Rutgers Basketball lands Coastal Carolina transfer Rasheed Jones
Rutgers Basketball has added another transfer portal piece in former Coastal Carolina wing Rasheed Jones for his final year of eligibility.
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BB Recruiting Coastal Carolina transfer G Rasheed Jones commits to Rutgers
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Going to be a solid roster. A good coach has this team at least on the bubble. Let's see what pike can do with them.
Its too soon to determine if the mens basketball team will even achieve a winning season because there are so many new players.
Looks like a nice acquisition!
Like his height!
I still think we need another legitimate forward !
Like his height!
I still think we need another legitimate forward !
I would agree but what does the rest of the Big Ten look like? The competition in the Big Ten will be incredibly good next year.
Of course it is. But it sure beat knowing for sure your going to suck before the season even starts.
And it affirms the approach of taking it on the chin last season to rebuild the core.
I think they just have more money to work with in the portal this year. As well as a gm...roster is looking like everyone on it can contribute. If you're a starter, you will have earned it. Especially if they bring in another pg as well. Have to see them play though but i already like the new pieces and positional size of them...
For sure. I don’t want to endure another one of those, but returning half the squad is huge as we basically returned 3 players the last 2 seasons. Finally having money to address the needs and pay the guys we wanted to keep is big - and if Pike can show he can still win, it’ll be easier to attract more talent in the future.
I can’t imagine we’re bringing in another guard at this point. If we add any more, it should be a kid whose specifically known for defense. Best defensive player available with the money we have. I’d think that’s the next pivot move if any. We have enough guards who could play the point guard positions in different situations to hopefully make it work. Darren Smith Jr has handling and distribution skills. We’re hoping Tariq can do it. Lino and J-Mike are natural PGs by position. And now we added another combo guard with length who might be able to help with ball handling. We could really use someone who is truly a plus defender. We have some poor defensive players and a collection of guys who range from mediocre / servicable to slightly above average.
Bigs Gurdak, Buca, Ware
Forwards Buchanan, Smith, Sydnor, Jones, Duarte
Guards Francis, JMike, Mark, Powers, Wooten
Do I have it right?
Forwards Buchanan, Smith, Sydnor, Jones, Duarte
Guards Francis, JMike, Mark, Powers, Wooten
Do I have it right?
I was thinking about that of from Italy they spoke of in the podcast but I guess this is his replacement. That Italian guy looked good.
I think he is going to start....this guy from Gonzaga was raving about him
This would seem to be Pikes best get of the portal this year
Maybe - but Sydnor could be a really interesting addition too. Remember - he’ll be two college offseason conditioning seasons in a strength room removed from averaging 6.8 rpg as a frosh. And he’s 6-8.
Look - there’s a lot of work still to be done, and the bar for improvement year over year was very low to start. But that said, even if we make no further additions - our day one options 1-5 are without question, light years ahead of what they were heading into last preseason.
Still think we could use one more versatile defensive piece but probably wishful thinking at this point.
I still like Gurdak the most but this is definitely a great pull and much better than the names (Ty Rodgers, James White, and Skylar Wicks) we've been hearing about the last couple of weeks.
No. Positions don’t matter. The roster has too many ball potential ball-handlers so Shelby brings up again that Layup-Blocked Davis shouldn’t get much run.