2025 Transfer Portal

[Xville]

I don’t know what it adds up to. But I woulda taken all of it and spent it one dude.

What the hell were they thinking on Hugley by the way. He was awful. Didn’t anyone watch any game tape on that guy? Did he just suddenly have 2 left feet and mittens on his hands? He was AWFUL.

I can only imagine how many more wins we would have had with Abou. 2-3 at least. Free goes to his natural position and Swain or Foster are 6th man along with Hunter and Maddox off the bench.

Traore was supposed to be the starter with Jerome and free backing up the 5. Hugley was just a throw in, end of the bench/needed for practice kind of guy as he got used to his new body.

With a healthy traore, x is probably somewhere in the 6-8 seed range. Probably lose in the second round, but it would have made the pieces fit a whole lot better. Free having to play the 5 all year long wasn’t really fair to him

[xukeith]

During the time Miller left and this Tuesday when we see Pitino at 3pm, who is overseeing the transfer portal?
Do the "old" assistants get paid though July 1?

[GoMuskies]

With a healthy traore, x is probably somewhere in the 6-8 seed range.

What are you basing this on? Did you ever actually see Traore play (I'm genuinely curious if you watched him play at wherever he was before he came to Xavier)?

[GoMuskies]

During the time Miller left and this Tuesday when we see Pitino at 3pm, who is overseeing the transfer portal?

Pitino and his staff. The same guys who were on staff at UNM (possibly minus the one guy who might get hired by UNM).

[Xavier]

During the time Miller left and this Tuesday when we see Pitino at 3pm, who is overseeing the transfer portal?
Do the "old" assistants get paid though July 1?

Xavier (Pitino and his staff) is certainly reaching out to transfers right now.

[XU_Lou]

What are you basing this on? Did you ever actually see Traore play (I'm genuinely curious if you watched him play at wherever he was before he came to Xavier)?

Wasn't it "Final 4" a few months ago?

[xavbball]

Sean pushed the "we'd be much better with Traore" narrative. Knowing he had one foot out the door the day he came back and made all those empty promises, I wouldn't put much stock in what he said. It's more likely Traore would have been just as big of a disappointment as Hugley was.

[Xville]

What are you basing this on? Did you ever actually see Traore play (I'm genuinely curious if you watched him play at wherever he was before he came to Xavier)?

I've only seen tape of the guy. But here's my rationale outside of just Traore which I'll get to in a minute....Miller said he was going to be the starter. That slides Free to his more natural position, slides Swain to his more natural position, and puts foster on the bench. X's starting lineup was extremely short in the Big East, but suddenly with a healthy Traore, all of a sudden we are 6'11, 6'8, 6'8, 6'4 and 6'0. We got beat up consistently in the middle without Traore, and rebounding was an issue until the end of the season which was probably more of a product of who we played the last seven games.

Now with Traore...he averaged a double-double...I know it's big west but let's take some points and some rebounds away....Let's say he averages 8 and 7 and provides an inside presence when our guards were getting consistently beat off the dribble all year long, at least there is someone to challenge and compete. Fair?

I think he's worth at least 2-3 more wins. Is that crazy? TCU, Georgetown, UC? A 23-8 regular season. I'd have to think that gets us to the 8 seed territory.

To me, it certainly makes the pieces fit a hell of a lot better, and provides a lot more opportunity for Free to stretch the floor a bit more, and have more of a Nunge/Free 2 man game going up with the pick and pop.

[XUBison]

Reportedly 20% would be 1 mil of Xavier's NIL budget…

Okay, so I keep seeing reference to this $5M number. Are we saying The X NIL collective was exhausted with this most recent roster, and it has since raised $5M, all of which is to be spent on next seasons’ roster? In other words, donors are expected to continue funding at a $5M level, presumably with annual escalations, every year for eternity?

Or is the collective managed so the inflows outpace the outflows, thereby creating a sustainable war chest? This is an honest question, because I have no idea. The latter seems more logical, so is the war chest up to $5M, some portion of which is available for next season? Or is it conceivable the fund has banked something like $7M-$10M, $5M of which is available for next year’s roster? How real is this $5M number anyway, or is it basic message board conjecture? Perhaps those who donate are provided some of these details and can shed some light?

[Xville]

Okay, so I keep seeing reference to this $5M number. Are we saying The X NIL collective was exhausted with this most recent roster, and it has since raised $5M, all of which is to be spent on next seasons’ roster? In other words, donors are expected to continue funding at a $5M level, presumably with annual escalations, every year for eternity?

Or is the collective managed so the inflows outpace the outflows, thereby creating a sustainable war chest? This is an honest question, because I have no idea. The latter seems more logical, so is the war chest up to $5M, some portion of which is available for next season? Or is it conceivable the fund has banked something like $7M-$10M, $5M of which is available for next year’s roster? How real is this $5M number anyway, or is it basic message board conjecture? Perhaps those who donate are provided some of these details and can shed some light?

Lots of good questions here, but answers none of us are ever going to get unless one of us is one of those big ass donors. As far as spending next year, Field of 68 guys and maybe Rick as well, have said that number, so that's where it's coming from. With Fanta and Dauster, I'd trust them knowing about what number each Big East team is spending...they have enough contacts to know whats going on in the conference.