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I'm of the opinion that if you have a player who can't see the floor at all as a freshman, they are probably not going to be a major contributor as an upperclassman. However Betts is a player I am willing to be patient on and see if he can contribute this year. We had an incredible log jam at...

I put this guy and the “sane” guy on ignore a week ago and I gotta say it has improved the board measurably.

Only the most serious of conjecture from me from here on out

I posted this in another thread. Nearly every likely contributor will be in their 4th or 5th year post highschool. Ben is really banking on making up a talent gap with experience. I'm preemptively annoyed at the color commentators bringing this up even more frequently than Luke Loewe's fishing...

In case anybody was wondering what the raw numbers were, he shot 2/16 his freshman year.

It looks like Ben's strategy is to put together experienced rosters. Essentially recreating the scrappy 12 seed mid/low major who can knock off 5 seeds because they are all 2-3 years older than the more talented players. While sprinkling in a few local MN guys who want to be here (like a Dawson...

If we get Trey Edmonds and Lu'Cye Patterson...if nothing else we are very old. I don't think this looks like a very competitive team in the Big Ten though. Patterson - 5th year Mike Mitchell - 4th year Rigsby - 4th year Garcia - 5th year Frank Mitchell - 4th year Trey Edmonds - 4th year Fox -...

Would be an interesting pickup. He averaged 2.5 assists per game, 2nd on the team behind Nik Graves (2.8). I wonder if this would mean having less of a ball dominant point guard system next year, after back to back years of having top 10 assists per game guys in Cooper and Hawkins. I wonder if...

Or Athletic Director

Seems like us and Illinois are the only bigger programs in contact, guess it depends on if he wants to be a reserve or a play a bigger role. He only averaged 13 minutes per game at Hawaii. He also tore his ACL in January. Hard to see him being ready to play many minutes in the B10 next year. He...

I doubt he is a bench player unless Christie comes back. Ben has a history of signing transfer players and playing them more minutes than they got at their previous school, even when it was a lower level. I doubt a guy who played 23 mpg for an NCAA team who has more NIL than us is coming for a...

One variable I have not seen yet mentioned, was Pharrell Payne’s back injury. Every time he landed hard I cringed and held my breath until he was able to come back in the game again. Seems like we are trading a higher potential and rim protection, for better rebounding and a healthier player.

A good test case of this is the G-league. In theory, some of the best college players which should make for an entertaining product. The Iowa Wolves averaged 4,148/game last year (2022-2023), which was a franchise record (and they were 2nd in the G-league). The South Bay Lakers were averaged...

I have a bit of very cautious optimism that we have not seen any recent offers to portal transfer guards (after it seemed like we had a lot in mid March). Seems like our focus is on a post right now to replace Payne as he is confirmed transferring. Hopefully this means Ben has reason to think...

Keinys was a late commit (June 20th) when we had an open scholarship. I have no problem taking a low % swing that a complete unknown from overseas may pan out. It appears it did not work out. Frankly I'm glad we are done with this after one year instead of a Gaston Diedhiou situation...

I listened to that Mike Grimm podcast last week where he interviewed Ryan James. Incredibly, they said that a major reason Ben Johnson missed on all those in state recruits this year was we only had 2 scholarships to give, and JOJ/Betts were already clogging up the PF spot. When I heard it I...

Payne left because he is not an NBA prospect and can make money now. Christie might leave because he is an NBA prospect and can make money now. Carrington won't get NIL, but got playing time. JOJ won't get NIL, but left so he can get playing time. Henley left a losing program where he was a...

Keep NIL, but reinstitute the 1 year sit out if you transfer. No free transfers. If the program really wants you they will pay you to sit. And if you really want to transfer to a different institution to complete your education, you should be thrilled to have an extra year of study on full...

I agree on the whole with your point. But just wanted to note his FT% actually went down this year, from 48.6% to 47.2%. He did finish the season on a hot streak, shooting 77% in March (17/22). I liked his little drive he started doing from the free throw line. Really surprised some guys. If...

The priority guys Ben brings in usually see similar or increased minutes at Minnesota, even when going up a level. Elijah Hawkins went from 29.6 at Howard to 33.3 Talon Cooper went from 33.9 at Morehead State to 36.7 here (and back to 33.7 at South Carolina) Mike Mitchell dropped from 33.6 on...