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I'm really hoping for 3 immediate impact players - one immediate impact front court player in addition to 2 guards As we currently sit I'm apprehensive about our bigs: Freeman - an all-time Zips great Sammy - stretch 4 who really likes to hang out around the 3-point arc Amani - nice potential but only averaged 2 PPG & 1 RPG (GoZips.com a mess. It took me 5 minutes to find the stats.) Baker - will be a true freshman Marvin - will be a true freshman On the other hand, Enrique is probably going to average as many minutes as he wants next year, so maybe relying on Amani is sufficient to simply fill in while Enrique catches his breath?

I can't believe Mark Kostelac has been left out of the discussion. He got some serious love on ZipsNation back in the day.

2/3 years Pistol Pete LSU teams had a losing record in conference play. 4/5 years Davis team had a losing record in conference play. Perhaps having a dad that's a coach who encourages their son to put up >50% of the shots a game isn't really a winning formula in the long run.

There's only one thing that would look worse than inviting Detroit Mercy to play in some crappy post-season tournament to allow Davis to fraudulently break Maravich's record. It's him whining like a little bitch that they didn't give him and his lousy sub . 500 team a chance. https://sports.yahoo.com/antoine-davis-ends-chase-maravichs-211745938.html

A bit strange that Garvin Clarke helped recruit Sammy Hunter with the Bahamas connection and now Garvin is leaving.

St Francis University drops all intercollegiate sports. Eventually it might only be the money making schools that continue. Sports as we know are mostly big money losers. Looks like at least one college decided the costs outweigh the benefits.

Quick reaction to the question: Point Guard: Cricket Shooting Guard: Brown SF: Linhart PF: Wood (Zips D-1 MVP) Center: Johnson 6th Man: Senior year Conyers (guard 4 spots) Halftime Show: Red Panda after the McNees explosion vs. Miami Next Up: Point: McNees, LCJ Shooter: Diggs, Ivey SF: Hipsher (before the back injury), Harney PF: Travis, Cvetinovic, Treadwell Center: Freeman, Marshall Haven't seen a ton of the team in person the past few years, so I'm not able to judge much past LCJ and Freeman, who both are exceptional and appear to really love the game. I struggled with the SG spot, maybe because of clarity of roles. I'm going with both Cricket and Brown as my starting back court, even though I think they were both PG's. McNees was everywhere and had a hand in lots of big moments. Big Dog vs. Marshall vs. Freeman was my toughest decision. I'm just not sure Marshall really wanted it in the end. Freeman probably ends up on top in the end. Championships matter. Other guys who came to mind that occurred to me, but I guess not at this level: The McKnight brothers were great. Middleton changed the program. Utomi and Jackson left. Dials was gritty. I'm sure there are others. It speaks to the high quality of the program over the last 20 years that this isn't easier. Prior to his back injury, Andy Hipsher was the only player we had that I thought had a real shot at an NBA career. He was dynamic, competitive and clutch. Go Zips!

Waiting for LeBron, in ...1...2... 🤔

Congratulations to Richie Laryea for being selected to the MLS best 11...for the matches last week https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/team-of-the-matchday-argentine-wonderkid-concacaf-stars-lead-the-way

Looks like we are still looking for immediate help along the OL. New offer out to JUCO IOL Que McBroom. Honestly, I’m surprised it took us this long to offer. He’s a guy I’ve been watching for a while now. 3 years to play 3. HUDL FILM

Agreed. The other aspect to this in bringing in a big is that if he's going to start he'll need to be an "unconventional" big as I can't see the Zips jamming up the inside with 2 guys without range. Somebody like Xeyrius who could play the 4 and has range who could also slide over when Enrique goes to the bench would be ideal. It was my hope that Hunter was this guy but... The other option would be a traditional big who would primarily come off of the bench.

Mosengo transferred. The key to next year's success is having at least 2 scorers emerge. Whether that's the transfers, returning young players like Tavari/Nate/Prather Jr., or a combination, we need 2 guys that can consistently give us double digits along with Freeman.

I agree. Also, I expect Marvin to play immediately at the 3 and 4. Groce likes his small forwards. Ali and Malcolm Hill (Illinois) both played right away.

Funny I swear I was going to start a very similar topic but using only players from the Dambrot/Groce era. Jakubick was fantastic I did get to see him play but this is dead on the list I would have selected too. Well done.

CMU's Kevin Miller transferred to Wake Forest, former home of Michael Wynn.

I always really liked Garvin. He was extremely important in the run to close out last year. His contributions as a freshman during the 2021 covid year were very impressive, but he did kind of plateau. His title game against Kent and then first game against Kent this year were awesome. He’ll have a nice roll of tape to sell to programs in need of a solid guard. Best wishes to him.

I’m going back through the position groups and adding “star rating take” for all the players. Using Rivals formula I’m re-rating the players to what they should have been according to their college production.

I couldn't stop laughing at their coach drawing up a play on his board with just over a second left, down 5. What play are you calling there? Nothing makes me happier than seeing these big schools get knocked off by underdogs. Except for Indiana tonight, go Hoosiers.

Doesn’t playing those 15 teams outweigh playing nobody at all? We aren’t trying to boost metrics any more once the confidence tourney comes to an end. I feel another three or four games could make for more of a springboard into the 2023-24 season.