2025 Portal Season

[jessej]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBfNPNtxxno

https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sidearm.nextgen.sites/howard-bison.com/stats/mbball/2024/pdf/cume.pdf

Shot 268 free throws. Wow! Haynes led us with 187.

Creighton men’s basketball adds commitment from MEAC Player of the Year

Harper put up stellar numbers in his freshman season at Howard, averaging 19.3 points per game.

www.wowt.com

Harper to Creighton

Surprise #1 - never heard Maryland or Georgetown or Villanova as an option
Surprise #2 - Creighton over Ohio State

I hope he got paid
DC to Omaha? he may be in the portal 11 months from now

 

[gmujim92]

He's a hybrid foward. A guy who can score from any place on the floor. He can post up, face up and break opponents down off the dribble, face up and hit a 15 feet, catch and shoot, excellent passer, excellent cutter to the basket.

He's 15-16 pt scorer with a 50%/36%/77.6% shooting splits.

He's going to start with Adebayo.

Also very long arms and his tape shows great instincts for getting in passing lanes — won’t provide an extra rim protector like Woody, but would expect him to be disruptive defensively in his own way.

 

[gmujim92]

The way I view the roster build is that it is basically a camp invite - think you are good enough to step up and start/play significant minutes in the A10? Come try - best 8 will play. Rest we will help find you a place next year, and if you aren't in the rotation at all you can redshirt.

I'm not concerned at all about keeping anyone happy with minutes - let them all fight for it, competition breeds excellence.

Watson’s addition will make for some very interesting competition for starting spots and minutes, similar to how adding Anderson and BOC allowed Tony to bring Jared and KD off the bench:

5 — Allenspach, Ellington, Kanga
4 — Adebayo, Sivka, Watson
3 — Watson, Hill, Long, Booker
2 — BOC, Troutman, Booker
1 — Mincy, BOC

 

[jessej]

Looks like we are getting Watson from DSU! Fantastic get!

https://x.com/joe_knows_news/status/1916710651239543186?s=46&t=SPAULOBHtYuHTegQzAwSjg

#146 ranked left player in the portal

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[jruby]

Watson’s addition will make for some very interesting competition for starting spots and minutes, similar to how adding Anderson and BOC allowed Tony to bring Jared and KD off the bench:

5 — Allenspach, Ellington, Kanga
4 — Adebayo, Sivka, Watson
3 — Watson, Hill, Long, Booker
2 — BOC, Troutman, Booker
1 — Mincy, BOC

Mincy 6'1 BOC 6'4 Watson 6'9 Adebayo 6'8 and Allenspach 6'11 would be a very long and tall team. Like it! PPG Mincy 15 BOC 9.1 Watson 15.5 Adebayo 13.2 Allenspach 7.8. it's 60.6 vs 49.2 for the 5 starters last year.

 

[gmujim92]

Mincy 6'1 BOC 6'4 Watson 6'9 Adebayo 6'8 and Allenspach 6'11 would be a very long and tall team. Like it! PPG Mincy 15 BOC 9.1 Watson 15.5 Adebayo 13.2 Allenspach 7.8. it's 60.6 vs 49.2 for the 5 starters last year.

Lots of different options:

Could go BOC (6-4), Hill (6-5), Watson (6-9), Adebayo (6-8) and Allenspach (6-11) if you want to have P4 length on the floor.

Can also play Adebayo at the 5 and Watson at the 4 against smaller teams that like to spread you out with their guards.

Very versatile and deep 10-man rotation without including the freshmen.

 

[GMUgemini]

Watson to UTEP. Scratch him off the roster:

https://x.com/ByGeorgeGMU/status/1917010145596608947

 

[Milt Mudflap]

Gio Emejuru is transferring to East Carolina

I heard they had a need for brick hands and timidity

 

[mbush]

Sad about Watson. He (or Avery Thomas, who also went elsewhere) are sort of perfect for this roster.

A long SF who can shoot from deep is, to my eye, the only missing ingredient.

 

[gmuballer14]

Watson to UTEP. Scratch him off the roster:

https://x.com/ByGeorgeGMU/status/1917010145596608947

UTEP over GMU, ouch.

 

[GMU79]

UTEP over GMU, ouch.

Well, they do have a NCAA championship banner.

 

[jessej]

Watson to UTEP. Scratch him off the roster:

https://x.com/ByGeorgeGMU/status/1917010145596608947

More money or more guaranteed playing time?