2024 Off-Season CBB Tracker & Discussion

[clarkwgriswold]

32 minutes ago, ZipsFan31 said:

I totally agree Josiah Harris will be playing the 4 and we will be guard oriented. 
 

affer watching a mixtape from Hardman highschool days he is a spot up shooter not a shot creator. Think Kyle korver not Luka Dončić. Good depth add but I would not assume he starts. It is never a bad thing to have a sniper in your arsenal as a coach. Let’s hope the few bigs we have can keep us afloat down low. 

 

Were it not for a skinny kid nobody knew wandering into open tryouts a half decade ago the Zips transition to a guard heavy offense may have started much earlier!

[Let'sGoZips94]

1 hour ago, ZipsFan31 said:

I totally agree Josiah Harris will be playing the 4 and we will be guard oriented. 
 

affer watching a mixtape from Hardman highschool days he is a spot up shooter not a shot creator. Think Kyle korver not Luka Dončić. Good depth add but I would not assume he starts. It is never a bad thing to have a sniper in your arsenal as a coach. Let’s hope the few bigs we have can keep us afloat down low. 

 

I would certainly agree with this. He's your 7th man that provides a big offensive boost when you need it. Our Jack Gholke.

[Let'sGoZips94]

Still a lot of players in the Portal, but we're #11 after our terrific class. 

 

Dru has done well in the past week. Good for him. 

 

Something interesting. Akron is 1 spot behind Indiana, who spent well north of $1M in NIL. 

 

 

 

[Blue & Gold]

Considering the number developed players in the portal and our success in Portal Combat... is it becoming foolish to recruit high school players?

[Let'sGoZips94]

35 minutes ago, Blue & Gold said:

Considering the number developed players in the portal and our success in Portal Combat... is it becoming foolish to recruit high school players?

 

Ironically...

 

 

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

The only reason to recruit high schoolers is to build a connection for when they almost inevitably hit the transfer portal.

[kreed5120]

I still think there is value in recruiting high school players. Even if there is less of a priority compared to previous years. At the end of the day there is still a finite amount of NIL money that we can spend and we can only promise so many transfers playing time. I also think the caliber of incoming freshmen that we can attract becomes greater as more and more P6 programs specifically look to recruit transfers instead of high school recruits. Therefore high school players that previously were playing in the Big 10 or Big East are now going to find their way into conferences like the MAC or MVC.

 

The reality is no program is running a 13 man rotation. Spending 2-3 of those 13 scholarships looking for your next Enrique Freeman, Ali, Tribble, etc IMO is worth it. It also allows you to build relationships that way you can recruit those players again in a year or two when they're looking to transfer again.

[Let'sGoZips94]

The crazy Hurley gets a big time commitment. 

 

 

 

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

Note the "#Team109" that is clearly stolen from Groce/Akron. 

 

[zipsrowdy88]

Hearing some more rumblings about a staff member leaving and joining a bigger school, thoughts?

Edited April 30, 2024 by zipsrowdy88

[LZIp]

21 minutes ago, zipsrowdy88 said:

Hearing some more rumblings about a staff member leaving and joining a bigger school, thoughts?

My blind guess: Fulford to WVU.

[zipsrowdy88]

27 minutes ago, LZIp said:

My blind guess: Fulford to WVU.

Bingo, concerned that the players have heard nothing about this yet. 

 

Hoping that the staff was up front w them. 

[tpsjugglerdude]

On 4/29/2024 at 12:10 PM, Let'sGoZips94 said:

The crazy Hurley gets a big time commitment. 

 

 

 

 

Glad he didn't end up where his dad played.

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

Interesting. Ohio chooses to use a scholly on a high school recruit. 

 

[akzipper]

47 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

 

Interesting. Ohio chooses to use a scholly on a high school recruit. 

 

 

Stacked?

[Let'sGoZips94]

 

 

[zipsrowdy88]

Fulford to Marshall

[zipsrowdy88]

Mike Allen, remember it!

[Let'sGoZips94]

20 minutes ago, zipsrowdy88 said:

Mike Allen, remember it!

 

https://ekusports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mike-allen/1462

 

Played his senior year under Groce during his first season at Ohio. Helluva recruiter at EKU. 

[Let'sGoZips94]

https://twitter.com/GFRFlashReport/status/1785853807290642608?t=jCFDkyj1g06b9LwnBEUAVA&s=19

[Blue & Gold]

26 minutes ago, Let'sGoZips94 said:

https://twitter.com/GFRFlashReport/status/1785853807290642608?t=jCFDkyj1g06b9LwnBEUAVA&s=19

 

[Illini Zip]

All I can say is I hope someone got a coaching job out of this move. Western Illinois, good grief. 

[kreed5120]

42 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

All I can say is I hope someone got a coaching job out of this move. Western Illinois, good grief. 

He's from Chicago so probably just wanted to be closer to home

[Illini Zip]

3 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

He's from Chicago so probably just wanted to be closer to home

…but we are talking about Western Illinois. Not only are they bad, in a bad conference, they’re not exactly next door to Chicago. SMH. 

[Captain Kangaroo]

12 minutes ago, Illini Zip said:

…but we are talking about Western Illinois. Not only are they bad, in a bad conference, they’re not exactly next door to Chicago. SMH. 

4 hour drive.