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Who was better sophomore season?

  • Buchanan
  • Shedrick
  • Huff
  • Caffaro
  • Salt
  • Diakite
  • Tobey
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Tobey might be the oddest player of the Bennett era. Not sure he was a lot different from his 1st year to 4th…didn’t regress, he just was who he was from the beginning.

After his 1st year I figured no way he’d be around his 4th year if he steadily improved in years 2 & 3…but he didn’t.

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Senior night tobey was a 10 time nba all star

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Some of it is Tobey’s fire and mean streak and some of it is our lack of big man coaching.

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For those wondering…
Blake out rebounded everyone on that list their sophomore year - and the only one close was ….
Drumroll….
Shedrick.

I’ll let you all debate big Blake, but baby Blake is 100% a keep

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And also - only Blake and Tobey played as true sophomores.

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Looks too much like Harley Jarvis

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Booo, Harley Jarvis!

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Moustaches are hot here in the PNW.
Might be the closest Buchanan gets to Timme assuming he ends up back here at Gonzaga, UW or Oregon.
Watch for it.

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I can’t recall each player’s sophomore season specifically. So cast my vote for Ralph.

Does anyone know the % of
Portal entries that stay put last 3 years?

Google AI, so grain of salt:

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totally agree. he’s an example not the exception, that proved the rule that Bennett didnt always leverage and accelerate offensive standouts, just wasnt in his bag to focus on getting more looks for anyone other than bombers. adjustments were more strategic (get it inside v press, blabla)… Huff in particular should have been scoring 20+ by senior year but we never saw a true offensive explosion that went beyond that game in i think Nov of his redshirt frosh year.

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We should have put Huff in a cage and fed him raw meat all week. Occasionally poked him with a stick. Man, if he had a mean streak he would have been truly dominant.

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Or if the coach had simply played him 15 min every game in 2018 and said - go cook…. What if I’m off coach?? Then cook!!!

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Bye Dai Dai
https://x.com/TiptonEdits/status/1902494943764967482

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Would love to have him back next year.

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Curious about the reasons why you would choose to, or choose not to, announce your portal entry before the portal officially opens.

Would it be fair to speculate that guys who announce their portal entry early are casting a wider net (they’re effectively requesting suitors)? And by contrast, if you’ve already back-channeled a deal, there’s no need to advertise your availability yet? Or is it just kinda random and I’m bored so I’m overthinking it. (It’s probably that.)

Dai Dai entering the portal was a given…probably even if Bennett or Sanchez was here. He only came to UVA because it was the best situation last year, chance to play + money. Wouldn’t 100% assume he’s closed to coming back…this is business. Odds aren’t good. But ya neve know if the new coach wants him and steps up.

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