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I’m with you on this. Best case I think you redshirt the Murray’s and either Perkins or Ulis. That second part is going to be a really tough sell though because both of those guys are college ready and do not want to redshirt. Ogundele might occasionally be needed to take some fouls and grab...

The prior season to this one we went 9 deep and redshirted two able bodied players that would have been in the rotation Nunge and CJ (CJ had a minor injury early on but would have played if they wanted him to). Very limited injury issues or concerns that season. Our picture this year is even...

I like it.

He has offers from Kansas and Maryland, so he’s likely going to be a high 4* type kid. My question is how many wings are we going to go after? Would we take Sandfort and this kid? We already have the Pmac, and the Murray’s in this wing type of mold. A question for @RobHowe . I know on the...

It’s a very unique and really unprecedented situation in which we have a pretty full roster set to return and also bringing in a 5 man class. My inclination is that Fran didn’t plan on taking 5 in this class but when he went down and scouted the Murray’s in Florida he realized they were simply...

Agreed. As an athlete you have to have that attitude. The question is if you come in and compete and don’t earn many minutes, how do you handle it? When reality doesn’t match perception how is it received? That will be interesting to follow especially with Ulis and Perkins, because both I...

I like that Ulis has the size to play both guard spots, which pairs nicely with the shorter Toussaint for the next few years. Ulis looks every bit of 6’2 with a nice wingspan. Sometimes having two point guards in the backcourt can be invaluable. As far as next years goes, I see about 10 minutes...

Very rarely are you going to see a PG that is super quick can penetrate and is a knockdown shooter from outside as well. Those guys don’t just grow on trees. Even Duke’s PG the last two years Tre Jones a former 5* recruit shot only 26% from deep as a freshman. He’s heading to the NBA as a...

From my recollection of following it Fran recruited the heck out of him. Just didn’t seem like he wanted to be a hawkeye and had grander intentions. Ohio State has some pretty good basketball tradition. DJ I don’t think grew up an Iowa fan and didn’t live in Iowa his whole life. It’s possible...

Agreed. I thought there were games he should have hunted his shot more and taken some contested ones. Especially given we were short handed at times. Next year he’s going to get even more open shots with a healthy Jbo.

Agreed. Keegan looks a little better than Kris, although Kris likes to mix it up on the boards a little bit more. The crazy thing is they are coming into a situation where we don’t need anything from them next year other than to keep working hard and pushing guys in practice. When I watched...

You should pop over to the Murray thread. There is a nice recent article. Sounds like at the time Fran got them to campus and offered many D1 teams and high majors were starting to sniff around and show strong interest. The fact that they are rated so low is more of a formality with the...

The thing is Connor didn’t play much PG this year after the first 10 games and even after Jbo went down. He played mostly the 3 and 4 which seemed to suit him. Toussaint and Evelyn were the primary point guards. The nice the about Ulis is he can play both guard spots as he is 6’3 with a pretty...

That’s a good point. The Joe T we had this year would sometimes have two turnovers in the first three minutes of the game. Clearly we don’t want that. I’m really high on what an offseason can mean to his development but that still has to happen. Kind of hoping that Garza’s work ethic is...

I’ve been saying that if it were up to me Joe T would start. The starting group has plenty of offensive firepower what they lack in is defense, and Joe T is our best perimeter defender. Starting Joe T allows you to have better matchups to start the game and to play man to man defense. Jbo would...

Agreed we don’t really know on Nunge, but like I said it’s interesting that he was the starter this year before injury and started some games as a freshman as well. He must have shown something in practice to earn that spot. We will see how he recovers from the injury though, that’s a wildcard...

Gotta be Jbo in there at that point I imagine. Can shoot it from anywhere, super clutch, and not a big turnover guy. Plus he’s elite on free throws. Can do a little O to D subbing if the opportunity presents itself and Joe T can help with ballhandling if we have the lead as well. Joe T’s free...