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I don't disagree more and consistent minutes may be driving Evan's decision - if that is what he feels is best for him, then great! He graduated GT in 3 years which is no easy feat. I watched three Ohio U games on TV this season because I wanted to see Sylvester Ogbonda and how he did. -- He...

Agree - next season and the following recruiting class will make or break Pastner. I view this as an opportunity for Pastner to upgrade the roster for next year and beyond. None of the players that have entered the portal were likely to play significant minutes next year except Cole. Sjouland...

Yes - no restrictions on grad transfer. Pierre Jordan who played for GT as grad transfer a few years ago was at Florida State before coming to GT. What you are thinking of is a regular transfer ... while NCAA does not prohibit players from transferring in-conference, the ACC (and some others)...

If he graduates GT in the spring - he falls under the Grad Transfer rules and can play immediately at the new school.

I looked at the Transfer portal - no centers or power forwards that catch my eye in there right now. However that will change as conference tournments end and teams seasons end. If Cole does leave - any grad transfer would see the opportunity to play immediately which is usually a major factor...

Agree! I am not surprised he is testing the waters - and suspect (someone might be able to confirm) that Pastner was aware of this. Saba and Meka neither appear ready to play 20+ minutes a game night-in night-out as ACC contributor based on what I have seen of both on film ... I do think both...

Complete list and order of voting in link below. https://www.si.com/college/duke/basketball/tre-jones-vernon-carey-sweep-acc-awards I have no objections to those at the top of the list in any of the categories. Once you get 1/2 or 2/3 the way down any of the lists you can debate should so and...

This is the most optimistic I have been at end of a season in many years. Barring significant injuries to the wrong people - anything less than NCAA will be failure next season. We will discuss over the offseason who and how well Banks shoes are filled .... that is a big loss which will hurt us...

I agree with the decision by TStan - takes all the questions out of next season and ensures no mass exodus of players. It was the only decision he could make - and in the best long term interest of the program. Barring significant injuries, next years team is NCAA calliber - may not be as strong...

Agree - At this point, I would server the ban this year (self impose ... not sure if you would need to do that before/after ACC Tournament). From the long term health of the program - getting hit with a postseason ban next year at this point would likely lead to several players leaving and...

There are things you can criticize about Evan Cole's game - but he is the best on the team at moving/cutting without the ball. His timing is usually very good (it is not that you cut aggressively, but you must also time the cut to give someone the chance to make a pass that leads to something)...

Agree - I posted a couple times in December that the personnel we have not did not fit the offensive scheme they were trying to run ... i.e. Banks is not Lammers in the high post, and Moses does not need to shoot outside 15 feet (allowed his man to clog things up for cutters). This led to way...

Couple comments on the posts ... - Crowd last night .... place was 75-80 percent full ... students section full (and loud) ... 75 percent gold 25 percent red .... Louisville did not fill up 10th street with bus loads of fans like they have for weekend games in past. Crowd was as loud as Duke -...

I watched most of the second half UGA collapse - Red is spot on (as usual). Florida played good, but UGA shot selection and discipline was very poor most of the second half. At least last night, Edwards was settling for long threes, sometimes contested, and not using his ability to drive (and...

The improvement in offensive rebounding the last couple of games is noticable. Not saying we look like UNC pounding the offensive glass, but definitely made diffference. Last night it looked like we were sending 3. sometimes 4 to the offensive glass. In the past, I recall seeing 1 or 2 at most...

Some observations from last night - on bench players that have not been getting a lot of minutes of late .. Moore - played well. Hit two threes and was more aggresive offensively - Morehouse had no one big/athletic enough to match up with him. Bubba - stayed within himself. Did not force...

What I think is very important to note is the structure of the half court offense has changed - moved away from the high post 'point center' (which Banks is not nearly as good at as was Lammers). You are now seeing two players (mostly Banks/Wright) move and one set or fake a high pick/roll with...

Letting Pastner go without 'upgrade' replacement only makes you feel good for short while and pushes out any long term improvements for 3-4 years. I am not in favor of that route. As bad as last night was, I did not see lack of effort. Lack of focus at times, but not lack of effort. The thing...

Ditto - need to see the team at full strength before passing judgement on this years team. The eye test sees it as the most talented team CJP has had. Next years should be better than this. Also worth noting that the ACC schedule is VERY frontloaded with the (on paper) toughest games .... more...

I am of the opinion that every team will play so well in a couple games each season they will beat virtually anyone. I also believe every team will play so bad in a couple games that they will lose to virtually anyone. We see that every season ... sometimes a 'really good team' has one of those...