Step 1: Land Finley Bizjack
Step 2: Have him and Rohde train with Ty Jerome all summer and do whatever workouts that are having Ty Jerome absolute ball on the NBA like his now after his foot surgery
Step 3: Put them in the Kyle Guy Dojo of shooting confidence that upgraded McKneely.
edit: @HoozGotNext move this to my transfer portal thread wrong thread k thx
Bryce Lindsay wins both Sun Belt Rookie of the year and Sun Belt 6th man of the year.
Thatās my first guard off the bench
Guards
-Jizzle James (Cincinnati)
-Donald Hand Jr (Boston College)
-Blake Harper (Howard)
-Seth Trimble (UNC)
-Finley Bizjack (Butler)
-Jayden Reid (South Florida)
-Markus Burton (Notre Dame)
-Kenyon Giles (UNC Greensboro)
-Silas Demary Jr (Georgia)
-Dedan Thomas Jr (UNLV)
-Jaland Lowe (Pitt)
-Soloman Ball (if Hurley leaves UConn)
-Blue Cain (Georgia)
-Rowan Brumbaugh (Tulane)
-Austin Swartz (Miami)
-Niccolo Morreti (FAU)
-Xzayvier Brown (St Joeās)
-Bryce Lindsay (JMU)
-Tru Washington (Nevada)
-Layden Blocker (DePaul)
Wings:
-Isaiah Coleman (Seton Hall)
-Tyrell Ward (LSU)
-Juke Harris (Wake Forest)
-Daniel Skillings Jr (Cincinatti)
-Nick Dorn (Elon)
-Rashad King (Northeastern)
-Javan Buchanan (Boise St)
-Naas Cunningham (Alabama/redshirt this year)
-Chris Bell (Syracuse)
-Camden Heide (Purdue)
Young DMV talent that might be available:
-Darren Harris (Duke)
-Malcolm Thomas (Villanova)
-Isaiah Abrahm (UConn)
-Donovan Freeman (Syracuse)
-Daquan Davis (FSU)
-Ben Hammond (Hokies)
-Bryson Tucker (Indiana)
Front Court:
-Rafael Castro (George Washington)
-Kaleb Banks (Tulane)
-Maliq Brown (Duke)
-Malik Reneau (Indiana)
-Taylor Bol Bowen (FSU)
-Thomas Sorber (Georgetown)
-David Punch (TCU)
-Ven Lubin (UNC)
-Thomas Haugh (Florida)
-Jalen Reed (LSU)
-Tobi Lawal (Hokies
-Austin Rapp (Portland)
-Michael Rataj (Oregon St)
-Kwame Evans Jr (Oregon)
-Kaleb Glenn (FAU)
-Drew Fielder (Georgetown)
-Cooper Bowser (Furman)
-Yanick Neiderhauser (Penn St)
-Luke Bamgboye (VCU)
-Jarin Stevenson (Alabama)
-Reed Bailey
Flippable high school kids sorta local regionally:
-Sadiq White (Syracuse)
-Kareem Stagg (Georgia)
-Adrien Stevens (Marquette)
-Omari Witherspoon (Pitt)
-Derek Dixon (UNC)
-Keyshuan Tillery (Cincy)
-Chance Mallory (Future Hoo hopefully)
-Harun Zrno (Indiana commit)
-Austin Williford (St Joes)
-KJ Cochran (Santa Clara)
Jesus christ man lmao.
We are going to have like 10 roster spots open. Also I need a distraction from the bullshit ongoing at work with current events and having to scrub websites and apps of certain stuff to comply and whatnot.
Today was Camden Heide clips day: would fit really well in the way Byington uses Chris Manon.
I think 4 players that probably make sense regardless of coach to target:
-Bryce Lindsay as a first guard off the bench. His offensive skillset makes sense in every scheme
-Kaleb Banks: Both Odom and Byington like 4/5 out offense. Also think he has a really high ceiling that has yet to be tapped.
