🔄 The @HooandTrue General Portal 2025 Thread

@HoustonWilson you’re on work vacation so I thought it would be appropriate to disrupt that for my own selfish wants and ask: anything to this player being one of your most recent follows?

https://x.com/HitmenHoops/status/1904679467609440547

Pitt related I assume. Houston will learn it’s okay to ignore Mr. True sometimes.

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Kaleb Banks to DePaul (who weren’t even in that graphic yesterday).

Holtman apparently got some cash to build the roster and was able to keep 3 of his core players from entering the portal. But I will never be able to accept the possibility that DePaul could be good.

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https://x.com/petenakos_/status/1907508611359580621?s=46

Big fan of this guy. Strong, good shooter, coming from Drew Valentine’s Loyola Chicago squad so you know he’s gonna be tough and in the Izzo guard mold. Maybe Odom uses his A-10 connections here (though Dawson played like shit in both of his games against VCU this season so who knows lol).

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Wisconsin 247 guy is confident they’re getting Rohde, FWIW.

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Can you tell @DFresh11 to tell his friend to tell Dave Odom to tell Ryan Odom, that the wing Pitt may be involved with is a wing we should also be involved with? thx

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Want @DFresh11 to text Ryan and not annoy everyone else?

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Which is nothing :wink:

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yes please

“Hey this guy who clearly knows better than you wants you to get involved with this wing who fits better with your schemes better than the wings you yourself are probably targeting” Something like that seems appropriate.

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Fresh has the head coach’s number now…direct pipeline for @Hooandtrue

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Skip Ryan and just make the offer yourself like you usually do.

Fresh is AndTrue’s recruiting coordinator.

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Great point. There literally is no difference now

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Nick Davidson to Clemson. Really thought we would be the pick here.

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Kids Id like to see UVA get more involved with if not already involved with.

Amarri Monroe (wing Quinnipac)
Taylor Bol Bowen (Wing forward FSU)
Corey Washington (Wing Witchita St)
Tafara Gapare (Maryland forward)
Jonathan Pierre (Belmont)
Tyrone Riley (San Francisco)
Oziyah Sellers (Stanford)
Tyrell Ward (LSU)
The FAU center who just entered.
Bodo Bodo
Find a way to keep Robinson or Cofie

And then get Rowan Brumbaugh and go tamper with Malik Mack and have them train with Kyle Guy all summer.

Or Finley Bizjack and Jizzle James combo

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Cofie, A-Rob OR Bam (or my preference: A-Rob AND Bam), Saunders, and a couple other dudes and front court will be fine. Maybe not next year, but soon enough.

We need some guards and wings. With 2-3 years eligibility

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I’m getting faster. In October, my “Tony will be here for 2 years” post took a couple hours to retire Tony. :joy: :joy:… :sob: :sob:… :joy:

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There is a LOT of talent still in the portal and much more to come.

But I still am of the opinion that it is going to take an overpay or two to get the first few on board to build around and entice others to join.

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There’s also still a lot of talent being added to the portal… hell Davidson on Sunday was a top 10 guy most services had him in the 30’s range today.

But that talent is going to be more competitive to get. We need to pay upfront a lot more for a big hit and then let the rest fall into place.

Also its not about portal ranking its about fit. Davidson is a huge loss because he fits really well with what Odom wants. While giving us a solid veteran in the front court.

If you remember in football, we signed a guy that was in the final four but of course we had to wait until after it was over….:wink:

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