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Interesting, yeah, understandable.

Agree. I have question marks on some of these players. Wait until they lace them up in the fall and see how they mesh within the system.

You sir are a true Billiken fan!

Kid has always been a gunner.

Nah! I prefer getting overly excited about guys I’ve never heard of before.

Couple people reached out to SLU on his behalf and think he made their board but no serious interest from the Bills. With one of Schertz's goals being to get more athletic Matt doesn't really fit that bill.

On the Brown 35% from 3....I had the 2P and 3P grades turned around. It was in fact 3P...B- and 2P D+ with a ? because of a small sample size which makes it less meaningful. I had it right on my stat sheet but in the transfer to the post it was reversed. But the narrative was correct in regards to Brown fitting in better with the Schertz system. His 2P% was down because he took longer 2s. With Schertz he should be able to take shorter shots which in turn should boost his 2P% and his FG%. As for Brown getting a higher grade on FG% than Brown...The answer is you really can't compare the two. I listed the 2 together in the post because they both signed at the same time but as I pointed out above it is not real meaningful because Green has a small sample size (only 40% of a full size). It is also why I listed 2 years of Green data to give a little better picture but even with 2 years it is still sketchy. Bottom line ...we are not sure what we are getting with Green...Brown looks promising if he can adjust to the Schertz system.

A great player, I think he is ready for the jump.

Zyree-Enright backcourt

Matt Enright has transferred up to Austin Peay.

A 35% from the 3 is a D+ for Brown? Green had a higher eFG than Brown last season, but Brown gets a C+ and Green gets an F for FG%? Weird.

I second this emotion.

Roy, As far as I know, none of the asst coaches have left. Plus, we have the luxury of a HC with a well thought out system to maximize the talents of his players. There will be development of these players. He’s already said Pikaar gained 15 lbs during the season and wants him to gain another 10 or so. He allowed McCottrey to develop early in the season til he had confidence in him at crunch time. Yes, it’s not like before, but I have confidence in his magic. I’ve never heard a coach talk like him before. Even Romar’s gift with words cant compare to HCJS’s message. I can’t wait to see what we have next year. mhg

Take a deep breath until October is my advice. We don’t know squat about what the product is going to look like until then.

-Amen

Liking the portal - I remember getting some kids in the last administrations and thinking “we got four years of that?” Now, there’s annual turnover. It’s like your local driving range picker. Thank you for your analysis, Wiz! Only 266 days till Christmas!

Let's take a look at the newest additions... Dion Brown and Trey Green...These will be a little more complicated then the first 2 signees. ? = small sample size... less or not meaningful. After the question mark I will list the the % data I have compared to a full sample size. I have added that to the Otieno's profile in the original post above. First , we have D Brown.... .....................FG%....2P%.........3P%.................FT%... D. Brown.......C+........B-..........D+ ? (75%)........A- A quizzical line for sure. A couple of key points here...1st he took a big step up this last season from UMBC in the AEC (if you don't know what these letters mean...that is part of the problem) to Bos Coll in the ACC. In the year before BC, he was an A+ from 2P range. The other key point is he may fit into the Schertz system better than in Boston. While at BC he took more mid and long 2P shots. As we all know there are no mid and long 2P shots in the Schertz system. If Brown does take shorter shots, his 2P and FG% should go up and make him a good player at SLU. If you thought that player was a bit confusing , we will move on to a more complicated one. Green just finished his 2nd year at Xav. Unfortunately, he only played in 9 games. To make matters worse, while he played a full season he only averaged 13 min/gm. ...and those weren't great minutes. I am going to list both years to try and make a little sense out of it. Again, the % represent amount of data collected ..............................FG%...................2P%.....................3P%..................FT% T Green.....Fr........F-.. ?(65%)............F- ?(27%)..........D.....................A+ (Fr & Soph combined) ...............Soph......F..?(40%).............F..?( 5%)..............A..?(36%).......A+ (Fr & Soph combined) An iffy pick...the question will be can he turn the ?s into +s...especially from the arc... we will know with another 64%.

I don't either. But injuries happen. Players get exposed during conference play. That's how McCottry got into the rotation as a freshman. Now we're talking about him as one of our core players when practically no one was talking like that when we signed him. Kerr or Pikaar have to be ready when the opportunity presents itself.

Green looks to have some serious upside if his "health situation" was fully vetted by staff as @HoosierPal stated. I'm not sure on Brown. He played VCU last season, lost by 25 pts, and shot 30% from the field. We already have plenty of that over here...

Kellen Thames posted an instagram story of him in a hospital bed, starting treatment. Praying for his recovery!

I no longer have confidence in the prevailing status of college basketball to "develop" players. With free agency in full mode if you don't play them and they have talent it seems too many will move on. The opposite also appears to be true. You don't play them and they think they should have played more they will move on more times than not.

100%

I know that the market is not a topic of interest to the vast majority of this board. I also know that a few of the posters in this board have begun to realize that NILs depend on donor's will to use their money for this purpose. Believe it or not this recognition is a great advance. Yes, the NILs supply is not infinite, some may even understand that even the powerhouse schools may have a limit for NILs. That said, today April 3, 2025 marked the largest single day losses in the market since 2020. The Dow was down -1566.10 . You (plural you) can interpret this anyway you wish, to me, this is not good news for abundant NIL availability. Please remember the phrase "dead cat bounce" as something you need to rule out the next bounce up.

Concerning Trey, I noticed from early December he did not play. Was he on the DL or Miller's dog house? Brown looks pretty good, he should contribute.