-Think Finley Bizjack is a high upside player.
-Yanick Niederhauser. If we supposedly want to be ātop 10 goodā and have a strong āwarchestā, prove it by getting an elite big.
Edit: KJ Cochran is balling out and still grabbing attention with his play. Need to flip him from Santa Clara
Chris Bell, formerly know as Chris Bunch, was the first @Hooandtrue dream recruit. Takes me back to when I first discovered this site at the beginning of COVID.
Long ass 5 years on this damn site.
I also back @Hoohoohoo sentiment that if we have numerous open scholarships, we should use one of them as a flier on Austin Williford. Think he really does have high potential with the athleticism and the 3pt shot coming around. Iāve mentioned before he reminds me of John Blackwell on Wisconsin career wise (athletic āundersizedā wing 3 star with only one power 5 offer but still thriving cause the athleticism and ādawgā confidence translating). Also could be a Bamisile type if Odom is our hire.
https://x.com/STABHoops/status/1894560721276400055
Canāt find this year highlights so highlights from last season and aau
I appreciate the hell out of you, @Hooandtrue
Big fan of this take. Not to go full āintangiblesā guy but I think his competitiveness gives him a decent chance to develop into a power conference level player. He looked like he belonged at Peach Jam, especially had a good game guarding Jasper Johnson (top-20 recruit in his class).
Oh yeah. I believe the term is āDawgā
I watched Stab play PVI twice: Both times Austin Williford legitimately impressed me more than Isaiah Abraham
The odds of him de-committing without a St Joes coaching change seem close to zero, right? Hard to imagine JWilly being an advocate of that.
St Joes has come up as possible job opening this spring
If JWilly gets an assistant job at an appropriate level program for AWilly, wonder if following Dad becomes a possibility.
Hoop Explorer lets you filter players by hometowns by scrolling around a map:
Naturally @Hooandtrue managed to cover almost all of the good MD/DC/VA kids. Only name I see in there whoās decent and not on the list is Jaden Daughtry at Indiana State (Richmond hometown, went to Hargrave). Heās an undersized 4 who comes off the bench for a not very good team, but he is shooting 62% from 2 on extremely high usage and draws a ton of fouls. Maybe not a power conference guy, but heās productive at the level heās at.
Silas Demary Jr was last weekās national player of the week.
Heās 100% going to be a Duke Blue Devil next season. Still lose sleep over not offering him and then turning around right away and offering Dante Harris. (Although I am happy Dante got his UVA degree and found a program that values him more).
I really thought we were going to get Silas and he was going to be our Brogdon 2.0
edit: lol who added the diddukewin hyperlink. Or did LRA just automatically do that when I typed Duke?)
Iām out
Definitely out
Iām back in
Out
Redshirt?
In HS he really did look like a wing/big guard playing inside:
He had 25 against Ohio State, you kinda have to comb through highlights though to see what heās doing:
Indiana State looks catastrophically small, I think heās playing the 5 a lot. He looks tricky around the rim though; mostly below the rim but he has a big dunk in there. I guess the reductive answer is that heās Jayden Gardner.
Completely forgot 2 athletic defensive DMV wings that are probably going to be in the portal.
AJ Swinton. Dude was at like 3 different high schools (Dematha and then Oakhil and then Bishop OConnell). On the broadcast last night vs FSU, they mentioned his grandfather and someone else (like an uncle) are UVA alums. Typical low volume stats but solid percentages and a really good athlete. (Boo Williams kid)
Dennis Parker Jr who we didnāt offer because he lacked a 3pt shot and he still lacks a 3pt shot. But also a tenacious and athletic wing prime for an upperclassmen jump and change of scenery. (Team Loaded I think)
If I had to pick one over the other for an off the bench development defensive wing, Id go AJ Swinton. 3 years left, the UVA connection is kinda cool, and I think he has higher upside with his 3pt shot looking more normal
Wasnāt Swinton committed to VT at one point?
