(04-21-2026 03:25 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  I think St. john's is considered the favorite for Diop right now, he's visiting this weekend. I've never seen Quinn Ellis play, but read somewhere that had he played college ball last season, instead of in Europe, he'd likely have been the No.1 ranked point guard in the portal this year. With Freeman on board now, and the other Euro guys, St John's has a chance to be really good and give UConn some competition at the top of the league. With Nova, Providence and Xavier making some good moves, league should be substantially better next season.

I've been thinking the same thing regarding the league. Collectively gaining way more talent than we are losing

Didn't even realize Nova had gotten Darryl Simmons. Nice pickup

Add Trenton Carter-Givens to the Jays. 6/10 F/C coming from NC State.

(05-05-2026 05:33 PM)TBC Alum Wrote:  Add Trenton Carter-Givens to the Jays. 6/10 F/C coming from NC State.

Not a portal guy. 2026 guy who de-committed from NC St.

(05-05-2026 07:13 PM)Nukem2 Wrote:  

(05-05-2026 05:33 PM)TBC Alum Wrote:  Add Trenton Carter-Givens to the Jays. 6/10 F/C coming from NC State.

Not a portal guy. 2026 guy who de-committed from NC St.

Thanks, I will keep him off this list.

I did update with Christian Moore from Citadel to Butler

(04-21-2026 03:25 PM)Traderwill Wrote:  I've never seen Quinn Ellis play, but read somewhere that had he played college ball last season, instead of in Europe, he'd likely have been the No.1 ranked point guard in the portal this year.

Quinn Ellis has never played in college. He played in the Italian League with Milano this past season. He is 23 years old.

Seton Hall finally lands some bigs. Looks like the goal is to emulate last season 's rim protection with Devin Williams coming in.

What's the update with St. John's?

(05-11-2026 04:10 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  What's the update with St. John's?

Honestly the 5 guys listed here are the only guys I've seen them bring in. Not sure if I've missed any but even trying to find some isn't returning many results. Some really talented players in there but they're not tracking to be nearly as good as last year

(05-11-2026 04:10 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  What's the update with St. John's?

It appears we've gotten some sort of an answer with them adding Babacar Sane.

They may have the oldest team in the league next year. Bunch of guys with years of pro experience coming in.

Huge pickup for Nova (figuratively and literally) in Luigi Suigo

Johnnies trying to be older than the Nets lol

(05-13-2026 01:27 PM)kayak1 Wrote:  Johnnies trying to be older than the Nets lol

I was thinking they may have the oldest team in the history of college basketball next year

This article talks about what they’re doing at St. John’s and how they’ve accomplished the turnaround to win back-to-back Big East titles, the first time someone’s done it in 8 years. Hint: as much as it’s about Pitino, it’s not just about Pitino. They talk about St. John’s being the blueprint for how to get things done in the new era.

https://season.relentlessredstorm.com/po...-blueprint

(04-15-2026 01:55 PM)Nameless Wrote:  Depaul with another great pickup in Magoon Gwath. Holtmann is killing it, at least based on my expectations for who they could bring in

DePaul related but OT nonetheless, I'm watching the Pistons/Cavs and wondering how DePaul finished tied for last 2 years in a row with both Max Strus and Paul Reed playing for them.

(05-15-2026 08:49 PM)kayak1 Wrote:  

(04-15-2026 01:55 PM)Nameless Wrote:  Depaul with another great pickup in Magoon Gwath. Holtmann is killing it, at least based on my expectations for who they could bring in

DePaul related but OT nonetheless, I'm watching the Pistons/Cavs and wondering how DePaul finished tied for last 2 years in a row with both Max Strus and Paul Reed playing for them.

Just shows you how bad the coaching was.

They actually started off hot in Reed's last year, winning their first 9 and 12 of their first 13. Those 9 games included wins @Iowa, @Minnesota @Boston College and vs Texas Tech. The loss was to a 20 win Buffalo team. They were looking like they had a shot at the tournament, if they had even gone like 8-10 in Big East play that year I think they would have been on the bubble heading into the tournament. I'm pretty sure the Big East had every team in the top 75 of the NET that season and was the top league. Of course, the tournament was cancelled that year so they still wouldn't have officially made it.

(05-12-2026 01:49 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(05-11-2026 04:10 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  What's the update with St. John's?

It appears we've gotten some sort of an answer with them adding Babacar Sane.

They may have the oldest team in the league next year. Bunch of guys with years of pro experience coming in.

Well, we may have just lost the "oldest team in the league" title....we just signed a high school player!.....

https://nypost.com/2026/05/17/sports/fou...-st-johns/

(05-17-2026 08:17 PM)sju88grad Wrote:  

(05-12-2026 01:49 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(05-11-2026 04:10 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  What's the update with St. John's?

It appears we've gotten some sort of an answer with them adding Babacar Sane.

They may have the oldest team in the league next year. Bunch of guys with years of pro experience coming in.

Well, we may have just lost the "oldest team in the league" title....we just signed a high school player!.....

https://nypost.com/2026/05/17/sports/fou...-st-johns/

A top 50. Wow! That’s a potential impact player immediately.

Seems the Big East is having a stellar year in the portal. Props given.

I enjoyed watching Strus and Reed when they played together at DePaul. I didn't foresee either being this good on the NBA level, however.

(05-17-2026 08:17 PM)sju88grad Wrote:  

(05-12-2026 01:49 PM)Nameless Wrote:  

(05-11-2026 04:10 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  What's the update with St. John's?

It appears we've gotten some sort of an answer with them adding Babacar Sane.

They may have the oldest team in the league next year. Bunch of guys with years of pro experience coming in.

Well, we may have just lost the "oldest team in the league" title....we just signed a high school player!.....

https://nypost.com/2026/05/17/sports/fou...-st-johns/

Lol. I read he sees himself as being another Zuby playing under Pitino. If he can be even 75% as good as Zuby was by the end of his time there, this is a great pickup