William Patterson to the Portal

[JeremyCuse]

 

[NineOneSeven]

From the top rope! (not surprising to me though)

 

[JeremyCuse]

From the top rope! (not surprising to me though)

This one's surprising to me. A Raw prospect whose another McLeod injury from seeing a bunch of time as the backup

 

[phil77]

Didnt see this one coming.

 

[OCESIP]

Can't see many kids in today's environment being a
third option in any program. The musical chairs that
is the portal makes it as easy as clicking a button.

Surprised he waited this long.

 

[NineOneSeven]

This one's surprising to me. A Raw prospect whose another McLeod injury from seeing a bunch of time as the backup

I disagree there tbh. Could also mean someone else is coming in at the 4/5. Wish we could have seen him play though, and would have been totally good with him staying. He'll go down as one of the all time forgettable SU players now (granted a RS isn't really fair, but still).

 

[Cheriehoop]

With McLeod recuperating from injury, does that mean we should be looking to the portal for another center?

 

[PauliePeppas]

Welp, was very high on him going forward. Plenty of room for a big next year (and this year tbh)

 

[hoopsupstate]

I wish it was Estrella.

 

[JeremyCuse]

I disagree there tbh. Could also mean someone else is coming in at the 4/5. Wish we could have seen him play though, and would have been totally good with him staying. He'll go down as one of the all time forgettable SU players now (granted a RS isn't really fair, but still).

Certainly could mean that and if that's the case him jumping in makes sense. However, that dies not appear to be the case which to me make this decision to jump in surprising as he was gonna be in the mix especially with McLeods injury and foul history.

 

[atlanticuse]

Maybe he's entering the NFL Draft tonight?

 

[007]

Certainly could mean that and if that's the case him jumping in makes sense. However, that dies not appear to be the case which to me make this decision to jump in surprising as he was gonna be in the mix especially with McLeods injury and foul history.

Wild guess...Patterson might already have a sense of where he is going and/or who might be coming.

 

[RF2044]

I think the fanbase over-estimated Patterson, based upon Griff's remarks earlier this season.

Would prefer to have him, but this doesn't seem like a big deal -- Patterson developing into a contributor here was no sure thing. He was the definition of a project -- and in the era of the portal, P5 teams don't necessarily have the luxury of developing projects over time.

Red now has the flexibility to now have a scholarship at his disposal to pursue a more experienced, proven big from the portal more suited to helping the team next year.

 

[Marsh01]

Problem is given how it works today you cant keep and develop many kids. Not surprised whatsoever

 

[CA Monk]

Hoping for $20K from Kent State or thereabouts

 

[sutomcat]

Wild guess...Patterson might already have a sense of where he is going and/or who might be coming.

I would guess Siena but I think they have a bunch of bigs already.

The class will not go down in history as a strong one. We got 0.0 contributions from it.

 

[gmacfor3]

I think the fanbase over-estimated Patterson, based upon Griff's remarks earlier this season.

Would prefer to have him, but this doesn't seem like a big deal -- Patterson developing into a contributor here was no sure thing. He was the definition of a project -- and in the era of the portal, P5 teams don't necessarily have the luxury of developing projects over time.

Red now has the flexibility to now have a scholarship at his disposal to pursue a more experienced, proven big from the portal more suited to helping the team next year.

I think this could mean that freeman will get some minutes at the 5 when Cuse goes small/more offense ?? They are an injury away from Freeman being the backup 5

 

[DilemaCuse]

I never understood his recruitment. It never really made sense, with PC already here.

Im thinking it was one that JB liked and JB thought he was still going to be around for another year or more.

Of the last 2 recruiting classes of solely HS players, 6 out of the 7 have left. Only Chris Bell remains from JBs Best Recruiting Class ever.

 

[hoopsupstate]

This is the exact reason you no longer redshirt players. We could have used Patterson in a couple of spot minutes when we were in a tough spot. Red thought about it, but thought it might be in Patterson‘s best interest to keep the redshirt.

 

[Orangefizz]

The big that I want as a power forward/center would be Supreme Cook from Georgetown. I know it’s Georgetown, but look at the skills that he has as a reserve PF/C.

 

[RF2044]

I think this could mean that freeman will get some minutes at the 5 when Cuse goes small/more offense ?? They are an injury away from Freeman being the backup 5

Davis, more likely.

He's a fourth year collegiate player, who started out at Providence. Have to envision that he'd be the break glass in case of emergency 5, behind Lamkin / McLeod.

But to your point -- in small ball matchups, Davis or Freeman could both play there.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Impressively, it was weird he came on when he did, and somehow it's also weird he's in the portal.

 

[Hopkins16]

Best wishes to him. He is extremely raw and really cannot help a team trying to regain its past stature. Shedding guys like him and Carey and going after "ready" centers will help us get and retain forwards and have them not worry about playing out of position. Nothing against the kid, but I've been waiting and wanting for this.

 

[syrBossHogg]

Well we're getting the roster turnover some wanted. Only five guys left from last year's team?

 

[jdubs30]

Between Donnie and Davis at the 4, and Lampkin and McLeod at the 5 - it’s pretty obvious the minutes are spoken for

But If you can convince a 2024 HS kid (or a 2025 that reclasses) to come now with the promise that next year, all 4 guys ahead of him are all leaving and he’ll have a big role…. He’d be used only in emergencies this year. A kid that can play at this level. That would be the ideal use of this scholarship