Returning Core Contributors and Team Success The Next Year
- Mens Basketball
- 51 Replies
This has been something that has been on my mind most of the season and I think even posted about it here. We were very fortunate in having guys like Niang, Monte, Naz, and Thomas for 4-5 seasons. Especially because those guys had very clearly defined roles and performed them at a very high level. This years team added 6 new players from transfers and freshman. So I decided to a chart out all the major contributors and see just how much returned on each team since Hoiberg's first year.
Going down each column you can see the major players from each team starting with Hoiberg's first tourney team. I also included the noteworthy guys from Fred's first team. Every transfer was included. I didn't include guys that barely played and transferred out after a year or two(Clayton Custer, Simeon Carter, etc). If a guy played in 95% of the games they could have, they were included.
Some interesting notes.
Expectations probably got way to high for this team after beating KU like a drum by 17 at home. For 5 consecutive seasons, if we needed a bucket we had Niang or Morris to stop a scoring drought. That's a huge benefit to not having massive roster turnover. I believe Prohm wanted/thought Lindell could be that guy but I really think Lindell's injury to start the season really hampered his progress to being that guy. Lindell still gets into the lane through pure athleticism but loses control of either the ball or himself by the time he is 3 feet from the hoop.
Going down each column you can see the major players from each team starting with Hoiberg's first tourney team. I also included the noteworthy guys from Fred's first team. Every transfer was included. I didn't include guys that barely played and transferred out after a year or two(Clayton Custer, Simeon Carter, etc). If a guy played in 95% of the games they could have, they were included.
Some interesting notes.
- What is probably widely considered the best team in the last 10 years, the Ejim-Kane-Niang team, had 4 newcomers to compliment Senior Ejim, Sophomore Niang, Sophomore Naz. 2 Freshman, a Juco, and a grad transfer. What really helped this yeam with the massive roster turnover is having excellent senior leadership from Ejim and an All-American grad transfer in DeAndre Kane.
- Fred's first NCAA tourney team had 5 new players. 4 transfers and a Juco. What helped this team with again massive roster influx was 4 sit out transfers redshirting together.
- The team that had the highest expectations imo was the Niang junior year team. 5 returning players, 2 sit out transfers eligible to play. Only new major contributor was BDJ as a grad transfer. We all know how this year ended.
- The 2016-2017 team was one of my favorites, 4 elite senior guards. Again, tons of returning talent and guys who had been in the program for years.
- 2017-2018 is when we start to see the imbalance of the roster hurt the team. Only 3 returning players, 2 of them were bench players and one only became a starter midway through the Big 12 season. 5 new players were added to the roster with 3 of them being grad transfers and 2 freshman.
- This year again, we saw major roster movement. 3 guys graduate and 1 transfer out(Jakolby Long). 4 returning starters from the 2017-2018 team but 1 of them is injured and out the entire year, one is injured and missed 99% of the non-conference, another is suspended to the start the year and comes off the bench when he returns and the last is NWB. So instead of rolling with a lot of returning starters, 2 transfers and 2 freshman start.
Expectations probably got way to high for this team after beating KU like a drum by 17 at home. For 5 consecutive seasons, if we needed a bucket we had Niang or Morris to stop a scoring drought. That's a huge benefit to not having massive roster turnover. I believe Prohm wanted/thought Lindell could be that guy but I really think Lindell's injury to start the season really hampered his progress to being that guy. Lindell still gets into the lane through pure athleticism but loses control of either the ball or himself by the time he is 3 feet from the hoop.
NFL: David Irving takes a stand
- By Cyclonepride
- Pro Sports
- 46 Replies
I actually agree with the stance he's taking, even if I question his decision to pick that over the money (though I do not know what it feels like to have your body go through that).
https://247sports.com/nfl/dallas-co...z2UB7QnrRRj-4MBG9Bsb7CsI3aDqTHbY1QUDU2HqsXDJY
""So basically guys, I quit," he said. "They want to talk about a suspension and all this other nonsense. I'm outta there. I'm not doing this sh-t no more."
He went on to explain why he's choosing to continue doing the drug over what he feels is a conspiratorial regime in the NFL front office.
"I guess the same thing that'll make a little kid sip some liquor, or do whatever," he said. "The same reason an adult would choose to do it. It felt great. As a kid, it was one thing, but now that you're older and you do what I do — you hurt.
"I got two shoulder surgeries. Everyone was mad at me about my damn injuries. Y'all know I was in a damn cast? I was on crutches? I was in a scooter?
"I go through a lot of pain. I don't miss games unless it's physically impossible for me to play. ...Nothing helps better. ...It's much better than that opiate sh-t. ...I'd rather use something natural."
"At this point, he again waved the marijuana at the camera, knowing full well what could come of the video. At the end, before signing off, he essentially said as much."
