Papa Kante to Pitt Panthers
I am sure most of us have heard about this but didnt see it posted. Im not sure about Pitts academic requirements but they seem like a MSU level school. Getting a combined 4 seasons out of Collins, Diabate, Houstan, Howard, and Kante is just beyond bad luck. A 1 player class is not the solution to all that attrition. Hopefully we can land a couple players before the season starts.
Alex Kozan to Auburn
Woah Nellie!
What's the latest on Shavodrick Beaver?
He's waiting for Demarr Dorsey to clear academics before he chooses
I just have to complete 25 classes over the summer and they assured me that I would be eligible. Is Rich Rod still going to be my head coach?? I’ve had my nose in the books so long I haven’t been able to keep up with the football team much lol
O let do it!
Listen I want to create a safe space here for snark trust me but for crying out loud the article was from last night. I love it Woodley I deserve all the grief! I still dont think Najee Harris is signing with us though.
Visionquest
Hearing Antonio Bass is healthy and ready to compete with JJ.
Juwan's roster management is abysmal and our tepid puddle that is basketball NIL is crippling him further. MBB is going to fall into the dark ages without some major changes.
Good points. On the other hand....
Do you remember every flower that has withered in your presence? How should you, who has not the beauty of a flower, be different? Do you remember every dead tree with which you’ve crossed paths? How should you, who has not the resilience or span of life as a tree, be different.
How should you be remembered when empires have fallen without a sound, and islands sunk under the ocean to neither cries of sadness or of joy.
You, will be forgotten, like every other.
Eat at Arby's
Well, now I'm sad.
To be fair to the flowers, I did have some rather awful gas that day. It is entirely possible that this is the reason they withered. Still, the larger point stands.
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now for ever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower;
We will grieve not, rather find
Strength in what remains behind;
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death
1700 kids in portal and we as quiet as the horseshoe after we kicked their ass last year
Juwans roster management has been fine its just all in the NBA.
Without NIL I don't want to hear about roster management as he has 1 hand tied behind his back.
Don’t mean to flamethrower the gas pile but looks like RayJ Dennis isn’t even considering Michigan as a finalist. Juwan is struggling to even fill the roster at this point. Crazy the tailspin direction this program is headed in where they can’t even get MAC players 40 minutes away to play for them.
Source?
I don't have a direct link but I know that Utah paysites are feeling very good about their chances. Supposedly, there is a connection from his time at Boise State to the current Utah coaching/training staff.
Yeah, per this article he used to play at Boise St. and so knows coaches in the area.
If he picks Utah it would mean he's skipping over Illinois and Baylor as well, so it would be a coup for the Utes.
"so it would be a coup for the Utes"
What was that word?
The solution to attrition is not recruiting anymore, it's the portal. You need to have some empty scholarships at all time. No advantage anymore in filling out your roster with recruits. If they are good enough for the NBA, they leave. If they are good but not playing and are impatient with development, they leave.
Terrance Shannon and Caleb Love would like a word with you...once they get past our admissions department.
Not to mention no NIL program to speak of.
Our roster has PLENTY of room. Just nobody wants to, or can quality, to fill the spots.
LOL if you are not a freshman or a graduate transfer who has no chance for the NBA - then UM admissions says fuck you. So all UM has a chance at are not NBA level 22 year olds or 19 year olds who are willing to give up every credit they have because UM classes >>>> North Carolina classes. Despite both ranked a top public institutions in the country. Oh and Illinois has no credits that transfer to UM either. Arrogance.
Was so excited for him. Another bummer in a long list of them for UM basketball
I feel a Pitt forming in my stomach.
Panther? But I hardly even know her...
I'm here all week, folks
I'm sure we won't find out why he wasn't admitted to UM vs. Pitt but I always assumed this was an NCAA Clearinghouse-type situation and not a school-specific one.
I think Juwan deserves blame for certain aspects of the roster construction and how the past couple years have played out but he does seem snakebitten when it comes to admissions in a way that is starting to feel comical.
If this was an clearinghouse issue, he wouldn't be eligible at PITT either. So I would assume it school specific with regard to what one school may or may not accept over the other.
Yeah, that's my assumption as well. It would be interesting to know what the differences are because what I've generally understood is that if you pass the NCAA clearinghouse level you're typically good to go at UM though you may have to take some remedial classes to fill in the gaps.
LOL go sit down with UM admissions for an hour and listen to their arrogance. 16 credits at any school in the country not from Ivy league, MIT, or Stanford is 8 hours at UM.
So are we going to field a full roster this year?
Right now we have 10!!! So other than walk-ons, I'm going to say NO.
Landing mid level 5 stars and having them for a year, when they still pretty much suck, is not the way to build a team. A 3rd/4th year 4 star is going to dominate a freshmen 5 star most of the time IMO.
By the time a 5 star is a quality starter, they leave.
I admittedly didn't watch a lot of games the past two years as I mainly watch the B1G tourney and NCAA tourney, but my understanding from reading was that Diabate, Houstan and Howard weren't necessarily quality starters and they still left.
I'm all for people getting paid for their skills but you want people to have those moments where they utterly dominate at the level they are at. No one will remember Houstan, Diabate or Howard's G-League performances. Jordan Poole is the obvious counter-argument, but he did have that shot in college and his pro-career is an exception to the rule.
By the time a 5 star is a quality starter, they leave.
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Correction, before a 5 star is a quality starter, they leave.
It's not bad luck, it's the reality of modern major college sports, which is now more like tier 2 pro sports.
It's a remarkable combination of not-fun for many fans and not academically valuable for student athletes.
"luck"
Nearing June and 3 open scholarships remain . Wtf is going on
the jury is definitely out still on Howard, but the roster last year should have had Collins, Llewellyn, Dug, Howard, Buffkin, Hunter, Diabate, and probably terrance Shannon. That would have been quite the roster....
What’s the excuse going to be this year?
NIL and admissions excuses have been well established.
Whatever happens next year is in no way Juwan's fault....just like last year with bad luck and Hunter not scoring 35 ppg
No Collins, Howard, Buffkin, Hunter, Diabate, and probably terrance Shannon
Bro if you lose 10 games in the last 30 seconds it's "bad luck"
Also Hunter held the team back last year! Don't forget that when the team averages 52 points a game and the savior Reed has 2 fouls in the first 9 minutes of every game while averaging 21 minutes a games and 8 pts and 3 boards and 4-5 fouls.... and the backup "center" is TWIIIIIIIII.
Not bad luck at all, Juwan had to know he was getting one year from Diabate, Houston, and Howard. And keep bringing in transfers should have realized Collins would bolt.
If we had Shannon last year, and Love this year, I think Dickinson may have stayed, and we would still be in good spot.
Would you say its beyond bad luck?
Papa was a rolling stone.
Now Papa gonna get some Rolling Rock.