(04-25-2019 04:43 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(04-25-2019 10:29 AM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  

(04-25-2019 09:23 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-25-2019 09:02 AM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  funny stuff...

I'm checking back to see if the coaching change has had any impact on recruiting either +/- or if anyone left players or coaches.

Thanks ahead of time if anyone has any info...

We only had one commit this year, Samari Curtis (Ohio Mr. Basketball), and as of right now he is still signed...though there are rumblings that he is considering asking for a release.

Latest on Curtis is things are swinging back in favor of him staying .
Cumberland is testing the draft , but will likely be back
Brooks is in the transfer portal but has left open the possibility of returning. I see him as 50/50 right now.

Thanks all... Hope you have all 3 next year, the conference needs UC to be strong during this transition period. That applies to the OWLS as well.

Brooks reportedly has visits scheduled at LSU, Miami, and Virginia Tech (where his recruiter at UC landed)...so I'm not super confident about all 3 players.

(04-25-2019 04:43 PM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  

(04-25-2019 10:29 AM)Bearcat2012 Wrote:  

(04-25-2019 09:23 AM)BearcatMan Wrote:  

(04-25-2019 09:02 AM)GoOwls111 Wrote:  funny stuff...

I'm checking back to see if the coaching change has had any impact on recruiting either +/- or if anyone left players or coaches.

Thanks ahead of time if anyone has any info...

We only had one commit this year, Samari Curtis (Ohio Mr. Basketball), and as of right now he is still signed...though there are rumblings that he is considering asking for a release.

Latest on Curtis is things are swinging back in favor of him staying .
Cumberland is testing the draft , but will likely be back
Brooks is in the transfer portal but has left open the possibility of returning. I see him as 50/50 right now.

Thanks all... Hope you have all 3 next year, the conference needs UC to be strong during this transition period. That applies to the OWLS as well.

temple uc is one of my all time favorite rivalries. is it just me, or is it rather a quiet rivalry? we had good history before this conference

it's still surreal mick is gone. i hope like hell he takes ucla to the next level. just because he "plateaued" here, doesn't mean his ascension is complete. to grow, you need challenge. but i don't think it works like that in the coach genus of intercollegiate athletical endeavours

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Quote:2019's quality hires

team logo ARKANSAS
The hire: Eric Musselman

Previously: Head coach at Nevada
Career record: 110-34
NCAA Tournament record: 2-3
Regular-season conference championships: 3
Evaluation: Given his well-told treading-trodden-trails history of coaching, it might surprise you that this is only Musselman's second head-coaching gig in college. And coaching at Arkansas is a big jump from coaching at Nevada. It seems like it will work.

Arkansas is a sleeping giant in the SEC and has been for a long time. The program hasn't made a Sweet 16 since 1996, which is a stat Arkansas fans are all too familiar with but will become something of a hovering thing for the Hogs as Musselman's term gets going. Arkansas probably made the right hire here.


team logo CINCINNATI
The hire: John Brannen

Previously: Head coach at Northern Kentucky
Career record: 81-51
NCAA Tournament record: 0-2
Regular-season conference championships: 2
Evaluation: We'll see whether or not Cincinnati comes to regret passing on UC associate head coach Darren Savino -- off to UCLA with Mick Cronin -- in favor of Brannen. The former NKU coach has proved himself an innovative offensive mind and a good coach already. He took over a program that had no D-I experience and made it a top-two team in the Horizon League.

Cincinnati's made the past nine NCAA Tournaments. It's not making nine straight under Brannen (not even 20 coaches have ever pulled off nine-year streaks of making the NCAAs), but if it maintains its top-three status in the American, this will prove to be the right hire.


team logo UCLA
The hire: Mick Cronin

Previously: Head coach at Cincinnati
Career record: 365-170
NCAA Tournament record: 6-11
Regular-season conference championships: 3
Evaluation: UCLA had a weird, highly criticized hiring process that eventually wound up with a good acquisition. Cronin isn't a huge name, but check out that overall record. Very good. And if you want to downplay the 6-11 NCAA tourney mark, that's fair, but also realize Cronin has more March Madness showings than any other coach on this list. His approach to the profession is not for everyone, but knowing Cronin, I bet he makes philosophical changes since he's in a new spot with more power and more resources.

Quote: 2019's wait-and-see hires

team logo ALABAMA
The hire: Nate Oats

Previously: Head coach at Buffalo
Career record: 96-43
NCAA Tournament record: 2-3
Regular-season conference championships: 2
Evaluation: Unconventional hire but potentially one of the biggest ones of this cycle. If Oats winds up competing in the top four or five of the SEC every single season, Bama AD Greg Byrne will have pulled off one of the best acquisitions of this cycle. Oats was coaching in high school seven season ago. He did great at the MAC level, but moving to Alabama changes SO much. This is a toss-up. I could see it flaming out in three years and I could see Oats getting Bama to back-to-back Sweet 16s by 2024.


team logo VANDERBILT
The hire: Jerry Stackhouse

Previously: Assistant coach with the Memphis Grizzlies
Career record: 0-0
NCAA Tournament record: 0-0
Regular-season conference championships: 0
Evaluation: Big name, surprising hire, maybe it works? The fact two Tennessee-based schools have huge former NBA guys running their teams (Penny in Memphis, Stackhouse here) is really fun for college basketball. Stackhouse has a lot of connections and good will earned on the grassroots circuit, so he won't have a problem getting Vanderbilt into the top-five-finalists list for many a four- and five-star kid. The question becomes how many of those players he can enroll at Vandy and if he can win out over a lot of powers in the area.

Vanderbilt did Bryce Drew wrong by cutting him loose so soon, but all that will be forgotten if Stackhouse can recruit at the level Drew was starting to and bring a buzz to the program that's essentially never been there.

^ I think Oats is the best hire out of those 5.

(04-27-2019 09:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  ^ I think Oats is the best hire out of those 5.

him seem more north or east to me. big east or acc. like vt woulda been a nicer fit. they've had an exodus. fool shoulda waited. not that i have a whole lot of perspective on tech. but bama too good to pass down immediately. that was like the first big gig available right? and he pounce

(04-27-2019 09:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  ^ I think Oats is the best hire out of those 5.

I'm more of a Hall guy.

(04-27-2019 04:01 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  

(04-27-2019 09:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  ^ I think Oats is the best hire out of those 5.

I'm more of a Hall guy.

Very large LGBTQRS contingent on AAC CSNBBS.

(04-27-2019 04:03 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  

(04-27-2019 04:01 PM)8BitPirate Wrote:  

(04-27-2019 09:54 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  ^ I think Oats is the best hire out of those 5.

I'm more of a Hall guy.

Very large LGBTQRS contingent on AAC CSNBBS.

A bearcat in the butt is worth a big bush.