Why wasn't a big the #1 focus this past offseason?

Gold
Hamilton
Clark
Parham

That is criminal.

Sheek and Clark are two years away from meaningful production.
We need a big next year, even more than this past year.

Quote from: brewcity77 on February 02, 2026, 05:19:16 PMI think he'd be foolish to not add an experienced wing scorer given that we have one returning player with any meaningful experience.

Starting caliber center, starting caliber scoring wing, rotation guard should be the priorities, IMO.

Yes. Echoing my last post/thoughts exactly.

Quote from: brewcity77 on February 02, 2026, 05:19:16 PMI think he'd be foolish to not add an experienced wing scorer given that we have one returning player with any meaningful experience.

Starting caliber center, starting caliber scoring wing, rotation guard should be the priorities, IMO.

Do you think we do it? I think we all align on needs for the most part.

I think we all have differing opinions on whether or not they will actually do something about those needs.

Quote from: MUbiz on February 02, 2026, 02:54:21 PMI do not understand the Minessale love on this board. MUBB already is stacked with wings and Minessale is a 29.4% 3 point shooter. I guess if we want a local kid who shoots sub 30% from 3, he is the guy.

"Stacked" is very different than having lots of guys playing similar positions.

There will soon be a bidet in the White Sox clubhouse.

Quote from: tower912 on January 31, 2026, 11:05:27 AMI cannot imagine a scenario where Shaka brings in a wing forward.
Owens Junior
Miletic Freshman
Phillips Sophomore
Johnston Freshman
Egbuono Freshman
Walker Freshman

All roughly the same height.

Give me a PG with size who can also play off the ball.   Guard depth is crucial.

I think he'd be foolish to not add an experienced wing scorer given that we have one returning player with any meaningful experience.

Starting caliber center, starting caliber scoring wing, rotation guard should be the priorities, IMO.

Quote from: wadesworld on February 02, 2026, 12:11:09 PMPeople thought rev share would give basketball only schools this giant advantage over football schools.  Turns out it's not rev share that matters, but big money alums that can provide NIL deals for athletes outside of rev share.  As willie says, the gap has widened.  Basketball only schools can pay maybe $2MM more in rev share than football only schools?  Cool, that's half of an NIL deal for a top level player that an SEC school can provide.

This isn't really accurate. The House decision didn't come down until June. Rev share didn't kick in until July 2025, by which time the portal was mostly settled. If the Big East will have an advantage there, we'll see it start next season.

Quote from: GoldenWarrior11 on February 02, 2026, 04:15:51 PMUConn has won six national championships in men's basketball since 1999 and twelve in women's basketball since 1995.  If basketball drove realignment, UConn would be in the most lucrative conference in the country.  Football continues to drive all realignment decisions (including UConn's return to the Big East).  UConn Football had one nationally recognized year and they couldn't get fans to go to the Fiesta Bowl (and lost money in the process).

The Big Ten isn't adding UConn.  Neither is the SEC.  The Big 12 Commissioner attempted to convince its Presidents to add UConn and they rebuffed the overtures.  The ACC will not add them unless they lose all of their valuable football programs to other conferences (and at that point, their valuation as a whole will be significantly less than it is today - and the ACC is still drastically behind the SEC and Big Ten).

While the UConn/Big East partnership is a marriage of convenience, there's nothing else out there that can really bring more value or exposure for UConn right now.  UConn belongs in the Big East. 

The only constant is change in college sports.  A P4 conference will take UCONN in at some point, maybe when they break away from the NCAA.

Nolan is physically ready to move up, can score from all spots on the court, very creative in the open court, has hops, more instincts with the ball then any wing we have right now, plays D, Iowa St offered double what he is getting from St. Thomas, I do not care what level you play at and score 22 a game, your a player.  Better than Owens and Phillips, not sure about Alex but third year in college, I would take him in a heartbeat, he starts.

UConn has won six national championships in men's basketball since 1999 and twelve in women's basketball since 1995.  If basketball drove realignment, UConn would be in the most lucrative conference in the country.  Football continues to drive all realignment decisions (including UConn's return to the Big East).  UConn Football had one nationally recognized year and they couldn't get fans to go to the Fiesta Bowl (and lost money in the process).

The Big Ten isn't adding UConn.  Neither is the SEC.  The Big 12 Commissioner attempted to convince its Presidents to add UConn and they rebuffed the overtures.  The ACC will not add them unless they lose all of their valuable football programs to other conferences (and at that point, their valuation as a whole will be significantly less than it is today - and the ACC is still drastically behind the SEC and Big Ten).

While the UConn/Big East partnership is a marriage of convenience, there's nothing else out there that can really bring more value or exposure for UConn right now.  UConn belongs in the Big East.