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I think we were all anticipating him leaving via graduation - staff probably didn't have room for him and he doesn't want to hang em up yet. Good for Cam

Tulsa is a similar level program to ours, in a bigger conference in his backyard. This would have been a nice pickup but it's not baffling why he didn't want to come the whole way here

eh an Oklahoma kid picking Tulsa over us isn't really that discouraging.

I can definitely see Ali in the 4 spot. He played a great defensive game against UB down low.

Upon further review. Fake news. Played in 7 games. I feel better now

So I've read some comments that Freeman only played five minutes last year. Is that true? That's a crime we didn't try to get a redshirt for him if so. He could still have 4 years left here

Eastern

I think Groce is trending towards recruiting freshmen vs bringing in transfers. Wynn was the only one brought in this year - Maishe and Trimble came in the year before and sat. This year, at the moment, no incoming transfers.. now that can change as guys transfer out and spots open up. Which is just the nature of the beast I guess, there aren't many good recruits left to fill those spots. But I would say he's relying less on the portal than he has been, unless out of necessity.

Here's a link to the portal. Go ahead and compare Akron to other schools if you'd like. No one left last year and two guys that averaged a combined 8 minutes per game are on their way out this year https://247sports.com/college/akron/Season/2020-Basketball/TransferPortal/

Well here it is. Marshall retweeted it too. I thought he was going to be a nice player. Though, I think we have more of a need for a 2 or 3 man than his spot. Oh well

Hmm I don't see anything on the portal site. Not sure where the VC info comes from https://247sports.com/college/akron/Season/2021-Basketball/TransferPortal/

Mid-week games had their place 10-15 years ago. Now with streaming, every game is available. I'd wager whatever game on ESPNU on a Tuesday night doesn't have ratings materially better than the Saturday games streaming on ESPN3 or ESPN+, at least not enough to kill of the gameday crowds and atmospheres.

Was joke

I just wanted to point out the irony in 71's favorite player being an undersized center 😆

Kent

I also would suspect that the academic scholarship would exclude him from receiving the athletic stipend

Do we know that this "academic scholarship" he is on is a full scholarship?

Not sure why these aren't embedding lately. LCJ trying to raise money for a facility for his dad's program. Thought I'd share. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMdlh1CgpvC/?igshid=ctne5wamnf1v https://www.gofundme.com/f/coach-jacksons-dream?sharetype=teams&member=8848928&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet

Obviously pros and cons to that!

Also, I think everyone that played this year will be the same next year eligibility wise. So Trimble will be a Jr, Ali, Tribble, Dawson will be Sophomores and so on down the line.

Freeman deserves it but I'm thinking this isn't the year for it. I also would probably bet on another of those names not being here next year.. We'll see

We need Tyler Cheese back. We needed him this year too. Wish we could have cloned him while he was here. I think we have enough parts on this team to be good, just need that slasher that can finish at the rim. A Cheese/Ivey type to get to the hole.

So basically UA recruited him for a spot and he changed his game to no longer fit in that spot

They compared him to Lamelo Ball and I thought that was an interesting/apt comparison. Is he as talented? I don't know. But they play a similar game