Hoosier beat down

[tower912]

Yes, it is possible to build a good team through the portal.   Yes, it is possible to build a good team by augmenting quality recruits with portal additions.  Buzz did similar at MU.  No argument from me and I am actually neutral on the portal. 

Using the portal is no more a guarantee of success than any other choice.   Since everyone is doing it and there are the exact same number of winners and losers as there were pre-portal. 

It is now an extension of recruiting.

[Shooter McGavin]

It's simply a matter of identifying talent and fit whether it's through the portal, recruiting freshmen and development or a combination of the two.  Coaches who do the best at any of the above will be successful.  Coaches who do it consistently well will be consistently successful.  Coaches who do it poorly will not do well.   

[Viper]

You're not really this stupid, are you?

...Maybe. Possibly.

[Viper]

A bunch of them. For example last year's Kansas team brought in six transfers. They were the pre-season #1 team in the country. Ended the season unranked and lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament as a 7 seed to Arkansas.

good example. Forgot about KU.  All I was inquiring about. Thx Sultan

[Viper]

He is.

Indiana a season ago.

 If transfers were a panacea, every other team would be good.   Since that is clearly not the case, and there are the same number of good teams and bad teams as there were pre-portal, a fairly decent case can be made that the portal is ultimately zero sum.

...have we met?

[tower912]

I believe our time at MU overlapped, so perhaps.