(04-20-2020 11:17 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(04-20-2020 08:02 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  Actually, I think AK’s offense will resemble D’Antoni’s quite a bit based on the players he is signing. I know that hw didn’t pass up my 3 point shots when played at UAB.

That can only be a good thing if he can recruit the right player to play in that type of system. I truly hate first to 50 wins. Defense is good, using the shot clock OK, but when you don't have the offensive skills to get out of the 50s most of the time then your players aren't complete.

That was us most of the time last year. Hopefully, we will be playing an uptempo style.

(04-20-2020 12:22 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(04-20-2020 11:17 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(04-20-2020 08:02 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  Actually, I think AK’s offense will resemble D’Antoni’s quite a bit based on the players he is signing. I know that hw didn’t pass up my 3 point shots when played at UAB.

That can only be a good thing if he can recruit the right player to play in that type of system. I truly hate first to 50 wins. Defense is good, using the shot clock OK, but when you don't have the offensive skills to get out of the 50s most of the time then your players aren't complete.

That was us most of the time last year. Hopefully, we will be playing an uptempo style.

I would expect UAB to be playing uptempo with AK as the coach.

(04-20-2020 12:22 PM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  

(04-20-2020 11:17 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(04-20-2020 08:02 AM)MAN4UAB Wrote:  Actually, I think AK’s offense will resemble D’Antoni’s quite a bit based on the players he is signing. I know that hw didn’t pass up my 3 point shots when played at UAB.

That can only be a good thing if he can recruit the right player to play in that type of system. I truly hate first to 50 wins. Defense is good, using the shot clock OK, but when you don't have the offensive skills to get out of the 50s most of the time then your players aren't complete.

That was us most of the time last year. Hopefully, we will be playing an uptempo style.

First to 50 worked twice against marshall last year though...

*runs and hides*

(04-20-2020 04:19 PM)WhatIsThisFeeling Wrote:  First to 50 worked twice against marshall last year though...

*runs and hides*

UAB has been Marshall's bugabo in basketball no matter what.

Out due to signing with a sports agent:

C.J. JONES Junior Guard 6'5" 175 LBS


Out to graduation:

ANTONIO GREEN Guard 6'2" 190 LBS
REGGIE SCURRY Guard 6'6" 240 LBS

Returning:

Donovan Sims G 6-1 160 Senior
Jayce Johnson G 6-5 210 Junior
Anthony Crump G 6-8 200 R-Sophomore
Tyler Millin F 6-7 200 Sophomore
Tyson Jackson F 6-9 245 Sophomore
Eli Lawrence G 6-5 185 Sophomore
Sean Kromah* G 6-4 185 R-Senior (walkon)
Jo’Vontae Millner F 6-6 210 Senior


In:

Dontrell Shuler, PG 6-2 180 Junior (transfer from Charleston Southern)

Elias King, G/F 6-8 205, Sophomore (transfer from MS State - 4-star, ranked No. 5 in GA, #34 in the southeast per ESPN.com. Lindy's Magazine Top 125 high school recruit)

Christian Fussell, 6-9 225 Freshman (3-star in GA)


Eligible after sitting out:

DeAndre Dishman F 6-6 220 R-Junior (injured, did not play in 19-20)
Jordan Davis^ G 6-3 195 Jr. Dayton transfer
Jalen Jordan^ G 6-3 160 Jr. St. Francis Brooklyn transfer
Brian Coffey II*^ G 6-0 185 Junior (walkon transfer from North Florida)
Marcus Mitchell* F 6-7 235 Junior (walkon transfer from MS Valley State)

Out to graduation:

Amidou Bamba, Forward 6'9" 255 LBS, 6.2 PPG, 19.5 MPG
Drew Edwards, Guard 6'4" 185 LBS, 9.9 PPG, 31.9 MPG
Bo Blight, Forward 6'8" 210 LBS, 0.0 PPG, 1.7 MPG

Out to Transfer:

