True, but doesn’t Simpson dominate the ball more than most Michigan PGs? I wouldn’t expect that to change when he’s a senior.
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Hence the word historically lol. I agree with what you are saying though. Still, id like another guy on the floor than just Simpson who could successfully handle the ball and playmake personally than having only one guy who could handle a lot of pressure.
If we project as somewhere between a 6 to 11 seed without Poole, that would put us in a group of 792 teams of which 17 teams have made the final 4, so like a 2% chance. Give Beilein a big bump for being an incredible tourney coach and we’re still probably around what, 3-4% range of making a final 4.
If you’re a 1-5 seed, 119/660 teams have made the final 4, give Beilein a bump and you’re talking about almost a 1 in 4 chance.
If we’re in the 30s on Kenpom, sure, we can trust Beilein to have a good chance of getting us to a S16. But a F4…
A team expected to make the S16 can make the final 4 often, sure. It happens, we saw it with Loyola Marymount, for instance. You don’t sacrifice the Hausers for that little bump. If Poole or Iggy were coming back and you’re telling me we had Simpson-Poole/Iggy-Livers-Teske as 4 solid starters, I’d be more into sacrificing value in 2020-22 to win-now. But as it stands, the lack of offensive upside likely puts a cap on the team and so getting a very raw or currently injured freshman or a transfer becomes less odious a decision, I think.
It’s not like you tank the year. It just means committing to hoping one of of Dejulius, Nunez, Brooks or Bajema can become a 30 minute, double digit point guy by the tournament.
Hausers would be a good gets.
Yes, I think we all would prefer that. But it does seem like next season could be the time we might make do with a non-traditional SG. I agree that we need more playmaking from somewhere.
Welcome Spike!! BAM!
Playmaking was one of the biggest offensive issues this year. Need good and willing passers all across the floor.
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Always important, at least in my mind, to have a secondary ball handler on the floor, always. And really, several guys that can handle it, take it to the hole, finish, find teammates, etc.
Class of 19 targets are definitely dwindling unless the staff has a reclassification kid in the works but that is doubtful. Still transfers out there, the current ideal in my mind is Williams gets immediate eligilibility and we get after him but who knows if that happens. Like BP said another guard who is a capable ball handler would be huge for the roster.
I’d love that but who knows if that’s even realistic.
I’m surprisingly not that nervous going into the year with brooks/ Nunez /ddj at the two. I think brooks is ready and Nunez and ddj will hold down the other 15.
This isn’t a pending disaster, no. IMO it’s likely DDJ who will take the spot, but if Nunez’ stroke is as advertised, well, he’s 6-5 and has had a year in the program. If he puts in the work, he should get a look. Add in maybe another recruit and a grad transfer and there should be enough people vying for the spot that one very good option will emerge from the group.
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Any chance Jake Toolson becomes a target? Averaged 15 at Utah Valley and 46% from three.
My guess is he follows his old coach, Mark Pope, to BYU, which interestingly is where he started his college career (and also where Pope was an assistant before getting the UVU gig).
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Top-fifty lists of the best sit-out and grad transfers. Some of the names of interest:
- Rayjon Tucker, 4. Justin Pierce (Michigan mentioned here), 12. Jahaad Proctor, 18. Jaevin Cumberland, 22. Daniel Utomi, 27. Jake Toolson, 30. Dazon Ingram
Sit-outs:
- Sam Hauser, 9. Eric Williams (Missouri and Oregon given as schools interested), 16. Thomas Allen (ex-Nebraska, now NC State), 28. Jaedon Ledee (ex-Ohio State), 38. Isaiah Washington (ex-Minnesota)
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Also, could get back on that Kevin Easley train!
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Part of the reason Duke and Virginia are on the list is because Stanford wants to show their administration that other schools that are good academically are going after grad transfers. It’s not something Stanford has done in the past because admin has quickly said no.
I’ve heard Stanford is one of the few schools that still hold high standards for the student athletes of major sports like football and basketball. It’s why the basketball team has struggled to consistently get over the hump in the PAC 12. Quite a few kids are interested and are just under their threshold for athletes and Stanford isn’t really flexible with it. It’s lower than just students obviously, but not much and most elite players don’t quite have the academics to get in. I think there was an Athletic article on KZ Okpala that was semi recent that talked a little about it. Or maybe it was in a comment section about the article on Twitter.
Standards are much higher at Stanford for athletes compared to other schools. I was shown what a few of their prominent basketball players got on their test scores 15-20 years ago and it wasn’t close to being acceptable now. It’s basically Stanford, Davidson, the Patriot League, and the Ivys that still have extremely high standards for their athletes. I know Beilein has high standards as well, even when he was at WVU.
Have been told at Stanford the baseline for prep athletes is a 3.5 core gpa and 25act
Yes you and @hoops4hire are correct.
Beilein’s standards I’ve heard are higher than the typical school, but they are flexible and very achievable still for student-athletes to achieve. They are in a good spot for that. If I was Stanford, I’d adapt something similar to what Beilein and Michigan has. If not, then something slightly higher would still be easier.
I will say that I talk to some Patriot League coaches and some of them have lower standards. Still higher than everywhere else but I talk to a handful and they aren’t crazy high.
Ivy League and Stanford are on another level though. Need very high test scores. Ivy League student-athletes generally need to post scores that would impress students just attending Michigan. And Michigan obviously is one of the better schools academically in the country.