I’m thinking you have Chadwick a lower than he will be used. He is a flat out man with a lot of athleticism. If he can catch a ball he will get similar minutes to what Grove and Shinholster get this year.
Very possible. Hard to know where freshman will fit in. If Omot is healthy, one of Omot/Grove/Chadwick probably won't play much.
Omot is not an option at the five. Chadwick, Cracker, and Grove are the guys with Viahola down low.
I agree, it is hard to tell what a freshman is going to do their first year. Thinking of Grove, he was rated fairly high his senior year of high school in Minnesota and we didn't get anything out of him until recently. I hope Otis is right and Chadrack is ready to go when he gets on campus but you never know. I think eventually he will do just fine.
I can see a pipeline from NC that would bring 6'10" James Brown to MN as a Big Ten center. He is not playing currently, he's a great kid, has good touch and a feel for the game.
Losing can become a habit. That is the part that concerns me.
Not to nitpick too badly (I absolutely agree it’s hard to tell with any young recruits, especially big men), but Grove and Mpoyi are not ranked too similarly despite being both 3* recruits. Mpoyi per 247 is ranked #147 overall nationally whereas Grove was the #65 ranked power forward and only the 9th rated MN recruit. We knew Grove was more of a project. Mpoyi might take some time but his ceiling is significantly higher.
Agreed. But this is Gopherhole…down here… equivocation is god.
You forgot Anderson. I am not sold that Evans is a fit next to Asuma, but maybe. I think that there will be at least three significant 25 minute + portal pickups. Niko is not going to settle for that starting lineup. He wants to win now.
With all due respect why not? It is the transfer portal era. Hitting big on a couple portal kids can get you there. I understand it isn't the sweet sixteen but Iowa State went from 2 wins to 22 wins. The only difference was the coach and the players he bought in. Slow playing is kinda dead. You can't assume anyone is sticking around anymore. I'd love for the core to stick around and get better but they need two players better than what remains in that core next year or they will continue to lose and they won't be close games.
Maxy's sweet 16 comment was about CSU last year I believe. 2nd round loss to Maryland.
Not sure I see that unless there is a big jump in NIL. They have the ~$2 million they are paying Tyson, but some of that will go to bump up JCJ and Asuma. Unless they move on from a couple of Willis/Durkin/Violhola I don't see them having the $$ or minutes for more than one major portal addition.
Re-reading I see I took it wrong. Thanks for pointing that out. My stance is still the same.
Can this program afford to risk even a nickel of NIL funding on a guy that simply can't stay healthy? Injuries can happen to anyone but there's a pattern here and we have very little margin for error.
I'm assuming he's fairly cheap. I'm fine if he's the 11th or 12th guy and costs less than 6 figures.
TBD has a lot of upside according to most recruiting sites.
At Wisconsin that spot is "white guy from Lakeville North TBD"..TBD has a lot of upside according to most recruiting sites.