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The Skerry extension was excessive, but that type of decision-making was exactly why I didn't want to entrust a football or basketball coaching hire to Tim Leonard as many were demanding. I actually have a decent amount of faith in Steve Eigenbrot's decision-making process and resume he brought to Towson. I think if the men's basketball program is not going in a direction he wants it to he will pull the trigger on Pat Skerry and hire a new coach. However, the conversation about getting rid of Skerry doesn't make sense with what Eigonbrot has seen since he arrived on-campus. The program is 46-21 overall, 27-9 in conference play and won a regular-season conference title in the last two years (I know he caught the tail end of that first year). I get that Skerry has not done what he has needed to in the conference tournament for a prolonged amount of time, and I was pretty close to being with the group that wanted him out a few years ago. However, if you are Eigenbrot (who got here in February 2022) why would you be doing anything else but trying to get him more resources to try to get the program over the hump.

Can't argue too much, especially because any argument I would come up with would be based on information I don't know. This probably helps our depth, but I agree neither is really a go-to player. The reality like Matt said is that anyone that is going to be a go-to player would probably have to emerge from within the existing guys on the roster. Also, any additional depth would have to come from the freshmen surprising us along with whoever the third transfer would be. I will admit there are more questions than answers, but I do think it sounds like there is some depth in talent and athleticism. My main worry is Conway feels like the only proven shooter and I don't know if he will ever be able to get his own shot. May has the highest upside and I feel pretty good about what he can be, but there are a lot of unknowns as to where that journey goes this year.

I have no idea if this is true, but just looking at what we have gotten so far it seems like this team could be more athletic than last year, but probably won't be able to shoot as well. Seems tailored for the banging and physical play Skerry likes, but might be challenged offensively even more often than last year. I also am trying to figure out who the playmaker is right now, because Holden is gone and I don't love our point guards from that perspective. Hicks is the most proven we have in terms of running an offense, and he would need to make a big jump for us to feel confident about him being in that role. Your posts on Watson definitely have me intrigued, but based on what I have seen so far this offseason he still feels like a tough get. The only good part is it feels like we have been in on him for a while, and coming from NC A&T he might have good impressions of what he saw from our program last year playing against us. Blakney feels more likely, but I have no clue what I am talking about.

I won't pretend to be an expert on this, but I have been trying to track these process closely. I think "breadcrumbs" is an inaccurate term to associate with the two guys they have signed so far. I have seen a list where Jones is ranked in the top 125 transfers, and Sulaiman seems like one of the higher quality D-2 transfers (of course we thought Sylla was too) in this year's group from the little I can tell. I would say somewhere in the middle of "breadcrumbs" and "game-changer" would be fair. Maybe I am being too optimistic, but the two guys they have signed seem pretty solid. I won't try to pretend that we are immediate contenders with these players. It seems like a fair amount incoming (and outgoing) talent from transfers and freshmen will be coming to this roster and remains to be seen what it will all look like.

Seems like he would be a good get, but out of the schools listed in the most recent post about him (on May 20) it feels like beating out Richmond (if they are going after him hard) will be very tough to do. I get the sense that we are being aggressive and prioritizing him, but like some of the guys who we got beat out for by Temple sometimes you just get beat out by better programs. I would be annoyed if Northwestern State or High Point beat us out for him. Even though Northwestern State is coming off a pretty good year and I think has been pretty good at landing good transfers, and it sounds like High Point made a pretty good head coach hire this offseason. This sounds realistic but difficult, and it seems like it would be a solid pull if Skerry is able to get Watson to come here.

Agreed. My initial point is those are teams I expect to be able to recruit against and win more often than not (I don't know if I am being realistic or not in that assumption). I know NIL is a consideration and it is hard to figure out where we stand when it comes to other schools that are similar to us in conference and success. I always feel like we are all playing catch up, but I don't know how accurate that is. When we are mentioned in recruiting the same players as those schools I am always interested in knowing what might have tipped the scales, or how hard we (or the other teams) were going after the player. I will never really know that answer, but I am just trying to make as much sense out of the craziness as I can. I do know of the list of D-2 kids remaining that I have seen us mentioned with, Sulaiman seemed like he had the best combo of being an all-conference player and playing for a highly accomplished program. Of course, that didn't do much for us last year when we recruited the National Player of the Year for a highly accomplished team. Seems like with Jones and Sulaiman we will have pretty physical athletes who can play the switching defense that Skerry loves (and drive me crazy at times) employ. As usually, this is crapshoot so I am looking for as many data points as possible, but you don't know until they step on the court. The two transfer so far feel like solid gets. Would love to get someone who can shoot it from behind the arc and play some decent defense with the last spot.

