2025 Transfer Portal

[xuphan]

All my life as an X fan I have always analyzed the quality of recruits on 247, on3, hoopscoop, etc.

Seeing Creighton, SJU, UConn, Georgetown and to some extent even Providence rake in some serious talent, bothers me.

X has a ton of roster space. Maybe I should wait for Pitino to deliver some top talent. The 4 transfers so far are good, okay, not great.

The Virginia soph looks like an athlete and played vs some good talent.

Lots and lots of sophomores usually do not win as there is a learning curve. I am not saying lets get back to Miler's senior only recruiting.

But X needs some serious talent or X will fall in mediocracy in the BE again. Good coaching, good talent and luck can get X in upper half of BE.

I hope Pitino surprises me and X blows the talent charts off the table. Maybe I should reserve these concerns until after portal transfers dry up.

Just concerned.

I would wait until the portal closes. We still have several roster spots to fill and who know who still becomes available in the portal. Like others have said, the amount of freshman/sophomores that we are targeting can’t be a coincidence. I understand if Pitino wants to build a roster for multiple seasons but I just don’t know if that climate exists in college basketball anymore. The amount of guys who hit the portal looking for better pay makes me think we will struggle to retain some of the youngsters next season. Still hoping we get a couple high impact guys to commit in the next couple of weeks.

[Xville]

I’d also just add.. Creighton has a very healthy nil from what I have been told and I’m sure kalk was making a pretty penny. Lots of money freed up along with pop Isaac’s and ashworth.

Georgetown may have signed some guys but Mack is also in the portal and sorber is gone.

Sju and UConn I get it, but we are never going to compete with those guys dollar wise. I mean sju’s main donor is Mike repole…. The guy is worth over a billion.


I really think we will be in good shape and get to even greater heights with pitino. It may just take longer than one offseason :)

[Xavier]

There’s a lot of talent out there and I’d imagine more to come. Just be patient before seeing where we stand.

The Big East does seem to be adding some talent, thank God. I see it as a good thing, only getting 3 teams last year was tough. I think Creighton was better than an 8/9 seed but the lack of quality teams in BE hurt. We need a strong Big East.

[xuphan]

I’d also just add.. Creighton has a very healthy nil from what I have been told and I’m sure kalk was making a pretty penny. Lots of money freed up along with pop Isaac’s and ashworth.

Georgetown may have signed some guys but Mack is also in the portal and sorber is gone.

Sju and UConn I get it, but we are never going to compete with those guys dollar wise. I mean sju’s main donor is Mike repole…. The guy is worth over a billion.


I really think we will be in good shape and get to even greater heights with pitino. It may just take longer than one offseason :)

Not sure what height he will take us in the future but I’m still expecting to make the NCAA tournament next year.

[XUGRAD80]

……I’m still expecting to make the NCAA tournament next year.

What are you basing that expectation on at this point in the rebuild?

[Xville]

I’ve seen a crystal ball for x getting this guy.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...89/tre-carroll

Will be a senior. Lots of growth this year stats wise. I know nothing about his game but 6’7 230 indicates he’s a strong dude.

[MHettel]

What are you basing that expectation on at this point in the rebuild?

I can answer that. The program is sufficiently resourced and has the necessary elements to make the tournament every year. Period.

Doesn’t matter which year, which coach, which players.

If you stratify all the D1 teams you basically can assume that of the 68 total bids about 32 of them are auto bids. 5-7 of those auto bids will go to multi-bid leagues. The premier multi bid leagues have about 70 teams total. Add in the MWC that has inched their way up the ladder some and will (between them and the “new” Pac12) continue to get 2-3 at large bids a year. Let’s say there are around 80 teams fighting for around 36 total at large bids.

All you need to go is finish in the top 50% among those 80 teams to feel safely in. Is that too much to ask? Is that too much to expect?

I say 9/10 years in the dance. I’ll accept a year with circumstances here and there.

But our DOWN years need to be the years where we are 8/9/10 years.

We just finished a stretch of 7 years with 2 tourney appearances, one of which was a PIG seed. That does NOT meet expectations. at all.

We need t big time bounce back season next year. To reemerge on the scene as an annual threat to make a run.

Recency is huge. We were a 1 seed once. Remember that? Seemed kinda like yesterday cause I can recall the level of excitement I had. But it was 8 years ago. Nobody else remembers. We get ZERO dividends from that.

We have a LONG road ahead of us. We were on the doorstep of a FF. We just had a reset. Need a big year next year

[xuphan]

I’ve seen a crystal ball for x getting this guy.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...89/tre-carroll

Will be a senior. Lots of growth this year stats wise. I know nothing about his game but 6’7 230 indicates he’s a strong dude.

He looks like a solid prospect. Very athletic and can step out and shoot from deep. His experience is also a positive. My only concern if it is a concern watching his highlight video is his height. He seems a bit undersized at the 4 and not quick enough to be a 3. Would be a solid pickup.

[xuphan]

I can answer that. The program is sufficiently resourced and has the necessary elements to make the tournament every year. Period.

Doesn’t matter which year, which coach, which players.

If you stratify all the D1 teams you basically can assume that of the 68 total bids about 32 of them are auto bids. 5-7 of those auto bids will go to multi-bid leagues. The premier multi bid leagues have about 70 teams total. Add in the MWC that has inched their way up the ladder some and will (between them and the “new” Pac12) continue to get 2-3 at large bids a year. Let’s say there are around 80 teams fighting for around 36 total at large bids.

All you need to go is finish in the top 50% among those 80 teams to feel safely in. Is that too much to ask? Is that too much to expect?

I say 9/10 years in the dance. I’ll accept a year with circumstances here and there.

But our DOWN years need to be the years where we are 8/9/10 years.

We just finished a stretch of 7 years with 2 tourney appearances, one of which was a PIG seed. That does NOT meet expectations. at all.

We need t big time bounce back season next year. To reemerge on the scene as an annual threat to make a run.

Recency is huge. We were a 1 seed once. Remember that? Seemed kinda like yesterday cause I can recall the level of excitement I had. But it was 8 years ago. Nobody else remembers. We get ZERO dividends from that.

We have a LONG road ahead of us. We were on the doorstep of a FF. We just had a reset. Need a big year next year

Thank you! I’ll also add the the transfer portal/NIL allows for any rebuild to be done in a year if the coach picks the right players for the program. We are X and our expectations should be to make the NCAA tournament every year.

[Xavier]

I’ve seen a crystal ball for x getting this guy.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...89/tre-carroll

Will be a senior. Lots of growth this year stats wise. I know nothing about his game but 6’7 230 indicates he’s a strong dude.

Scored 24 against MSU. But really don’t know much about him and tough to tell from the highlight reel.