I don't know what other teams have coming in, but Milan has been out there as a 4 often enough, and most of the time when we have had him at the 3, we've been bigger than the teams that we play.
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I could see Curtis. He's a legit player that's on the bench now. Unless they show him there is an option for him to start next year I could see some team giving him that promise.
Momcilovic - Money talks and he could get a large payday. See Hunter.. I would hope that doesn't happen but it def could. Could see the NBA come calling too if he has a strong tourney performance.
Pav at least has two years left so he could see his potential for a starting position his senior year. I would think he's want to stay unless he wants to go down a level to start again.
Now with unlimited transfers there is just no guarantee players stay. There has to be a lot of hard conversations the coaches have to have. The only player I would be very surprised would be Lipsey.. and Gilbert to a lesser extent.
Someone will leave. Has happened every year since like 2008
Not to mention a trip to Hawaii over Thanksgiving!
We probably need a portal big who can defend and rebound. But next season a lot depends on the staff view of Watson and Biliew's roles.
First, from a development standpoint, does the staff project them as 20+ mpg players?
Second, position fit. Can Biliew play big minutes at the 5 on an elite Big12 team? aka Can a frontcourt of Biliew & Momcilovic hold their own physically? And with Watson can he develop his offense & rebounding to be a Nader/Hogue player at the 3/4 spots.
If there are staff doubts on those two, they will need to go big for a couple portal post guys.
The one that I could see would be Watson and then potentially one of the guys who red shirted.
obviously hard to say, exactly because weird things happen.
But, right, theres a very high chance someone departs
If we want to bring in 2 transfers for the post, don't we need at least one transfer out with the 2 high school guards already signed?
Don't worry about scholarships in today's world. Someone will leave and most likely multiple.
The average amount of transfers out in college basketball last year was 3-4 players per team I believe.
The goal with our outgoing transfers is just to not be our best guys. We can afford to lose some players and use the portal to get just as good players or players that can fill a role better. Hopefully we keep everyone but someone is leaving. To think that we are the only team that won't lose a player is kind of crazy
As for guys leaving - Pav seems like the obvious candidate but he'd have to sit a year; I suppose he could probably redshirt it and still play 2.
Hamilton is a legacy guy, but potential that he thinks (or gets told) that the 2 incoming guards will be ahead of him. I'd guess better chance he's here next year and then not here in '25/26 if Pierce/Nojus get PT over him.
I could see scenarios where both Omaha and Milan leave for professional opportunities. Omaha planned to be a 1 and done and even though he's not getting drafted this year, he may have no intention to stay in school and could easily head to G League or overseas. Milan could potentially be playing himself into a 2nd round draft pick, and as we saw with Horton-Tucker and Wigginton, some guys are willing to jump at that chance.
Watson is staring at a big role and starter minutes next year. No reason for him to leave unless he just goes full highest bidder
Hamilton is a legacy guy, but potential that he thinks (or gets told) that the 2 incoming guards will be ahead of him. I'd guess better chance he's here next year and then not here in '25/26 if Pierce/Nojus get PT over him.
I could see scenarios where both Omaha and Milan leave for professional opportunities. Omaha planned to be a 1 and done and even though he's not getting drafted this year, he may have no intention to stay in school and could easily head to G League or overseas. Milan could potentially be playing himself into a 2nd round draft pick, and as we saw with Horton-Tucker and Wigginton, some guys are willing to jump at that chance.
Watson is staring at a big role and starter minutes next year. No reason for him to leave unless he just goes full highest bidder
if there was a sportsbook who had this prop bet, i'd put my 401k down on them not leaving
I'd put your 401k down on it as well.
I hate to speculate, but I'd be pretty comfortable saying at least 1, maybe 2 of Pav/Watson/Fish/ Hamilton won't be here next year.
He's getting 30 minutes a game and TJ has been subbing him and Ward in a minute or two into the game most nights. I'd be shocked if he left.
Usually teamed with Watson which kinda evens things out.
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The only reason Jones would leave is if Indrusaitis is hands down better and that would be very unlikely.
I am game. Talked to a coach a few years ago about utilizing the Cirrus more, if only I had the money to fund all of the ratings I need these would be dream jobs for me.
And even if he comes in and has instant impact on offense, it’s HIGHLY unlikely any freshman is going to replace Curtis’s defense
Unfortunately I have to say in this day and age I wouldn't be surprised if we have attrition to the portal as well. So now, you're talking replacing up to maybe 5 roster spots. I have my thoughts on who would seek other opportunities, but I'll keep them to myself as it's not cool to put those vibes out there when you don't know what each players/coaching staff's mindset is at the end of the year.
Is it something that automatically triggers in people where we get a Top 10 ranking and they feel the powerful urge to doomcast about next year's team and players leaving?