Newman, Green, Elkinton...who's next? Maybe Hester will portal out and take his lousy coaching with him.
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Newman, Green, Elkinton...who's next? Maybe Hester will portal out and take his lousy coaching with him.
Ree is gone
Crawford is gone
Blocker is gone
Most of these guys are just mediocre players. What do they hope to accomplish by portaling somewhere? Some NIL money? Really? They will just be mediocre players in different uniforms.
I really don't know -Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
Newman was a good little guard - loss
Green really blossomed the last month of the season - big loss in my book, really consistent outside shooter
I felt Elkinton was misused most of the year - small loss
Ree was so hit and miss - mainly miss - not much of a loss
Blocker didn't show anything - no much of a loss
I would of liked to see the local kid finish here, be he seemed to stay in Hester's doghouse
Hester was very penal in his substitution pattern, instead of letting young players play through mistakes, he would bury them
I still think the problem is more what's at the end of the bench, than what's on the bench
I haven’t done Tech basketball since the Loyd implosion but it’s obvious I’m not missing anything. Just another bad coach who shouldn’t have been hired.
I have eligibility left! Of course my better playing days are decades behind me, but if they need some warm bodies...Quote:
Originally Posted by sportdawg
Any news on Hester filling the roster?
Well...????
Well...????
I haven't seen any signings
some more of our patented super-secret behind the scenes moves... I mean we don't want Tarlton State getting wind we are onto someone in the portal and out bidding us. I wish that were a joke too..... it's not.
Hester has brought in Herron and Anderson, I see. But the portal closes tomorrow, and I think we have maybe 6 players on the roster, something like that.
Well, JUCO signees and high school recruits can also be signed. Whoa! another brand-new team next year.
Getting more than a year or two out of a core group might be a thing of the past, and the better the team the more likely the players will get poached.Quote:
Originally Posted by dawg80
NCAA Transfer Portal Hits Record Numbers—Again
apparently it's 2499 now Verbal Commits | 2025 D1 College Basketball TransfersQuote:
As of Monday, a total of 2,320 men’s basketball players have entered the 2025 transfer portal, according to Verbal Commits, about 11.3% more than last year’s number. The number can still increase before the portal, which opened March 24, closes Tuesday.
The number of athletes in the transfer portal represents more than 40% of the total men’s basketball players before the beginning of the 2024–2025 season (5,607). That pool, however, includes graduates, redshirts, and players without scholarships.
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This site has a good list of players that have left and players we are recruiting.
Right now, here is how the roster is shaping up. The class will be represent 25-26 season. Bold = returning; Blue = committed; Green = signed
PG - Anthony Bates, Jr. (So.),
SG - Kaden Cooper (Jr.), Jermaurhiyun Anderson (So. - JUCO)
SF - William Jeffress (Sr.), Avery Thomas II (So. - JUCO), Jaylen Fenner (Fr. - HS)
PF - Will Allen (Sr.), Sir Issac Herron (Sr. - Transfer), Kylan Howze (Jr. - JUCO)
C - Melian Martínez (Jr. - JUCO) < had offers from K-State, Fresno St, MO State, UTEP among others.
Sean Newman to San Diego State, Al Green to UNLV, Sean Elkington to ULL. Any news on Jordan Crawford?
Somebody please bring Devin Hester back from vacation. I've never seen a recruiting year this lazy at LA Tech. Hester should be fired immediately. IMO, this recruiting class demonstrates a serious lack of effort in recruiting.
Here's where Hesters recruits are from this year:
Hutchinson Community College
East Mississippi Community College
New Mexico Junior College
Oral Roberts
Jones College
This is unbelievable. This list says "I'm not even trying anymore". What an asshole.
HD! glad to see you posting.Quote:
Originally Posted by HogDawg
Hester is just treading water. He knows Tech's so-called leadership doesn't give a rat's butt about actually trying to be successful in athletics.
Don't be a stranger HD.