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I don’t think he can redshirt at this point. I would have redshirted him if eligible.

(03-21-2023 12:50 PM)58-56 Wrote:  AK left a scholarship open last year. That tells me that he's not going to fill his roster with, well roster-fillers.

From what I understand, he left one open in hopes of getting a mid-year transfer, but that didn't happen.

@ThePortalReport
Saint Mary’s (D3) transfer Raheem Anthony tell TPR that he has received interest from:

Loyola Chicago
Western Carolina
Mount St. Mary’s
Wagner
SIUE
Purdue Northwest
Winona State
Lewis
Northern Michigan
Jacksonville State
SIU
Eastern Washington
South Alabama
Lamar
Chattanooga
UTRGV
UAB
Averaged 24.6 points and 9.2 boards, and 4.6 assists per game last season

(03-22-2023 08:30 AM)UABrandon Wrote:  @ThePortalReport
Saint Mary’s (D3) transfer Raheem Anthony tell TPR that he has received interest from:

Loyola Chicago
Western Carolina
Mount St. Mary’s
Wagner
SIUE
Purdue Northwest
Winona State
Lewis
Northern Michigan
Jacksonville State
SIU
Eastern Washington
South Alabama
Lamar
Chattanooga
UTRGV
UAB
Averaged 24.6 points and 9.2 boards, and 4.6 assists per game last season

Definitely an interesting list to be apart of. Those averages are definitely impressive regardless of any level

Thaddeus Rideau averaged 20, 5, 3, and 2 steals and was a first team all American in Juco. Not saying it can’t work, but I’m always a bit worried about lower level superstars.

(03-22-2023 09:53 AM)blazers9911 Wrote:  Thaddeus Rideau averaged 20, 5, 3, and 2 steals and was a first team all American in Juco. Not saying it can’t work, but I’m always a bit worried about lower level superstars.

Damn son you went way back like AB’s hairline with that reference

It was because Thaddeus Rideau that I learned that there are athletic divisions of juco (Divisions 1, 2 and 3 that pretty much mirror the same divisional setup that exists for four year colleges) and that Rideau played for a for-profit lower tier D2 juco that often competed against teams that had no scholarship players.

given we signed players about this time last year,

I wonder if us being in NIT this long is delaying signing kids.

I’m sure we have someone signed or lined up. It wouldn’t be smart to announce guys replacements before they are done playing. Keep the eyes on the prize

(03-22-2023 11:13 AM)THE_LEGEND Wrote:  given we signed players about this time last year,

I wonder if us being in NIT this long is delaying signing kids.

I have no doubt that's holding it up

Blue field state d2 Malik Tidwell has heard from UAB.

Yeah, I can't imagine we will see any announcements until after the season ends for us. I also can't imagine that we don't have players lined up.

I haven’t seen many guys we’ve reached out to actually announce anywhere, but I also don’t know how long guys usually take to announce once entering the portal

Elijah Hutchins Everett from Austin Peay has heard from UAB. 6-11 big.

(03-22-2023 01:25 PM)Golden-Ticket Wrote:  I haven’t seen many guys we’ve reached out to actually announce anywhere, but I also don’t know how long guys usually take to announce once entering the portal

It varies, but the academic calendar plays a role. They will be finishing up the Spring semester where they are and usually want to have their landing spot lined up by then so that they can take care of the normal things that come with moving to a new city/school and get acclimated to their new home/team, so for the majority of guys you have a natural end date of when they will make a decision by based on that.

Most players have a much more jaded view of the recruitment process the second time around and so just want to find out their best option and get it over with ASAP, so the dominoes start to fall fairly quickly once the season ends.

(03-23-2023 06:51 PM)jesseblazer Wrote:  Elijah Hutchins Everett from Austin Peay has heard from UAB. 6-11 big.

Had big P5 offers out of high school, was OVC freshman of the year.

He should come to UAB and take advantage of the step up in play with AAC and develop his game with a proven staff.

Will Shaver just hit the portal. He would be a huge pick up for us.

(03-25-2023 01:16 PM)mobileblazer Wrote:  Will Shaver just hit the portal. He would be a huge pick up for us.

Let's see: so there's a big, strong transfer from the ACC who played at an over-the-mountain high school in Birmingham and is now looking to transfer?

It worked out well the first time. Let's do it again.

Can’t blame a kid for giving UNC a shot but now that he’s seen what it looks like, come home and be an impact player instead of a rotation guy.