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Post by cardfan on Mar 25, 2024 15:08:09 GMT -6
Lewis knew he needed to remake the roster so he’s getting his chance.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 25, 2024 15:34:39 GMT -6
Joey Brown is now in the portal, making 5 total leaving Ball State. Totally expected all part of the plan |
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 25, 2024 16:33:39 GMT -6
Joey Brown is now in the portal, making 5 total leaving Ball State. Totally expected all part of the plan Probably not in the plan to lose Anderson and Middleton, but getting Watts back helps. Anderson had his moments. Middleton had upside. Neither were really quick or great defenders, though. We can add that. |
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Post by ctshowtyme on Mar 25, 2024 17:01:12 GMT -6
Lewis knew he needed to remake the roster so he’s getting his chance. Totally agree. Lewis was pretty upfront that he ultimately didn't put a roster together that could contend for a Mac championship or play consistently good basketball. It seems like he learned after the 2022-23 season that you can't really build a program anymore. It's year to year A lesson after 2023-24 is you can't have 7 freshmen on your roster now, especially given what you lose each year and when 4 were projects at best. A lot of us saw this coming though right. A few high schoolers is ok. But gotta hit the jucos, portal, and grad transfers hard. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 25, 2024 17:13:14 GMT -6
One thing becoming clear is that you don’t want to act all bitter towards any quality player that leaves your program. Transferring back again seems like it will not be an uncommon thing
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Post by coastalcard on Mar 25, 2024 17:58:08 GMT -6
So who ultimately gets squeezed out by the transfer portal?
If mid majors can no longer survive recruiting high schoolers and projects and majors don’t want players less than 4 stars, that leaves a lot of decent high schoolers in the small college arena who have immediate upward mobility transfer on their minds from the beginning.
It’s almost a comical cycle that is being created.
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 25, 2024 19:18:20 GMT -6
So who ultimately gets squeezed out by the transfer portal? If mid majors can no longer survive recruiting high schoolers and projects and majors don’t want players less than 4 stars, that leaves a lot of decent high schoolers in the small college arena who have immediate upward mobility transfer on their minds from the beginning. It’s almost a comical cycle that is being created. Yep. Recruiting good HS players makes good sense for mid majors, though. They represent the new one (and two) and done good players. But, good news, not much NIL expense... We are a feeder system for majors, we survive in that role. Some HS players will develop into 4 year players for us, not quite good enough for bigger money transfer. Just like some top HS recruits will still play 4 for high majors. Best deal for them, not quite NBA material. |
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 25, 2024 22:17:33 GMT -6
Yea Im not sure about middleton or anderson but im sure lewis told the others we just are not going to have a spot for you.. I gotta think the euro goes as well.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 25, 2024 22:19:06 GMT -6
Yea Im not sure about middleton or anderson but im sure lewis told the others we just are not going to have a spot for you.. I gotta think the euro goes as well. Anderson deff going for a pay day which is crazy hes going to get one but ge is... TMJ the only real headscratcher as to why |
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Post by bsutrack on Mar 26, 2024 8:03:02 GMT -6
Yea Im not sure about middleton or anderson but im sure lewis told the others we just are not going to have a spot for you.. I gotta think the euro goes as well. Anderson deff going for a pay day which is crazy hes going to get one but ge is... TMJ the only real headscratcher as to why By TMJ, I'm assuming you are referring to Trent Middleton and yes that is truly a headscratcher. He's exactly the type of player Lewis now needs to look for. A guy who can play the point with a decent 3-point shot. A guy who can compete against Brittian-Watts for the starting PG, take over the position if Brittian-Watts doesn't work out, or at least be a back-up off the bench. Preferably an underclassman you could hang-on to for a year or two past the upcoming season. Just what Middleton was. |
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Post by williamtsherman on Mar 26, 2024 8:26:57 GMT -6
I do feel somewhat bad for Zagorsak. He's a long way from home and his support system, Things have not worked like he hoped when he flew off across the ocean. Couldn't get much PT on a bad team and didn't do much when he did. Not sure what his options would be at this point
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 26, 2024 8:28:21 GMT -6
Yea Im not sure about middleton or anderson but im sure lewis told the others we just are not going to have a spot for you.. I gotta think the euro goes as well. Anderson deff going for a pay day which is crazy hes going to get one but ge is... TMJ the only real headscratcher as to why Unless he has an offer back East or at a school he targeted out of HS, maybe an urban school? He had never visited BSU, so even if fits with the staff, this wasn't a place he'd be expected to be from the start. |
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Post by 00hmh on Mar 26, 2024 8:45:10 GMT -6
I do feel somewhat bad for Zagorsak. He's a long way from home and his support system, Things have not worked like he hoped when he flew off across the ocean. Couldn't get much PT on a bad team and didn't do much when he did. Not sure what his options would be at this point He did get to play as a freshman, and seemed to avoid bonehead play when he did. He also did get part of what he must have wanted, to play against US college competition and have a chance to develop. He must have known he needed a lot of work and coaching to play, especially against better athletes. He wasn't the deadeye shooter he needed to be to get more minutes, and had to work awfully hard to play at college pace. If that's going to happen he can get PT at lower level, we didn't see a lot of guard skills which he'd need here. |
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Post by realitycheck on Mar 26, 2024 10:17:19 GMT -6
Anderson deff going for a pay day which is crazy hes going to get one but ge is... TMJ the only real headscratcher as to why By TMJ, I'm assuming you are referring to Trent Middleton and yes that is truly a headscratcher. He's exactly the type of player Lewis now needs to look for. A guy who can play the point with a decent 3-point shot. A guy who can compete against Brittian-Watts for the starting PG, take over the position if Brittian-Watts doesn't work out, or at least be a back-up off the bench. Preferably an underclassman you could hang-on to for a year or two past the upcoming season. Just what Middleton was. Middleton, like Jones, got quite a bit of PT this year. Middleton in particular saw his minutes rise dramatically in the MAC portion of the schedule but also fell out of favor with Lewis for a 3-4 game stretch and didn't play at all. It appeared to be related to defensive lapses and not running the offense as called/being unaware of what play was being run. The other side of this is culture and mentality, IMO. Lewis seemed to lose his mind the most with the two freshman when they made a mistake and the consequence of that is a brow beating and bench. Jones seems immune while Middleton seemed more affected to me. Mike is very intense especially in the moment and the better you are the greater expectations he has of you. The upperclassmen specifically Basheer, Mickey and Anderson didn't get the hook nearly as often. In the case of Pearson and Jihad, almost never. Anderson some and Bailey much more so. This is all speculation of course. Middleton may have been homesick, didn't like the intensity/scrutiny or something else. I wish he would stay because he definitely has potential to be a solid player. |
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Post by rmcalhoun on Mar 26, 2024 12:00:55 GMT -6
When I talked to Baily and watts they were happy about coming back . They took some pictures with older alum etc..
Jones was all smiles and promised we would ge better
Hendrick parente says he loved Lewis.
Those are the kids I personally talked to
I did speak via message too anderson he simply tesponded no sir
So Lewis is deff not hated
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