2024-2025 Men’s Basketball Season General Discussion

One goes, one comes back. I think Jon will want the experience and continuity that one brings alongside hopefully Brown, Evans, Harris, Ngongba
 
JGDUKE2008 said:
Does anyone get the feel that both Proctor and Foster will be back next year?
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No. He may not get it due to his numbers not popping off the charts, but anyone who has really watched him would see that Tyrese is playing at an all-ACC level. He has achieved what he wanted by coming back to Duke (twice) and elevating several aspects of his game in a big way. He's ready. He wasn't after either of his first two years, but he is now.
 
SkyBrickey said:
One goes, one comes back. I think Jon will want the experience and continuity that one brings alongside hopefully Brown, Evans, Harris, Ngongba
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No idea who will stay or go, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if we return 3 perimeter guys from this year's team. It just doesn't seem like that is the direction college basketball is going. And Scheyer certainly wasn't uncomfortable going into this season with just 2 returnees. I doubt he's counting on 5 returnees for next year. But you never know.
 
CDu said:
No idea who will stay or go, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if we return 3 perimeter guys from this year's team. It just doesn't seem like that is the direction college basketball is going. And Scheyer certainly wasn't uncomfortable going into this season with just 2 returnees. I doubt he's counting on 5 returnees for next year. But you never know.
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There was a podcast interview he did in the preseason where maybe Bilas asked him about roster construction and he talked about ideally smaller recruiting classes and "1-2 transfers".

If you do the math, at least at the time, it was clear he was thinking about keeping more guys around. But I've been burned before...
 
SkyBrickey said:
There was a podcast interview he did in the preseason where maybe Bilas asked him about roster construction and he talked about ideally smaller recruiting classes and "1-2 transfers".

If you do the math, at least at the time, it was clear he was thinking about keeping more guys around. But I've been burned before...
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Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. To be clear: I don't think any coach wants to have massive turnover every year. But I think that may be the way of the world moving forward, at least for the time being until/unless there are further rules changes.

And worth noting that we only had 3 transfers (at least in terms of transfers who actually play) this year, yet had only 2 returning players. With 4 commits already (and potentially 1 or 2 more), if we happen to have 2-3 transfers then the math gets complicated quickly (prospects don't seem to be willing to be the 11th/12th/13th scholarship player for very long anymore).

I'd love to see us able to keep 5 guys, but given how well we are recruiting the high school ranks and what Scheyer has managed to unlock on the transfer market this year, I'm definitely in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp.
 
CDu said:
Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. To be clear: I don't think any coach wants to have massive turnover every year. But I think that may be the way of the world moving forward, at least for the time being until/unless there are further rules changes.

And worth noting that we only had 3 transfers (at least in terms of transfers who actually play) this year, yet had only 2 returning players. With 4 commits already (and potentially 1 or 2 more), if we happen to have 2-3 transfers then the math gets complicated quickly (prospects don't seem to be willing to be the 11th/12th/13th scholarship player for very long anymore).

I'd love to see us able to keep 5 guys, but given how well we are recruiting the high school ranks and what Scheyer has managed to unlock on the transfer market this year, I'm definitely in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp.
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Yes, we will see. I think you and I both agree that Jon got exactly the roster he wanted this year and it's paying off in a big way. I think he'll really want more than two of these guys back but roles and opportunity will matter. If we land Nate Ament, then two of the starters will be etched in stone and that impacts other guys.
 
Shame for ASU tonight. They played a super impressive first half and honestly should have been up more if not for Zeke Mayo hitting everything from deep for Kansas. Second half they came out flat and Kansas smelled blood in the water and pressed them into oblivion. Don't know what to think of Hurley. Phog is a crazy hard place to go for any team and the Sun Devils have exceeded expectations this year, but they just looked like deer in the headlights in that second half and that feels like a coaching problem. Could barely inbound the ball. To be fair to Hurley they are playing a 7 man rotation due to injuries, but still should not be running out of steam so early. Bobby definitely needs to stop letting Quaintance shoot 3's, he's horrible at them.

Great energy in the second half from Kansas but I am just not convinced by them as a title team. Dickinson is a deeply flawed player and if he's up against a big that he can't just bully, Kansas becomes essentially reliant on perimeter shooting which they are not good at outside of Mayo. Unless their opponents completely collapse like ASU did tonight (and credit to Kansas for forcing them into constant turnovers and using the crowd's energy) they will continue to struggle. KJ Adams brings a lot in terms of energy and defence with his athleticism, but I think Self's loyalty to him might hurt them. A non-spacing big next to Dickinson makes them too easy to defend.
 
SkyBrickey said:
Yes, we will see. I think you and I both agree that Jon got exactly the roster he wanted this year and it's paying off in a big way. I think he'll really want more than two of these guys back but roles and opportunity will matter. If we land Nate Ament, then two of the starters will be etched in stone and that impacts other guys.
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Hoping Maliq Brown stays
Wish Kon would, but Nicholas Khamenia sounds like a doppelgänger
Evans Harris Gnogba(sic) Foster will be likely returning
Boozer twins Henderson hopefully Ament
Need 3 or 5 portal players
Depends on whether Scheyer wants 13 or 15 squad players
 
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