Will be interesting to dig in more on him. TSU88, this was one of the signings (with Bryant) that annoyed me when it happened because there were solid players out there (like him) that we seemed to be losing out to schools like Bryant, Delaware, Hampton, Stony Brook and others. It is one thing to lose NIL battles to College of Charleston, but those schools are either at our level or below us and we need to be able to beat them to players we want. I wonder what changed his mind, and if there is anything that can e read into further about this.

I will be the first one to admit I have no idea who is good or not when it comes to a lot of these guys, but the research helps me to track realistic options. It feels like if we get to D-2 or juco it is a complete crapshoot as was evidenced by the lower level quality we got from a D-2 National Player of the Year compared to some of the other D-2 transfers whose skills were better suited for their new programs.

Didn't event put Mushila, Traylor and Martinez on the list because they seem so far out of our range. Also moved up the guys off the board and bolded the newest ones. I also added some straggles from before. I am actually surprised the Marko Maletic kid from LIU was still out there. Anyways, I don't know why I still do this, but someday we will sign our second and third transfer. Off the Board Justin Amadi (James Madison) 6-7, 225 – returned to James Madison Myles Foster (Monmouth) 6-7, 240 – Illinois State Josh Uduje (Coastal Carolina) 6-5, 175 – Utah State Ray Quawndis Mitchell (UMKC) 6-5, 200 - Penn State Steve Settle III (Howard), 6-10, 180 - Temple Tedrick Wildcox Jr. (St. Francis-NY) 6-6, 185 – Hampton Jordan Riley (Georgetown) – 6-4, 200 – Temple Richie Springs (UConn) 6-9,235 – Quinnipiac Brandon Suggs (UCF) 6-6, 185 – New Mexico State Joshua Rivera (Lafayette) 6-7, 200 – Fordham DeLonnie Hunt (Wagner) 6-0, 170 – Richmond Kuany Kuany (Cal) 6-9, 200 – VCU Jordan Wood (Howard ) 6-9, 200 – Tulane Kyle Cuffe Jr. (Kansas) – 6-2, 185 – Syracuse All-Conference Teams Austin Williams (FIU) – 6-4, 200 – 16.1 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.3 spg, (91-91 Asst-TO), 50% (162-326) FG, 30.8% (24-78) 3pt FG (with Hartford in 2021-22) America East First-Team All-Conference 2021-22 Nendah Tarke (Coppin) 6-4, 205 – Second-Team All-MEAC & All-Defensive Team - 12.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 66-85 Asst-to-TO, 42.6% (141-331) FG, 32.7% (37-113) 3pt FG Kam Woods (NC A&T) 6-2, 185 – Second-Team All CAA – 17.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.6 spg, 101-76 asst-TO, 38.5% (177-460) FG, 83-246 3pt FG/33.7% D-2 All-Conference Isaiah Wyatt (Chadron State D2) 6-3, 200 – 14.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 45.3% (149-329), 46.1% (77-167) 3pt FG, Second-Team All-RMAC John Korte (Wheeling D2) 6-6, 215 – 19.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 50.7% (171-337) FG, 28.9% (22-76) 3pt FG (Team was 6-23), First-Team All MEC Khalid Gates (Slippery Rock D2) 6-7, 215 – 13.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 49.5% (159-321) FG, 10-53 3pt FG, 2nd-Team All PSAC (Team Record 17-12) Zayon Marsh (Goldey Beacom D2) 6-6, 195 – 18.7 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 45.8% (190-415) FG, 10-30 3pt FG, 1.3 spg, 1.3 blpg, Asst-TO – 49-75, Second-Team All CACC (Team Record 10-18) Austin Fadal (Sonoma State D2) 6-4, 180 – 12.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg, (38-46 Asst-TO), 44.6% (103-231), 13-46 3pt FG, Honorable-Mention All CCAA (Played three season at Eastern Washington 2018-2022) No All-Conference from what I can tell Jovan Stulic (Arkansas Little Rock) – 6-6, 215 – played four games in 2022-23. 