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Basketball Penn State Guard Jahvin Carter Set To Enter Transfer Portal

Scholarships should be 1 year at this point. Both parties have to agree to continue the agreement.
Wisconsin doesn't have a D-1 baseball team. At this point, perhaps PSU just should drop both basketball programs, save money, and just collect its share of the Big 10 Conference basketball money that the other schools earn and invest it into the programs that actually have a chance to compete for championships.
 
Have to think Coach knows Carter isn't ready to be the QB of this team and both of them are on the same page.

Good luck to Jahvin! IMO, going someplace where he could redshirt would be the best option, but doubtful that's what he wants.
 
At this point, can we just assume that everyone will enter the portal? Therefore, you only have to tell us who's planning to stay, which should makes things easier for you.
Football Forum, Football Board: Obliviax to enter the transfer portal (and it is open to NIL offers)!
 
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Have to think Coach knows Carter isn't ready to be the QB of this team and both of them are on the same page.

Good luck to Jahvin! IMO, going someplace where he could redshirt would be the best option, but doubtful that's what he wants.
Yep, thats what this is. MIngo coming in and Carter wasn't able to take many minutes from Ace, even when he was hurt.
 
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PSU Basketball gives new meaning to the term "one and done." The only difference is that with a Calipari coached team, those one and dones actually have a chance to play in the NBA, whereas PSU's one and dones don't. I'm just venting, because it's so obvious that this program is going nowhere, especially when you have to bring in a new batch of transfers every year just to field a team; that's obviously no way to either build or sustain a winning program.
 
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Wisconsin doesn't have a D-1 baseball team. At this point, perhaps PSU just should drop both basketball programs, save money, and just collect its share of the Big 10 Conference basketball money that the other schools earn and invest it into the programs that actually have a chance to compete for championships.


Once Chambers is gone everything will be great.
 
I remember as a student in 1996 when the BJC opened, after years of pundits saying a new arena would be the key to future success...now almost 30 years later the program is worse shape than in the 90's. I now know what it's like to be a Rutgers football fan.
It is mind boggling that this program has taken no step forward after over 30 years of playing in the Big 10, and in most respects is much worse than it was in the early and mid 90s when they were beating teams like UCLA and UNC in the Tournament.

By the way, I believe that Kraft has shown that he is a good AD overall, but he clearly has his hands full with both basketball programs because they stick out like a sore thumb for this athletic program. Just since last spring, the baseball and football teams played in the Big 10 Championship, wrestling has won two Big 10 Championships and a National Championship, the women's volleyball team won Big 10 and National Championships, the football team made the Final Four, and even the men's gymnastics team just won a Big 10 Championship; that's quite a record of success. It's just a damn shame that the basketball programs are in such a wretched state.
 
At this point, can we just assume that everyone will enter the portal? Therefore, you only have to tell us who's planning to stay, which should makes things easier for you.
This might be just the start. The good thing about Carter leaving, is we have a top point guard coming in which will make that easier to handle depending on who else enters the portal.
 
Have to think Coach knows Carter isn't ready to be the QB of this team and both of them are on the same page.

Good luck to Jahvin! IMO, going someplace where he could redshirt would be the best option, but doubtful that's what he wants.
Don't think that is the case since in the little time he was on the court he played well. 19 assist to only 7 turn overs in the 26 games that he played. Shot .333 from behind the arc. Not bad for little numbers.
 
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Wisconsin doesn't have a D-1 baseball team. At this point, perhaps PSU just should drop both basketball programs, save money, and just collect its share of the Big 10 Conference basketball money that the other schools earn and invest it into the programs that actually have a chance to compete for championships.
I assume you probably have to actually field a team to get a share if conference revenue.

How’s about this: every fall hsve an inter mural contest among all students on campus. Then pick the top players to field a team.

Would be a fascinating experiment because there were always some really good players in the IM leagues.
 
I assume you probably have to actually field a team to get a share if conference revenue.

How’s about this: every fall hsve an inter mural contest among all students on campus. Then pick the top players to field a team.

Would be a fascinating experiment because there were always some really good players in the IM leagues.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're not getting a share of the bball revenue if you don't have a team. Seems pretty basic.
 
