Another appropriate word to describe the roster construct.
Intend to believe dasher about what? Just curious. Not privy to the information of those posts...
I'll answer for him. I have been saying because I have been told by people that know, that we are not seeking forward help in the portal. And as further proof, we haven't seen our name mentioned with any forwards in the portal, have we? Jb is happy to go with what we have. Either he is playing chess while the rest of us are playing checkers, or he is really missing the boat.
Thanks. I read a lot of posts but tough to remember each and every one.
And if I hear, well these forwards aren't ready I will go nuts. We could have told you that back in April coach.
"If I had anyone else, he wouldn't play a minute"
guessing you mean "aren't ready" for if/when JB (in ultra-defensive JB manner) goes with that after a loss next season?
I think they will still *try* to fill this spot - not sure how hard or to what extent they'll try... as to the forwards, yeah can't help but be very very skeptical
| ACC |
| Brevin Galloway, 6-2, 200, G, Sr., Boston College (8.3 ppg) Kanye Jones, 6-4, 170, G, Fr., Boston College (1.8 ppg) – BUFFALO Justin Vander Baan, 7-0, 230, C, Soph., Boston College (1.2 ppg) |
| Al-Amir Dawes, 6-2, 182, G, Jr., Clemson (11.3 ppg, 40 3-pt%) Nick Honor, 510, 205, G, Jr., Clemson (7.7 ppg) |
| ** Michael Savarino, 6-0, 180, G, Jr., Duke (1.1 ppg) |
| Quincy Ballard, 7-0, 240, C, Soph., Florida State (0.9 ppg) – WICHITA STATE Alaaeddine Boutayeb, 7-2, 225, C, Fr., Florida State (Didn’t play) |
| Saba Gigiberia, 7-1, 248, C, Soph., Georgia Tech (2.5 ppg) ** Jehloni James, 6-6, 192, , Jr., Georgia Tech (Didn’t play) Khalid Moore, 6-7, 208, , Sr., Georgia Tech (5.2 ppg, 3.4 rpg) Bubba Parham, 5-10, 161, G, Sr., Georgia Tech (0 ppg – 2 games) – SAMFORD |
| ** Brad Colbert, 6-2, 185, G, Soph., Louisville (0.3 ppg – 4 games) Matt Cross, 6-7, 225, , Soph., Louisville (5.8 ppg, 3.9 rpg) Dre Davis, 6-5, 220, G, Soph., Louisville (7.4 ppg) Noah Locke, 6-3, 205, G, Sr., Louisville (9.6 ppg) – PROVIDENCE Samuell Williamson, 6-7, 205, , Jr., Louisville (5.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg) – SMU Gabe Wiznitzer, 6-11, 240, C, Soph., Louisville (0.4 ppg – 5 games) – OHIO |
| Thomas Allen, 6-1, 175, G, Sr., NC State (3.8 ppg) Manny Bates, 6-11, 230, , Jr., NC State (0 ppg – 1 game) Jaylon Gibson, 6-10, 220, , Soph., NC State (2.7 ppg) Cam Hayes, 6-3, 180, G, Soph., NC State (7.0 ppg) – LSU |
| Dawson Garcia, 6-11, 235, , Soph., North Carolina (9.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg) – MINNESOTA Anthony Harris, 6-4, 195, G, Soph., North Carolina (2.6 ppg) Andrew Platek, 6-4, 215, SG, Sr., North Carolina (2020-21: 3.7 ppg) – SIENA |
| ** Elijah Morgan, 6-1, 170, G, Soph., Notre Dame (1.0 ppg) |
| Max Amadasun, 6-10, 230, C, Soph., Pittsburgh (0.3 ppg – 7 games) Noah Collier, 6-8, 210, , Soph., Pittsburgh (1.5 ppg) – WILLIAM & MARY ** Onyebuchi Ezeakudo, 6-0, 180, G, Sr., Pittsburgh (2.1 ppg) Ithiel Horton, 6-3, 200, G, Jr., Pittsburgh (9.8 ppg) Femi Odukale, 6-5, 185, G, Soph., Pittsburgh (10.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.4 apg) Daniel Oladapo, 6-7, 220, , Sr., Pittsburgh (3.3 ppg) – NC CENTRAL Chris Payton, 6-7, 210, , Jr., Pittsburgh (0.8 ppg) ** Chayce Smith, 6-3, 185, G, Sr., Pittsburgh (0 ppg – 3 games) |
| Frank Anselem, 6-10, 215, C, Soph., Syracuse (2.6 ppg, 3.8 rpg) |
| Carson McCorkle, 6-3, 185, G, Soph., Virginia (1.3 ppg) – WOFFORD ** Chris McGahren, 6-2, 196, , Sr., Virginia (0 ppg – 2 games) Igor Milicic Jr., 6-10, 224, G, Fr., Virginia (2.1 ppg) ** Jayden Nixon, 6-3, 200, G, Sr., Virginia (0 ppg – 2 games) ** Malachi Poindexter, 6-2, 190, G, Soph., Virginia (1.0 ppg) – ILLINOIS STATE |
| Nahiem Alleyne, 6-4, 195, G, Jr., Virginia Tech (9.6 ppg) Jalen Haynes, 6-8, 250, , Fr., Virginia Tech (0.8 ppg – 9 games) John Ojiako, 6-10, 245, C, Jr., Virginia Tech (2.4 ppg) |
| Tariq Ingraham, 6-9, 260, , RS Soph., Wake Forest (2020-21:11 ppg – 2 games) – RIDER ** Luc Robinson, 6-10, 260, , Fr., Wake Forest (Didn’t play) Carter Whitt, 6-3, 180, G, Fr., Wake Forest (1.7 ppg) – FURMAN |
I'd take Jimmy in a heartbeat right now.
Do you mean they're targeting a specific person that we haven't heard about? Or that's their general strategy and they hope one becomes available?
Yes, please.
I'm relieved to hear that. When I didn't hear about Cuse being in the mix for any bigs, I was worried they gave up on transfers and decided to role with the 12 they have. I'm surprised they don't take a more broad-brush approach and contact every big who would help the team, and then take the first to commit.
Slim pickings for grad student centers. Maybe it's Nicholas Kratholm (Niagara) or Eduardo Lane (San Jose State). A stud center isn't coming for a backup role. There's a handful of available PFs who could play center, but I read, also posted by dasher, that they aren't contacting any forwards to keep Benny and the freshman happy.
Yeah, my concern was that I didn't hear/read anything about other contacts after Ballard "shocked" us. We definitely need a transfer big who can hold it down for 10 minutes per game.
Nicholas Kratholm makes sense. Grad center from Niagara, a local mid-major. Would probably be happy to be a backup at an ACC school. Valedictorian of Niagara with a degree in biotech. Obviously academics are important to him so maybe he'll want to go to the ivy league or other elite academic school for a master's that would help him post-basketball. Not sure what SU's grad options look like as I went to Siena -- however based on a quick online search it appears SU has a biotech masters. He also plays forward, but probably wouldn't command the start like other transfers would, so maybe he'd be a good option who wouldn't upset Benny and who could slide over to the 4 if necessary.