Malik Martin, Guard 6'6" 210 LBS, 9.0 PPG, 29.7 MPG
Seth Bennett, Guard 6'3" 185 LBS, 0.0 PPG, 0.0 MPG, Was Redshirting
Cooper Robb, Guard 6'1" 190 LBS, 5.0 PPG, 21.2 MPG
Tyler Bertram, Guard 6'3" 185 LBS, 0.6 PPG, 9.3 MPG
Brandon Younger, Guard 6'7" 185 LBS, 0.6 PPG, 2.3 MPG

Returning:

Caleb Stone-Carrawell, Guard 6'7" 215 LBS, R-Freshman, Father is Duke assistant Chris Carrawell, Ranked Top-20 seniors in NC
Jahmir Young, Guard 6'1" 185 LBS, Sophomore, 12.5 PPG, 32.3 MPG, C-USA Freshman of the year
Brice Williams, Guard 6'7" 215 LBS, Sophomore, 2.3 PPG, 9.1 MPG, 2 double figure scoring games and had solid growth last season
Anzac Rissetto, Forward 6'10" 265 LBS, Sophomore, 0.5 PPG, 3.4 MPG, Developing prospect should see more PT in 2020/2021
Luka Vasic, Guard 6'8" 205 LBS, R-Junior, 3.8 PPG, 11.3 MPG, Developing player that has been plagued by knee injuries.
Milos Supica, Forward 6'9" 230 LBS, Senior, 5.5 PPG, 15.1 MPG, Talented big who has been inconsistent. Needs to pull it together for his last season.
Jordan Shepherd, Guard 6'4" 185 LBS, R-Senior, 14.0 PPG, 33.6 MPG, Leading scorer last season, Battled an injury mid-season and turnovers all season.

In:

Jhery Matos, Guard 6'5" 192 LBS, R-Senior, 1.8 PPG, 8.7 MPG, (transfer from Dayton), Strong defender looking for more PT
Jackson Threadgill, Guard 6'6" 170 LBS, 3-star, ranked No. 18 in NC, Top 50 Shooting Guard in nation by Rivals.
Jared Garcia, Forward 6'8" 240 LBS, 3-star, 79th best small forward in nation by 247, 2nd team All-New England Prep School Athletic Conference
Caleb Byrd, Guard 6'1" 170 LBS, 3-star, 3 time all-state (GA), scored 2,000+ points in HS, 2nd team 7A All-State honors
Aly Khalifa, Forward 6'10" est. 210 LBS, From Egypt, Starter for NBA Global Academy in Australia, Good post passes and can shoot the 3 ball, Development project.

We have 1 more scholarship to fill so expectations are 6-7 or taller grad transfer or JUCO. We lost a lot of minutes and experience, but we appear to have good talent coming in. The downside is the amount of time that it takes the freshmen to get up to speed unless they are all like Jahmir Young.

Probable Day 1 Starters: Young, Shepherd, Matos, Williams, Supica

(04-21-2020 09:59 AM)SpaceRaider Wrote:  Out due to signing with a sports agent:

C.J. JONES Junior Guard 6'5" 175 LBS


Out to graduation:

ANTONIO GREEN Guard 6'2" 190 LBS
REGGIE SCURRY Guard 6'6" 240 LBS

Returning:

Donovan Sims G 6-1 160 Senior
Jayce Johnson G 6-5 210 Junior
Anthony Crump G 6-8 200 R-Sophomore
Tyler Millin F 6-7 200 Sophomore
Tyson Jackson F 6-9 245 Sophomore
Eli Lawrence G 6-5 185 Sophomore
Sean Kromah* G 6-4 185 R-Senior (walkon)
Jo’Vontae Millner F 6-6 210 Senior


In:

Dontrell Shuler, PG 6-2 180 Junior (transfer from Charleston Southern)

Elias King, G/F 6-8 205, Sophomore (transfer from MS State - 4-star, ranked No. 5 in GA, #34 in the southeast per ESPN.com. Lindy's Magazine Top 125 high school recruit)

Christian Fussell, 6-9 225 Freshman (3-star in GA)


Eligible after sitting out:

DeAndre Dishman F 6-6 220 R-Junior (injured, did not play in 19-20)
Jordan Davis^ G 6-3 195 Jr. Dayton transfer
Jalen Jordan^ G 6-3 160 Jr. St. Francis Brooklyn transfer
Brian Coffey II*^ G 6-0 185 Junior (walkon transfer from North Florida)
Marcus Mitchell* F 6-7 235 Junior (walkon transfer from MS Valley State)

We went after Fussell hard. I thought he was a very good prospect. Looking forward to following his progression.

