🏀 Ryan Odom Transition

[haney]

I went to St John’s - Xavier last year and Wilcher got into it (jawing, etc) with a staffer on Xavier’s bench. Should make for an interesting first week or so of practice!

[Foresthoo]

That roster doesn’t seem all that scary.

[Hooandtrue]

Their center from fau was fun to watch (when watching them vs Tulane).

Swain is legit. Heide and Codie could be really good in expanded roles.

[Hoohoohoo]

Torvik has them projected as 35th. Which is good for 11th in the SEC.

We are currently projected 52nd w/o De Ridder or Grünloh. Good for 7th in the ACC.

Note our projected rank is only better than LSU and South Carolina. Meanwhile South Carolina is the lowest ranked team in both the SEC and ACC.

[Raleigh_Hoo]

Torvik doesnt factor in international players either, like Grünloh. Does anyone know of a site that projects like this that does factor in international players?

[AdventiveQuasar]

You can DIY it at Hoop Explorer: https://hoop-explorer.com/OffseasonLeaderboard?transferInOutMode=true&

Gotta make assumptions, of course. Hoop Explorer does have Sarr for Duke and Fru for LVille projected, if you want to anchor off of them.

Also, you (hilariously) still need to remove Warley from our roster.

[zh00s]

No but I swapped in a range of possible comps using domestic players a while back and it bumped us about 18-24 spots higher, good for between 28th and 34th overall.

[AdventiveQuasar]

@AdventiveQuasar

You can DIY it at Hoop Explorer: https://hoop-explorer.com/OffseasonLeaderboard?transferInOutMode=true&

Gotta make assumptions, of course. Hoop Explorer does have Sarr for Duke and Fru for LVille projected, if you want to anchor off of them.

Also, you (hilariously) still need to remove Warley from our roster.

For reference, I outlined a past projection attempt using Hoop Explorer here:

Portal Season Continues

This is my stab at using Hoop Explorer’s preseason roster-building tool to make the optimist’s projection for this season, assuming Thomas and De Ridder adds even though that is not confirmed: [Screenshot 2025-05-09 091219] In case it’s hard to see, that adds up to #17 O, #46 D, and #27 overall. That feels optimistic to me, but this is an exercise in loosely informed dart throwing, so whatever. You can use it yourself: hoop-explorer.com/TeamEditor? A few notes on using: You need to remove …

As discussed in that thread, this is more “putting numbers to my vague notions about the team” than any particular truth.

[AdventiveQuasar]

Malik in town now:

Apparently he’s a cat guy (does having a cat automatically make you a cat person?)

[4547Lambeth]

I completely forgot Sean Miller’s coaching Texas now.

[BDragon]

@AdventiveQuasar

Apparently he’s a cat guy (does having a cat automatically make you a cat person?)

That makes me instantly like him.

[tonyburnertt]

More importantly it got my fiance on board with this iteration of the hoos. Needed a sell for her on them to monopolize TV time during the winter and “hey that’s the guy with the cat that just scored” is going to be pretty effective I think.

Love a cat dad.

[DFresh11]

Jordan Poole had cats in college. Just saying

[tonyburnertt]

He still does! Does a ton with local cat rescues and shelters in DC!

One redeeming characteristic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/01/29/jordan-poole-cat-guy/

[DFresh11]

Cats dont wanna be rescued..

[haney]

You can’t see the dawg because he’s got the dawg in him

[Jerome]

@tonyburnertt

fiance

Fiancé?! Congrats dude! Seen you reference a girlfriend before so I’m guessing this is a new development

[tonyburnertt]

Hahaha good catch yeah it was a couple weeks ago. Officially marrying into a true SEC family and hoping UVa gets the nod so I’m not an outcast.

[BDragon]

Not everything is perfect.

Dragon had a cat in college when he came back for 4th yr.

[jazznutUVA]

Haha… Dragon and his cat snuggling…