7.8 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 51.4% (76-148) FG, 43.8% (42-96) 3pt FG in 2021-22 Stephon Payne III (Incarnate Word) – 6-9, 210 – 6.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 1.3 blpg, 1.0 spg, 49.3% (68-138) FG Marcell McReary (Air Force) – 6-4, 219 – 3.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 45.1% (37-82) FG, 34.1% (14-41) 3pt FG) Dejuan Clayton (Cal, 8th year) – 6-2, 190 – played nine games for Cal in 2022-23 (9.2 ppg, 2.9 apg, 1.9 rpg) Dee Barnes (Southern Utah) – 6-4, 193 – 6.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 50% (82-164) FG, 43.8% (39-89) 3pt FG Marko Maletic (Long Island) – 6-6, 208 – 15.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 43.2% (136-315) FG, 38.8% (69-138) 3pt FG 23-48 (Asst-TO) Braden Bryant (Lindenwood) – 6-1, 180 Marcus Watson (NC A&T) – 6-6, 235 – 14.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 41.5% (165-398), 28.4% (44-155) 3pt FG, 60-100 (Asst-TO) R.J. Blakney (Dayton) 6-6, 195 – 6.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 44.0% (62-141), 24.2% (16-66) 3pt FG, 36-35 (Asst-TO) Mohamed Keita (St. John’s) 7-1, 220 – Played only seven games Robert Carpenter (Kent State, Did not play in 2022-23, also played for Mississippi Valley State, Pearl River CC, St. Bonaventure) – 6-7, 210 – 17.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 38.7% (74-191) FG, 32.1% (25-78) 3pt FG. Noels Slivackis (Texas-Rio Grande Valley) 6-5, 200 – Reshirted last year, averaged 18.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.4 blocks in seven games for Valkas Sporta in the Latvia U19 league … Averaged 11.4 points in five games for Vef Riga in EYBL U20 … Averaged 9.3 points in 11 games for Vef Riga in Latvia LBL2 (second division) … Played five games for Latvia in 2021 FIBA World Cup U19. Kevon Voyles (UMES) 6-3, 180 - 12.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 spg, 15-25 Asst-TO, 49.2% (98-199) FG, 32.6% (28-86) 3pt FG (shot 40.5% previous year) 1.4 3pt per game De'Sean Allen-Eikens (CSNU) 6-6, 215 – 11.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 40-55 Asst-TO, 45.4% FG, 31.5% (23-73) 3pt FG Josh LeBlanc (many schools) 6-7, 230 – DNP for Nicholls State, 4.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.0 blpg, 62.6% Career FG (38-64 (59.4%) for UAB in 2021-22) - ranked No. 117 in nation in 2019 recruiting class Owen McGashen (D2 Saint Anselm) 6-7, 205 – 12.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 46.3% (132-285), 40.6% (56-138) 3pt FG, 66-62 Asst-TO (Team was 22-8, Regional Final) Kaine McColley (D2 Nova SE) 6-5, 212 – DNP 2022-23 (36-0 national title) Anthony Morales (Boston U.) 6-8, 195 – 5.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 35.2% (45-128) FG, 19-71 3pt FG Bo Montgomery (Holy Cross) 6-5, 193 – 11.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 42.7% (140-328), 34.3% (36-105) 3pt FG, 81-66 Asst-TO Daniel Nixon (GW) 6-7, 225 – only played on game for GW in 2022-23 Pavo Pavlidis (Hartford) 6-8, 220 – 8.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 56.9% (95-167), 8-33 3pt FG, 1.3 blpg Jasmine Sangha (Texas A&M CC) 6-8, 225 – 2.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg in 14 games LaTrell Tate (West Florida) 6-0, 165 – 16.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg 44.8% (152-332) FG, 56-127 44.1% (56-127) 3pt FG, 90-52 Asst-TO, Amillion Buggs (Central Missouri State) – 6-4, 180 – Played 10 games for Central Missouri State and averaged 2.3 ppg and 0.8 rpg.

