Yeah, but they will guard him. You know that, right? And he'll be guarded by a B1G athlete, not an A-10 or MAC player.
Tyson Acuff - incoming transfer
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Closing out wins, we need 3 guards that can handle, pass and shoot FTs. So the answer is YES.
1. His role is changing. That is not an assumption.
2. I like your last sentence.
Go Knights!
Obviously not the same players but this is similar to the Austin Williams discussion last off season.
About being a “scorer” at a lower level.
Even had the same “look at his game against Baylor” narrative.
The general notion of “scorer” moving up gives me pause.
I am thinking Jwill and JaMike have a 40 minute time share of the 1.
We are talking about 120 minutes betweeen the 2 and 4.
If Ace and Dylan lock 64 up and Acuff takes a minimum of 28 we have 1 more piece that takes 28. After that we need the center position and depth at the 2 thru 4....
We are talking about 120 minutes betweeen the 2 and 4.
If Ace and Dylan lock 64 up and Acuff takes a minimum of 28 we have 1 more piece that takes 28. After that we need the center position and depth at the 2 thru 4....
Peter Kiss came to Rutgers and shot better %'s from 2 and from 3 (but slightly lower overall) than he had his freshman year at Quinnipiac. He just wasn't a fit for Pike and was sent to the bench.
Will be interesting if we bring in a better 3pt shooter (Guard or wing).
Can’t imagine we bench a shooter who could pull defenders away from Ace/Dylan during a close game.
One of JWill/Acuff will have to sit likely.
I have a sneaky suspicion that a guard who doesn't shoot FTs will find his way on the court in crunch time a lot of nights. Pike won't be able to help himself. Jamike and Jwill might both be on the floor when games matter.
Just a hunch.
That math doesn’t work. You have zero minutes left after the transfer.
We are looking at 2 more transfers (non center)
JWill/Davis 40
Acuff 28
Transfer 28
Ace 32
Harper 32
That’s a full 160min for non-center.
At the very least Acuff is replacing some of the minutes and shots from our guards who left — Simpson, Noah, and Austin.
Pike is still recruiting another guard.
I like this pickup. We had 4 slots to fill and Pike filled one of them with a 6’4 veteran guard who was the 8th leading scorer in the nation.
Just getting started…
Just getting started…
I was talking about closing out the last 3-4 minutes when we have a lead.
If the last portal guard/wing Pike is recruiting makes good decisions, has a strong handle and can shoot FTs, he should play those last few minutes. But it’s all speculation at this point.
Someone isnt going to be happy then.
If we truly are looking for 2 more non center transfers that expect to be in rotation more than 15 minutes then i am scratching my head why Acuff?
Acuff could be taking minutes away from JMike. Dylan can run point. I think the idea is
PG: Dylan
SG: Allocco or other transfer SG
SF: Williams
PF: Ace
C: Transfer C
BG: Acuff
BF: Martini
BC: Lathan
C takes up 40 minutes.
PF split 40 mins between Ace and Martini, Ace gets extra minutes at SF, let’s say 10 or so.
So 110 left.
Dylan: 30 minutes
Allocco: 25
Williams: 25
Acuff: 20
JMike: 10
Something like that. Maybe Grant plays his way into the rotation and finds some minutes somewhere. I think that’s a fair amount of minutes for everyone.
Because our 3 needs are very clear. And if the first guy he is signing isn't filling one of those needs, that makes me worry that it's not going to happen.
You can make the counterargument that a 4th need was replacing Griffiths which this accomplishes.
Note - looks our recruitment of Martini is going well so that would be a big help if he signs.
I don’t think it’s fair to compare a last minute, injury riddled Hartford transfer to a guy that averaged 22 per game in the MAC last season (who the staff clearly wanted if they offered this early).
I agree. And it’s not only about need. It’s about getting other high-demand guys before other teams do.
I think we don’t have the NIL for anyone noteworthy so we’re shopping at KMart, not Macy’s and most certainly not Lord & Taylor.
It is what it is. We bought 2 premium players and can’t afford much more. Hopefully the freshmen can deliver NCAA berth.
This makes sense, as opposed to the guy that said we gave Noah Fernandez $250K.
Well Kareem did shoot just 5.6% from three for his career. We don’t need that!
Yeah , s lower level guard will never make it in the big time. Just look at what a wash out Cam Spencer was at RU and UConn
Rather than presenting yet another extremist analysis, you might want to look at the shooting percentages for the two players that you just compared.
Thinking JMike may be a sleeper at the guard position for minutes. His defense was excellent as a frosh and is only going to get better. There will be many opportunities when we need to press and contain a big time scorer and will need his stout D.
The problem with JMike is that it's basically 4 on 5 on offense.
Just begging the defenders to throw an extra defender at Dylan or Ace and hope JMike gets the ball for an "open" shot.
Yeah. Unless Lathan or Martini can clear out the paint due to their prowess from deep, JMike is undersized to be driving to the tin and looking to finish by himself all the time. I’d like to see a play where a backscreen is set up by the foul line to allow Lathan to roll downhill for an ally oop pass from a driving JaMike. Lathan is athletic and long enough to finish that.
Acuff played 2 years for Duquesne, in the A-10. He played on some pretty horrific teams too:
2021-22 Duquesne was 1-16/3-11
The last 2 years at EMU his teams were 5-13/8-23 and this year 6-12/13-18.
The last full year Cam was at Loyola MD (2021-22) he "only" shot 35.3% for 3 Pt and 44.4% FG.
Acuff shot 34.4% and 29.2% from 3 PT and 45.8% and 43.% FG%.
Kind of apples and oranges, but one could argue their stats are comparable and in the same range including noise.