Have to think Coach knows Carter isn't ready to be the QB of this team and both of them are on the same page.

Good luck to Jahvin! IMO, going someplace where he could redshirt would be the best option, but doubtful that's what he wants.
Why would you say that? I doubt he wants to get rid of everybody and start over.
 
It is mind boggling that this program has taken no step forward after over 30 years of playing in the Big 10, and in most respects is much worse than it was in the early and mid 90s when they were beating teams like UCLA and UNC in the Tournament.

By the way, I believe that Kraft has shown that he is a good AD overall, but he clearly has his hands full with both basketball programs because they stick out like a sore thumb for this athletic program. Just since last spring, the baseball and football teams played in the Big 10 Championship, wrestling has won two Big 10 Championships and a National Championship, the women's volleyball team won Big 10 and National Championships, the football team made the Final Four, and even the men's gymnastics team just won a Big 10 Championship; that's quite a record of success. It's just a damn shame that the basketball programs are in such a wretched state.
I guess I'm not as sold on Kraft as you are. Kraft did hire Rhoades and I believe that was a very good hire, given the recent history of the program.

Kraft also seems to have done a solid job so far with the football program in championing and working for funding for facilities upgrades. But Kraft is also a key to NIL fund raising and I don't see how PSU not getting to a top 10 NIL funding pot is not on Kraft to a large part.

Kraft had and also now has NOTHING to do with the success of the PSU Wrestling program. The people that hired Cael are solely responsibe for the B10 titles and National Championships because all anyone has to do now (as in the recent past) is just let Cael do his thing and keep out of the way.

And it seems that Kraft is now solely on the hook for the failure to deal with the pathetic womens basketball program. With no solution and turn around in sight.
 
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Have to think Coach knows Carter isn't ready to be the QB of this team and both of them are on the same page.

Good luck to Jahvin! IMO, going someplace where he could redshirt would be the best option, but doubtful that's what he wants.
That was my initial thought when I saw this.
 
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I remember as a student in 1996 when the BJC opened, after years of pundits saying a new arena would be the key to future success...now almost 30 years later the program is worse shape than in the 90's. I now know what it's like to be a Rutgers football fan.
Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

My bride went to RU graduating in the early 80s. She counts many of their best all time players as friends- but never went into a game.

Instead she chose to tailgate- like Ole Miss- " we may not win the game- but never lose a tailgate."

RU is a far secondary- maybe even tertiary- program for me but I do follow them. It is torture.

PSU basketball is EXACTLY like RU football. Just when you thought you've hit bottom....you learn there is a whole new level below.

Our NIT post season participation trophies (back when teams played in that tourney) are like Rutgers' pre Christmas bowl games with ever changing sponsors that you have no idea where the location is.

Every once in awhile, even a blind bird gets a worm. We had our Big Ten Tourney and NCAA run. Maybe there will be one more before I pass? I'm only 59 but don't want to be to optimistic, with our basketball program anything can, and usually does, go wrong : )
 
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner!

My bride went to RU graduating in the early 80s. She counts many of their best all time players as friends- but never went into a game.

Instead she chose to tailgate- like Ole Miss- " we may not win the game- but never lose a tailgate."

RU is a far secondary- maybe even tertiary- program for me but I do follow them. It is torture.

PSU basketball is EXACTLY like RU football. Just when you thought you've hit bottom....you learn there is a whole new level below.

Our NIT post season participation trophies (back when teams played in that tourney) are like Rutgers' pre Christmas bowl games with ever changing sponsors that you have no idea where the location is.

Every once in awhile, even a blind bird gets a worm. We had our Big Ten Tourney and NCAA run. Maybe there will be one more before I pass? I'm only 59 but don't want to be to optimistic, with our basketball program anything can, and usually does, go wrong : )

BB is not a Penn State priority.
 
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BB is not a Penn State priority.
It should be if it isn't; it's still the second highest profile college sport, and the profiles of schools that play in the Tournament are raised. Is there a school that has a bigger disparity right now between their football and basketball programs than PSU?