Probably missed some here, but this is the updated list from what I can tell: All-Conference Teams Joshua Rivera (Lafayette) 6-7, 200 – Patriot League All-Rookie Team, 10.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 45.3% (134-296) FG, 20-61 3pt FG, 51-64 Asst-TO Nendah Tarke (Coppin) 6-4, 205 – Second-Team All-MEAC & All-Defensive Team - 12.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 66-85 Asst-to-TO, 42.6% (141-331) FG, 32.7% (37-113) 3pt FG Kam Woods (NC A&T) 6-2, 185 – Second-Team All CAA – 17.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 3.3 apg, 1.6 spg, 101-76 asst-TO, 38.5% (177-460) FG, 83-246 3pt FG/33.7% DeLonnie Hunt (Wagner) 6-0, 170, Third-Team All NEC – 11.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 36.5% (108-296) FG, 28.7% (31-108) 3pt FG, 1.2 spg, 76-42 (Asst-TO) D-2 All-Conference Isaiah Wyatt (Chadron State D2) 6-3, 200 – 14.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 45.3% (149-329), 46.1% (77-167) 3pt FG, Second-Team All-RMAC John Korte (Wheeling D2) 6-6, 215 – 19.6 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 50.7% (171-337) FG, 28.9% (22-76) 3pt FG (Team was 6-23), First-Team All MEC Khalid Gates (Slippery Rock D2) 6-7, 215 – 13.9 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 49.5% (159-321) FG, 10-53 3pt FG, 2nd-Team All PSAC (Team Record 17-12) Zayon Marsh (Goldey Beacom D2) 6-6, 195 – 18.7 ppg, 10.1 rpg, 45.8% (190-415) FG, 10-30 3pt FG, 1.3 spg, 1.3 blpg, Asst-TO – 49-75, Second-Team All CACC (Team Record 10-18) Austin Fadal (Sonoma State D2) 6-4, 180 – 12.0 ppg, 3.8 rpg, (38-46 Asst-TO), 44.6% (103-231), 13-46 3pt FG, Honorable-Mention All CCAA (Played three season at Eastern Washington 2018-2022)) No All-Conference from what I can tell Marcus Watson (NC A&T) – 6-6, 235 – 14.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 41.5% (165-398), 28.4% (44-155) 3pt FG, 60-100 (Asst-TO) R.J. Blakney (Dayton) 6-6, 195 – 6.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 44.0% (62-141), 24.2% (16-66) 3pt FG, 36-35 (Asst-TO) Mohamed Keita (St. John’s) 7-1, 220 – Played only seven games Robert Carpenter (Kent State, Did not play in 2022-23, also played for Mississippi Valley State, Pearl River CC, St. Bonaventure) – 6-7, 210 – 17.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 38.7% (74-191) FG, 32.1% (25-78) 3pt FG. Noels Slivackis (Texas-Rio Grande Valley) 6-5, 200 – Reshirted last year, averaged 18.7 points, 9.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.4 blocks in seven games for Valkas Sporta in the Latvia U19 league … Averaged 11.4 points in five games for Vef Riga in EYBL U20 … Averaged 9.3 points in 11 games for Vef Riga in Latvia LBL2 (second division) … Played five games for Latvia in 2021 FIBA World Cup U19. Kevon Voyles (UMES) 6-3, 180 - 12.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 2.0 spg, 15-25 Asst-TO, 49.2% (98-199) FG, 32.6% (28-86) 3pt FG (shot 40.5% previous year) 1.4 3pt per game De'Sean Allen-Eikens (CSNU) 6-6, 215 – 11.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg, 40-55 Asst-TO, 45.4% FG, 31.5% (23-73) 3pt FG Kuany Kuany (Cal) 6-9, 200 – 9.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 35.9% (83-231) FG, 29.8% (28-94) 3pt FG Josh LeBlanc (many schools) 6-7, 230 – DNP for Nicholls State, 4.6 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 1.0 blpg, 62.6% Career FG (38-64 (59.4%) for UAB in 2021-22) - ranked No. 117 in nation in 2019 recruiting class Owen McGashen (D2 Saint Anselm) 6-7, 205 – 12.5 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 46.3% (132-285), 40.6% (56-138) 3pt FG, 66-62 Asst-TO (Team was 22-8, Regional Final) Kaine McColley (D2 Nova SE) 6-5, 212 – DNP 2022-23 (36-0 national title) Anthony Morales (Boston U.) 6-8, 195 – 5.1 ppg, 2.9 rpg, 35.2% (45-128) FG, 19-71 3pt FG Bo Montgomery (Holy Cross) 6-5, 193 – 11.3 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 42.7% (140-328), 34.3% (36-105) 3pt FG, 81-66 Asst-TO Daniel Nixon (GW) 6-7, 225 – only played on game for GW in 2022-23 Pavo Pavlidis (Hartford) 6-8, 220 – 8.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg, 56.9% (95-167), 8-33 3pt FG, 1.3 blpg Jasmine Sangha (Texas A&M CC) 6-8, 225 – 2.6 ppg, 1.7 rpg in 14 games LaTrell Tate (West Florida) 6-0, 165 – 16.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg 44.8% (152-332) FG, 56-127 44.1% (56-127) 3pt FG, 90-52 Asst-TO, Jordan Wood (Howard ) 6-9, 200 – 8.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 37.2%, 64-173 3pt FG/37% Kyle Cuffe Jr. (Kansas) – 6-2, 185 – Played two games, four-star (ranked 117 nationally out of high school) Amillion Buggs (Central Missouri State) – 6-4, 180 – Played 10 games for Central Missouri State and averaged 2.3 ppg and 0.8 rpg. Off the Board Justin Amadi (James Madison) 6-7, 225 – returned to James Madison Myles Foster (Monmouth) 6-7, 240 – Illinois State Josh Uduje (Coastal Carolina) 6-5, 175 – Utah State Ray Quawndis Mitchell (UMKC) 6-5, 200 - Penn State Steve Settle III (Howard), 6-10, 180 - Temple Tedrick Wildcox Jr. (St. Francis-NY) 6-6, 185 – Hampton Jordan Riley (Georgetown) – 6-4, 200 – Temple Richie Springs (UConn) 6-9,235 – Quinnipiac Brandon Suggs (UCF) 6-6, 185 – New Mexico State

