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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: Checkmate Date: March 22, 2024, 3:17 pm
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With the O'Connor signing and two open spots, we really need
size. I thought Traore was going to be excessed by Pitino last
year, along with Pinzon (now at Bryant), but he earned another
year. As Braziller pointed out, both here and Fordham would be
good landing spots if he's looking to be a contributor.
What I like about O'Connor is that he was a major contributor
and leader at a serious level of basketball. How that
translates, we'll see. But getting guys from good programs is a
great start. I'm wondering how the point guard situation shakes
out with him, TO and Space. And are we comfortable with that?
O'Connor seems like a real Aaron Craft type; I like that he gets
after it defensively.
I still think we need a real offensive guy, unless we're
convinced that Woodard slides right in. I like him; I'm just
generally skeptical of juco transfers. Even if it's seamless, I
still think we need another, and ideally somebody who isn't
afraid to dig in defensively on the perimeter too.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: sbufan Date: March 22, 2024, 6:33 pm
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O'Connor kind of reminds me of Spike Albrecht who was the point
guard on a very good prep school team and was mostly overlooked.
Late spring signing for Michigan and ended up being pretty good
for them (ok honestly his stats are much worse than my memory of
him). Anyway I really like O'Connor.
Recruits always look good, but I do think both O'Connor and
Gorman are guys we wouldn't get if not for 2 things 1. SBU being
in the CAA 2. So many schools saving scholarships for transfers.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: OldSeawolf Date: March 23, 2024, 7:29 am
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[quote author=sbufan link=topic=1102.msg43426#msg43426
date=1711150386]
O'Connor kind of reminds me of Spike Albrecht who was the point
guard on a very good prep school team and was mostly overlooked.
Late spring signing for Michigan and ended up being pretty good
for them (ok honestly his stats are much worse than my memory of
him). Anyway I really like O'Connor.
Recruits always look good, but I do think both O'Connor and
Gorman are guys we wouldn't get if not for 2 things 1. SBU being
in the CAA 2. So many schools saving scholarships for transfers.
[/quote]
Point # 2 is a real good one. These young kids coming in don't
want to be shut out, given the current landscape. Under the
current climate, if O'Connor turns out to be the real deal,
we'll be able to rent him for a year or 2.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: OldSeawolf Date: March 23, 2024, 7:35 am
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[quote author=Checkmate link=topic=1102.msg43424#msg43424
date=1711138623]
With the O'Connor signing and two open spots, we really need
size. I thought Traore was going to be excessed by Pitino last
year, along with Pinzon (now at Bryant), but he earned another
year. As Braziller pointed out, both here and Fordham would be
good landing spots if he's looking to be a contributor.
What I like about O'Connor is that he was a major contributor
and leader at a serious level of basketball. How that
translates, we'll see. But getting guys from good programs is a
great start. I'm wondering how the point guard situation shakes
out with him, TO and Space. And are we comfortable with that?
O'Connor seems like a real Aaron Craft type; I like that he gets
after it defensively.
I still think we need a real offensive guy, unless we're
convinced that Woodard slides right in. I like him; I'm just
generally skeptical of juco transfers. Even if it's seamless, I
still think we need another, and ideally somebody who isn't
afraid to dig in defensively on the perimeter too.
[/quote]
With Muratori gone (and him being a question mark at best
anyway), we definitely need a big man! We also need a guard
that can handle the ball and provide some offense. TO will
definitely get minutes, but can't say the same for Space (given
the limited time that we saw from him). And yes, we need some
offense. We lost 3 guys who all weren't afraid to take the big
shot, and on any given night could provide the offense the team
needed. We need to replenish this somehow. It'll be
interesting to see how many of the bench guys remain on the
roster, and how many scholarships are actually still
outstanding.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: Chairman of the Board Date: April 2, 2024, 7:37 am
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: OldSeawolf Date: April 3, 2024, 3:24 pm
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Fitz just hit the portal; good-bye 2024-25.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: Accelerator Date: April 3, 2024, 3:40 pm
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Dammit. It really felt like Fitz loved being a leader here in
this community.
Have to step up our NIL ASAP - I believe that Geno said we were
13th in the CAA in NIL budget and that's not going to cut it
here. Surely we have more wealthy alumni than Charleston of all
schools. How are they doing this?
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: Knicksbu99 Date: April 3, 2024, 4:26 pm
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Fitz leaving is odd to me yeah sure make money but is he that
valuable? Only 1 year left doesn’t rebound idk he might return.
Charleston has a billionaire funding its collective and the city
businesses contribute we can have all the deep pockets alum we
want but they dont give a rip about our program. Fitz leaving I
don’t view the same as Policelli at least he gave us 4 years.
Fitz could be the focal point of a depleted team I think he’ll
he in for a rude awakening on his value.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: guest441 Date: April 3, 2024, 4:29 pm
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[quote author=Accelerator link=topic=1102.msg43510#msg43510
date=1712176803]
Dammit. It really felt like Fitz loved being a leader here in
this community.
Have to step up our NIL ASAP - I believe that Geno said we were
13th in the CAA in NIL budget and that's not going to cut it
here. Surely we have more wealthy alumni than Charleston of all
schools. How are they doing this?
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Good luck. fundraising has been an issue for SH. the nil cant
raise much money and they include it with lacrosse which doesnt
make any sense since there is no money in lacrosse post season
stuff.
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Re: Looking ahead to 2024-25
By: Thethunderbird Date: April 3, 2024, 4:34 pm
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I don't know if it's necessarily the NIL side. Fitz was the
third leading scorer on the team.. but came off the bench? I
can't imagine that this transfer isn't a Ford bungle in some
shape or form.. Either way, he's a big loss, both in terms of
the oncourt side and program leadership.
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