I'm going to continue to say what is factual when it comes to colllege sports....NOTHING has changed other than NIL is above ground vs it being underground or hidden in the shadows.
Any program making full blown excuses in regards to NIL, is 100% wrong. The fundamentals of colllege sports, football, basketball etc, still starts and ends with quality coaching and HS focused relationships and recruiting.
Any team can lose a starter or even 2 in basketball, but it should not decimate your team or roster. Coaches still have to recruit, develop and sell their school each and every year.
Right now, Seton Hall has 3 HS freshman from the 2024 class and 8 portal transfers added to their roster....with another 4 HS kids in 2023, only one is playing major minutes right now.
It's literally impossible to flip an entire roster over with so few minutes returning, unless the portal additions hit the ground running from Game 1.
As it stands today, there are no 2025 HS recruits committed to SHU.....if fans are going to complain about NIL, that's fine, but having no HS commits right now must mean this roster is expected to be in place for awhile.....OR they expect to grab more portal kids in the spring??
I think most schools and coaches are going back to the fundamentals of HS recruiting and development....it makes more financial sense and develop a continuity within the program. Fill gaps with 1 to 3 portal kids, overhauling an entire roster with all portal kids, is going to take a couple of months to sort out.