I know I have beaten a dead horse, but I was really excited to see what Riley's athleticism could do in this conference. Plus, I think when I look at these guys (especially the high major players) I look to see what situation they have come from at their previous school. I liked that Settle was part of a Howard team that made history and got the the program back to the tournament. I liked Riley, because I saw flashes of what he could do and he was so poorly used by Ewing I thought he could do big things in a system where a coach let him be a featured player. I still feel like someone like Riley can benefit by showcasing his abilities a lot more here at this level than being another player at a little higher of a level, but Temple seems to be a doing a good job in the portal and I am sure he will get a good shot with them.

What an awesome run for a five seed! Amazing turnaround to go from 14-33 and 4-16 a year ago to 30-23 and 14-10 and this run. Now we can let the chaos unfold and figured out who we play tomorrow. I am assuming we need to beat whoever emerges from the chaos once while they need to beat us twice. No guarantees, but we are in the driver's seat. I don't think I realized that we have finished as a conference tournament runner-up 11 different times in the ECC, Big South, America East and CAA collectively. I believe in 1999 and 2001 in the America East we were in the same spot where we needed one win and our opponent needed two. This would be cool to get conference tournament title for Coach Costello.

Yeah, I figured a guy like Martinez is out of our league in terms of what he is looking for. I saw today that Dingle is going to St. John's. The list you posted earlier is great and I have been tracking on my own (I keep waiting for Jeff Goodman to update his list as well because it is good database for what our league looks like with who is in and out). I know the list we have been posting on here is not really accurate any more as guys come and go, but it is helpful for me to track who is in even left even if we are not going after them. I am going to post later today or tomorrow just as a reset from my standpoint. I was looking at our news releases from last year and we announced Nygal a year ago today and Conway the week before. I know the official announcements are usually a week or so after it actually happens. I am sure we are all (as is the coaching staff) getting impatient. I do think the later the process goes the more likely it is that we are getting role guys who can contribute in small ways. I really thought Riley could have been a difference makes, as it seems like Settle could have been as well. I wonder if now that the deadline for declaring and not having to get a waiver is over if some of the players who have been sitting out there for months will start to make their moves.

Still some good players out there, but feels like the top names on our initial wish list are starting to dwindle. Are Watson and Blakney the primary targets at this point, or are there others out there we are refocusing on as we move forward? We know we are probably getting two more players, and it remains the case that I am interested to see who sits on our chair after the transfer portal music stops.

