I think it is likely that we would only take one more potential multi year piece but if there was a grad transfer option that doesn't hurt your ability to recruit guys for next year.
I don't think coaches are as concerned with finding a way to open scholarships. The transfer portal (IMO) kind of works both ways now. I don't know who it will be, but we will likely two 4/5s completely buried on the depth chart next year. It wouldn't be surprising, at all, to see one or two of them leave. If we sign two more multi-year grad transfers, we will likely have another player or two buried (and potentially looking).
You're crazy if you think Ihnen is only going to play 4-8 minutes a game
Would have to agree with you. Reports last summer said that Ihnen had gotten much, much better before he got hurt. I think he absolutely will compete for a starting position if his rehab went well and the reports last summer were accurate.
How do you know he was prioritized?
I agree. While this roster is much different than last year's, I believe Ihnen would have played 25 minutes a game last year had he not been injured and we would have won a few more games. I think a lot of those minutes would have been at the 4 and 5 spots in the lineup.
Not if we see sophomore year Ihnen, but I would agree if we see 2nd half of Freshman year Ihnen.
Because he's the only player that stayed.
That doesn't mean he was prioritized, or that any of the others weren't.
I think Spaulding would tend to agree with you about Kapke, definitely not Marquette material
Lol he just tore his ACL in a year that he badly needed to establish himself, he has shown to be too slow to guard wings on the perimeter, he has a slow high arching shot from deep. I think he can battle on the inside, but quite frankly Fox, Payne and Garcia are all better than him. I don't see a path right now where he gets more than eight minutes a game
Fox, Garcia, Payne, whose he going to take minutes from? As far as positive reports go, do you really think the coach is going to say oh he fucking sucks I hope he transfers or tears ACL? I bet if I really wanted to look I could find positive reports on the likes of Jelly Fam, Konate, Gaston, Kevin Dorsey, Mav etc
We could only dream of having so much talent that Ihnen would be relegated to 9th man playing four minutes. The reality is he will play 20 minutes or more as sometimes starter and otherwise speller of three big men starters from the bench.
Not really disrespectful, just flat wrong. And let's hope Ihnen is too busy working on post footwork, along with puring his stroke with 300 threes a day, to be reading GH.
He's not going to take PT from anyone. He's going to be in a regular rotation of bigs to keep five guys fresh and strong 40 minutes. He will start some and come off the bench some. Either way he averages 20-plus a night.
There are only 80 minutes per night spread across the 4/5.
Yep. If I had to guess based on the roster right now, I'd see Garcia and Battle getting about 30 a game. Ihnen and Fox about 20-25. Then Payne and Thompson picking up the rest of the minutes.
With what we have for ball handlers, I think Battle is a 3 all year long. Ihnen is not a good 3 man but he will spell Battle there some, IMO. Ihnen could be anywhere from 15-25 minutes depending on how his recovery went and how hard he has worked on his game.
Unless facing a team that plays small a lot, I see Battle at the 3 most of the time.
I agree with this, and also agree with the previous post about having some guys who can stay in front of quick point guards. It would be useful for one of the next transfers to have those skills, but if not they'll have to play great help defense-not impossible. I think one guy who will get more minutes than most people are thinking is Payne. He will give great effort, and he's the only guy right now (Fox could be in the discussion) who can be really physical in the post. He'll surprise!
Of that group only Battle and Dawson will get 30 plus.
I'm hoping that's not the case. I think playing Ihnen at the 3 would be an absolute disaster. He doesn't have the handles of a wing and he would destroy spacing.
I agree with you, but then where do 20 minutes come for Ihnen?
How do you know Payne is better than him?
