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Per Andy Katz: Jeremiah Williams coming in a few games?

You mean “team guy” on the basketball floor, correct? Because “team guys” in the locker room don’t spend all off season being the face of the program and waiting until the eve of the portal closing to walk out the door. Because we had team guys like Ron, Geo and Caleb who stayed.
They do it all the time in professional sports
 
Didn't you hear. Pike pushed him out of here per @NewJerseyHawk

Disgusting that hawk spread that fake rumor about a college kid.

Pushed out is a little harsh.....just not a priority over 2024 recruits. Not everyone deserves top dollar as a 1 year rental over players who have been RU players from Day one out of HS......not worth the cost IMO.....Mag and others were prioritized, sorry this disappoints you.
 
I liked Spencer's game a lot and miss him but against top teams he rarely had his best games.
He made the winning shot to defeat highly ranked Purdue on the road.He also made the winning shots in other games.Spencer is having a terrific season with UConn because that they run a half court offense that creates open 3 point shots for all the players.
 
Pushed out is a little harsh.....just not a priority over 2024 recruits. Not everyone deserves top dollar as a 1 year rental over players who have been RU players from Day one out of HS......not worth the cost IMO.....Mag and others were prioritized, sorry this disappoints you.
So your saying pike prioritized Mag and others over Spencer.

That would be a terrible job by Pike.
 
So your saying pike prioritized Mag and others over Spencer.

That would be a terrible job by Pike.
Not necessarily. Having Mag for next years group is more important than having Spencer for this years current team. The ceiling is much higher next year . Even with Spencer this years teams ceiling was a bubble team.
 
All the RU MBB board experts have once again proven themselves to know very little to less. The newest craze ( knocking Pikiell’s coaching ability) … if it’s not Greg Schiano or Steve Pikiell it will be the wrestling coach… baseball coach…
Yup. They never stop attacking coaches. After games , during games and before games they do their kindergarten act. After a win they tend to shut up. The biggest abusers are the bs experts especially, for me, the guy that writes 5 page essays. You know many really effective people will tell you it's easy and weak to do the blame game.. I've said it often many of them contribute with their mouths and nothing else to help RU.
 
He made the winning shot to defeat highly ranked Purdue on the road.He also made the winning shots in other games.Spencer is having a terrific season with UConn because that they run a half court offense that creates open 3 point shots for all the players.
To put it another way, we had games where the other team overplayed him, because he was the biggest threat
You can't expect him to be the hero, game after game with the attention he got
Now, he has a bit more space to work, and he excels
 
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Remember how many on here told us we were better off without Cam and Gavin and Fernades would more than make up for Cam's shooting?
 
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Andy Katz is an idiot. What is the reasoning behind thinking he'll be back? Didn't the NCAA come out with guidelines requiring a season-long suspension?
 
Andy Katz is an idiot. What is the reasoning behind thinking he'll be back? Didn't the NCAA come out with guidelines requiring a season-long suspension?
He got the intel from our coaching staff who supposedly made similar comments after the game. I think the gambling might only be a half year suspension now.
 
Andy Katz is an idiot. What is the reasoning behind thinking he'll be back? Didn't the NCAA come out with guidelines requiring a season-long suspension?
You wish you made the money and had the job he does. Katz didn’t make this up. He was fed the info by Pike or B Knight. Those two guys are the one that leak info. Brandin leaked stuff at the last cc meeting also. Someone put it on the sight and a moderator confirmed it. It happens at every program.
 
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You mean “team guy” on the basketball floor, correct? Because “team guys” in the locker room don’t spend all off season being the face of the program and waiting until the eve of the portal closing to walk out the door. Because we had team guys like Ron, Geo and Caleb who stayed.
One the one hand, there are good reasons why they left. Neither Paul or Cam are going to be in the NBA or are independently wealthy. So getting a 500k payout is a literal life changer. And RU couldn't match it. It's legitimate to point out that they shouldn't have waited so long. I agree, but I can also speculate that neither Paul or Cam really knew or had on their radar the NIL riches that they could get for leaving. So I don't think either of them planned to leave or they would have done so sooner. They were poached with offers we couldn't match and they couldn't refuse.

So, those are legit extenuating circumstances. That's an explanation, but the reality is it still screwed us and you can't point to either of them and say there were "team guys" either.
 
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JWill statistics from Temple:

2020-21 (true freshman):
  • Started all 16 games (season limited by pandemic), averaging 32.6 minutes per game
  • 9.3 ppg on 43.4% FG overall (53-122) and 32.4% 3-pt (11-34) -- tied for 3rd leading scorer behind stars Khalif Battle and Damian Dunn
  • 4.1 apg, and A/TO ratio of better than 2-1 (65a, 30to)
  • 3.6 rpg
  • FTs 65.% (31-46)
2021-22 (soph):
  • Started 21 of the 22 games in which he played (Temple played 29 games total, so he must've had an injury), averaging 31.1 minutes per game
  • 9.5 ppg on 41.7% FG overall (75-180) and 23.1% 3-pt (12-52) - 3rd leading scorer behind Battle and Dunn again
  • 4.3 apg, and A/TO ratio of about 2-1 (95a, 59to)
  • 3.5 rpg
  • FTs 63.2% (48-76)
So this is a very consistent player who can give you 9 or 10 ppg, about 4 apg (very good for college), and 3.5 rpg, but not a high-volume shooter or scorer. FTs need work too. Hopefully all aspects of his game have improved since he last played two years ago, but right now -- assuming these stats translate -- he would be our best guard.
 
JWill statistics from Temple:

2020-21 (true freshman):
  • Started all 16 games (season limited by pandemic), averaging 32.6 minutes per game
  • 9.3 ppg on 43.4% FG overall (53-122) and 32.4% 3-pt (11-34) -- tied for 3rd leading scorer behind stars Khalif Battle and Damian Dunn
  • 4.1 apg, and A/TO ratio of better than 2-1 (65a, 30to)
  • 3.6 rpg
  • FTs 65.% (31-46)
2021-22 (soph):
  • Started 21 of the 22 games in which he played (Temple played 29 games total, so he must've had an injury), averaging 31.1 minutes per game
  • 9.5 ppg on 41.7% FG overall (75-180) and 23.1% 3-pt (12-52) - 3rd leading scorer behind Battle and Dunn again
  • 4.3 apg, and A/TO ratio of about 2-1 (95a, 59to)
  • 3.5 rpg
  • FTs 63.2% (48-76)
So this is a very consistent player who can give you 9 or 10 ppg, about 4 apg (very good for college), and 3.5 rpg, but not a high-volume shooter or scorer. FTs need work too. Hopefully all aspects of his game have improved since he last played two years ago, but right now -- assuming these stats translate -- he would be our best guard.
Very consistent other than the big dropoff in his 3-point shooting percentage in his second year. Hope he’s improved in that area.
 
Pushed out is a little harsh.....just not a priority over 2024 recruits. Not everyone deserves top dollar as a 1 year rental over players who have been RU players from Day one out of HS......not worth the cost IMO.....Mag and others were prioritized, sorry this disappoints you.
Yeah I’m certainly not going to spend time to find the litany of posts you made about Cam after his transfer, but the above is definitely a major softening by you.
Previously you were much more strongly insistent that he was pushed out, remember you saying he was too slow, couldn’t create own shot, Pike wanted to play faster, blah blah blah.
 
The bus is in the garage, but I believe Katz will drive it out of there once we get it fixed up and refueled.
 
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