I saw the news today that Denny Crum passed away at the age of 86. Condolences to his family and those that knew and loved him. Two things come to mind as a Towson fan. The first is that he is a criminally underrated coach historically having won two national titles at Louisville. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/37589221/hall-fame-men-basketball-coach-denny-crum-dies-86 Second, and the one we all remember here, is that he gave us the opportunity to have what I would consider a top 5 (if not higher) Towson sports moment on January 30 1995 at the Towson Center. Such a fun game. The only true court-storming at Towson I was every part of and a game that our team played with such a passion in a year where we otherwise underachieved. The Jason Crump free throw line jumper and Deron Robinson's uber-athletic performance off the bench really stand out to me. Ralph Blalock also went for 26 points and five steals that game. Here is the boxscore. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/towsontigers.com/documents/2020/10/15/Towson_Louisville_Box_Score_1995.pdf I don't mean to turn this into a negative, because I always enjoy looking back and celebrating that day. However, I don't know if our program has experienced a collective day of joy with that many fans since that time. The closest to me in basketball is the 2021-22 regular-season title, but the difference was how much campus was buzzing, how many fans were in attendance and the national attention the victory got. The only comparable thing in any sport was our run to the national title game in the 2013 FCS Playoffs, which was probably the biggest deal of any sport accomplishment in my time associated with Towson. It is funny because the Eastern Washington win was the biggest, but because the Eastern Illinois game was on a Friday and we were not competing with a lot on TV, that felt like the most amount of national attention a sporting event has gotten us since I have been around Towson (since fall 1993). I am sure I am overlooking something else. The off-the-wall one, might have the Oregon State game that Obama attended.

I forgot we played Tennessee that year as well. That was a weird and disappointing year with great highlights. I remember we had Scooter Alexander redshirted and we loaded up for the next year when started in the NAC (America East). We went 12-15 and 6-10, but the season featured the Louisville win and two of the only buzzer beaters I can recall as a Towson fan at West Virginia (I remember listening to the radio to that game) and against Delaware at home. I believe Blalock hit both, the West Virginia I seem to recall was a little inside halfcourt. I know I am probably missing some here and there, but I don't remember very many other buzzer-beaters in my time rooting for Towson (1993-currrent season).

Yeah, they were quite inconsistent as evidenced by beating No. 5 Kentucky on January 1 and less than a month later losing to Towson by 12. They only played 12 games in the Metro Conference so their schedule that year is pretty interesting. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/louisville/men/1995-schedule.html. Am I remembering correctly that the game got added to our schedule shortly after the season had begun? I remember it not being part of original schedule information and flyers being put it in November and December to let people know.

You are lucky to have stormed in 1991. I arrived freshman year in 1993 and have never experienced what it is like for this program to play in a conference tournament final game. Someday.

It is also a great chance to see some bad mid-90s fashion.

Agree with most of this, but 10 new names seem to pop into the portal every day. Hopefully we can get at least one name by tomorrow (although I believe the graduate player route is still available after tomorrow). I think we are behind and have some catching up to do. I am just waiting to see what we get at the end of this process to judge how much of a blow being behind will be to us. NIL or not Charleston under Kelsey was always going to take this league by storm. It is why not winning the conference tournament in 2022 was such a big blow. Moving forward, no matter how good anyone in this conference is all roads go through Charleston. I do understand a lot of what I type here feels like blind faith with the way the landscape is unfolding. I just want to make sure the whole process plays out (whatever that means) before I judge good or bad.

Yeah, he always seemed a little out of our range.

Who is our next choice after Settle III?

That makes sense. I only picked those three because along with stats and accomplishments of players we had been loosely associated with they seemed like they could bring attributes that could help improve our roster. However, I know it is not quite that simple. Plus, every transfer has a ripple effect either positive or negative on guy on the existing roster. Tarke would be a little redundant, but the other two feel like they would bring some attributes we need. However, like I said at some point you zero on the guys you target for reasons both intangible and tangible, and you can't do that with everybody.

I guess you can only heavily pursue so many players, and my guess is they either were deemed as not fitting or not likely to come. I thought all three of those guys seemed like they could come in and contribute at a solid level. However, as usual I have no sense who else we would be competing with or even if they are out of our range.