We only get King for one season, but he could be a big reason why we could have success again next year. I could certainly see us landing another great PG in the portal next year. "This is what King did for us....we want you to be that guy".
Well summed up. I always wanted Gilly to be more assertive out there, sometimes he deferred too much. King is a true alpha PG, he will distribute but he is gonna get his and he is gonna let the other team know that as well.
Exactly. Mooney is already widely known as a coach who can develop great PG's, but now he can hit the portal market this year and show what he can do for transfer PG looking for a bigger stage to show themselves on.
Yep, I mentioned this in another thread. Can be a great selling point. Of course, I am not sure how there was not more interest in him to begin with. His size of course. And I think his numbers for the entire season last season were down from previous, BUT he put up big numbers at the end of the season.
Especially after last year where we turned the reigns over to a freshman PG. Think those days may be over. Why suffer through a 2-3 year rebuild when you can bring in a seasoned PG and make them even better?
Great post. It got me thinking of the craziness in the transfer portal and how difficult it likely is for high school guys going through the recruiting process. Easier for coaches to see a player has proven it at the college level than to take one without any experience. But each team has to fill their roster so there will be spots somewhere, just maybe not at top levels.
Absolutely. But getting the likes of a Jordan King in portal regularly is a challenge. He’s a special talent.
To have any chance of Jarin or an equivalent, think we would need to double or triple what our total NIL was last year - but maybe that is possible if this season continues to go the way it is.
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I generally agree that the key to our success is finding guys who are performing well in mid-major programs and want to transfer up to an A-10 program. I think we wanna stay away from underperforming P5 guys. The difference in hoops from a P5 and an A-10 level is small and if a kid can't hack it at a P5, unlikely they are going to come here and be a superstar. Likewise the difference between a mid-major and A-10 is also not that great, so if a kid is putting up really good numbers at a mid major, I think the generally translates well to being able to produce here.
I haven't checked, but people expected Rice to follow some former VT assistant to Maryland, as I recall.
Huh. I could have sworn he scored more than 4 *million* points here, I think they are actually shortchanging him a bit!speaking of Jarin, his dad was a great player for us ... but his stats are a little inflated in Jarin's bio!
Jarin Stevenson - Men's Basketball - University of Alabama Athletics
Jarin Stevenson (15) Forward - Prep Attended Seaforth high school Named the 2023 North Carolina Gatorade Player of the Year Ranked as a five-star and
