Hello MBB Assistant Coach Akeem Miskdeen
https://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1775853773082030564?t=rCJyESsQc5cGK2D9rtOLyw&s=19
From UGA, coached with May at FAU. Also was at Kent State previously.
Beloved by Rooths and Johnell Davis - and reportedly a terrific guy. May remains on fire 🔥
And beloved by the Georgia fans who are sad to see him go. Similarly, the Boynton hire was applauded by Ok State fans as "their loss/good hire."
Two really good grabs for Dusty on his bench. Feels good to have positive vibes coming out of the basketball room again.
I'm glad it hasn't been too long since the good vibes. I'm referring to early 2021, when the "COVID" team was romping through the Big Ten and Howard had his #1 recruiting class ready for the next year. Things looked good, didn't they?
Amaker didn't bottom out like Howard, but I'd swear that things felt a little off within a couple years. No good vibes, anyway. That was a longer interval.
Lets get Boynton too.
edit: looks like we did. Cant keep up with all the good news.
Didn't we already get Boynton?
If we get Rooths, the Yale kid, the Wisconsin kid, the FAU guys and a couple of the OK State guys it seems like we'll at least have enough players to field a team. I really know very little about basketball beyond star gazing, but from the descriptions it sounds like there is a lot of reason for optimism. Can't wait for next year when we win the National Championship in basketball, get our second straight national championship in hockey and three-peat in football. : )
I absolutely love the sentiment, but you will need to explain how our football team is going to win two national championships in the same year. Not even Fielding Yost managed to do that one.
He lived the alternate ending to the TCU game.
I think this actually works. Football won the championship LAST year (2023). OP said he couldn't wait for "next" year. So that implies we'll win the championship THIS year (2024) and then again NEXT year (2025). Boom, 3-Peat. That also works with the hockey back to back comment. Not sure if that was what he meant but I'm onboard with that plan.
While I appreciate this attempt, I remember not one, but two football games in January of THIS year to win a glorious national championship in January 2024!
Do you say we won the national championship in 1998? I remember that Rose Bowl being played in January 1998. If we won the 1997 championship and 2024... then no team won in 2014. I hope we 3-peat now so we can continue this important argument.
Next year is 2025 - if we have won two national championships in football by next year, I will be simultaneously humbled by the impossibly amazing accuracy of these predications as well as immensely proud of Coach Moore’s unprecedented accomplishments!
I do find this sort of an annoying thing that has happened that I never had to be concered with previously. Michigan was the 2023 National Champions but we won the 2024 College Football Playoff. I bought a shirt after the championship and it literally states both of these things. I hope we are the 2025 National Champions next year and the 2024 National Champions this year.
I wasn't fully caffeinated when I posted. Good point on the math, but I'm sure Sherrone will get us Moore. I'm a little disappointed that you're doubting him. /s
Some of the transfer options (and Rooths) sound likely, and would at least allow UM to field a competitive team in `24-25. I still think best case scenario for them is a NCAA tourney bubble team....which would certainly be a significant improvement over this past year.
I want mathematical proof that your bubble scenario would be an improvement over 8-24.
I don't think that a bubble team is "best case" but it's probably a realistic expectation. There is a real chance that this team (assuming we get the players rumored) will be more talented and more experienced than the FAU team that made the Final 4. So, a Final Four seems like a better case than a bubble team.
That FAU Final Four team had an experienced team with a head coach who had been there for several years prior. UM will have a new coaching staff with a group of players that for the most part, have never played together before. It's possible (and probably likely) that the first half of the season will be rough, but as they gel, you'll see consistent improvement with a much stronger 2nd half of the year.
I'd say a championship is most likely, anything short of that and we should fire Bud Middaugh again.
I know we can't put too much stock in freshman, but couldn't this team be moderately better than a bubble team with the transfers being discussed?
I realize the team was hot garbage this year, but these are pretty decent starters. I'm probably choosing to be overly optimistic, but with good coaching and a little luck, they could get some momentum early. State wasn't even on the bubble with like 18 wins. I know 8 to 18 (or 20!) is a big jump, but this was a historically ass year and some natural reversion to the mean should be expected.
