PSU Men's Basketball off season news - roster, .....

Frank Lee said:
Question. How do these players' skills measure against Big10 competition?
Do any of these get answered?...
Is there a playmaking point guard?
Are there a few 30%+ 3-pt shooters?
Are there shot blockers and rebounders?
Will there finally be a solid team defense?

Not trying to be a naysayers, but do these adds improve the team?
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I'm not the right person to answer these questions. Maybe another poster that follows basketball closer can help.
 
Do NYC playgrounds still develop any basketball players or is PSU recruiting now relegated to the Balkans and Carpathians?
 
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The bad news just keeps on coming for coach Rhoades. I was excited about coach Rhoades when he came from VCU based on what he did at VCU but his tenure at PSU seems over due to end at this point. Player retention in the NIL era is tough to do but necessary and if a coach can't do it he can't build a program into much of a winner.....

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Penn State basketball standout Kayden Mingo to enter transfer portal after one season

The Penn State basketball program suffered a significant blow Wednesday when DraftExpress reported standout guard Kayden Mingo is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal.
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How did Rhoades, Kraft, the "GM", etc. not see this or at least plan contingencies across multiple scenarios? IMHO, have a payroll budgeted, know what each current player is worth, and on a spreadsheet have a list of possible replacements and an estimate of their respective values. The shooting guard from Lithuania? The point guard from Murray State? The center from Madrid? Whatever, but don't be surprised and flatfooted.
 
Frank Lee said:
How did Rhoades, Kraft, the "GM", etc. not see this or at least plan contingencies across multiple scenarios? IMHO, have a payroll budgeted, know what each current player is worth, and on a spreadsheet have a list of possible replacements and an estimate of their respective values. The shooting guard from Lithuania? The point guard from Murray State? The center from Madrid? Whatever, but don't be surprised and flatfooted.
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Perhaps they are fine with grabbing some of the thousands of players in the portal over those who have left. For example, Mingo may be talented but was he worth whatever NIL commitment they tied up into him? You could argue that the results of the season proved that many of our players were not worth their NIL whatever it was. PSU basketball was horrible this year. Maybe an almost entirely new cast of players is the best option?
 
LudicrousSpeedGO! said:
Perhaps they are fine with grabbing some of the thousands of players in the portal over those who have left. For example, Mingo may be talented but was he worth whatever NIL commitment they tied up into him? You could argue that the results of the season proved that many of our players were not worth their NIL whatever it was. PSU basketball was horrible this year. Maybe an almost entirely new cast of players is the best option?
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It would have to be the only option, but do they have the wherewithal to assemble a competitive team? The ability to not only "purchase" players, but having an understanding of Big10 style and to get the players who can make it happen. Again, a big school in Ann Arbor MI, for example, sees what needs to be done and just does it, in both basketball and hockey.
 
All of the guys who left, only Mingo was worth keeping.

Stuart, Rice and Dilione we’re all below, average too awful defensive players. I don’t think that they will have trouble finding similar offensive players in the portal who can give more of a defensive effort.

It seems that the incoming freshman Smith is basically a replacement for Blackwood and maybe this kid from Pine Richland can actually play at this level, though I don’t have my hopes up. The two other euros that they picked up have some decent size for their positions, we have to hope that they can be at least a little bit further along than the Turkish kid who left.

They now need to find four guards who can handle the ball, get to the basket, play strong defense, and hopefully hit at least a third of their three-point shots. People will rag on them for it, but I think getting the guard from IUP is a solid pick up. There’s a power forward from Robert Morris, who makes a lot of sense to me to try and find a spot on the roster for and then a kid from liberty, who is really a knockdown three-point shooter.

There’s plenty of people in the portal that they can sort through, it’s just about convincing them that there’s reason to come and play here
 
Bison13 said:
All of the guys who left, only Mingo was worth keeping.

Stuart, Rice and Dilione we’re all below, average too awful defensive players. I don’t think that they will have trouble finding similar offensive players in the portal who can give more of a defensive effort.

It seems that the incoming freshman Smith is basically a replacement for Blackwood and maybe this kid from Pine Richland can actually play at this level, though I don’t have my hopes up. The two other euros that they picked up have some decent size for their positions, we have to hope that they can be at least a little bit further along than the Turkish kid who left.

They now need to find four guards who can handle the ball, get to the basket, play strong defense, and hopefully hit at least a third of their three-point shots. People will rag on them for it, but I think getting the guard from IUP is a solid pick up. There’s a power forward from Robert Morris, who makes a lot of sense to me to try and find a spot on the roster for and then a kid from liberty, who is really a knockdown three-point shooter.

There’s plenty of people in the portal that they can sort through, it’s just about convincing them that there’s reason to come and play here
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I thought Rice had a chance to be good. Decent shooter with a big strong body who could go strong to the basket.
 
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Frank Lee said:
How did Rhoades, Kraft, the "GM", etc. not see this or at least plan contingencies across multiple scenarios? IMHO, have a payroll budgeted, know what each current player is worth, and on a spreadsheet have a list of possible replacements and an estimate of their respective values. The shooting guard from Lithuania? The point guard from Murray State? The center from Madrid? Whatever, but don't be surprised and flatfooted.
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I'm sure they had a list of how much they were willing to pay each player. I'm also sure they spent time scouting possible replacements. Of course being able to land (afford) first team A10 or MAC players isn't easy given the amount of money being tossed around.
 
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