooler this cycle??
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Apr 14, 2024 17:18:01 GMT -5
Post by cherokee04 on Apr 14, 2024 17:18:01 GMT -5
Whatever our result with Dubar ends up being, we likely can't afford to have our normal portal additions if we want to do much next season. I think CRB will get us to the NCAAT one way or another, but this season was our best shot in all likelihood to get a Final Four while CRB is coaching. It is what it is - we will continue to remain a nationally relevant program that several good coaches will have a strong interest in when CRB steps down. Any idea why Barnes only had one 2024 high schooler this cycle?? Honestly, no. I don't recall if we swung for the fences and just missed on several guys, like a few years ago with Banchero, Smith, etc. Or if the staff just made a calculated decision to focus on the portal rather than drop down to high school targets that we didn't think would be difference makers. But I know I don't want to have to make a living out of the portal too often. I like the portal as a supplement only, and given our track record with portal guys (only DK has really made a major contribution IMO), we need to have a much better HS class this cycle.
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Apr 14, 2024 18:15:34 GMT -5
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Post by bchilds on Apr 14, 2024 18:15:34 GMT -5
Swings and misses.
Lost out on Nowell when he was thought to be in the bag. Lost out on McCarthy. Same with Juke Harris. Didn’t close.
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Apr 14, 2024 19:19:50 GMT -5
Post by goldenjay on Apr 14, 2024 19:19:50 GMT -5
Swings and misses. Lost out on Nowell when he was thought to be in the bag. Lost out on McCarthy. Same with Juke Harris. Didn’t close. Or outbid on NIL, which seems to be the way it goes these days.
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Post by bchilds on Apr 14, 2024 19:23:46 GMT -5
Tennessee doesn’t get outbid if they don’t want to. I don’t know exact numbers but their philosophy is not to spend too much on unproven players. I think college basketball as a whole is going that way. Outside of maybe 10-15 freshmen, portal is going to give you more consistent results
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Apr 15, 2024 18:40:45 GMT -5
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Post by smyrnavol on Apr 15, 2024 18:40:45 GMT -5
Aidoo looking at Bama, Arkansas, and UNC per UNC’s 247 mod.
If he goes to Bama, I hope Tobe breaks him in half (assuming he comes back).
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Apr 15, 2024 18:46:20 GMT -5
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Post by knoxkid on Apr 15, 2024 18:46:20 GMT -5
Aidoo looking at Bama, Arkansas, and UNC per UNC’s 247 mod. If he goes to Bama, I hope Tobe breaks him in half (assuming he comes back). Bama or Arkansas would be very strange.
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Post by wtmvol on Apr 15, 2024 19:03:10 GMT -5
Aidoo looking at Bama, Arkansas, and UNC per UNC’s 247 mod. If he goes to Bama, I hope Tobe breaks him in half (assuming he comes back). He doesn’t seem like a fit for Oats at all.
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Post by John C. on Apr 15, 2024 23:47:35 GMT -5
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Apr 16, 2024 7:03:09 GMT -5
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Post by bchilds on Apr 16, 2024 7:03:09 GMT -5
Aidoo is definitely a fit at bama. And I’m with Smyrna.
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Post by pdlglm on Apr 16, 2024 7:10:34 GMT -5
Pretty impressive list for Aidoo, sometimes our fans are stupid.
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Apr 16, 2024 7:19:26 GMT -5
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Post by gdrinnen2 on Apr 16, 2024 7:19:26 GMT -5
Pretty impressive list for Aidoo, sometimes our fans are stupid. Yeah we're almost certainly downgrading in the post. I do think Estrella has quite a bit of upside - more than Aidoo -but we're downgrading this year.
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Post by wtmvol on Apr 16, 2024 7:46:08 GMT -5
Aidoo is definitely a fit at bama. And I’m with Smyrna. Shush, I'm trying to subliminally talk him out of that.
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Apr 16, 2024 7:58:12 GMT -5
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Post by graingermater23 on Apr 16, 2024 7:58:12 GMT -5
Is there any possibility Aidoo is trying to work for a bigger bag to stay at UT? Any at all?
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