I haven't heard who Jans may be looking at in the portal for next year but I would suggest looking at Jamarion Sharp from Western Kentucky. He's 7'5" and appears to be pretty athletic for his size.
https://youtu.be/RuQaOwbrLWc
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I haven't heard who Jans may be looking at in the portal for next year but I would suggest looking at Jamarion Sharp from Western Kentucky. He's 7'5" and appears to be pretty athletic for his size.
https://youtu.be/RuQaOwbrLWc
Per Twitter, we have contacted a shit ton of people. Don’t know much about them, but there is a guy who puts who has been in contact either certain recruits and we have literally been on every list.
I do remember the kid from Arizona State off hand.
We are in the top 10 for BJ Mack. We have had an in home with him.
Mack is probably going to Michigan, but he would be a nice addition if we can sway him away from Ann Arbor
Oquendo from Georgia. The guy can score.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteelCurtain74
He's also entered his name in the NBA draft. If he stays in school he would be another one I would like to get in addition to the Withers kid from Louisville.Quote:
Originally Posted by Count Istvan Teleky
I think we feel good about the Florida transfer Kowacie Reeves Jr
Really good. Not sure what to think about him. He is a younger DJ with a little more athleticism but a worse 3 pt shooter.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
I've seen a bunch of portal targets we are after on facebook and twitter. If Jans can get a couple scorers/shooters we are going to be good next year
I didn?t know we were on Reeves that hard. That is good to hear. He definitely has huge potential. He doesn?t address the shooting need, but he would be a defensive menace in Jans?s defense.
Totally agree. I'd rather focus on more natural scorers but supposedly North Carolina is in on him as well. If true, there must be more to his game than I realize.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
Have we lost anyone to the portal?
Can we get Cam Carter back? Seriously, was he determined to leave or did we not want to keep him?
I look at possible fits differently. If you can fill it up, and play defense that?s great. If you can fill it up, and willing to play defense that?s good. If you can?t fill it up, but plays defense that?s ok, but that?s not what we need. We need scorers that are at least coachable defenders. Just my opinion.
No. He was only hear because of Howland and Ziegler. They are gone and so is he.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldendawg
Programs are recruiting him because his potential is through the roof, which it is. However, we've been stung too much by potential the last couple of years in another sport...........Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
Are we sure Tolu is returning?
Sounds like he's going to get his draft grade from the NBA then decide. Probably a smart move just to see where he stands.Quote:
Originally Posted by SailingDawg
If his determination is based on his NBA grade, I would think he's almost certainly coming back. Because he won't get drafted. My concern was more overseas or just not wanting to play college ball anymore. If his decision is NBA vs. college, then he'll be back.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtowndawg
I agree, a good NBA draft grade is implausible. I imagine this will come down to an agreeable NIL deal on both sides, otherwise it's overseas for Tolu.Quote:
Originally Posted by smootness
I don't think we're going to see a lot of people waste their potential under Jans. They may transfer out because they don't like how hard they are required to play, but they won't just come in and not improve. Now that said, some people are just not scorers and I don't think Jans is going to perform any real magic with them. But the type of improvement that Moore had this year is likely. Better playing and decision making, even if the actual shooting doesn't improve that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
I saw something today that said there are over 1,000 players in the portal. That's crazy.
There are tons of really good guards in the portal already. Jans has to go get a couple, I've been saying it for years now you win college basketball with good guard play. Go look at the remaining tourney teams, all of them have explosive scoring guard play. Heck FAU has about 6 or 7 good guards that contribute and that's what got them to the elite 8.
Bumping this as BJ Mack has narrowed it down to his top 5 and unfortunately we didn't make the cut.
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/co...on-top-5-list/
Thanks for the update.Quote:
Originally Posted by SteelCurtain74
Yep. Don't play D, you won't see the floor under Jans. Any word on Murphy and Russell? How about Cam, DJ, Shaq, and Will?Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnson85
Was he "here", or can he "hear"?Quote:
Originally Posted by StarkVegasSteve
He cannot hear that we would like him to come back. Sad really.Quote:
Originally Posted by schddog72
Some of you mentioned Reeves from Florida was looking at us. Just saw he is going to Georgia Tech to play for Stoudemire.
If we lost to GT, ouchQuote:
Originally Posted by SteelCurtain74
I don't think we were ready to take him. Waiting to see what DJ doesQuote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
We've already missed on a few players who had us in their top 5 to 10.. Jans is a heck of a coach, especially defensively but that doesn't appeal to alot of kids who want to run up and down the court and score and I think that may be part of the reason Jans has struggled in recruiting so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by msstate7
Yeah that Hubbard kid we got that scored the most points ever in the history of the state of Mississippi really didn't like Jans philosophy on basketball.Quote:
Originally Posted by NCMSTFAN
I?m a huge fan of Jans, but the only reason he chose State was because Kermit was fired. He chose them, we just got luckyQuote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
But he also chose Kermit and had an established relationship with them well before Jans came to campus.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZedFedder
So sure Kermit getting fired helped, but had Jans been at MSU 2-3 years and had a chance to develop that relationship longer term, can we say he would t have initially committed to MSU? No way.
Plus he didn't have to commit to Jans. He could have committed somewhere else. But he didn't.
Jans may have been late to the portal last season, but please improve over Horton and Reed at "shooting" guard.
We?re not adding as many in the portal as most think.
Hubbard initially committed to Ole Miss with Jans at State, he wants to play at a hometown school. Good get by Jans nonetheless but AGAIN, Jans has struggled and missed out on alot of portal guys, even last year. I stand by my statement, Jans is a heck of a coach especially defensively but his recruiting so far has been bad other than Hubbard.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetEdDawg
He will have to step that area up for us, it's just the truth! Fans are just afraid of reality and the truth and what I'm saying is the truth