Let this sink in for a second: ALL FIVE STARTERS for Michigan were first year transfer portal players.
All starting five were acquired from the transfer portal...I stand corrected.
The player from Tennessee is a legacy: you might know his parents and uncle: John David Phillips, Reagan Croyle, and his uncle, Brodie.
And yet, he might have been UCONN's best player on the court.
Spending millions on players doesn’t mean anything without the coaching to back it up. Just look at Kentucky. Pope better tighten up or his days are numbered.
I don’t think he fits in with CNO style though. He is probably a 4 put he isn’t a stretch 4 type player we use in our system. He has made 0 3 pointers so far in his career and only attempted a couple. I assume he want to get bigger and stronger but not lose his style on offense.
Tennessee has had a commitment listed on 247 for several days now.Hopefully we haven’t been talking to anyone or that would be tampering because you couldn’t officially be in the portal til today. We all know none of theses universities and coaches are doing any of that stuff
The big question though is even with us putting more in will it help. It sounds like many high level programs are putting more money into NIL funds for their teams. We were behind other before so even if we get up to their current level they had this year and they go up the same as us or even more we will still be behind. It’s like MLB the mid level teams are increasing their payroll last few years but the high level teams are increasing theirs by twice as much.