(04-13-2020 02:42 PM)Eagleholic Wrote:  Southern Miss is losing 2 to the transfer portal thus far...
Auston Leslie was a frosh guard that wasn't ready to play this past year, but was forced into it. He is extremely athletic, but is still not Div 1 ready.

Gabe Watson was a starting guard and one of the leading scorers. He will be missed.

Additions...None of these have signed thus far. They are expected to sign Wed and there is the possibility of another.

Javarza Belton... a very nice looking 6'10 260 lb big man. His offensive game is very limited right now, but he will immediately add rebounding and rim protection help that is badly needed. He is out of Moravian Prep in North Carolina. He had offers in 2019 from UNLV, Wake Forest, and Wichita St among many others. Apparently, a broken wrist his SR year hindered his recruitment and opened the door for Southern Miss. He avgd 18 pts and 10 rebs the previous season.
https://youtu.be/CYwfh_L01oo

Mark Jaakson... a 6'7" wing player from Estonia. The European shows a nice stroke shooting over 41% from 3 pt range. He is an adequate ball-handler with good footwork around the basket.
https://youtu.be/jpiPc7ydsM8

Jaron Pierre... a 6'4" SG from St Aug high school in the New Orleans area. He is a shooter. He avgd 22 pts and 7 rebounds leading his team to a 31-2 record.
https://youtu.be/y-mNcyINw9s

Tae Hardy... a 6'3" PG juco 1st team All-American. Led his team to an undefeated season and #1 juco ranking. He avgd 16.7 ppg, 3.7 apg, 3.0 rpg, & 2.6 spg on the season. Played his frosh season at East Carolina.
https://youtu.be/jBsuMj6J1oY

The players above are now signed.

Southern Miss has added the #13 juco player in the nation according to jucorecruiting.com
Justin Johnson... a 6'7" Wing player from South Georgia Tech (juco). He avgd 17 pts and 6 rebs while shooting over 50% from the field and over 35% from behind the arc.
https://youtu.be/fd3QY4Y3LBQ

(04-24-2020 11:08 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Nice graphic, but 247 only lists us having 1 signing when we have 3 that includes two 3 stars and a top 10 juco All-American. Rivals has UNT as the #1 class with Marshall, WKU, UNCC tied for second. Interested to see how these change as signing window progresses and 247 gets their act together.

(04-24-2020 11:42 AM)Shadow_Son Wrote:  

(04-24-2020 11:08 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Nice graphic, but 247 only lists us having 1 signing when we have 3 that includes two 3 stars and a top 10 juco All-American. Rivals has UNT as the #1 class with Marshall, WKU, UNCC tied for second. Interested to see how these change as signing window progresses and 247 gets their act together.

4 teams with 0 commits, 6 teams with 1 commit on 247.

None of these recruiting services is ever going to be completely accurate, and even if they were, it would only be for a point in time. Doesn't matter--that is a nice poster!

(04-24-2020 01:41 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  None of these recruiting services is ever going to be completely accurate, and even if they were, it would only be for a point in time. Doesn't matter--that is a nice poster!

Personally, I like this poster better, and think Charlotte's AD needs to assemble a better graphics department.

(04-24-2020 01:41 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  None of these recruiting services is ever going to be completely accurate, and even if they were, it would only be for a point in time. Doesn't matter--that is a nice poster!

Yea I agree. Who cares if the info posted is factually false? All that matters is posting “your truth” as a program, not the truth.

