Cougars should be ridiculous next season. Look forward to seeing them in Minges. Give me 4 weeks, I was against firing Dooley, but the new staff is hustling, lets see who they can get.

(04-07-2022 03:31 PM)pesik Wrote:  generic vibes of everyone current portal situation --heavily basing on information said on this board

• Cincy: 3 ships to fill- no major risk of losing anyone else --reaching out to a ton of players-- top 4 for Joe Toussaint, top 6 for Kalu Ezikpe
• Tulane: not expected to lose anyone only 1 really at risk...2 ships to use, selectively recruiting-- potential favorite for javian davis
• ECU: 6 ships to fill, at major risk of losing more---- potential favorites for jucos Ben Bayela, and Utenn bench guard Quentin Diboundje (interesting note both are french)..Handje Tamba is another name to follow-- not reaching out to any big names
• Houston: 2 current ships, but sasser might go pro, 1 deep bench player might go portal, everything else secure -- extremely selective with recruiting, top 5 for Fardaws Aimaq.. heavily recruiting Manny Bates but unclear where we stand
• Memphis: roster may or may not implode, recruiting TONs of players - no strong connections to anyone yet
• SMU: roster may or may not implode, recruiting TONs of players - no strong connections to anyone yet
• Temple: 5 ships to fill, no major risk of losing more-- recruiting a ton of players, top 10 for Ethan Anderson, Rahsool Diggins is a name coming up alot online for temple (but JHG722 says it wont happen)
• Tulane: not expected to lose anyone only 1 really at risk...2 ships to use, selectively recruiting-- potential favorite for javian davis
• Tulsa: 2 ships to play with, roster is surprisingly stable for a coaching change-- occasionally does recruit transfers.. there is also some hope to get HS DJ Jefferson to recommit, then theres the big fish of kenneth lofton if enters the portal
  UCF: 4 ships to fill, might lose more: recruiting TONs of players - no strong connections to anyone yet.. Alex Fudge could be a realistic mega target for them
• USF: 3 ships to fill but roster looks terrible -recruiting TONs of players - no strong connections to anyone yet
• Wichita: 7 ships to fill (8 when etienne declares)- recruiting TONs of players- heavily involved with Quincy Ballard, top 10 for terry roberts , also have about 7-8 offers to jucos and HS players who aren't being majorly recruited by anyone else big (likely the back up plan if they miss on the big transfers)
  

(this is mostly verbal commit and twitter -- so a alot could be wrong info)

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(The above was posted on the transfer portal thread, and is provided for context)

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With who is on the roster NOW, and obviously accepted assumptions (Duren is gone as an example)

1) Houston
2) Memphis - only duren & minott gone (would be the same with bates gone)
--gap
3) SMU - Assuming Davis and Bandoumel Return
4) Temple - Battle returns
5) Tulane
6) Cincy - assuming dejulius/davenport returns
7) Wichita - assuming Etienne returns
8) UCF - roster good enough for 3, but team is an underachiever
-- gap
9) ECU - assuming newton returns
10) USF - assuming caleb murphy returns
-- gap
11) Tulsa

Possible order of finish next season, based on current/updated situation:

1. Houston
2. (tie) Memphis (if they can reload successfully)
2. (tie) Tulane
4. (tie) Temple (if Battle and their 5 other core rotation players all return)
4. (tie) SMU (drops down a notch, due to loss of Davis and HC situation)
6. (tie) Cincinnati
6. (tie) Wichita St.
6. (tie) UCF
9. Tulsa (new HC)
10. ECU (new HC)
11. USF

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(03-26-2022 11:50 PM)pesik Wrote:  Now that everyone is Done for the Season

With who is on the roster NOW, and obviously accepted assumptions (Duren is gone as an example)

1) Houston
2) Memphis - only duren & minott gone (would be the same with bates gone)
--gap
3) SMU - Assuming Davis and Bandoumel Return
4) Temple - Battle returns
5) Tulane
6) Cincy - assuming dejulius/davenport returns
7) Wichita - assuming Etienne returns
8) UCF - roster good enough for 3, but team is an underachiever
-- gap
9) ECU - assuming newton returns
10) USF - assuming caleb murphy returns
-- gap
11) Tulsa


will obviously change - lots of assumption in the is rankings, and everyone has tons of ships to play with, and alot of unexpected players can transfer out

How much has this changed at this point in the recruiting/reloading process?

(05-19-2022 11:32 PM)Milwaukee Wrote:  How much has this changed at this point in the recruiting/reloading process?

