SJU Portal Targets

This must be brutal for anyone not coaching an elite team. First the portal requires a coach to re-recruit most of the team, and decide who to let go without a fight. Then you have to recruit half a new team every season, and face bidding wars for players that don't average in double figures.

With a coach like Pitino, the sky should be the limit. It is hard to go deep in the tournament without NBA talent. Maybe too early to tell, but none of the returnees with experience jump off the page as sure fire NBA draft picks. Maybe one of the freshman, but who knows with freshman. Which means that CRP has to get commitments from some serious players to do anything more than sneak into the tournament. Which isn't easy considering the negative Big East bias. Between the protal and NIL, this is one awful system.
 
Silly Donovan said:
Perhaps Scott was the “victim” of the system he played in but he was high scorer with 13 when we played NTS.
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Perhaps
Exactly why you can’t say “no way”

Wusu scored 16 vs us. Sure you love his offensive game.
 
Amaseinyourface said:
Wusu scored 16 vs us. Sure you love his offensive game.
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So you deny that Taylor was offensively hesitant? Have you really forgotten what went on during the season? How Pitino would start him and then in the next few games played only a few minutes cause coach was trying to get him more aggressive offensively?

I’m old so my memory sucks, but you’re a young guy. 😂👍
 
Silly Donovan said:
So you deny that Taylor was offensively hesitant? Have you really forgotten what went on during the season? How Pitino would start him and then in the next few games played only a few minutes cause coach was trying to get him more aggressive offensively?

I’m old so my memory sucks, but you’re a young guy. 😂👍
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Where have I said anything that makes you think that? Yes he was hesitant to look for his own shot.

We don’t know how Scott will translate here. Perhaps he will be hesitant too. Perhaps Taylor will be more aggressive with a year in the system. If we knew points would just transfer over from previous place then Taylor would have been a 12 point a game guy last year.
 
NCJohnnie said:
Amase's bolded point above is why I don't see Taylor returning as much as I'd love to see it. Unless Glenn was killing it out there he sat and can't see him returning for that reason.
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Taylor entered portal but said he was keeping options open to return. That does not suggest he was forced out by Staff. It suggests Taylor is exploring other opportunities and might well return.
 
dk423 said:
Glass quarter full in me says free throws % went up significantly (and a lot of attempts). But I don't have it in me to watch tape unless there's a visit. lol
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3.7 rebs in 25 minutes during conference play is enough for me to kinda hope we don’t get one lol
 
Joedib said:
Taylor entered portal but said he was keeping options open to return. That does not suggest he was forced out by Staff. It suggests Taylor is exploring other opportunities and might well return.
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Didn’t say he was forced out. Word at the time I believe was that the decision was mutual and amicable. Suspect he was looking for some indication of more consistent role and didn’t get it. As I said I’d be very happy to see him return just don’t see it happening. Hope I’m wrong.
 
SJU85 said:
That part I really don’t get because you have to be progressing towards a degree and have maintained eligibility by meeting academic standards ( full time student maintaining a 2.0 GPA) whether you are a transfer or not in order to be eligible to play. That is like rule one.

Someone mentioned how rare it is to hear someone has been declared academically ineligible now. That is due to several reasons. With mandatory study halls and tutors, there is more academic support. Of course you also there is still the old “wink, wink” and fraud around somewhere. And finally, you hear about https://www.ncaa.org/news/2024/4/17...cil-approves-changes-to-transfer-rules.aspxit someone being suspended for not meeting team standards which is used as a catch all for missing classes, not doing well academically, bad behavior, not following coaches directions, etc. Every once in awhile you hear someone being suspended for not meeting academic standard but not too often.
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There is also this poorly explained metric that they want to create a transfer academic progress rate and then creation of something they are calling a graduation passport. (The cbs story doesn’t mention mention it but it’s mentioned in ncaa material.) I can’t find where I first read it but it seems meant to tell a kid how many credits are transferable before he leaves. And maybe it’s a way for coaches to say “hey, you know you’re never going to get a degree on scholarship if you leave for X school. Are you sure you want to do this. The NBA is no guarantee.”

This goes into it a bit but I did see a better explanation somewhere.

www.ncaa.org

Division I Council approves changes to transfer rules - NCAA.org

The Division I Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a package of rules changes to allow transferring student-athletes who meet certain academic eligibility requirements
www.ncaa.org www.ncaa.org
 
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