Otzelberger's First Recruiting/Transfer Class - FULL

Hayes30

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Need shooters, shooters, and more shooters.

Look at how Baylor won the title..... shooting lights out from 3 and playing amazing defense. Load your team full of 3 and D players. This year we had neither shooting or defense. Defense should be better next year, but shooting right now doesn't look to be any better..... as of yet anyway.
Groves and Barry would change the shooting woes.
 

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Need shooters, shooters, and more shooters.

Look at how Baylor won the title..... shooting lights out from 3 and playing amazing defense. Load your team full of 3 and D players. This year we had neither shooting or defense. Defense should be better next year, but shooting right now doesn't look to be any better..... as of yet anyway.

I'm starting to think that there arent very many 'great shooters' out there. If they are that good, they are probably already on a good team and arent transferring. Or turning pro. Just an example, so please no smart remarks, but Jordan Bohannon while sometimes streaky, is a great shooter, yet he takes the wrath sometimes of even his own fan base. Does Scott Drew have a great way to develop or improve shooters, because they also have to be good enough to see the floor by playing great defense and ball handling? ((why some said Bowen wasn't Big 12 caliber)) Or were they known to be great shooters when Drew recruited them?
 

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Need shooters, shooters, and more shooters.

Look at how Baylor won the title..... shooting lights out from 3 and playing amazing defense. Load your team full of 3 and D players. This year we had neither shooting or defense. Defense should be better next year, but shooting right now doesn't look to be any better..... as of yet anyway.
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CycloneDude today was a good day for the program. We can worry about the "flaws" on the roster tomorrow just enjoy keeping Tyrese, getting Gabe (who could be that shooter) and the return of Caleb tonight.

There are still 2 spots open and the staff is working to fill them with the best players they can.
 

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Serious question, why didn’t Wisconsin offer Hunter? He got one from NW so it couldn’t have been grades. Doesn’t make sense why they wouldn’t offer an in-state kid that’s nearly a 5 star.

bc T Hunter camp made it clear from beginning that he was never going to Wisc... That offense would ruin his career.. Wisc recruits very specific type of guards..
 
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Need shooters, shooters, and more shooters.

Look at how Baylor won the title..... shooting lights out from 3 and playing amazing defense. Load your team full of 3 and D players. This year we had neither shooting or defense. Defense should be better next year, but shooting right now doesn't look to be any better..... as of yet anyway.

CycloneDude today was a good day for the program. We can worry about the "flaws" on the roster tomorrow just enjoy keeping Tyrese, getting Gabe (who could be that shooter) and the return of Caleb tonight.

There are still 2 spots open and the staff is working to fill them with the best players they can.
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We aren’t playing for NC next year..

If Gabe can return to form (more likely than not with new system and HC) then we will have more 3pt shooters than last year.. by a lot.

T Hunter
Gabe
Grill
Hinson
XF
Kunc

all capable of hitting 3’s..

What I do see is a roster being constructed which should be much better defensively and possibly good rebounding team which would be a welcome surprise..
 

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We aren’t playing for NC next year..

If Gabe can return to form (more likely than not with new system and HC) then we will have more 3pt shooters than last year.. by a lot.

T Hunter
Gabe
Grill
Hinson
XF
Kunc

all capable of hitting 3’s..

What I do see is a roster being constructed which should be much better defensively and possibly good rebounding team which would be a welcome surprise..
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Let’s not forget about the jump Walker may have as well. He has some attributes you can’t teach and had some flashes this year both offensively and defensively. Glad he’s still in the fold.
 

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So would good coaching.

There is a long list of Cyclone transfers that everyone here moaned about their shooting stats at their previous stop.

How’d that turn out?
Solid point. Wasn't DeAndre Kane not shooting well and turning the ball over a ton at Marshall before he came here? All he did was end up as the 2nd best transfer we've ever had here by a wide margin. Would be be best if not Royce
 

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We aren’t playing for NC next year..

If Gabe can return to form (more likely than not with new system and HC) then we will have more 3pt shooters than last year.. by a lot.

T Hunter
Gabe
Grill
Hinson
XF
Kunc

all capable of hitting 3’s..

What I do see is a roster being constructed which should be much better defensively and possibly good rebounding team which would be a welcome surprise..
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Let’s not forget about the jump Walker may have as well. He has some attributes you can’t teach and had some flashes this year both offensively and defensively. Glad he’s still in the fold.
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That 14-rebound game he had opened my eyes. He was going after it.
 
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CycloneDude today was a good day for the program. We can worry about the "flaws" on the roster tomorrow just enjoy keeping Tyrese, getting Gabe (who could be that shooter) and the return of Caleb tonight.

There are still 2 spots open and the staff is working to fill them with the best players they can.

We aren’t playing for NC next year..

If Gabe can return to form (more likely than not with new system and HC) then we will have more 3pt shooters than last year.. by a lot.

T Hunter
Gabe
Grill
Hinson
XF
Kunc

all capable of hitting 3’s..

What I do see is a roster being constructed which should be much better defensively and possibly good rebounding team which would be a welcome surprise..
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I'm feeling more optimistic about the roster and direction of the program at this point than I have since spring of 2018. That's nice to feel again! Hope we can get another big time transfer in the guard / small forward mold who can score / shoot and we could be in good shape again. Certainly not championship caliber, but things would be looking up.