Case in point. Omari Williams, 7'0" from U.K., played three years @ Drexel in Philly, then transferred to UK for his senior year. Williams has 8 rebounds, some nice assists and a blocked shot. He just snagged a rebound, dribbled the ball full court and flushed a dunk. He was recruited out of the U.K. by Drexel four years ago. These are the type of players who are out there overseas.
Too bad he was the worst coach we’ve ever had with regard to x’s and o’s and clock management
Agree. He was a strong recruiter but really lacked ability to coach in game.
If he would have been above average in just one of those two categories, the team probably would’ve averaged three more wins a season and had at least one more tournament bid
If they won't recruit overseas, might have to look at some DIV 2 hot prospects like Tennessee & Drake did.
PSU needs:
Absolutely! It also costs $$$ to keep players. Do you really think top players want to come to PSU to play school?
Ward was a top 200 player as a recruit. Maybe he struggled in practice as a freshman. Maybe he didn't like Rhoades. Maybe he got a sweet deal somewhere else. We'll never know.
The football 105 would seem to create even more turnover to transfers as teams will surely have large numbers recruiting classes every year. Like SEC teams such as Bama have done for many years with cut downs after Spring practice. For PSU and many others there may be larger exodus's after Spring practice once preliminary depth charts are formed in the eyes of the players. PSU, like many teams, won't be able to offer the lower rated players in each recruiting class much NIL at all, but players that want a chance to try out and see if they can reach their dreams could take a chance to spend a year or two at PSU and see if they can develop into a future PSU playing time player. Franklin and his staff's have in the past been pretty good at identifying talent which may allow them to develop some of the 3 star players into starters capable of helping win playoff games as he's done in the past, such as Warren and Dawkins. But teams should still have more in season depth with 105 than with 85. Maybe not that much with possibly a younger average age on the roster and less ability to keep decent walk on players that might have stayed 4 or 5 years if offered the opportunity for a roster spot. Like the Center Rulli. Can't remember of Rulli was on scholarship in 2024 but he most likely will be in 2025.I just saw this about NIL and revenue sharing. It looks like basketball gets about $3 million ($200k per player) from revenue sharing. It's going to be difficult for smaller schools with less revenue to keep their star performers.
PSU also has about $13 million in NIL and I assume men's basketball will get $1 million from that.
I'm curious about the new 105 player limit for football. That could cost $800k in scholarships alone. What's the advantage of having 105 players? The bottom guys probably won't be offered much revenue sharing or NIL but why would the staff want to deal with so many players? Some will undoubtedly threaten to leave if they don't get a few more $$$. Why deal with it?
If you went to a practice, you could see that he wasn’t ready to play. And it’s gonna take more than one year of redshirting for him to be ready to play in the Big Ten.
I have to laugh when I hear that so and so was a top 100 or 200 player. A lot of times that ranking means nothing. I find it hard to believe that a late commitment from Western Canada was a top 200 player. If he were, then why wasn’t he committed earlier and why did he commit to a basketball wasteland like PSU?
It would be great if he could steal Harun Zrno. He is a solid 6'7" Bosnia who can hit the 3 point shot. We then need a strong backup to Konan, considering we can keep him. Also need to keep Stewart, Dilione and Rice and Goodman. Still some talent there, and losing Ward just might help also. It gives Rhoades another opening for a decent player from the portal.
Didn't have to go to practice to see that he wasn't ready to play college basketball. His feet were very slow, he didn't move well on defense, and in the little that he played didn't show those offensive skills that he was supposed to have. His leaving will only help the team as it gives Rhoades another open spot to bring someone in.
Don't think he really needs a seasoned PG, but it would be nice. Sounds Like Mingo will play big time minutes. We could use two solid post players to back up Konan, and replace the spot Puff played. We will also need someone who can be consistent behind the arc. It will be interesting to see if Rice can fill that roll. Rhoades says he was the best 3 point shooter in practice. He has had a full year to do nothing but shoot them.
Justin Houser is from Camp Hill. He is now listed as 7', could be a help inside. Not a very highly recruited player, but he signed early and has grown and developed since.
I read that the Center from Iowa who is in the portal is asking for $2 mil. Apparently Auburn & Michigan both said "nada" and Creighton is showing interest. How good of a player is he?
He was their 2nd best player after Sandfort. SOlid stretch 4. Not worth 2 mill in my opinion though
Perhaps he did; if so I might have missed the article indicating he was already at Creighton.
Rhoads is a very good HC but where he is now is way different from where he came from. We have had great coaches in the past Bach, Parkhill however the one constant that keeps the program from getting to where it needs to be is a lack of support by the athletic department.
