2025 / 2026 Roster
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Agreed, both Ayo and Prey and a big shot from Lefteris, this team just defies description……..
Game dictated by Nova, 14-0 run gave SJU a chance but team really did not play well.
MugCostanza
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Trilly again tonight "Portal is probably going to be very down this year unfortunately" then when asked if it would be lack of top end guys or overall talent - "Like top end guys"
Will be interesting to see how it shakes out this offseason. You only ever hear of schools planning to make more of an investment in NIL not less plus a lack of top end names compared to last offseason will make portal recruiting even more competitive. I trust Matt is doing his due diligence and grinding in the shadows but we can definitely end up with a roster closer to last season's than this season's
Will be interesting to see how it shakes out this offseason. You only ever hear of schools planning to make more of an investment in NIL not less plus a lack of top end names compared to last offseason will make portal recruiting even more competitive. I trust Matt is doing his due diligence and grinding in the shadows but we can definitely end up with a roster closer to last season's than this season's
Legit concern imo. We’ll see.
This has to be expected to a degree… after this Season- we are losing the players that got the extra Covid year (Posh/Wusu/Kadary etc) as well as normal seniors (Scott)… so more players exiting the college game as a whole.
What we will probably have… A lot of freshmen/sophomores looking to move who haven’t got much PT behind these college vets… Matt is gonna earn his paycheck this offseason…
passitback
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Portal will be polluted with very talented, front running, money hungry ball players that want the best shot to live out their dreams of becoming a pro.
Win and I think we will be fine.
Win and I think we will be fine.
Go Red Storm
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Another reason why i think ignoring the HS and JUCO talent is a mistake. No guarantee caliber of player you need or want will be in the transfer portal and if they are the competition will be fierce especially if less talent available
L J S A
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Would be nice if Brayden Burries turned on a St. John's game every now and again.
Would love Yaxel haven’t seen enough of Jackson or Mbagko to judge whether they’d be worth the huge pricetags
L J S A
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Mgbako would need to change his whole approach to rebounding to be able to play for Pitino.
MugCostanza
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Jackson is a 1st round pick. He should be NBA bound. Yaxel is also on a bunch of draft boards and word is he’s either going to the NBA or to Kansas.
Mgbako is very talented but Pitino might go insane with him on the defensive end.
Jamir Watkins is someone I’m keeping an eye on. There was alleged mutual interest last year and his coach is retiring after this season. 6’7 athletic wing with one more year of eligibility left.
Would be nice if Donovan Dent was still playing for a Pitino next year but I’d highly doubt it
Jackson is great talent but mainly offensively to date... if he played under Pitino he'd have a big learning curve on defense if we expect similar identity on that side of ball.