Love the optimism and don't think it's outlandish to think we land all those dudes. Could also get kid from Oakland and would love for them to consider the two kids from Stanford who are perfect for May's system. Be immediately relevant again, or at least above middle of BigTen pack.
(Meant to be endearing.)
Who the heck is Joe? Curly and Shemp I know.
Curly Joe came on after Shemp died.
It went from: Larry, Moe and Curly -> Larry, Moe and Shemp -> Larry, Moe and Curly Joe.
I loved the Stooges and had their computer game when I was a kid.
Actually, it was Moe/Larry/Curly --> Moe/Larry/Shemp --> Moe/Larry/Joe (Besser) --> Moe/Larry/Curly Joe.
Joe Besser was in the last 16 shorts. Curly Joe was in the movies from the 1960s.
I actually watched Curly's final short yesterday. He had a stroke during its filming and you can tell something's up because he wasn't a part of the climactic pie flight at the end.
Curly Joe. I don't think I've ever seen him.
Joe
I really want Akeem Miskdeen to rhyme. Maybe if I were a mumble rapper.
May is gaining steam with his new team, welcome to the staff Akeem Miskdeen.
It was all a dream, but now I sense a theme, shoot this energy into my bloodstream.
(per his bio, it's pronounced mis-cuh-deen)
Not a fan of that pronunciation. There is no vowel between the k and the d. Maybe we can get him to change his name.
I'm so happy... I'm going to Dairy Queen.
It rhymes as well as "Maize Rage". He'll fit right in.
Ideal off-season for May:
- Land FAU players (Davis, Boyd and Goldin)
- Get Rooths to re-commit to Michigan
- Land Liam McNeeley over the blue blood programs (Long shot, but the fact that McNeeley consistently mentioned Michigan is notable)
- Wolf transfer to Michigan
I’ll take Dailey too in that mix.
Dailey and Rooths would be an ideal 4 for May. Get someone with size and athletic ability but can be a connector for the team.
Even without McNeely, if you get the 3 FAU players, Wolf, Essegian, Dailey, and Rooths I think May can make the tournament with that team. The FAU team that was an 8 seed around the 50s, near Iowa and OSU - meaning you could go about 10-10 in the Big 10. With a decent non-con that is enough to make it to Dayton. So you're taking the best players from that FAU team, adding 2 high major transfers, Wolf, and you still have Burnett. That seems like enough of a core. Bring back GW3, play Tschetter and TWill spot minutes here and there and it could work.
Totally agree, I made a similar point above. That's some decent talent, and with good coaching could be just fine.
I made this roster with Torvik's roster cast. He seems to project it being a pretty good team. Link
Do we have enough space for all of that?
You'd have to switch a Tschetter or TWill to NIL.
Moseley said TWill is gone, even though he's not officially in the portal yet.
This seems like a solid hire.
May the force be with you.
You seem to be about a month early - it's only April 4th...
Go Blue!
Eh... maybe he's been playing with his Omega bonding agents and M-counts.
(How's that for Star Wars lore that's only 24 hours old?)
Coach putting in work. You love to see it.
My hope for the team and staff is a focus on fundamentals - and developing these talented young men in ball possession / control - the turnover / assist ratio - and movement off the ball. Oh, and something known as defense.
Wishing them all well - and, that the recruiting / portal activities result in a tightly knit and talented squad.
Go Blue!
Don't forget rebounding. The last couple of years the team was atrocious at boxing out.
One of my concerns about May is his lack of high-major experience. Boynton and Miskdeen help with that concern - even if Okie State and Georgia aren't the best high-majors.
Juwan did the same thing with Martelli, but man, what a contrast between Martelli and Boynton. Both former head coaches coming to be assistants. But one clearly on backside of his career and one still in the prime.
Will say it's interesting that Georgia seems the only football giant in south with a flailing hoops team.
Unlike the B1G, the SEC tends to invest all of that money coming in to make their sports programs better. They also realized they needed to augment the football revenue. In the past 5 - 10 years you can see there has been a focused effort to elevate more programs across the conference in basketball. There are also demographic shifts which have had a major impact on the availability of talent in different regions across the U.S.