Potential 2025-26 Roster

[IthacaMatt]

Portal talent is going to be significantly down. It wouold be a mistake to let him walk

I guess we'll see. It depends on the price and his role.
We need at least 3 guys better than him to be starters for next year, plus a couple bench players better than we had this year.

 

[Scooch]

Better odds than what everyone here probably thinks. I can say that for sure

Interesting. I’m happy to hear that. JJ chucking 10 threes the game before last might have been the low point of the season for me. Worse than any of our blown leads. Because it signaled a player who was selfishly out of control, and a coach who didn’t staple his butt to the bench to stop it. Just a complete breakdown.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Interesting. I’m happy to hear that. JJ chucking 10 threes the game before last might have been the low point of the season for me. Worse than any of our blown leads. Because it signaled a player who was selfishly out of control, and a coach who didn’t staple his butt to the bench to stop it. Just a complete breakdown.

He did have some terrific games this year, but wins and losses don't lie. We blew so many late game leads because of his play. We lost 5 out of our last 7, and 9 out of our last 13.

 

[sweetpea]

Here is what we do.
Offer NIL to the entire starting 5 of this year's Division 2 national championship team. Offer their head coach or assistant head coach a huge raise to become an assistant. Blend them with the incoming Frosh. Pay Donnie to stay and I bet we make the dance.
Each year do the same thing. Bring on a whole starting 5.

Still trying to get the Daemen guy in here?

 

[IthacaMatt]

Portal talent is going to be significantly down.

Curious why you say that. It's not open for another 2 weeks, although I've seen some guys already declare.

 

[IthacaMatt]

You haven't thought Petar was good enough since the start of the season. He's a useful player, and had a pretty good freshman year. His advance stats are very favorable. In 13 minutes he gave us 3 pts, 3 rebounds, almost an assist a game and hit some threes. That's pretty good for a 3rd big man in his first year.

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You can see that in only 4 of the last 10 games did we play decent defense, and then we played very well in a couple of those games, and got blown out in the rest.

You look at the offense, and we've been pretty good ever since the Duke game, but they make everybody look bad. It's late game execution, and mostly bad defense that is the problem.

 

[cardiac]

Curious why you say that. It's not open for another 2 weeks, although I've seen some guys already declare.

Because revenue share is inflating the players salaries. So they are more likely to stay, it’s harder to entice them to leave. The talent level is gonna be slim pickings and no 5th year guys

 

[IthacaMatt]

Because revenue share is inflating the players salaries. So they are more likely to stay, it’s harder to entice them to leave. The talent level is gonna be slim pickings and no 5th year guys

Not everybody's NIL is going up by orders of magnitude. Not ever school has the resources, alumni network, media presence, size of arena, that we have, and they will have to find a way to compete. Surely we can do it. They got their mulligan with this season.

 

[IthacaMatt]

He was an average defender on this team. Four players better, five players worse.

Edit: He fell down 1 spot in the final ranking for the year. Not great, since we were a bad defensive team until the very end of the year, but not the worst guy, either. It's right there to look at.

 

[bnoro]

Why can’t they keep him and get a stud PG?

JJ's habits are the habits of a losing player. You will not win with a guy like him on the team, regardless of the pieces around him and the role he plays. He thinks he is a hero. He isn't good enough to be a hero.

 

[Red2003]

JJ's habits are the habits of a losing player. You will not win with a guy like him on the team, regardless of the pieces around him and the role he plays. He thinks he is a hero. He isn't good enough to be a hero.

The truth hurts, but it's true. 20-40 as an ACC starter or right around there over 3 years says it all.

I'm not sure he thinks he's a hero though, I think he has low bball IQ and very little situational awareness which leads him down terrible shots and no defense. Also for our most experienced player he doesn't have the leadership needed.

 

[Cusefan0307]

I don't think some realize how bad Starling has been for most of ACC play. He's 63 for his last 184(34%) going back to the Pitt game in the dome and 15-67(22%) from 3.

 

[pwong]

Curious why you say that. It's not open for another 2 weeks, although I've seen some guys already declare.

There are no more 5th year COVID guys. That was probably the top 20% of the portal last year (think Kadary Richmond, Ed Lampkin, Oumar Ballo, Norchad Omier, Chaz Lanier, Cliff Omouryi, Jeremy Roach, etc). Everyone will need top end PGs and Cs.

 

[RF2044]

Here is what we do.
Offer NIL to the entire starting 5 of this year's Division 2 national championship team. Offer their head coach or assistant head coach a huge raise to become an assistant. Blend them with the incoming Frosh. Pay Donnie to stay and I bet we make the dance.
Each year do the same thing. Bring on a whole starting 5.

Or -- here's a better idea -- just hire a great coaching prospect like Drake did, and reap the benefits.

 

[Scooch]

Here is what we do.
Offer NIL to the entire starting 5 of this year's Division 2 national championship team. Offer their head coach or assistant head coach a huge raise to become an assistant. Blend them with the incoming Frosh. Pay Donnie to stay and I bet we make the dance.
Each year do the same thing. Bring on a whole starting 5.

Dude.

Our CAA all-stars were woefully incapable of competing in the ACC, and you want to bring in Division 2 players?

I know you like that D2 coach, but I think you've gone around the bend on this. Remember how Carlos looked great against D2 competition?

 

[Fly Rodder]

It's almost portal season!

Gametime at 7pm, portal announcements at 9.01PM

 

[Cusefan0307]

Here is what we do.
Offer NIL to the entire starting 5 of this year's Division 2 national championship team. Offer their head coach or assistant head coach a huge raise to become an assistant. Blend them with the incoming Frosh. Pay Donnie to stay and I bet we make the dance.
Each year do the same thing. Bring on a whole starting 5.

Must've been drinking last night.