Hoosier beat down

[Shooter McGavin]

The joke wrote itself


https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/awards/men/atlantic-10-roy.html

Ha!  I stand corrected.  Thank you.

[MU82]

He may have, but getting 3 minutes in the first meaningful game wasn't a rousing endorsement.

Kinda knocking on its arse the theory some Scoopers have that Shaka always plays older guys over younger.

Same with Nigel. Shaka wants to win. He'll willingly play freshmen if they are better than the alternative.

[Class71]

All major teams other than Marquette use the portal. Cherry picking the top teams to support your position and ignoring the bottom teams is where I have a problem with your take. There is nothing inherently beneficial in using the portal.

Portal players have a track record and the portal increases the pool of players to choose from. Statistically a larger selection pool and a known track record at the college level is a positive if the scouting is sound. I have no desire to convince anyone here. Believe what you will. It is your choice. Looks like we will have some data points over the coming year or two to see if portal or no portal is a better choice. Shaka is potentially betting his career path. Far more than I.

[MU82]

Portal players have a track record and the portal increases the pool of players to choose from. Statistically a larger selection pool and a known track record at the college level is a positive if the scouting is sound. I have no desire to convince anyone here. Believe what you will. It is your choice. Looks like we will have some data points over the coming year or two to see if portal or no portal is a better choice. Shaka is potentially betting his career path. Far more than I.

Lots and lots of P5 transfers come from non-P5 schools, so there is still plenty of reason to wonder if their track records will translate. But certainly some programs have done a good job of analyzing these players and getting good production from those who "transfer up."

[DoctorV]

As others (at least @DoctorV) has said, RGV is a package.  R&G won't continue without the V.  With, or without Shaka (and Duh, I'm talking about more than one year of V problems, of which isn't even certain this year).

There were no V problems tonight

[DoctorV]

It's exhausting, because we have had these discussions ad nauseam about the portal and I always ask, "who?".  The discussion never gets off the ground about "who?", so basically, it's the want Shaka to do something to do something argument and any discussion over who always fizzles.

Shaka should be held accountable for having a team that needs to make baskets to play the way he wants this team to play.  That is on his staff and him.  They can't shoot below average to play as aggressive as it appears he wants them to play on defense. 

The idea the portal is a panacea flies in the face of reality.  There are as many poorly assembled rosters full of transfers as there are good rosters full of transfers.  One bad transfer class and the same people currently blasting this roster would blast that roster.  It's the nature of the beast.

I'm sure Creighton scoop is in free fall this morning and asking questions about McDermott's desire now that he's in retirement mode and about this roster he constructed.  It's the nature of the beast.

Given your posting history I always thought there was something wrong with you...

This is pretty well thought out, however. Color me impressed.
I read it and wondered to myself "who"?

[DoctorV]

I think, lost in all of this is that Tre HAS improved.  Sure, the minutes have been limited, but I think he may have taken a step forward.

Just trying to be positive here.

Yes, he has, and so has fetch.

Hopefully they keep improving to make their 6-12mpg effective.

They work hard and have good attitudes from what it seems, but they just need to star in their roles

[Newsdreams]

Given your posting history I always thought there was something wrong with you...

This is pretty well thought out, however. Color me impressed.
I read it and wondered to myself "who"?

You're extremely lost!