As it turns out, the first half against DePaul was the outlier.

Sounds like not even an official announcement - just known that their AD is already searching - what a mess...

https://247sports.com/college/providence/board/102629/contents/zagoria-pc-told-english-hes-out--276424415/?page=1

Stevens

Quote from: GoldenEagles03 on March 04, 2026, 08:59:43 PMLooks like you nailed it. End of 2024 for 6 years.

https://x.com/i/status/1776249883973849514

After seeing their teams in back-to-back games, it's clear that Holtmann is a much better coach than English.

A tiny bright spot for me was highlighted by this game. Clearly Prov has checked out and given up (why in the world would you tell a coach he's not coming back but not fire him immediately/go interim).

On Sat Jan 17th we were 6-13 (1-7) and had lost 9 of our last 10. We weren't playing like a metrical bubble. It would have been real easy for Shaka and the guys to throw in the towel at that point and slink to something like a 2-18 BE finish.

Whether or not we've been playing like a metrical bubble since then or not, we've clearly not given up - playing better ball and going 5-6 since then - still terrible, but as we've seen not markedly more terrible then the rest of the BLEAST. Shaka still has to make some major changes for next year, but the fact that he was able to stay dialed in despite this sh*tshow and, for the most part, keep the guys dialed in, gives me hope that if he goes out and gets the right pieces we can get back to talking about how he fails in the NCAAT rather than in the regular season. We're not Prov. Or Gtown. At least yet...

So we're almost undefeated...

Yes. I'm thinking Stevens -   
lol. Yes!

Even more shocking - they won on the road on Providence's Senior Night - Providence must not have gotten the Dodd's super strength corsages for the player's moms. 

Quote from: DoctorV on March 04, 2026, 10:03:19 PMI'll agree with the first part, but disagree with the 2nd- although we are on track, not on GI tract...

I think this offseason is about quality and not quantity of incoming transfer.

Shaka has plenty of unknown "bodies" that we have yet to really see on the court, many of which fit the size/athleticism/recruiting pedigree that he covets.
This is obviously not good enough to win next season, but you'd have to hope that 1-2 of the 6-7 of these are good enough to be a better than average BE player.
In this group I would place
Phillips, Clark, Miletic, Pearson, Walker, Egbuonu, Johnston.

You could say 2 of them becoming "better than average" BE players next season is wishful thinking, but I'd say it's impossible that at least one doesn't...
So let's say 1-2 fit the bill.

Of the others, I think it's impossible for Tre and Caedin to become above avg BE players, no offense to them. I think SJ22 will be gone- no insider info just feels like the writing is on the wall. So those 3 are out.
Damarius can, and if things fall in place he should, but no guarantee.
So of that group of 4 we will say 0.5 😂

So, that's 5, maybe 6 guys that should fit the bill of "better than average" by my completely inaccurate math.

Back to my original point
Shaka, in my opinion, needs 2 difference makers in the portal to have a solid tournament team next season. That's really not that easy, it seems like it's actually pretty hard.
If you define a "difference maker" as a "better than average" BE player it becomes a bit more manageable.
I think Shaka can get 2 of these guys, but it would be Smart to bring in 3, or maybe even 4?, in order to fall back to 2.
That would give him 7 better than average BE players that he needs to have a team that we can cheer for in late March.

6-7 transfers given his history and all the young, albeit unproven recruits that he has is a very extreme stretch, and also unnecessary.
2 quality "better than avg" BE newcomers will suffice.
He can get there with 3/4 incoming transfers, and he can open those extra spots with the departures of a few of the guys I mentioned above

Absolutely need a 5 that can defend and do some damage around the rim. 

Quote from: panda on March 04, 2026, 03:28:33 PMIf we want to make the tournament next year I say we have two rock solid BE starters on the roster right now. Steven's is a great piece long term but I'm not sure he's at the level we need for next season as a starter.

We need 4-5 new guys to reverse course next season.

Stevens will be a solid starter next season.