(04-24-2020 04:05 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(04-24-2020 01:41 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  None of these recruiting services is ever going to be completely accurate, and even if they were, it would only be for a point in time. Doesn't matter--that is a nice poster!

Personally, I like this poster better, and think Charlotte's AD needs to assemble a better graphics department.

clt applauds little unt for promoting a second rate rating service.


Also, your graphic folks should take the color proofs out of the lower left corner. Guess you spent your budget on the glowing basketball.

(04-24-2020 06:13 PM)ghostofclt! Wrote:  

(04-24-2020 04:05 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  

(04-24-2020 01:41 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  None of these recruiting services is ever going to be completely accurate, and even if they were, it would only be for a point in time. Doesn't matter--that is a nice poster!

Personally, I like this poster better, and think Charlotte's AD needs to assemble a better graphics department.

clt applauds little unt for promoting a second rate rating service.


Also, your graphic folks should take the color proofs out of the lower left corner. Guess you spent your budget on the glowing basketball.

You have to admit though that the shining ball will be a nice touch in the dark denton gymnasium.

Also while the NFL draft is happening, I will also point out that Rice produced one first-round and one second-round pick to enter the P7 Transfer Draft Rankings.

Glad to see we aren’t rebuilding, we’re reloading with another PoD oNe category class though

In three consecutive posts I used the word “though”.

(04-24-2020 10:05 AM)Eagleholic Wrote:  

(04-13-2020 02:42 PM)Eagleholic Wrote:  Southern Miss is losing 2 to the transfer portal thus far...
Auston Leslie was a frosh guard that wasn't ready to play this past year, but was forced into it. He is extremely athletic, but is still not Div 1 ready.

Gabe Watson was a starting guard and one of the leading scorers. He will be missed.

Additions...None of these have signed thus far. They are expected to sign Wed and there is the possibility of another.

Javarza Belton... a very nice looking 6'10 260 lb big man. His offensive game is very limited right now, but he will immediately add rebounding and rim protection help that is badly needed. He is out of Moravian Prep in North Carolina. He had offers in 2019 from UNLV, Wake Forest, and Wichita St among many others. Apparently, a broken wrist his SR year hindered his recruitment and opened the door for Southern Miss. He avgd 18 pts and 10 rebs the previous season.
https://youtu.be/CYwfh_L01oo

Mark Jaakson... a 6'7" wing player from Estonia. The European shows a nice stroke shooting over 41% from 3 pt range. He is an adequate ball-handler with good footwork around the basket.
https://youtu.be/jpiPc7ydsM8

Jaron Pierre... a 6'4" SG from St Aug high school in the New Orleans area. He is a shooter. He avgd 22 pts and 7 rebounds leading his team to a 31-2 record.
https://youtu.be/y-mNcyINw9s

Tae Hardy... a 6'3" PG juco 1st team All-American. Led his team to an undefeated season and #1 juco ranking. He avgd 16.7 ppg, 3.7 apg, 3.0 rpg, & 2.6 spg on the season. Played his frosh season at East Carolina.
https://youtu.be/jBsuMj6J1oY

The players above are now signed.

Southern Miss has added the #13 juco player in the nation according to jucorecruiting.com
Justin Johnson... a 6'7" Wing player from South Georgia Tech (juco). He avgd 17 pts and 6 rebs while shooting over 50% from the field and over 35% from behind the arc.
https://youtu.be/fd3QY4Y3LBQ

Southern Miss has added the #16 juco player in the nation according to jucorecruiting.com
DeAndre Pinckney...a 6'8 G/F from Broward juco in Florida. He avgd 17 pts and 8 rebs per game while shooting a ridiculous 68% from the field and 48% from 3 pt range.
https://youtu.be/gCnV9MhGCAQ


This gives Southern Miss the #13, #16, and #37 juco recruits in the nation according to jucorecruiting.com.

(04-24-2020 11:08 AM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

Why would any school put out a poster proclaiming the top recruiting class when the site they are using has not even rated most of their league competition?