What other schools offered R. Agee?

[Local Shill]

Haven’t seen that reported anywhere. Anyone know?

 

[MadRU]

Only thing I could find

He had interest from schools in the ACC, SEC and Big 12.

 

[RUChoppin]

You usually don't see offer lists for grad transfers. I don't think we got any list for Gettys, either, and Yeboah was clearly set on following Pike.

 

[NewJerseyHawk]

The initial late March through April entrees to the portal oversaturated the market and a good amount of kids really overplayed their hands.....
A lot took time and visits or virtual visits when campus wasn't open. It really wasn't ideal to try and get a commitment from targets who didn't have a reasonably short distance from home to campus. The names most mentioned were kids who RU either recruited out of HS and visited RU before or were able to get to RU campus and see it on their own, since campuses were essentially closed.

With Agee, he had to be recruited virtually but I think some schools are unable to really keep up with transfer portal kids, once 2022 recruiting returned and things went back to a normal cycle. There are a handful of transfer big names still there but impossible to know where these kids would visit, unless they're active on social media promoting their schedule.

I know there's a large population that only values who RU is recruiting against for kids as more important than winning actual games. I don't like the notion of "trust the staff" either.

The most common sense item when you see someone on tape, does it look like they can play, fit into your system or offer something that your current roster has or not?? If you watch Agee on tape, it's clear that he's better than Doucoure, Reiber or other PFs RU has had in recent years. He is also better away from the basket than everyone at RU (including Eugene) as a PF.....Eugene's game eventually caught up after 4 college years, with his 5th year of play at Oregon this past year, but Agee has more range than Eugene's 3 years here at RU. Can he play good enough defense to be serviceable, is the question, but my guess is he would not be any worse on defense than Doucoure or Reiber has shown so far.

I view Agee as a buffer to offer Reiber some more time BUT I still believe Reiber is still going to be the more likely piece as the true backup 5. I see Agee as a 4 and 5 and it would not shock me to see Reiber and Agee on the floor together, in some spots, to spread out the fouls and keep Agee available to play.

We can also play Hyatt at the 4 with Cliff or Agee, with Harper at the 3, to keep him out or away from fouls. This signing is about making Hyatt and Harper more effective than the actual limits of Agee just being a 5.

 

[RUSCFORMERLYRULOU]

The initial late March through April entrees to the portal oversaturated the market and a good amount of kids really overplayed their hands.....
A lot took time and visits or virtual visits when campus wasn't open. It really wasn't ideal to try and get a commitment from targets who didn't have a reasonably short distance from home to campus. The names most mentioned were kids who RU either recruited out of HS and visited RU before or were able to get to RU campus and see it on their own, since campuses were essentially closed.

With Agee, he had to be recruited virtually but I think some schools are unable to really keep up with transfer portal kids, once 2022 recruiting returned and things went back to a normal cycle. There are a handful of transfer big names still there but impossible to know where these kids would visit, unless they're active on social media promoting their schedule.

I know there's a large population that only values who RU is recruiting against for kids as more important than winning actual games. I don't like the notion of "trust the staff" either.

The most common sense item when you see someone on tape, does it look like they can play, fit into your system or offer something that your current roster has or not?? If you watch Agee on tape, it's clear that he's better than Doucoure, Reiber or other PFs RU has had in recent years. He is also better away from the basket than everyone at RU (including Eugene) as a PF.....Eugene's game eventually caught up after 4 college years, with his 5th year of play at Oregon this past year, but Agee has more range than Eugene's 3 years here at RU. Can he play good enough defense to be serviceable, is the question, but my guess is he would not be any worse on defense than Doucoure or Reiber has shown so far.

I view Agee as a buffer to offer Reiber some more time BUT I still believe Reiber is still going to be the more likely piece as the true backup 5. I see Agee as a 4 and 5 and it would not shock me to see Reiber and Agee on the floor together, in some spots, to spread out the fouls and keep Agee available to play.

We can also play Hyatt at the 4 with Cliff or Agee, with Harper at the 3, to keep him out or away from fouls. This signing is about making Hyatt and Harper more effective than the actual limits of Agee just being a 5.

Harper has to be at the 3 all year, or at least the vast majority of the time. I’m sure Pike has promised him that as his best ticket to the NBA. The question is can Hyatt play the four

 

[Degaz-RU]

Only thing I could find

He had interest from schools in the ACC, SEC and Big 12.

I think part of the issue is that Agee didn’t hit the portal until May 13, which one to two months after a ton of other guys hit the portal. That late in “transfer season,” there are fewer teams that need help.

 

[Local Shill]

Only thing I could find

He had interest from schools in the ACC, SEC and Big 12.

“Interest”‘ is a very broad term. I’m interested in what other schools he had a committable offer from.

 

[MadRU]

“Interest”‘ is a very broad term. I’m interested in what other schools he had a committable offer from.

That’s why my first sentence was “only thing I could find”.

 

[RUChoppin]

“Interest”‘ is a very broad term. I’m interested in what other schools he had a committable offer from.

But that's generally never available for grad transfers, because recruiting sites like this one don't track offers/interest/etc at the grad transfer level (or really, at the transfer level much at all, other than JUCO). Since grad guys are generally 1-year rentals, they are more there to plug a hole or fill a specific need, rather than as a piece a team expects to build into their longer term strategy. It's a whole different beast.

 

[RUPete]

I think your best bet to find an answer to this question is to find articles about where the player has visited or plans to visit. You figure that if it gets to that point with a grad transfer, they will likely have an offer or be close to one.

 

[RUChoppin]

I think your best bet to find an answer to this question is to find articles about where the player has visited or plans to visit. You figure that if it gets to that point with a grad transfer, they will likely have an offer or be close to one.

Yep - though this year there's been more virtual/zoom interaction than ever before.