With who is on the roster NOW, and obviously accepted assumptions

new -- old ranking
1- 1) Houston
--gap
2 --5) Tulane - completed roster
3-- 2) Memphis -tons of ships available
4 -- 8) UCF -
5 -- 6) Cincy - completed roster
6 -- 4) Temple - tons of ships available
7 -- 3) SMU -
8 -- 7) Wichita -
-- gap
9 -- 10) USF - completed roster
10 -- 11) Tulsa -
11 --9) ECU - completed roster

will obviously change later on

at this point houston is the only team at risk of getting worse (sasser will be the only controversial draft decision, everyone else likely making obvious choices)

this is as is, so no murphy on memphis, id move memphis to 2 with murphy..and with 4 ships after that could probably remove the gap with houston with major additions

temple with 4 ships could make a crazy jump, but i dont have faith in mckie as a recruiter to get needle moving pieces

houston reportedly has a major move in the works... smu and ucf have 1 ship and the trajectory of both teams could change next season based on the last add, both are after notable players- smu is probably 3 or 4 with a top tier off the dribble scorer (currently non on roster)

Coach P you have no idea the amount of talent SMU has now.

Unfortunately neither does Coach Lanier.

This project gonna be fun.

I have no issue with uc at 5 (seems completely reasonable) but I think your range is too low. Nobody in this conference scares me except Houston. If things go right this uc team could absolutely finish second in the conference.

(05-20-2022 06:56 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I have no issue with uc at 5 (seems completely reasonable) but I think your range is too low. Nobody in this conference scares me except Houston. If things go right this uc team could absolutely finish second in the conference.

2 through 8 seem like a complete toss up at this point lol

Can’t believe there are teams that could be worse than USF

(03-27-2022 02:32 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  I have the AAC as a 1 biddie league next year. Houston and that’s it.
SMU made a terrible terrible mistake by firing their HC, and bringing on by many accounts a sub par coach. Memphis is in major trouble with this Penny situation and I expect a disastrous off season for the program. So who’s left…Tulane? Hahahaha. Wichita St has been somewhat of a bust in the AAC so far and they don’t look to have anyone. Temple, off on their island is the new UConn; they don’t have any rivals and probably need an invite to the A-10 to succeed again. Cincinnati’s been down but there out of here soon anyway. UCF will be mediocre. USF and ECU will fight it out for 9th and 10th. Tulsa is last and may be worse than UTSA. A 1 biddie league.

Me thinks u overate us.

Lunardi just revised his bracketology. Houston moves to a 1 seed. Memphis falls from a 9 seed to 11 (6 teams from out).

Nobody else in the AAC is mentioned.

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/...-men-field

(05-20-2022 09:12 AM)TripleA Wrote:  Lunardi just revised his bracketology. Houston moves to a 1 seed. Memphis falls from a 9 seed to 11 (6 teams from out).

Nobody else in the AAC is mentioned.

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/...-men-field

The League minus Houston could potentially be the worst it has ever been. I have some cautious optimism with this UC roster but I don't blame anyone for being skeptical.

We will have 3 players from France and 1 from Spain.

Prepare yourselves for the euro step.

(05-20-2022 08:58 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-20-2022 06:56 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I have no issue with uc at 5 (seems completely reasonable) but I think your range is too low. Nobody in this conference scares me except Houston. If things go right this uc team could absolutely finish second in the conference.

2 through 8 seem like a complete toss up at this point lol

Agree.

(05-20-2022 06:56 AM)bearcatmark Wrote:  I have no issue with uc at 5 (seems completely reasonable) but I think your range is too low. Nobody in this conference scares me except Houston. If things go right this uc team could absolutely finish second in the conference.

side note it wasnt a range but how 1 team shifted from the end of the season till now.. like a measure of offseason moves

(03-27-2022 02:32 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  I have the AAC as a 1 biddie league next year. Houston and that’s it.
SMU made a terrible terrible mistake by firing their HC, and bringing on by many accounts a sub par coach. Memphis is in major trouble with this Penny situation and I expect a disastrous off season for the program. So who’s left…Tulane? Hahahaha. Wichita St has been somewhat of a bust in the AAC so far and they don’t look to have anyone. Temple, off on their island is the new UConn; they don’t have any rivals and probably need an invite to the A-10 to succeed again. Cincinnati’s been down but there out of here soon anyway. UCF will be mediocre. USF and ECU will fight it out for 9th and 10th. Tulsa is last and may be worse than UTSA. A 1 biddie league.

I take that as a "joke post," Bb777. You can't possibly be serious.

The AAC has NEVER been a 1 bid league, and it's unlikely to be one in 2023.

You're laughing about Tulane right now, but remember this: "He who laughs last laughs best!"

