Edey will get drafted. Or at least that seems to be the consensus. He is much better than hunter so he has more options. I mean Luka Garza went pro when he could have stayed
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I think there is a difference between playing 4 and 5 years, generally, but no idea if Edey has his degree.
My first blush is youāre too high on Michigan. MSU will probably be preseason #1 but Iām a seller on Booker and Izzo having to rely on freshman. But if Walker is around I can buy it
For most all of the teams itās gonna be so portal dependent itās hard to say really. Michigan could be that high but they could also be lower or higher easily.
Northwestern is the one that should be higher. Theyāre gonna get everyone back possibly
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My first blush is I have no idea who is going to be on any of these rosters 
People keep talking about players that I just assumed would move on.
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Yeah you are right. But liek I said Edey is very draftable. Vecenie has him 47 so heās on TJDās realm and everyone expects him to leave
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Wasnāt basically their whole roster honored on senior night? Are we assuming that Buie, Audige and Beran come back or have they said they are.
My vibe is basically that this is the āMission Accomplishedā season for Northwestern and Buie and Audige at least move onā¦ At least Buie will and heās really the important one. But Maryland will lose to Alabama and their guys will be all āOne More Year.ā Itās definitely complete guesswork borne out of being bored before the games start today.
Whatās the speculation with Omoruyi?
Seems to be 50/50. I might lean more 60/40 that he stays because before the season I think the idea was heād improved his offensive game enough to be a potential 2nd round pick and that just didnāt happen. He might just be done and want to try to develop in the G-League and not under Pikiell (probably the right move from a basketball standpoint) but he also seems genuine about education and getting a degree being important to him and his family.
Mulcahy is suddenly interesting too. We all were thinking heād be back for a fifth year but the way he talked Pikiell after the Hofstra loss got people talking. My take is he hurt his shoulder early in the season and had a miserable year and at least in that moment wasnāt sure if he wants to come back and do it again. Thereās a chance heās done with basketball but I kinda think after a couple weeks heāll decide to come back.
The one guy I really donāt want back is Aundre Hyatt. His on/off numbers are appalling especially compared to Mawot Mag (plus our big recruit is at least in theory a scoring wing). Even pre-Mag injury they were way worse for Hyatt, so itās not just a matter of his numbers being hurt because the whole team nosedived. It would also be a 6th year in college for him since he redshirted at LSU and then played two seasons there and two year. Mostly Iām in favor of keeping old guys around butā¦ not him.
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Izzo has a good class. Bank on the preseason contender vibe for sure.
The speculation I heard most recently was more Paul back, Cliff out. But again, that was before the Hoftstra game.
That would make sense. The two transfers weāve contacted so far have been big men (Hugley and Reynolds).
I would be higher on Purdue, even if they lose Edey. I think Trey Kaufman-Renn looks pretty good in his minutes and they should return everyone else outside of David Jenkins.
Plus they have another 7ā3 guy redshirting this year who will probably turn into a stud at some point
Purdue without Edey is a complete mystery. Heās so vital to what they are.
Obviously they have some talent, but Braden Smith without Edey could be like Chucky without Johnny.
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Thatās a good point, Iād be interested to see the splits for Purdue with Edey on and off the court. Iāve watched a lot of Purdue games this year as I did undergrad there, so Iām definitely biased, but I think theyāve tended to hold their own with TKR at the 5. Edey is definitely a college basketball cheat code though 
This is a really good take and I could see Collins bolting also given the circumstance.
Theyāll be preseason top ten if not top five I would imagine. And they wonāt be close to that good, imo.
Theyāre transferring to Duke and UNC.
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I just think Purdue has a high floor. Theyāll probably bring the whole roster back other than possibly Edey and David Jenkins, who is pretty incidental. They have a well regarded guy to fill in for Edey (obviously wonāt be close to as good), the best coach in the league, a guy with a track record of getting freshman to play pretty solidly. Iād have a hard time putting them less than like 4th until we see the transfer story.
Also while he definitely wonāt be Edey, they have another mutant 7ā3ā dude in waiting and Painterās track record with all those dudes means heās likely at least a young Matt Haarms.
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