Like I said, PSU's overall athletic program right now is really good, which makes the state of both basketball programs stick out.
 
I remember as a student in 1996 when the BJC opened, after years of pundits saying a new arena would be the key to future success...now almost 30 years later the program is worse shape than in the 90's. I now know what it's like to be a Rutgers football fan.
It's not a basketball arena. It's an event center which most of us who donated didn't understand when asked to contribute. It pissed me off and I should go dig out the brick I purchased. The BJC is a piss poor excuse for a basketball arena. We didn't get what we were initially told we would be getting.
 
It's not a basketball arena. It's an event center which most of us who donated didn't understand when asked to contribute. It pissed me off and I should go dig out the brick I purchased. The BJC is a piss poor excuse for a basketball arena. We didn't get what we were initially told we would be getting.
Yes, the BJC isn't a true basketball arena. However, Wisconsin plays in the Kohl Center, which is a massive arena that also hosts hockey, and that program makes the Tournament and usually finishes in the upper half of the Big 10 almost every season. OSU also plays in a massive arena that also hosts hockey, and their program has been fairly successful until recently. SJU also plays a lot of games at MSG, which is a multi-purpose arena, and look where they are now. On the list of reasons why PSU basketball is where it is, I believe that the BJC would rank rather low.

I was thinking about why PSU basketball never has gotten a foothold since joining the Big 10, and I really believe that the abrupt departure of Parkhill was a massive blow. He actually was beginning to build something here, and I really believe that he had the personality, attitude and gravitas to compete against guys like Izzo. I definitely could've seen him building PSU into a program similar to what Wisconsin has become: a solid, fundamentally sound team that would be tough to beat. Bo Ryan built Wisconsin into that type of program and Gard has continued it; they now have a self-perpetuating program. That's what needed to happen when Parkhill was coach and obviously didn't because he left so suddenly.
 
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Yes, the BJC isn't a true basketball arena. However, Wisconsin plays in the Kohl Center, which is a massive arena that also hosts hockey, and that program makes the Tournament and usually finishes in the upper half of the Big 10 almost every season. OSU also plays in a massive arena that also hosts hockey, and their program has been fairly successful until recently. SJU also plays a lot of games at MSG, which is a multi-purpose arena, and look where they are now. On the list of reasons why PSU basketball is where it is, I believe that the BJC would rank rather low.

I was thinking about why PSU basketball never has gotten a foothold since joining the Big 10, and I really believe that the abrupt departure of Parkhill was a massive blow. He actually was beginning to build something here, and I really believe that he had the personality and attitude to compete against guys like Izzo. I definitely could've seen him building PSU into a program similar to what Wisconsin has become: a solid, fundamentally sound team that would be tough to beat. Bo Ryan built Wisconsin into that type of program and Gard has continued it. That's what needed to happen when Parkhill was coach and obviously didn't because he left so suddenly.
Comparing Wisconsin and PS basketball to me is apples and oranges. It seems Wisconsin has always played good to better basketball with a consistent fan base that has been known to throw some money around. Outside of maybe John Bach and Bruce Parkhill in lesser leagues we never have.

The thing I never understood, (and I knew Parkhill) was him leaving PS to end up at OSU as an assistant. Lord I hate OSU.
 
Comparing Wisconsin and PS basketball to me is apples and oranges. It seems Wisconsin has always played good to better basketball with a consistent fan base that has been known to throw some money around. Outside of maybe John Bach and Bruce Parkhill in lesser leagues we never have.

The thing I never understood, (and I knew Parkhill) was him leaving PS to end up at OSU as an assistant. Lord I hate OSU.
Without checking, my sense is that Wisconsin mostly was a middling Big 10 program in the 90s until Ryan took over in the early 2000s; I actually remember PSU going into Wisconsin and beating them in the mid 90s. All that I know is that Wisconsin certainly wasn't an elite Big 10 program in the 90s like Michigan, MSU, IU, Purdue and others were.
 
PSU's location is about half of the problem. Too far from a big city, bad arena, no history, no NIL, etc. Yes Parkhill was building something, he liked college girls though so he had to get out. We are the opposite of Purdue and until this past season, Indiana, where 1 major program has always been significantly ahead of the other.

