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Zips add Buddy Hammer Jr.

What year is Hammer?

I’m going off the player card graphic @kreed5120 posted earlier.

Even though I find it amusing that a fellow Redbird is now an Akron Zip I have nothing to offer pertaining to Ty Pence. I have watched very little ISU basketball. I checked into a game and I remember thinking the pace was just so slow. I have become so accustomed to Akron’s fast pace. So the question I have is will Ty Pence adjust easily to the faster pace? Or is Ford not looking to continue the fast pace offense?

Zips add Ty Pence.

Zips add Colin White. Bowen Hardman, Rich Brisco, Ognjen Stankovic and Jashawn Ladd depart.

Oggie?

Good question. I have not heard anything on Brisco. Does anyone have a definitive answer. He got practically zero playing time this year.

I see the same thing.

I still find her performance to be more impressive than anything else I will see on a basketball court during the course of a game.

That might be enough to cover the architectural drawings and permits. Maybe.

Zips add Exavier Wilson and Max Burton. Sharron Young and Eric Mahaffey depart. Still to be determined is the status of the incoming Freshman class along with Bowen Hardman and Ognjen Stankovic who are in the portal.

I put this under addition by subtraction for Akron.

I missed that. Ugh!!

After having guards named Sharron and Shammah on the court together which scrambled my simple, little brain…we will now have a Tai’Ree and a Tahj. 🤦‍♂️

First of all, the Tahj addition fits the system already in place. Time will tell, but this leads me to think Ford isn’t looking to make drastic offensive changes. I agree with this statement. I thought with the loss TJ to graduation bringing in senior leadership at PG was going to be necessary. And with Young in the portal, he is a good insurance policy, but won’t necessarily step on Young’s toes if he decides to stay. They are complimentary pieces. Just like TJ, Young and Scott were this year. He could very well be PG1. Hopefully there’s a vigorous battle this offseason with Young. But again, they likely share the PG responsibilities and play together a bunch. Tai’Ree will be in the PG rotation as well.

Zips add Tahj Staneskie. Zips entering the portal with a possibility of returning; Bowen Hardman, Sharron Young, Eric Mahaffey, Ognjen Stankovic. (Still on the chart in green) Those not likely to return; Connor Groce and Rich Brisco.

News to me. It shows you just how much NBA I follow. If they keep messing around with college ball it too will be unwatchable.

I think one or two from this board would be fine because I'm sure a lot of our opinions would be repetitive

Good Lord!! Not only is college basketball turning into the G League, it’s taking a page from NASCAR. I hadn’t heard that about the sponsorship patches.

You have me beat. I stood next to Ron Harper of the Chicago Bulls in the McDonalds bathroom downtown Chicago. Way back in the 90’s.

Happy Easter everyone!!

That all makes sense to me, but again the NCAA was always corrupt. Now they are both corrupt and impotent. I think federal laws or tax penalties/incentives will have to be passed to reign this back in and say good bye to the relic that is the NCAA. Collective bargaining seems like the right direction.

I have no idea what the answer is, but I’m pretty convinced at this point that the NCAA isn’t it.

Illinois will land on this list easily.