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For a second there, I thought it read JoJo Hunter 😂

Two names that live in infamy

Love this get. Kid had offers from East Carolina, Xavier, Temple, La Salle, Penn State, Albany, St. Joe’s & Bryant, with schools like Minnesota, Notre Dame and Georgetown sniffing around. An athletic 6’5 SG who can shoot. How long have we been waiting for a guy with this kind of potential? 4-star recruit, per some recruiting services. I think I read that 24/7 has him just on the outside of the top 100 recruits nationwide. Say what you will about Skerry, but he’s really stepped up his recruiting game, with kids like Tejada, DWill, Womack etc

Sean Brown is presumably the incumbent, seeing as he was the starter last season. I wrote earlier in this thread that he threw too many INT’s last season. In fairness, he only threw 8 INT’s, but also only threw 11 TD passes, which is a pretty meh ratio. He also finished the season with negative 33 rushing yards. Now, sacks in college football get counted against a QB’s total rushing yards. Still, I don’t think there’s any question that he was incapable of making plays with his legs last season. I also seem to recall some very in opportune fumbles. Unless he’s made significant strides in the offseason, I’m not sure if he’s the guy who’s going to lead us to a playoff spot. I was hoping that the coaching staff would bring in an FBS transfer to compete with him. I mean, I guess it’s possible they have, since the fall roster has yet to be released, but Mat is pretty good about catching announcements like that on social media, so my assumption is that we haven’t brought in such a transfer. Other than Brown, it’s Nathan Kent (I think he’s still around) and some completely untested guys who are either redshirt freshman or fresh out of HS freshmen

At the risk of oversimplifying, the QB play will go a long way in determining how we do this fall. I’m surprised/concerned we didn’t bring in an FBS transfer QB. I would think there were plenty out there. The QB last season had his ups and downs; too many INt’s as I recall & showed little if any ability to make plays with his legs. I assume it’s his job to lose, as all that’s behind him is Kent (no thanks, I saw that movie in 2023 & I know how it ends) and a couple of freshmen.

I hasten to point out that we had a nearly filled arena our last 2 home games last season, with an electric atmosphere

Sure, why not? It won’t be long before 25 will be young for a D1 MBB player. Besides, one would think he could have followed Wil Wade to NC State, but he chose to remain in Lake Charles

I just listened to this and would urge others to do likewise, as it provides some insight as to why each of these guys, especially, from our perspective, Tejada, opted to return. All in all 3 impressive guys who should be commended for returning to their respective schools. I’ll be rooting for all 3 young men this upcoming season

No doubt KU wants to scout Tejada in person, after the successful Nick Timberlake era in Lawrence

Well, let’s move to C-USA ASAP. Seriously, if we can write the check for the transfer fee, and assuming they extend us an invite. Not sure how Skerry would feel about being in a basketball conference that top-to-bottom is probably better than the CAA, but you can’t please all the people all the time

I hope you’re right. I really, truly do. For us to move up, someone has to write a pretty hefty check (what’s it, 5-6 million) to cover the mandated fee for such a move. With our attendance, I just don’t know. And while we could expand seating, that would involve more costs without any certainty that attendance would increase. And if we’re talking FBS, which conference would take us? I heard the Sunbelt is not interested. There’s C-USA, where our friends from up I-95 went, but do we have the resources to pay for the travel costs associated with being in a conference that is quite literally spread out across the country, as far west as Las Cruces New Mexico?

At the risk of oversimplifying, let me endeavor to sum this football situation up: (1) we’re in a 10 year mediocrity spin cycle; (2) attendance is not good; (3) we’re in a conference that used to have anchor stores like Saks, Bloomingdale’s and Lord and Taylor, and is now anchored by K-Mart; (4) moving up is a fantasy that only the most ardent TU fan could indulge in; (5) moving to the Patriot League is almost certainly out of the cards; and (6) while the demise of CAA football as we once knew it begun in earnest several years ago, we seemingly have sat idly by and appear content to hope we can rise to the top of the conference over the bodies of schools like Hampton and Campbell. Have I missed anything?

So, Albany to CAA for basketball, to backfill the vacancy left by Delaware?

Well put. (As an aside, your posts are always well thought out and often serve as a voice of reason amongst some of the more hyperbolic posts here, including mine 😂). Now that I’m finished throwing bouquets, you are correct in your assessments that: (1) we squandered the momentum from the 2013-14 Frisco run and (2) it is imperative that Shinnick start winning (that is to say, making the playoffs) starting this upcoming season. And you’re also correct that other conferences probably aren’t clamoring to take us in, as since the 2014-15 season, 7 W’s is basically our ceiling, with 1 playoff appearance during this decade, which resulted in being soundly thrashed at home by that perennial powerhouse, Duquesne.