Tulane was one of the best and best-coached teams in the conference, and practically every player from that team is returning.

Memphis won the 2021 NIT tournament, and they played extremely well before losing to Gonzaga in the 2022 NCAA tournament.

SMU seems to be reloading pretty well, and Temple is returning 6 of their 7 core rotation players, including Khalif Battle from last season.
In addition, Cincinnati seems to have reloaded very well indeed.

Last season, the AAC only had 3 NCAA/NIT teams. The conference should have more than three tournament teams in 2022-23.
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What is up with Memphis not bringing in a single player in its freshman ?

Is recruiting momentum gone ?

Just weird to see a roster with so many openings and no commits.

What happened ?


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(06-05-2022 10:09 AM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  What is up with Memphis not bringing in a single player in its freshman ?

Is recruiting momentum gone ?

Just weird to see a roster with so many openings and no commits.

What happened ?


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by choice.. penny said he has seen the error of his ways only old teams win in march

he has personally said they will not be building a team through the freshmen class, and their beat writer like 4 different times, going as early as last week, has noted they are still standing on the stance of no freshmen in 2022

the remaining spots will be portal guys'

the mass transferring out and the lack of freshmen both seem to be choices made by penny and not a negative thing happening to penny

(06-05-2022 10:39 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-05-2022 10:09 AM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  What is up with Memphis not bringing in a single player in its freshman ?

Is recruiting momentum gone ?

Just weird to see a roster with so many openings and no commits.

What happened ?


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by choice.. penny said he has seen the error of his ways only old teams win in march

he has personally said they will not be building a team through the freshmen class, and their beat write like 4 different times going as early as last week has noted their are still standing on the stance of no freshmen in 2022

the remaining spots will be portal guys'

the mass transferring out and the lack of freshmen both seem to be choices made by penny and not a negative thing happening to penny

Exactly! Damn, P, we agree 100% on something. Most Memphis fans who follow this at all know what's up.

The only issue is, Penny has not gotten some of the targets he went after, for various reasons, and that makes those who tend to be nervous uncomfortable.

But Penny's recruiting record is beyond reproach, and I refuse to believe there are no players left who can upgrade our current roster.

Also, people tend to forget we signed the best player in the portal. Sorry, SMU, I actually feel a bit bad about that.

If zero else happens (almost impossible), our starting lineup would perhaps look like this:

PG: Kendric Davis
SG: Elijah McCadden
SF: Johnathan Lawson
PF: DeAndre Williams
C: Malcolm Dandridge or Kao

Bench: Lomax, C Lawson, Jayden, Dandridge/Kao

That's not terrible, but certainly not what we were hoping for at this point. Still on Kerwin Walton plus another big, at a minimum.

(06-05-2022 10:39 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-05-2022 10:09 AM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  What is up with Memphis not bringing in a single player in its freshman ?

Is recruiting momentum gone ?

Just weird to see a roster with so many openings and no commits.

What happened ?


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by choice.. penny said he has seen the error of his ways only old teams win in march

he has personally said they will not be building a team through the freshmen class, and their beat write like 4 different times going as early as last week has noted their are still standing on the stance of no freshmen in 2022

the remaining spots will be portal guys'

the mass transferring out and the lack of freshmen both seem to be choices made by penny and not a negative thing happening to penny

What an awful dumb philosophy from a not so great coach.

You need a mix of freshman & age/experience.

I think he’s too damn lazy to scout for diamond in the rough type guys and that 5 stars didn’t show interest this cycle, so he just said F it I’ll get the portal guys. But even then, they aren’t exactly slaying that

(06-05-2022 08:31 PM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  

(06-05-2022 10:39 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-05-2022 10:09 AM)justinhub2003 Wrote:  What is up with Memphis not bringing in a single player in its freshman ?

Is recruiting momentum gone ?

Just weird to see a roster with so many openings and no commits.

What happened ?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

by choice.. penny said he has seen the error of his ways only old teams win in march

he has personally said they will not be building a team through the freshmen class, and their beat write like 4 different times going as early as last week has noted their are still standing on the stance of no freshmen in 2022

the remaining spots will be portal guys'

the mass transferring out and the lack of freshmen both seem to be choices made by penny and not a negative thing happening to penny

What an awful dumb philosophy from a not so great coach.

You need a mix of freshman & age/experience.

I think he’s too damn lazy to scout for diamond in the rough type guys and that 5 stars didn’t show interest this cycle, so he just said F it I’ll get the portal guys. But even then, they aren’t exactly slaying that

Penny is great at recruiting diamond in the rough types.

Don't you remember David Wingett? Lmao