Class of 2023 C Owen Freeman (IL) Portal from Creighton

[007]

Just throwing this out there and this is not based on any info I’ve been able to gather.

Could it be possible if we don’t land freeman, we then turn to a moneyball strategy for center. What I mean is we sign another rim protector maybe a Jerald colonel or a cheaper option and go all in on athletic defensive centers.

Then with the left over money we would’ve spend on freeman, we instead sign an offensive first guard. I don’t know about you guys but I wouldn’t absolutely hate that strategy.

If we don't get Freemen, adding Colonel would give Gerry some interesting options relative to playing with positional size at the 4 and high end defenders at the other spots. But, I'd be surprised if Colonel doesn't command more NIL than a "moneyball" option.

 

[granthath9]

Mingo's a PG and we have a connection, right?
So he would seem to be the one from that list who might still be in play.

Possibly. He’s still taking visits to schools he was previously offered by before he committed to Carolina. Not sure what our chances are.

 

[RedtheGOB]

I wouldn’t hate it but we would need to land a major impact player at guard. Right now I don’t see the offense firepower needed to be a tournament team.

While I agree offense is a question mark. The bar for a tournament team is not as high as people think.

We need to stack wins in the ACC and right now the bottom half of the ACC is a mess. The bar for the tourney is gonna be much lower with expansion too.

If you dig past the headlines it’s the vast majority of P5 teams and all but a handful of midmajors that are in a world of hurt with the portal and we aren’t one of them.

We should have high expectations but at the same time the commentary has always been we would be top 3rd of the ACC and that’s where I think we’re trending. We’re not top 3 and no one ever has made bold claims like saying we’re gonna outspend top BIG and SEC teams.

Obvi teams like Pitt and BC have surprised a little but at the same time a bunch of middle of the pack ACC teams have had mass exoduses and that’s with bringing back their coach.

 

[hoopsupstate]

I wouldn’t hate it but we would need to land a major impact player at guard. Right now I don’t see the offense firepower needed to be a tournament team.

Tobiason and Doty are both better than any of the wings we had last year and far better defensively.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Tobiason and Doty are both better than any of the wings we had last year and far better defensively.

Well, Tobiason looks like a clear upgrade on JJ.

I'm not so sure Doty at the 3 is going to be an upgrade on Kingz. He will probably rebound better, and shoot free throws better, but even with his terrible start to the season, Kingz still wound up at almost 37% from three.