At this point an equipment manager confirming his return would be good news.
Transfer Portal
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Yeah but hardly got minutes. But I get what you’re saying . No one transferred out
Sounds like Blackwell visit to Duke has been cancelled. What is going on? Hopefully some good news soon because this off season isn’t off to a good start with the portal.
Yet no one else has entered the portal from Duke . Mmm. Could we possibly see everyone left not named Cameron return?
Could mean that some of guys aren’t leaving. The big from Kansas that signed with Louisville could have made his decision due to Pat being undecided too.
Maybe, but apparently at one time he thought Duke was willing to pay. Duke didn’t cancel did they? And has Pat decided to leave?
They could spend 13 million on three players if they get Blackwell. They would still have to pay 9 other players. Talk about trying to buy a championship. College basketball is disgusting right now.
Every day that goes by has me thinking more and more that we get Evans and/or Pat back. Could it be??? I say, why not??
Seems likely that we get more back than originally thought.
Yea have to think we are getting more guys back than originally anticipated. Still need another big and we need another shooter, even if somehow someway Evans is back.
Keeping everyone would make us immediate #1 and ahead of everyone IMO- would love to pick up another C/PF regardless
Definitely a center considering Pat's history with injuries
But that’s the nature of college sports . Fans only want to win so if teams can spend they are going to .Arizona, Michigan , Kentucky, Perdue, UNC just to name a few all did with the hopes of building a championship roster. It worked out well for Michigan .
Hopefully we don't have 5 guys testing the waters. It's **** or get off the pot time. Think we get Pat, Sarr, Foster, and lil Boozer back.
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I think you are right Chris. I also think we get Evans back. Just a hunch. But even with that and our incoming class, I think we need some some help from the portal. I think we need another center, we need a backup for Pat. We need some outside shooting firepower. Tic toc, time is running out. This is the state of college basketball. Throw all the portal players into a hat, pony up a ton of cash, reach in and see who you get. Ugh.
Duke has a true freshman back up to Pat and a back/maybe starter at PF in Sebas.Even if Pat, Sarr, Cayden and Foster return with four frosh and a red shirt Sebass how many players do you really think Scheyer plays. He’s not going 12 deep. I get it’s quite just let everything play out .
I think Duke needs at minimum 10 players on scholarship. Just look at this past year with Foster and Big Pat injuried, it really test our depth and players needed to play more minutes. Need depth
I post on Bro and we always say Duke gets all the best players and spends the most money, it’s interesting seeing folks here saying the same about Louisville. They could spend $12-$14m on 3 players? But regardless they won’t win big, just ask Kentucky how it goes when you spend $22m? And now nobody wants to sign there. Same with Wadhington.
Duke spends no where near the money as most programs since NIL started . We’re not even in the top ten of NIL spending .
Yeah that’s totally fair if you’re just looking at straight cash, but Duke kind of plays a different game. The brand itself carries a lot of weight, so a lot of the value for players comes through exposure, endorsements, and built-in deal opportunities. It’s not always upfront money, but the total package can end up being just as attractive as what other programs are offering.
That’s not what this article says. I can post more too. But here’s one example…
The $10 million club: College basketball's portal recruiting hits unthinkable levels of financial chaos
The price of talent is spiking to record amounts -- again -- now with hundreds of millions at stake in college hoops' unregulated economy
www.cbssports.com
Here's how Cooper Flagg cleared a staggering $28 million in NIL contracts during his one season at Duke
Howard Bryant says the former Duke star brought in a record-setting NIL haul with the Blue Devils
www.cbssports.com
That just says who spends ten million . I can post in for too.That’s not what this article says. I can post more too. But here’s one example…
The $10 million club: College basketball's portal recruiting hits unthinkable levels of financial chaos
The price of talent is spiking to record amounts -- again -- now with hundreds of millions at stake in college hoops' unregulated economy
Here's how Cooper Flagg cleared a staggering $28 million in NIL contracts during his one season at Duke
Howard Bryant says the former Duke star brought in a record-setting NIL haul with the Blue Devils
- Kentucky: Highlighted as a top-three spender (rumored at $22M+ for roster) under Mark Pope.
- BYU: Reported to have a massive NIL budget for the 2025 Big XII season.
- Texas Tech: Reported as having an $10 million NIL budget for 2025.
- Kansas: Reported as having a $7.8 million NIL budget for 2025.
- Iowa State: Reported as having a $7.6 million NIL budget for 2025.
These are the top five spenders for 25
26. The article you posted is simply saying what each teams budget is .
That’s what I was getting at . What you just posted is exactly why people think Duke spends all this money on NIL but they actually Don’t .
This projected list says Kentucky Nil + roster spending
Kentucky = $21-$23 m
BYU - $15m
Duke -$$14m
sounds about right to me. There’s articles that also go over what each sweet 16 team spent this past season, Duke is also in the top 5 on that list too. I’m a UCLA fan it says only our nil was $9-$9.5m so we have money too. But Duke is no slouch. They spend $$. In my opinion, Duke just overspends on elite High school stars and doesn’t bring in enough elite Transfer portal experienced talent. If I were Duke, id target and try to add Momciclovic, Bidunga who just went to Louisville, go take Johnson from Michigan, Rob Wright, Juke Harris, Terrance Hill, Dedan Thomas, all experienced talented transfers.
think about this…Duke had Knueppel, Flagg, and several other talented stud freshmen, and lost to a much less talented but more experienced Florida team. Michigan just won it all with experienced transfers including Mara, Yaxel, Johnson, Cadeau, and then a few solid freshmen sprinkled In like Trey Mczkennie, who I love most on that roster. But they had junior and senior leaders up and down their expensive roster. That’s how you build a championship roster. Not solely with 5 star top 20 rated incoming high school stars. I envy what Duke has created, but with the talent Dukes landed, they should have at least 1 or 2 nattys since 2016. It’s a travesty that hasn’t happened. But the recruiting strategy has been flawed a bit. Too top heavy with star high school 5 stars. Not enough experienced depth. Now you’re losing Khamenia, who in a year or two will be a very good college bball player, but no longer with Duke.
Dude just stop already . You can. Look up twenty different articles and they say different . Your last post is from a post on Facebook . And read the Flagg article. It didn’t say Duke paid Flagg 28 million it clearly says his he made 28 million when he came to Duke .
Arguement over . Flagg didn’t loose to Florida in the tourney . Since you’re a UCLA fan give your advice to Cronin. Yall seem to be on worse shape than Duke .
Let’s just agree that Duke has a top 10 Nil payroll. Which isn’t as huge as Kentuckys $22m last season, and they went nowhere. It isn’t just about Nil, it’s also about balancing the roster and having experienced rotation players. I know better than anyone, Because at UCLA we have had a flawed roster for several years now. Regardless of how much we spent. So I’m an expert in analyzing flawed roster construction. Dukes has been way better. But in my opinion, Duke needs to add more experienced rotation players through the transfer portal, and or hang onto developing solid players like Khamenia till they’re juniors and seniors. Or both. This isn’t meant as a knock on Duke at all. If anything, props to Duke it’s the premier college bball program In the country. But they spend plenty of money. Most top college programs do.