Class of 2023 C Luke Wilson (GA) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (4/21/26)

[sufandu]

Truth always lies somewhere in the middle.

I think you’re foolish if you think our current roster is elite. I think you’re also foolish if you think that there is no value in some of the guys we have brought in.

As AZorange said… nobody knows anything. Outside of maybe a handful of teams, everybody is moesching (see what I did there) a completely new roster. Not every addition has to become a topic of ncaa tournament or a potential doom or gloom outlook from the same posters on either side of the aisle here.

It’s tiring. We know your agendas.

I think it also depends on people's expectations. If people expect us to go toe to toe with the top 10 teams nationally and have a legitimate shot at an ACC championship with a deep tournament run, then the roster is inadequate. If we expect to win enough to be top half of the ACC and make the tournament without sweating the bubble, we seem to be on track. With a roster like this, it'll come down to coaching. We have guys that can help in different ways. Can guys get developed and can GMac push the right buttons to maximize the pieces? If he can, he can point to that next year when portal hunting and fund raising and upgrade the roster more.

 

[djorange1989]

If we don't have a good enough team to win in year one, yes, it will be harder for him to match the amount of money he got this year in year two.

Ok but again, if we have a successful year, then he will have more money. Your statement that he won’t have more money than he got this offseason is pure prediction, not the fact that you made it out to be

 

[bnoro]

I'm hoping Doty is the 2009-2010 version of Andy Rautins. If he comes close to that I'll be very impressed.

Honestly, this is insulting to Andy Rautins.

 

[Niastri]

Yup. Another outlier with one of the best freshman ever. Any team that plays small ball needs something else that makes up for the lack of size.

He was referring, I think, to the 2009-2010 team led by Wes Johnson, Andy Rautins and Arinze Onuaku. That had junior year Rick Jackson. Both Jackson and Onuaku were relatively short centers, but were big and strong and skilled.

But the engine for that team was elite wing play, with Johnson, Rautins and Kris Joseph leading the team in scoring. The insanely good defense had a lot to do with it as well. It was probably the most dominant zone of JB's career. The team was top10 in steals and blocks, 25th in defensive 2pt% and 27th in 3pt% Opponents literally couldn't go anywhere on the court with the ball without something bad happening to them.

Brandon Triche and Scoop Jardine rounded out the rotation. Mookie Jones, Dash Riley and James Southerland were deep depth minutes, but they all had DNP for more than half the games.

It was the epitome of a top heavy JB roster, and a very serious contender for the title until Arinze went down with a knee injury.

Back to the topic of Luke Wilson, if he can be as good as either Rick Jackson or Arinze were that year, that would be wonderful.

 

[Marsh01]

Death….taxes…people on this board complaining about something that we have no clue what will happen.