BB Recruiting 2026 Rutgers Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker
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I should correct my post. They saw that he was tall and that other programs thought he was good. And that was enough.
The main thing is - how can we possibly be thinking about our budget for guards without knowing how much the frontcourt is going to cost us? It makes no sense at all.
Sure - we have some folks preaching about how everything needs to be replaced, but if most of our backcourt returns except Zrno and he’s replaced by a 6-5 frosh known for both D and shooting (put up 29 ppg last season), we would still project to be improved in the backcourt just by virtue of everyone being a year more experienced and not much risk of Zrno’s loss not being absorbed by Wooten or the other returners. Even with adding nobody.
If that was our back court and we added 3 guys who play 3-5 frontcourt who are very clear upgrades plus Buchanan who can give minutes everywhere we would project to be MUCH better. Then, after the dust settles, if we still have some funds, maybe look to add a low major guard - but not now.
College basketball's most overpaid coaches: SEC leads list of expensive disappointments
Not all coaching hires work out perfectly. There's five men's college basketball coaches struggling right now and they lead our overpaid list.
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College basketball's most overpaid coaches: SEC leads list of expensive disappointments
Not all coaching hires work out perfectly. There's five men's college basketball coaches struggling right now and they lead our overpaid list.
You’re making a different point. Is Pike overpaid relative to the results - yes (again, that contract made sense at the time it was signed).
Your original point was that Pike isn’t a P4 level coach - and I disagree with that - as I pointed out, he outperformed relative to the talent on the roster vs. the talent our opponents have - and he’s been doing that almost every year he’s been here, with the exception of 24-25.
Neither of those change the fact that he’s on the hot seat, that he raised the expectations and now the fans are holding him to that, that we need a more talented roster, that the money for that roster needed to be assembled for the first time this year. If 26-27 isn’t a return to the tourney (or at least the bubble), it will be time to change direction and get a coach who is better suited to the new environment.
Most had us dead last in the B1G and some had us winless. He won 6 and a nice BTT win, probably could/should have snagged another game or two, during the regular season.
We were fortunate the big ten was the worst it’s been in awhile at the bottom because that was all of our wins
So you thought they would be horrendous and they were. What is your point? It's simply unacceptable
I agree
if you read the post I responded to some think we improved and showed growth beyond expectations
my reply was we did exactly as expected which is horrible
read the whole thread next time
The argument that we only beat teams that were worse than us is kind of silly (and not entirely true based on the BTT since Minny was ahead of us, and UCLA was competitive) - I mean, why bother to play the games then?
The conference was also unusually good at the top with 6 teams in the Sweet 16, 4 teams in the elite 8, 2 in the final 4…
Again, the point was that Pike punched above his weight with the talent on the roster - not that we were a good team (we weren’t).
I still don’t think he punched above his weight the consensus was around 5-6 big ten wins and around 12-14 wins
there’s not one aspect we over achieved in
we met expectations which were crappy
Rutgers Basketball forward Chris Nwuli to enter Transfer Portal
Rutgers Basketball forward Chris Nwuli announces that he will enter the Transfer Portal after just one season with the Scarlet Knights.
He’s a year away from being a year away. As the great Fran Fraschilla says. Very raw. Can’t shoot. Wouldn’t help Pike this year in his prove it year
He most likely is just looking to transfer down for playing time. No one is going to pay him a lot.
All of these are addition by subtraction providing we get some proven, bigger, faster forwards who can shoot and crash the boards.
What he'll end up getting paid and what he thinks he's worth are different things. Lots of kids out there are finding they aren't worth what they think despite the paydays others are getting.
It seems all of our forwards are gone. Nwuli should have had possibly a lot of opportunity for minutes. I think one leaves and leads to more as they all seem to think things will be easier for them. Many just think of a money grab. Probably some will be sorry for their choice.
Didn’t he attend 4 different high schools? Was expecting him to transfer.
With all due respect..how do you know why he left?
Maybe he didn't like the coaching?
Or he was told get out.
Or wants back west.. (he's from the west right?)
Personally I wish him well because he busted his *** (imho) and think he could have had a role because Pike isn't building any stud team. Money or not.
there is no more developimg all players are one and done
In theory you are correct. Totally agree that everyone who has left so far is not a big deal and addition by subtraction applies. But back in reality, will we get the proven, bigger, faster forwards who can shoot and crash the boards? I am having my doubts, based upon Richie’s pod update today and now Duarte being the first addition (first add was not a starting center, not even a backup center, not a starting power forward, not even a backup power forward). Not an inspiring start, we’ll see what happens, might be judging a book by its cover right now, but based upon this start and recent portal track record of the program, doubt is creeping in.
He could have been a good one, maybe he wouldn't have developed like hoped.
All I can hope is whoever comes in (Portal/HS talent) helps make RU a winner and I;ll let the fans of the program
Nwuli goes to hope he becomes the type of player that helps their program.
So far it looks like RU is losing players that might have helped in the 2026-7 season, but didn't really do much in 2025-6 to worry over their loss ,
Chris looks like a player that could have turned into a good one, but that's just speculation
All I can hope is whoever comes in (Portal/HS talent) helps make RU a winner and I;ll let the fans of the program
Nwuli goes to hope he becomes the type of player that helps their program.
So far it looks like RU is losing players that might have helped in the 2026-7 season, but didn't really do much in 2025-6 to worry over their loss ,
Chris looks like a player that could have turned into a good one, but that's just speculation
It's possible, but he was also the only remaining forward on the roster, so PT was there for the taking. It's more likely he left for $, didn't like NJ, likes to move every year, ect.
Or it will tell us who would take him. We'll never know for sure. He'll never say I left for the $ in an interview.
