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32 minutes ago, SLURadioBoy said:
Frank said on his show that Casey’s commitment is supposed to come today. He mentioned him and Avila playing at the same time with Casey being the 5 and Robbie playing the 4. Not sure if that was his assumption or what Schertz told him. With the way Schertz’s offense doesn’t use traditional positions, it doesn’t really sound like something Schertz would say.
In an early interview with Bernie, Coach said he can adapt his style to the player on the roster. He mentioned a starter at LMU, Emanual Terry who had a cup of coffee in the NBA, but he couldn't shoot or pass, but was a runner and a great rim protector and defender.
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14 hours ago, billikens747 said:
Turnbull was recruited to Butler by the now Evansville Coach Ragland. Hence the connection to the Aces.
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30 minutes ago, BourbanStreet said:
Welcome Josiah! Best NE player his recruiting class on a very good HS team. I follow Creighton closely (med alum). His family is very involved in serving the Omaha community and brother played there. Surprised he transferred given his ties, but I think he saw playing time limited. They have the best BEast recruiting class/one of the best in the country and will be active in the transfer portal. I think he will fit in just fine here!
OT. Spent some time in Omaha earlier this month. That’s a very nice city. The zoo is top notch but very expensive. The soccer stadium, Schwab Field and CHI Health Arena are impressive. Walking across the MO River on the pedestrian bridge was a must do.
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15 minutes ago, laker119 said:
With all due respect, what a pointless message this is
If you don’t care about his performance at Creighton, that’s fine. One or two may care about what he did last season. He pretty much has a clean slate coming here.
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1 hour ago, slu72 said:
If he was good enough for the Beast he’s good enough for the A10.
I don’t know anything about Dotzler but I did look at his stats. He only got 77 minutes total last year, 28 min against Big East opponents. That’s not much exposure. He made 3 of 11 three pointers. He had 3 assists total. Let’s see what he does next season.
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Both Camren and Cameron sat out last season with injuries.
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59 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:
I wonder if that is for football and basketball or did it say it was just for their basketball program? Also, was it a yearly donation of $25m or a one time donation that will have to be spread over several years.
5 years, $5 million total per year, for football, men's and women's basketball plus selected other women's sports.
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3 hours ago, RUBillsFan said:
This is small time thinking. TheOne was on here saying 3-4 Indiana State starters plus Jimerson. We only landed 2 Indiana State guys, so I take that as meaning we'd still have potential NIL funds for the right starting caliber players that the big fish are on board with.
Today's announcement of Dotzler kind of goes with the flow of what I am saying. He won't break the bank. Sure there is BVF left but the % already spent on the big three is unknown, except to a very small number of people.
NIL has expanded to several facets. You have the Pay for Play pot (pretty much BVF), the Billiken Exchange where you can pretty much do what you want (and which can have a NIL piece in it) and then somewhat associated with that, individual NIL deals such as Jimerson's clothing deal last season and Avila's Chicago White Sox deal, plus the expected googles deal he is reportedly working on.
This has been an expensive year for Billiken Sports. You have the Ford and staff buyouts, the salary for Schertz plus his expanded staff, and then the BVF. Individual sponsors going heavy into the Exchange or other avenues are certainly there also.
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No one on this forum knows the real numbers but our NIL pot has taken a hit with Jimerson, Avila and Swope signings. How many big ticket players can we afford? With the names of two potential recruits floating around this board, it appears we are working on the edges of the pot.
Players not high in their previous school's rotations, or not in the rotation at all, won't command six figure NIL packages.
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31 minutes ago, brianstl said:
I really think with the way this appears to being going down for Connor Turnbull that there have to be questions about his elbow’s status.
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This Google Doc has a good snapshot of what is happening in the A10 and every other league. Williford is still listed on the SLU roster, but as we think, he likely won't be here. St. Bonnie and VCU have significant holes to fill.
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21 hours ago, Dr. Holly Hills said:
Who has Loyola and GW brought in that’s impressing everyone?
I looked at Verbal Commits Transfers for the following; I don't know anything about the metric used to valuate each player. If you are curious about the metric, contact SBUnfurled.
GW: Castro, 6'11" F Providence, Hansen 6'9" C Cornell, and Moss 6'3" PG William & Mary
Loyola: DeLoach 6'9" F Georgia (2 yrs at VCU), Moore 6'3" PG Drexel, and Nwaokorie 6'7" F UC San Diego.
You would need to get their stats from previous schools. The only one I am familiar with without looking anything up is DeLoach. First, he was on Schertz recruit list, and second he was pretty good at VCU. At Georgia he was a bench player.
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7 minutes ago, Fraz said:
You have names HP?
Negative. Just repeating what Coach Schertz said on the Press Box this morning.
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20 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:
So who is next up on the commitment watch? Turnbull? Someone else?
Two on campus today, one more Thurs and two more this weekend.
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7 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said:
I thought the same thing, but this year it was only a broken foot. Usually, that's not much of a concern.
Torn labrum also. An article I read said he expected to be ready by this fall.
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1 hour ago, OkieBilliken said:
HCJS will be on The Press Box @ 11:05 CT
Swope played on one leg the second half of season. Was averaging 20 ppg before he got hurt.
Pikaar has great range and passing ability. Not strong enough yet to guard an A10 post player. Good rim protector.
McCo - combo guard. Needs to work on his defense and his motor. Has NBA potential.
Jimerson, Avila and Swope all left $$ on the table by coming to SLU. Working hand in hand with Chris May on NIL issues.
2 recruits on campus today, 1 more tomorrow, and 2 more Thurs through Sat. Both transfers and HS in these groups.
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36 minutes ago, CenHudDude said:
We will have to have Old Guy weigh in on this to see what his recovery will be like.
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Surgery was 10 days ago
4th in the nation last season with 113 three pointers.
Played at Southern Indiana for two seasons before transferring to ISU.
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3 minutes ago, CenHudDude said:
We will have to have Old Guy weigh in on this to see what his recovery will be like.
I had it done a decade ago. Mine was a complete meniscus tear. I walked out same day of surgery and rehabbed for about a month before I was running again.
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4 minutes ago, mrjoelabs said:
Swope and Jimmer with Larry and Thames behind them is a winning collection of scoring 2/3 guards that should do well in the A10. Avila and I guess Pikaar at the 4/5 with depth needing to come.
But where is the PG...this car needs a driver. I wish Medley would have hung around. I know the thinking is now we can do better, hopefully that is true.
Either way this is a big get and Coach is off to a nice start.
There are still 6 open scholarships. But yes, still need rebounding, rim protection and someone to organize the offense.
Forget the 1-2-3-4-5 designations. With 5 out you play ball.
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4 minutes ago, ACE said:
Nice! He can fill it up - during one of the NIT broadcasts, they mentioned he was going to get some work done on his knee in the offseason. Hopefully it is minor and he has a quick, full recovery.
Torn meniscus in left knee. Outpatient surgery most likely.
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Hunter didn't play last season. Broke his foot in October. He was in the portal last season (before his injury) committed to Butler and then reneged and stayed at Central Ark.