I have always felt PSU needed to play a different style than the rest of the conference to move up. I think Rhoades was trying to do that defensively but didnt have the horses yet. If he can keep Konan, Goodman, Stewart with Mingo and Blackwood coming in thats a core group that should be fine but he will need at least 3 portal guys who can play right away.
 
PSU's location is about half of the problem. Too far from a big city, bad arena, no history, no NIL, etc. Yes Parkhill was building something, he liked college girls though so he had to get out. We are the opposite of Purdue and until this past season, Indiana, where 1 major program has always been significantly ahead of the other.

I have always felt PSU needed to play a different style than the rest of the conference to move up. I think Rhoades was trying to do that defensively but didnt have the horses yet. If he can keep Konan, Goodman, Stewart with Mingo and Blackwood coming in thats a core group that should be fine but he will need at least 3 portal guys who can play right away.
I've been saying for a while that PSU basketball has no identity. When Howland took over Pitt, he made them into a team that played very tough defense and was very physical, and created an identity for them that helped them become one of the best programs in the 2000s. I'd love to see PSU develop that type of bully ball, take no prisoners identity. That's a hard style to play and you have to recruit kids who aren't selfish and willing to play as a team rather than a bunch of prima donna individuals.

Let's face it, most of these Big 10 programs have no respect or fear for PSU, and that's the way it's been forever. I'd love to see PSU go into a MSU and bully Izzo's team and make him sweat that another team is beating him at his own style. That's the way the Bad Boy Pistons ended up winning NBA Championships when they probably didn't have the pure talent of the Lakers and other teams. I'd love for PSU to be a hated team because of hard they play by almost crossing the borderline between physical and dirty; make these other teams start worrying about playing you.
 
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I've been saying for a while that PSU basketball has no identity. When Howland took over Pitt, he made them into a team that played very tough defense and was very physical, and created an identity for them that helped them become one of the best programs in the 2000s. I'd love to see PSU develop that type of bully ball, take no prisoners identity. That's a hard style to play and you have to recruit kids who aren't selfish and willing to play as a team rather than a bunch of prima donna individuals.

Let's face it, most of these Big 10 programs have no respect or fear for PSU, and that's the way it's been forever. I'd love to see PSU go into a MSU and bully Izzo's team and make him sweat that another team is beating him at his own style. That's the way the Bad Boy Pistons ended up winning NBA Championships when they probably didn't have the pure talent of the Lakers and other teams. I'd love for PSU to be a hated team becuase of hard they play by almost crossing the borderline between physical and dirty; make these other teams start worrying about playing you.
City kids typically play that way, not sure if that works here. More of full court pressure, early offense in transition and 3 point shooting if what I think could work.
 
City kids typically play that way, not sure if that works here. More of full court pressure, early offense in transition and 3 point shooting if what I think could work.
Another thing. The average age of Auburn this season is close to 24 years old; Gonzaga almost always has a bunch of mid 20 year olds who are real men; Illinois has a Lithuanian player on their team this season who played for Barcelona. PSU needs to add more of these mature adults to go up against these other Big 10 teams who just have more physically dominant players than PSU usually does.
 
PSU's location is about half of the problem. Too far from a big city, bad arena, no history, no NIL, etc. Yes Parkhill was building something, he liked college girls though so he had to get out. We are the opposite of Purdue and until this past season, Indiana, where 1 major program has always been significantly ahead of the other.

I have always felt PSU needed to play a different style than the rest of the conference to move up. I think Rhoades was trying to do that defensively but didnt have the horses yet. If he can keep Konan, Goodman, Stewart with Mingo and Blackwood coming in thats a core group that should be fine but he will need at least 3 portal guys who can play right away.
Bo Ryan- Chester, PA native, would've been perfect for us.....
 
It's not a basketball arena. It's an event center which most of us who donated didn't understand when asked to contribute. It pissed me off and I should go dig out the brick I purchased. The BJC is a piss poor excuse for a basketball arena. We didn't get what we were initially told we would be getting.
I completely agree....it offers zero home court advantage. The seating layout is terrible for basketball
 
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