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So which is it.....does he need to balance the classes or treat every player as a one year commitment? :) I don't think balancing classes in the traditional sense matters but it is good to see guys come on board with multiple years left so that there is at least the possibility they could stick...

Over on the football side the portal has actually been pretty good to us. But football portal is very different. Lots of player movement but at least in that sport you don't have entire teams being rebuilt on a yearly basis.

Yeah....he is almost certainly headed to Maryland but if he wanted to come back I would be shocked if Niko would turn him down.

lol....but in fairness to the poster it has been a while (as long as you ignore Ola-Joseph) last one before him that I could find was Jamal Abu-Shamala from the 08-09 team.

Don't get me wrong, a strong case could be made for both guys. I just feel like Hawkins speed and elite ability to set guys up would have gone a long way towards fixing many of the issues we had on offense this year. Watching Hawkins in the tournament was a reminder of just how special he can...

Hawkins was a far bigger loss than Payne.....but both were big losses. A do not contact combined with a coaching change almost always seems to mean the player is following the coach so agree with those the expect Payne to be headed to Maryland.

Being a fan is still fun but it is very different now than just a few years ago. Tough to get invested in any particular players (especially in basketball) since you have no clue if they are going to be around. Also tough to project a team out beyond the current year because there is so much...

Considering how explosive he still was coming off two major knee injuries it would have been a lot of fun to have gotten pre-injuries Parker on the team. Was really excited about him when he committed to come here and glad we at least got a few years out of him even if that time was delayed...

Portal recruiting has to be insane for coaching staffs. In addition to the 1000+ already in the portal, another 50 players or so went in yesterday, a couple have already gone in today and there will certainly be more. There are some fans that treat it like fantasy basketball where you just go...

Not sure I buy that the towel waivers deep on the bench are pulling down 6 figures but it would be a hell of a time to be a college basketball player right now with all the stupid money getting thrown around.

Maybe they were both here :)

Strong case could definitely be made that Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia had no business being in the field. Texas and Oklahoma especially since they finished well below .500 in league play. But overall the SEC proved it was a very deep conference this year based on how well the teams did in the...

Solid start....

This is not an April fools joke, Tre is legit in the portal. https://247sports.com/season/2025-basketball/transferportal/

I know people get tired of the "one of us" angle but if there is any chance Tre wants to come home would love to see it happen. Side note - there is something really off with his hand in that picture.....

I think there is still technically rules against it but I'm not sure there is any real enforcement of rules anymore.

Well he can just sue for the NIL money he wasn't able to earn while he was in college. Only fair that we pay all the old players all the money they would have gotten if they played today.

Found a video link to the exchange. Your details seem a little bit off from what actually happened... :)

Unrestricted free agency for every player every year is a horrible and unsustainable system. Seeing more players going into the portal but saying they are leaving open the possibility to come back which translates to "pay me more money and I will come back....don't and I'm gone to the highest...

Good point. This is the most obvious day where there is a lot of BS out there but it certainly isn't exclusive to April 1st.