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colobuck79;2130845; said:
Yes, but at the end of the day they would still be Illinois. :biggrin:
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That's the Faustian bargain of being Illinois. To win, they need to play ball with the CPL coaches, which means that any success will inevitably be negated in a shitstorm of recruiting violations within five years.
 
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Class act by Northwestern coach Chris Collins:



Northwestern basketball coach Chris Collins thought so highly of James Montgomery, he didn’t just give him a full scholarship for this season, he announced it in front of the entire team. The best part of the video, though, is Montgomery telling his mom and sister the news over the phone. You can probably guess how they react, but watch anyway.
 
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3) Nick Fury and Chris Holtmann
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Nick Fury is the reason the Avengers came to be. After meeting Carole Danvers (Captain Marvel) in the 1990’s, he was inspired to put together a team of powerful combat operatives who would help protect the country from danger. One by one he recruited the members, some of whom were more eager than others to assist. While he was occasionally involved in combat, Fury acted mostly as a strategic planner for SHIELD.

Chris Holtmann has been playing a role similar to Fury’s lately, as his Ohio State has seen three players transfer, another leave for the NBA, and a fifth graduate from the program just since March. Holtmann, in turn, was able to recruit three transfers to Columbus (Seth Towns, Jimmy Sotos, and Abel Porter), while also holding onto his two incoming freshmen, Eugene Brown and Zed Key.

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Transfers

We will start with the transfers. Several have already been announced, and surely there will be more coming.
  • Teddy Allen (Nebraska)
  • Akol Arop (Nebraska)
  • Izaiah Brockington (Penn State)
  • Trent Buttrick (Penn State)
  • Al Durham (Indiana)
  • Armaan Franklin (Indiana)
  • John Harrar (Penn State)
  • Myreon Jones (Penn State)
  • Seth Lundy (Penn State)
  • Jamal Mashburn (Minnesota)
  • Yvan Ouedraogo (Nebraska)
  • Jamari Wheeler (Penn State)
  • Elijah Wood (Nebraska)
 
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DZ83CK said:
PSU looks to be gutted by transfers. Whomever takes over that job is inheriting a hell of a mess.
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Penn State men’s basketball’s roster outlook after 6 players reportedly enter transfer portal

Sam Sessoms and Myles Dread are the only players that were consistently in the rotation this past season who are not currently in the transfer portal.

Sessoms played arguably his best game of his Penn State career when the Nittany Lions lost to Wisconsin in the Big Ten Tournament, a game that resulted in a one-point loss that ended their season.

In that game, Sessoms put up 18 points on 7-for-11 shooting in just 16 minutes.

The transfer from Binghamton averaged 8.2 points per game off the bench as one of the top reserve players in the Big Ten all season long. He appears poised to take over the starting point guard role next season if Wheeler eventually leaves the program.

Dread was moved into the starting lineup for Lundy midway through the season, and despite being just 6-foot-4, he played a majority of his minutes at the four spot.

The junior averaged 7.3 points per game on the year, and he is in a position to start once again next season.

Those two would have to carry the team, as they are the only players not currently in the portal that averaged over two points per game last year.

It appears Penn State has found its head coach of the future, and it did so within the Big Ten.

Freshman big man Abdou Tsimbila was used situationally as a backup behind Harrar and Buttrick, and he’ll likely step into an expanded role in his second season with the team.

Outside of those three, the Nittany Lions will be reliant on a ton of young, inexperienced talent to fill the potential void.

Freshmen Caleb Dorsey, DJ Gordon and Dallion Johnson all saw minutes during Penn State’s blowout loss to Purdue, and they’ll likely be slotted into the rotation if a majority of players in the portal end up taking their talents elsewhere.

Redshirt freshman big Patrick Kelly also saw minimal time on the floor and could step into a role off the bench, as the Nittany Lions will be slim at the forward spot.

For the incoming recruiting class, there is currently only one player committed to the program, and that’s Elijah Hutchins-Everett, who initially decommitted when former coach Pat Chambers resigned prior to the start of the season.

But Hutchins-Everett recently recommitted, and he would provide a huge boost to Penn State’s front court.

At 6-foot-10 and 210 pounds, Hutchins-Everett is rated as a 3-star recruit by the 247Sports composite rating.

The Nittany Lions struggled with their lack of size on the interior all of last season, and the New Jersey native would provide just that.

Entire article: https://www.collegian.psu.edu/sport...cle_7f2c73ee-8773-11eb-b117-9b22c9b02f66.html
 
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